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Ben Folds Five Jump On The "Let's Have Bands Perform Their Old Albums Live" Bandwagon [The End Of Ideas]

Cheeky piano-heavy trio Ben Folds Five have announced that they're reuniting for a show where they play their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety. The concert—which takes place in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 18—is the first installment in the "let's have bands play the albums you love so they can keep raking in the nostalgia cash" series Front To Back, which is sponsored in part by nowwhat.com. (As Al Shipley put it, the site's "named after the phrase ba...

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08:20 on September 3 2008

Ben Folds Five Reuniting for One Night Only MySpace Show

Rolling Stone — Photo: O’Donnell/Getty Ben Folds Five will reunite for a one-off show in two weeks for a performance of its final album, 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold... more info
Ben Folds One Night Only
09:51 on September 3 2008

Ben Folds Five to reunite for one-off show

NME — Ben Folds Five are set to reunite for a show, set to take place September 18 in Chapel Hill, NC. more info
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11:30 on September 3 2008

Ben Folds Five Reunite to Play Reinhold Messner

Pitchfork — Not all BFFs are for life. Ben Folds Five disbanded in 2000, and since then it's been all solo stuff all the time for Mr. Folds. This month, though, the trio will reunite... more info
Ben Folds Counting Crows
03:05 on September 4 2008

Ben Folds Five reunite for MySpace

DrownedInSound — The Ben Folds Five are to reunite for the Myspace Front To Back series on September 18 more info
Ben Folds
03:17 on September 4 2008

Ben Folds Five Reform

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07:31 on September 3 2008

Ben Folds Five Reunite For Reinhold Messner

Stereogum — In the comments section of our post on the "Hiroshima" video, reader sean took a moment to disparage the fake leak of Way To Normal before writing: He's squandered all... more info
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08:00 on September 3 2008

Ben Folds Five Jump On The "Let's Have Bands Perform Their Old Albums Live" Bandwagon [The End Of Ideas]

Idolator — Cheeky piano-heavy trio Ben Folds Five have announced that they're reuniting for a show where they play their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in... more info
Ben Folds
19:02 on September 4 2008

Ben Folds

The World Forgot — Ben Folds might be the best performer to ever play a piano.  Period.  Granted he might not be the most technically skilled or gifted piano player, but when he takes... more info
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