{"id":495621,"date":"2026-02-21T23:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495621\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:34:13","slug":"ben-folds-adds-hobart-show-to-his-australian-tour-after-high-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495621\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Folds adds Hobart show to his Australian tour after high demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Ben Folds has announced he is coming to Hobart in October.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s added three additional concerts, including Hobart on October 4 at Hobart\u2019s Odeon Theatre, after his Australian tour sold out quickly.<\/p>\n

American artist Lindsey Kraft will join Folds as special guest.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the eve of his sold-out Australian tour, Ben Folds decided there were more towns to visit and more venues to play,\u201d organisers said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ben Folds will perform at Hobart\u2019s Odeon Theatre on October 4<\/p>\n

Folds rose to fame with alternative rock band Ben Folds Five in the 1990s, scoring hits including \u201cBrick\u201d, \u201cArmy\u201d and \u201cUnderground\u201d.<\/p>\n

His solo career has produced popular tracks like \u201cRockin\u2019 the Suburbs\u201d and \u201cThe Luckiest\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"American artist Lindsey Kraft will support Folds as a special guest<\/p>\n

The piano-driven performances will feature songs spanning Folds\u2019 three-decade career, combined with personal stories from his time as a platinum-selling artist.<\/p>\n

Frontier Member presale begins Tuesday, February 24 at 10am with general tickets on sale Wednesday February 25, at 11am.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available through frontiertouring.com\/benfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Ben Folds has announced he is coming to Hobart in October. He\u2019s added three additional concerts,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-495621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}