{"id":472838,"date":"2026-10-22T01:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472838\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:16:13","slug":"alt-rock-trio-ben-folds-five-to-stop-in-austin-on-first-tour-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472838\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt-rock trio Ben Folds Five to stop in Austin on first tour in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alternative rock band <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialbenfoldsfive.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Folds Five<\/a> is returning to the stage for the first time in 15 years in 2027, including a stop at ACL Live at The Moody Theater on Tuesday, April 20.<\/p>\n<p>Only a handful of tour dates have been announced so far, starting April 12 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and ending April 24 in Birmingham, Alabama. In that two-week stretch, the band will also appear in two other Texas cities: Houston on the 21st and Irving on the 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Folds Five started in 1993, and all the members in the current trio are original members: pianist Ben Folds, bassist Robert Sledge, drummer Darren Jessee. Their debut record, Whatever and Ever Amen, came out in 1997, making this a 20th anniversary tour. The band split up in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the dates announced so far will go on sale Friday, October 23, at 10 am via <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialbenfoldsfive.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">officialbenfoldsfive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First announced tour dates for Ben Folds Five in 2027<\/p>\n<p>APRIL<\/p>\n<p>12 \u2013 Knoxville, TN \u2013 Tennessee Theatre<\/p>\n<p>13 \u2013 Chattanooga, TN \u2013 Tivoli Theatre<\/p>\n<p>15 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL \u2013 Florida Theatre<\/p>\n<p>16 \u2013 Pompano Beach, FL \u2013 Pompano Beach Amphitheater<\/p>\n<p>17 \u2013 Clearwater, FL \u2013 The BayCare Sound<\/p>\n<p>20 \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 ACL Live at The Moody Theater<\/p>\n<p>21 \u2013 Houston, TX \u2013 713 Music Hall<\/p>\n<p>22 \u2013 Irving, TX \u2013 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory<\/p>\n<p>24 &#8211; Birmingham, AL &#8211; Avondale Brewing Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alternative rock band Ben Folds Five is returning to the stage for the first time in 15 years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-472838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}