About Ben Folds tickets

When Ben Folds sits down at the keyboard and begins to play, you know you're going to hear a gong straight from the heart, with words that create vivid images and steer you to ponder life's zigs and zags. His songs are close and intimate. They are delivered in a way that emphasizes the lyrics and provides the perfect music complement to the songs' content. Ben Folds, born in 1966, grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, playing the piano since age 9 and picking up the bass and drums. Folds started honing his songwriting chops when he formed a band called Majosha and played the clubs and parties around Duke University. Eventually Folds landed a music deal in Nashville and played drums for several musicians as a session player. After attending the University of Miami School of Music, Folds returned to North Carolina and formed the Ben Folds Five in 1994, with bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee. The band released their debut album, Whatever and Ever Amen in 1997, which brought them hits with the singles 'Brick,' 'Song for the Dumped' and 'Battle of Who Could Care Less.' The band's final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, was released in 1999, which caught on and gave the Ben Folds Five a strong following in Britain and Australia. In 2008, Ben Folds began leaning solo, and b7 2001, after the breakup of the Ben Folds Five, he released his first solo album, Rockin' the Suburbs Several more albums have followed, and with Ben Folds tickets you will see a songwriter in the prime of his career.