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Odd Men Out
Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright are co-headlining a tour this summer – dubbed the Odd Men Out tour, and we at pollstar.com couldn’t agree more with the pairing. These two composers exude so much skill and artistry that the tour could be a how-to course in songwriting.
This tour comes in support of new albums by both Folds and Wainwright and will feature each composer with his own band.
Piano-manhandler, Ben Folds just released Songs For Silverman in April. This is his second solo album after leaving the successful rock trio Ben Folds Five. Before hooking up with Wainwright, Folds will spend June touring the U.K, plus a couple of dates in Germany.
Wainwright, scion of the musical Wainwright family, released his latest album, Want Two, in November of 2004. “Also, All I Want,” a documentary about Wainwright was released last April.
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Odd Men Out will have it’s first performance in Vienna, Va. on August 3. The tour will then travel North through New England and Eastern Canada. They will then play a number of shows in the Midwest before heading to the West coast near the end of the month.
The tour will also feature special guest Ben Lee from Folds’ adopted home of Australia. Lee also released a new album, Awake Is The New Sleep, last February.