Ben Folds Reveals Sept.-Dec. Plans

The LP arrives Sept. 11 on New West and features eight new songs along with the debut of his 21-minute “Concereto For Piano and Orchestra,” recorded with the Nashville Symphony.

New tracks include “Capable Of Anything,” which NPR premiered last month, and “Phone In The Pool,” which debuted via the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.

You can pre-order So There starting July 17 at 11 a.m. EDT.  Both “Capable Of Anything” and “Phone In The Pool” are being offered as instant grat tracks via iTunes.

The album is also available as a two-disc, four-sided 180g-vinyl package that includes four RC silver prints hand-selected by Folds from his archives.  The package also comes with a silver gelatin black and white fiber board print autographed by Folds.

The upcoming dates include a few solo gigs in July, performances with orchestras, and several nights with yMusic, which played with Folds at Southern California’s Coachella and at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

“When I was introduced to yMusic, it was like, ‘Oh, these are my brothers and sisters.  We’re done,’” Folds said.  “I didn’t look back.  I had a new rock band, basically.  I didn’t expect to end up in a new band but that’s what happened.”

Here’s the schedule:

July 16 – Omaha, Neb., Sokol Auditorium / Underground
July 17 – Mankato, Minn., Vetter Stone Amphitheater
July 18 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, McGrath Amphitheatre
July 30 – San Diego, Calif., Embarcadero Marina Park
Aug. 12 – London, England, Royal Opera House
Aug. 14 – Glasgow, Scotland, “Summer Nights Festival”
Sept. 12 – Nashville, Tenn., Public Square Park (Live On The Green)
Sept. 14 – Seattle, Wash., Moore Theatre
Sept. 15 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
Sept. 16 – San Francisco, Calif., Warfield Theatre
Oct. 1 – Augusta, Ga., Various Venues (Augusta Westobou Festival)
Oct. 30 – Miami, Fla., Olympia Theater At Gusman Center
Dec. 4 – Washington, D.C., The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
Dec. 8 – Winston-Salem, N.C., Lawrence Joel Vet. Mem. Coliseum

July 16-18 are solo performances.  Folds appears with the San Diego Symphony July 30, Symphony Orchestra Augusta Oct. 1; Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra Oct. 30; National Symphony Dec. 4 and Piedmont Wind Symphony Dec. 8.  He appears with yMusic Aug. 12-Sept. 16.

Some shows are already on sale. Visit BenFolds.com for details.