BEN FOLDS
GRAND OPERA HOUSE YORK
THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2023
Ben Folds is one of the major music influencers of our generation. His body of genre-bending music includes a string of classic albums with Ben Folds Five and a glorious mix of collaborations and special projects.
He tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, and currently serving as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. A New York Times Best Selling author and podcast host, frequently guest stars in film and TV, and recently earned an Emmy nomination for his composition of a new theme song for a popular Peanuts TV special.
An advocate for the arts, he serves on the Board of the Arts Action Fund, Planet Word and the Nashville Symphony, and has launched a music education initiative for kids in his home state of North Carolina.
He returns with What Matters Most, his first studio album in eight years. Released in June on New West Records, What Matters Most is a bold, timely, cinematic work. “More than anything I wanted to make an album that was generous, that was useful” says Ben Folds. “This perhaps more than any record I’ve made is a true album”
Ben Folds will combine his new album with his own choice of songs from his whole career on the What Matters Most Tour in November, playing some of the greatest concert halls across the country including the Royal Albert Hall.
He’s chosen guitarist and singer Lau Noah to open these shows – she’s a thrilling new voice from Catalonia via New York.
Tickets from £36.75 at ATGtickets.com/york