{"id":482994,"date":"2019-03-04T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T03:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=803254"},"modified":"2019-03-04T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T03:54:28","slug":"ben-folds-violent-femmes-line-up-joint-summer-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/ben-folds-violent-femmes-line-up-joint-summer-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Folds, Violent Femmes Line Up Joint Summer Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ben Folds<\/a> and Violent Femmes<\/a> announced a co-headlining summer tour. The 14-date U.S. trek launches July 28th in Uncasville, Connecticut and concludes August 16th in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n

An artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, March 5th at 10 a.m. local time. General public tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, March 8th at 10 a.m. local time. (The Kansas City, Missouri date goes on sale Monday, March 11th at 10 a.m. CT.) VIP packages will include a pre-show meet-and-greet with Folds, in addition to a signed copy and excerpt readings of his upcoming memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After releasing his third solo LP, Way to Normal<\/em>, in 2008, Folds went on to reform his alt-rock trio Ben Folds Five and record 2012\u2019s The Sound of the Life of the Mind<\/em>. The singer-songwriter, who toured in 2018 with Cake<\/a>, recently satirized President Trump on his solo cut \u201cMister Peepers.\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Violent Femmes, who will join Los Angeles punk act X for a joint trek in May<\/a>, released their ninth album, We Can Do Anything<\/em>, in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben Folds\/Violent Femmes Tour Dates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

July 28 \u2013 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
<\/span>July 30 \u2013 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
<\/span>August 1 \u2013 New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
<\/span>August 2 \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage
<\/span>August 3 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
<\/span>August 4 \u2013 East Providence, RI @ Bold Point Park
<\/span>August 6 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors
<\/span>August 8 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
<\/span>August 9 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater\\
<\/span>August 10 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
<\/span>August 11 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
<\/span>August 14 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Company
<\/span>August 15 \u2013 Des Moines, IA @ Water Works Park Amphitheater
<\/span>August 16 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre<\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Folds and Violent Femmes announced a co-headlining summer tour. The 14-date U.S. trek launches July 28th in Uncasville, Connecticut and concludes August 16th in Kansas City, Missouri. An artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, March 5th at 10 a.m. local time. General public tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, March 8th at 10 a.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 22:01:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}