Party Ends

   This is the most excited I have been about anything in American music since Trapped in the Closet came out. For the first time in almost 10 years- Ben Folds Five is reuniting! They will be playing The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in it's entirety (!!) in Chapel Hill, NC on September 18th. This is a one time only event but thankfully MySpace’s new show (who knew they had shows?) called Front to Back will be filming it. They have yet to announce when the footage will air.

Ben Folds sez:
"When MySpace approached me about doing this gig… I misunderstood and thought they wanted us to play Purple Rain front to back, so of course I said yes, but we're happy to do The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner instead. Of our three albums, this one brings back the most vivid memories. It was actually written to be one song of many movements, which is why there are motifs that appear throughout the album. That should make Reinhold a natural to be played front to back."

The question is: how will they do "Your Most Valuable Possession".  Bring Ben’s dad on stage or use an answering machine?

Tickets go on sale Sept. 8 via eTix.com, I can’t figure out how much they will be just yet…