Ben Folds biography
Folds made a brief solo tour of Australia during August 2009; at one of his sold out Sydney Opera House concerts he was joined onstage for several songs by Aimee Mann, who was also touring Australia at the time. At the Palais theatre in Melbourne Missy Higgins joined him for You Don't Know Me.
In 2010, Folds went on a brief tour of North America called "Ben Folds and a Piano" where he played solo other than with Zach Williams or Kate Miller-Heidke and her husband Keir Nuttall as supporting musicians.
A small number of copies that were pre-ordered also included signed manuscripts by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby.
In April 2011 Folds collaborated with Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Damian Kulash as 8in8 to write, record and produce eight songs in eight hours which were then available online within 24 hours, as well as being performed once on its world tour, as part of the ReThink Music conference.
Folds will reunite with Ben Folds Five to play the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June, 2012. This will be the first time the band has played together since 2008.
Ben Folds performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for the 2012 Presidential Scholar in the Arts ceremony with several of YoungArts best alumni.
Personal life
Folds has been married four times. His personal life has inspired several of his songs; the hit single "Brick", co-written with Darren Jessee, was based on the experience of Folds and his girlfriend having an abortion while they were in high school.
Folds met Anna Goodman in first grade at Moore Elementary School, Winston Salem and was married to her from 1987-1992. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs: "Alice Childress", "The Last Polka", "Smoke", "Kate" and "Lullaby." Folds was then briefly married to Kate Rosen in 1996.
Folds met Australian Frally Hynes in January 1998 and they were married in Adelaide, South Australia in May 1999. the former inspiring his song "Still Fighting It" and the latter inspiring his song "Gracie." Hynes also sang lead on "Root To This" on Fear of Pop's 1998 album Volume 1. Folds filed for divorce in November 2006.
Ben and Fleur Folds were married on November 17, 2007 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.  They are currently based in Nashville where they live with their three children, Gracie, Louis and Julia-Rose. Folds stated in an online chat on the fan forum thesuburbs.org.uk that he and Hynes share joint custody of their twins. Julia Rose is Ben's stepdaughter.
- Ben Folds Five (1995), Passenger/Caroline
- Whatever and Ever Amen (1997), 550 #42 US
- Naked Baby Photos (1998), Caroline
- Fear of Pop: Volume 1 (1998), 550
- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999), 550 #35 US
- Rockin' the Suburbs (2001), Sony #42 US
- Ben Folds Live (2002), Sony #60 US
- Songs for Silverman (2005), Epic (Bonus DVD) #13 US
- Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP (2006), Epic
- Way to Normal (2008), Epic #11 US
- Lonely Avenue (2010), Nonesuch
- Nighty Night (2011), in collaboration with Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, and Neil Gaiman
- The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011), Legacy
- Fifty-Five Vault (2011)
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