I have seen Ben Folds on his last three tours in Brisbane, The Three Bens (Ben Folds, Ben Lee and Ben Kweller), the Songs for Silverman tour and now with The Queensland Orchestra. He started the night with the classic Ben Folds hit Zac and Sarah. There were some slight audio problems during the first couple of songs, but it was all resolved quickly. It took me a while to get use the sound of being in a concert hall, so much more ethereal. The Concert Hall is a venue that has truly great acoustics, and not just a room filled with blaring amps and speakers to counteract the reverberation (like some live music venues I go to, *cough* The Arena *cough*).
The big surprise was when The Dresden Dolls graced the stage and gave a spectacular rendition of their “Coin-Operated Boy”. The Dresden Dolls stuck around to help Ben out with a song, providing drums and backing vocals. Another high point of the show was when Ben called on a tenor to add some vocal prowess to one of his songs.
Ben ended the show with my favourite song “The Luckiest”. What a night, I couldn’t wait for the next night when I got to go again, and sit front row centre, instead of in the third row to the right.
Performance 9
Technical 9
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