Fountains of Wayne have introduced their first present following the demise of Adam Schlesinger, their bassist and normal popular culture songwriter extraordinaire, in April 2020. The ability-pop band will carry out at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, on the Fourth of July, alongside different acts equivalent to Benson Boone, the Lumineers, Chicago, and Porter Robinson. Eve 6’s Max Collins will take over for Schlesinger on bass. See the Summerfest lineup within the poster under.
Later this 12 months, on Friday, September 26, the reunited Fountains of Wayne will carry out at Oceans Calling Competition, in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland. See the poster for that occasion under, too.
Schlesinger died from COVID-19 issues on the age of 52. Along with his personal bands Fountains of Wayne and Ivy, the musician was each critically revered and a cult icon as a prolific songwriter for movie and TV. He gained three Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and was nominated for added Academy Awards, Tony Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. Numerous tributes have been launched in Schlesinger’s honor following his demise, together with a particular covers album, livestream reunions by Fountains of Wayne and That Factor You Do! solid members, and a 2021 star-studded tribute present.
This Summerfest set might be Fountains of Wayne’s first public efficiency in 12 years. Their final studio album, Sky Stuffed with Holes, got here out in 2011, and the band went on hiatus two years later. Fountains of Wayne reissued their 2003 album, Welcome Interstate Managers, which incorporates the hit “Stacy’s Mother,” on vinyl in 2021.
Whereas Fountains of Wayne did get again collectively—with Sharon Van Etten filling in on bass and singing backup vocals—for the Jersey 4 Jersey profit present in 2020, that was a livestream-only occasion. Afterward, they launched a model of “Hackensack,” that includes Van Etten, to lift cash for the New Jersey Pandemic Aid Fund.
