Fountains of Wayne have introduced their first present following the death of Adam Schlesinger, their bassist and common popular culture songwriter extraordinaire, in April 2020. The facility-pop band will carry out at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, on the Fourth of July, alongside different acts corresponding 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 beneath.
Later this 12 months, on Friday, September 26, the reunited Fountains of Wayne will carry out at Oceans Calling Festival, in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland. See the poster for that occasion beneath, too.
Schlesinger died from COVID-19 complications 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 received three Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and was nominated for extra Academy Awards, Tony Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. Numerous tributes had been launched in Schlesinger’s honor following his demise, together with a special covers album, livestream reunions by Fountains of Wayne and That Thing You Do! solid members, and a 2021 star-studded tribute show.
This Summerfest set will probably 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 boost cash for the New Jersey Pandemic Aid Fund.
