September 4, 2008 - Ben Folds Five will reunite Sept. 18 to kick off a new MySpace-sponsored music program, "Front to Back." The series will feature leading artists performing one of their own seminal albums live in concert, which later will be rebroadcast on the "Front to Back" official MySpace profile, according to a press release.
November 3, 2000 - Even though Ben Folds Five has decided "to bow out with dignity" after three studio albums, it doesn't mean that we can't have one final laugh and smirk with bassist Robert Sledge, who is currently putting together a new group and producing bands in his Chapel Hill, N.C., studio.
November 1, 2000 - After releasing three albums over its six-year run as a band, the misleadingly named, piano-driven trio Ben Folds Five is breaking up. The amicable split came about because the band’s members felt the act had run its course and wanted to pursue other interests, band manager Alan Womark announced.