Fountains Of Wayne have performed their first present in 12 years and their first for the reason that dying of bassist Adam Schlesinger – watch beneath.
Schlesinger, a founding member of the band, who additionally gained fame as an Emmy-winning movie and TV composer, handed away in 2020 on the age of 52 from issues associated to COVID-19.
In February, the band introduced they might be returning to the stage for a string of latest exhibits, with Eve 6’s Max Collins filling in for Schlesinger on bass. The primary of these exhibits went down within the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Florida on Saturday (Might 24), with Fountains Of Wayne opening for Weezer.
They performed a 15-song set comprised fully of music from their first three albums, ‘Fountains Of Wayne’ (1996), ‘Utopia Parkway’ (1999) and ‘Welcome Interstate Managers’ (2003). It was their first full dwell set for the reason that conclusion of their Fall Tour in October 2013.
Watch the complete set right here:
“Thanks Boca Raton for a stunning night!” the band wrote on social media after the present. “Pleasure assembly so a lot of you and sweating on a lot of you.”
Fountains Of Wayne performed:
‘I’ve Bought A Aptitude’
‘Denise’
‘No Higher Place’
‘Barbara H.’
‘She’s Bought A Drawback’
‘Crimson Dragon Tattoo’
‘Valley Winter Tune’
‘Hackensack’
‘Troubled Instances’
‘It Should Be Summer season’
‘Mexican Wine’
‘Radiation Vibe’
‘Survival Automobile’
‘Stacy’s Mother’
‘Sink To The Backside’
Thanks Boca Raton for a stunning night! Pleasure assembly so a lot of you and sweating on a lot of you
— Fountains of Wayne (@fountainsofwayne.bsky.social) 2025-05-25T04:48:55.623Z
Fountains Of Wayne now head to Japan to play two dates on the Mano-Mugen Competition in Yokohama on Might 31 and June 1, adopted by an look at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 4 and Oceans Calling in Maryland on September 26.
Following his passing, Schlesinger obtained tributes from varied associates and colleagues reminiscent of Tom Hanks, who wrote, directed and starred in 1996’s That Factor You Do!, for which Schlesinger wrote the acclaimed signature title monitor, which charted all around the globe.
Inexperienced Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong additionally paid tribute to Schlesinger by masking ‘That Factor You Do’ as a part of his No Enjoyable Mondays collection of quarantine periods in 2020.
In 2023, Lauren Mayberry and Matthew Koma additionally teamed up for a canopy of ‘That Factor You Do’ throughout Mayberry’s gig on the Music Corridor of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York.
