Ben Folds - Paper Airplane Request Tour

Ben Folds brings the Paper Airplane Request Tour to Bristol Beacon, a concert in which audience song requests, sent to the stage on paper planes, shape the second half of the evening.

Ben Folds is an American musician associated with pop, born in Winston-Salem in 1966. Active since 1988, Folds has released records on Epic Records, including the album Rockin'the Suburbs (2001). The Paper Airplane Request Tour is built around the choices of the audience rather than a fixed running order.

The concert has two parts. In the first half, Folds performs a selection of chosen favourites. After the interval, fans send their song requests to the stage folded into paper airplanes, and the second half follows the requests that arrive. Those attending may bring a ready-made plane or make one at the merchandise stand before the show, where pens and paper are supplied. The evening is designed around the connection between Folds and the audience.

Bristol Beacon is a Grade II listed concert hall on Trenchard Street in Bristol. It mainly hosts pop, rock and indie concerts and also stages theatre, so this tour sits within the venue's usual programme of popular music.