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Fountains of Wayne Set First Gig Since Adam Schlesinger’s Death
Five years after the death of Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, the band’s surviving members will reunite for their first public performance.
Milwaukee’s Summerfest announced its lineup Wednesday, and deep on the bill was Fountains of Wayne; the band’s founding members — singer Chris Collingwood, guitarist Jody Porter, and drummer Brian Young — confirmed the gig on their newly launched Bluesky account, adding that Eve 6’s Max Collins would fill in for Schlesinger on bass. Soon after, amid the coronavirus quarantine, his bandmates reunited — with help from Sharon Van Etten — for the first time in seven years to virtually perform on a New Jersey pandemic relief fund’s benefit livestream. “That kind of ability comes from being fluent in the language of pop music, from years of listening analytically and being able to play many different instruments.
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