Japanese edition will include "Army" as a bonus track. But there are no details (date, venue etc) on amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00CIXE8GY/

Japanese version of BEN FOLDS FIVE LIVE to be released on June 26. There are no details yet, but "LIVE!" (=Japanese title) to include bonus track(s).
http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&ima=3656&cd=SICP000003834
http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1304260007/

[Track Listings]

Live (Audio CD)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBG9S7M/

Track Listings
01. Jackson Cannery (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)
02. Erase Me (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)
03. Selfless, Cold and Composed (House of Blues, Boston MA, 10/13/12)
04. Uncle Walter (Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 10/5/12)
05. Landed (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)
06. Sky High (The Barton Theatre, Adelaide AU, 11/16/12)
07. One Chord Blues/Billie s Bounce (The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA 1/26/13)
08. Do It Anyway/Overture-Heaven on Their Minds (O2 Academy, Brixton UK, 12/4/12)
09. Brick (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)
10. Draw A Crowd (Capitol, Port Chester NY, 10/9/12)
11. Narcolepsy (Hitomi Kinen Hall, Tokyo JP, 2/16/13)
12. Underground (Mielparque Hall, Osaka JP, 2/22/13)
13. Tom and Mary (O2 Academy, Brixton UK, 12/4/12)
14. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (The Warfield, San Francisco CA, 1/31/13)
15. Song for the Dumped (The Barton Theatre, Adelaide AU, 11/16/12)

Live (Double Vinyl)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBG9SL8/

Track Listings
Disc: 1
01. Jackson Cannery (Live at The Warfeld, San Franciso, CA 1/31/13)
02. Erase Me (Live at The Warfeld, San Franciso, CA 1/31/13)
03. Selfless, Cold and Composed (Live at House Of Blues, Boston, MA 10/13/12)
04. Uncle Walter (Live at Kool Haus, Toronto, Canada 10/5/12)
05. Landed (Live at The Warfeld, San Franciso, CA 1/31/13)
06. Sky High (Live at The Barton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia 11/16/12)
07. One Chord Blues/Billie S Bounce (Live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 1/26/13)
08. Do It Anyway/Overture-Heaven on Their Minds (Live at O2 Academy, Brixton, London, UK 12/4/12)

Disc: 2
01. Brick (Live at The Warfeld, San Franciso, CA 1/31/13)
02. Draw A Crowd (Live at Capitol, Port Chester, NY 10/9/12)
03. Narcolepsy (Live at Hitomi Kinen Hall, Tokyo, Japan 2/16/13)
04. Underground (Live at Mielparque Hall, Osaka, Japan 2/22/13)
05. Tom and Mary (Live at O2 Academy, Bristol, UK 11/23/12)
06. One Angry Dwarf and Two Hundred Solemn Faces (Live at The Warfeld, San Franciso, CA 1/26/13)
07. Song for the Dumped (Live at The Barton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia 11/16/12)


Editorial Reviews
ImAVeePee Records/Sony Music is proud to release Ben Folds Five Live, the first live album from piano-pop trio Ben Folds Five. Recorded in 2012 on their first tour in more than a decade, this new set - available on CD and double-vinyl - will be the perfect prelude to the band's spot on the Last Summer on Earth Tour, which will see Ben Folds Five filling amphitheaters across America alongside Barenaked Ladies and Guster.

For longtime fans of Ben Folds' biting, piano-based power-pop songs, the past two years have been full of excitement. In 2011, Folds reunited with bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee to record the first new Ben Folds Five songs since 1999 for the career-spanning compilation The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective. Inspired by the collaborative spark after so many years apart, the trio reconvened in Folds' Nashville studio to record their fourth studio album, The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind. The album was an immediate hit, peaking within Billboard's Top 10 - the band's highest-charting release.

Ben Folds Five consistently thrills audiences with their high energy performances, and Ben Folds Five Live captures the band in top form across four continents through 2012 and 2013. The band deliver powerful renditions of their most beloved classics like "Jackson Cannery," "Brick" and "Song For The Dumped" as well as new hits from The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind, including "Do It Anyway," "Draw A Crowd" and "Sky High."

Ben Folds Five will be on a Japanese TV show "Best Hit USA" on BS-ASAHI, next Tuesday, April 23, at 11:00 p.m.
http://www.bs-asahi.co.jp/usa/

When BF5 played at Nagoya Club Quattro back in February, Darren wore a T-shirt that said "Best Hit USA" on the front. According to the show's website, they had an interview...and also had a music quiz. I guess Darren won the quiz and got a T-shirt

http://www.benfolds.com/news/ben-folds-five-joins-barenaked-ladies-and-guster-last-summer-earth-tour
The last line of the press release says : "Additional info and dates on the "Last Summer On Earth" tour will be announced in the coming weeks. ", and according to Ben's interview in a Japanese magazine, BF5 will tour "until the end of the summer." 

Ben also says in the interview that he will be "absent from BF5 after the summer tour". He is currently writing a piano concerto in only 3 months. The concerto is a joint commission of the Nashville Ballet, the Nashville Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. And he have to prepare for the symphony tour in 2014.

And, BF5 will be back in the studio in 2014 during Ben's symphony tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vc92Gc1oc
http://www.lastsummeronearth.com/

Jun 17 - Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
Jun 19 - Red Rocks, Denver, CO
Jun 20 - USANA Amph, Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 22 - Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
Jun 23 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Jun 25 - Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA *
Jun 26 - Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA *
Jun 28 - Botanical Gardens, Boise, ID
Jun 29 - White River Amphitheatre, Seattle, WA
Jun 30 - Big Sky Brewing Company, Missoula, MT
Jul 03 - Newman Outdoor Field, Fargo, ND ** (Caution : no BF5)
Jul 05 - LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
Jul 06 - The Shoe at Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Jul 08 - Commonground Festival, Lansing, MI
Jul 09 - Charter One Pavilion, Chicago, IL *
Jul 11 - Molson Amph Pavillion, Toronto, Canada
Jul 12 - DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
Jul 13 - The Woods at Fontanel, Nashville, TN
Jul 15 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Jul 16 - Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA *
Jul 18 - Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 19 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Jul 20 - PNC, Holmdel, NJ
Jul 21 - Waterfront Park, Bangor, ME
Jul 23 - Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
Jul 25 - Time Warner Cable Uptown Ampitheatre, Charlotte, NC
Jul 26 - Verizon Wireless Amph. At Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
Jul 27 - Family Circle Cup Stadium, Charleston, SC
Jul 28 - Red Hat Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC
Jul 30 - Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY
* = BNL & BF5 only
** = BNL & Guster only, No BF5

Last Summer On Earth 2013 Tour Announce!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vc92Gc1oc
http://www.lastsummeronearth.com/

 

According to a Japanese magazine interview with Ben, they named their project "40 Fingers for 4-Piano Players". They are going to record an album in April.

[Barenaked Ladies, Guster]

Ben reveals in the interview (a radio show on Inter FM, and on the latest issue of Keyboard Magazine Japan) that Ben Folds Five are planning to release a live album. No details yet, but they recorded all the shows of this reunion tour...as always

They will also tour the U.S. this summer. LA date was announced yesterday.
Last Summer on Earth 2013 - teaming of Barenaked Ladies, Guster and Ben Folds Five
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-greek-gibson-2013-concert-schedules-unveiled-20130306,0,4702420.story
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51101471/ns/local_news-orange_county_ca/
http://www.nederlanderconcerts.com/last-summer-on-earth-2013/

Thanks for the great review, owly! Yeah, I think it was his daughter. She looks taller than her father

Makiko, any idea who the guy all the way on the left is?

haha, "the guy" is Leo. He sure looks different in this picture.

Tell us more about the original recording of Michael Praytor....

I think it was the live recording of "Rock this B*tch". The lyrics and melody were totally different, but it was the origin of "Michael Praytor, Five Years Later". I hope they will play it again on their summer tour!

01. Michael Praytor, Five Years Later
02. Jackson Cannery
03. Hold That Thought
04. Selfless, Cold and Composed
05. Erase Me (Robert broke a bass string during the song)
06. Improv song (While Scott was replacing a bass string, Robert played a white bass guitar)
07. Theme From Dr. Pyser (fan request)
08. Improv Song (Robert replaced a bass guitar)
09. Landed
10. Sky High
11. Missing the War
12. Battle of Who Could Care Less
13. Draw A Crowd
14. Thank You for Breaking My Heart
15. Brick
16. Emaline (fan request)
17. Philosophy
18. Kate
19. Eye of the Tiger (Survivor cover, only a snippet.)
20. Do It Anyway
21. Improv song (Audience threw a couple of hand puppets on the stage, and Ben did an improv song about them.)
22. Alice Childress
23. Underground
24. Song for the Dumped
25. Army (audience members threw paper planes on the stage)

Encore:
26. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (with Korean singer/songwiter, Younha) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVyOwQraHA
27. Uncle Walter

*you can watch about half of the show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhKzqpMDYL4
*Pre-show music was amazing. Ben played the original recording of "Michael Praytor, Five Years Later"!

Concert Review (written in Korean)
http://www.unionpress.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=192640

Uniqlo-Korea's photo album
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.564962183523114.131487.176419105710759&type=1

01. Michael Praytor, Five Years Later
02. Jackson Cannery
03. Hold That Thought
04. Selfless, Cold and Composed
05. Erase Me
06. Landed
07. Sky High
08. Missing the War
09. Battle of Who Could Care Less
10. Draw A Crowd
11. Hiroshima (sang in Japanese)
12. Brick
13. Magic
14. Philosophy
15. Kate
16. Do It Anyway
17. Jam Session
18. Alice Childress
19. Song for the Dumped (sang in Japanese)
20. Army

Encore:
21. Underground
22. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

It was a seated venue, but the audience was enthusiastic. Ben talked about the episode when they recorded "Whatever and Ever Amen" in Chapel Hill. I hope these Japanese girls were in the audience

this is the kind of show our generous "anonymous donor" would be a welcome return.

or...we should have asked ben himself :p

01. Michael Praytor, Five Years Later
02. Missing the War
03. Philosophy
04. Draw A Crowd
05. Landed
06. Alice Childress
07. Erase Me
08. Hold That Thought
09. Hiroshima (sang in Japanese)
10. Battle of Who Could Care Less
11. Sky High
12. Brick
13. Do It Anyway
14. Theme From Dr. Pyser (started as a Jam Session by Darren and Robert, and Ben joined in later)
15. Tom and Mary
16. Mess
17. Uncle Walter (fan request)
18. Underground

Encore:
19. Song for the Dumped (sang in Japanese)
20. Army
21. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

Back to the "normal" setlist, but the show was amazing as always Ben speaks/sings FLUENT Japanese.