With ‘That Thing You Do!,’ Adam Schlesinger Wrote One of the Best 'Fake' Songs in Film History

As a tribute to their late bandmate Adam Schlesinger—who died on April 1 of COVID-19 complications—Fountains of Wayne will reunite for their first live performance in seven years. The reunion is taking place on the JERSEY 4 JERSEY coronavirus relief benefit concert on April 22. They’ll be joined by Sharon Van Etten, who will fill in on bass and backing vocals.

Billie Joe Armstrong's latest installment of his weekly “No Fun Mondays” series was particularly emotional, as it was a tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger.

Schlesinger died earlier this month due to complications relating to the coronavirus

The remaining members of Fountains of Wayne will reunite for their first live performance in seven years to pay tribute to their late band member Adam Schlesinger, who passed away earlier this month due to complications from COVID-19.The band’s Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter and Brian Young will be joined by Sharon Van Etten to fill in on bass and backing vocals at the Jersey 4 Jersey all-star benefit for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund that will take place April 22 at 7 p.m.

By Chris Willman

The Oneders are getting the band back together for a very good cause!

By Ted Johnson

Streams of Fountains of Wayne’s catalog of songs jumped significantly in the days since the death of one of its founding members, songwriter and bassist Adam Schlesinger, on April 1 due to complications from the coronavirus. From April 1-4, the band's music earned 3.5 million U.S. on-demand streams, according to Nie

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard took a few minutes to pay tribute to Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger during his at-home live-stream show on Thursday (April 2). Schlesinger, who was also known for writing music for the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, died at age 52 on April 1 due to complications from the coronavirus."I never got to meet Adam.

Gibbard spoke about his unexpected link to Schlesinger

The fellow songwriter who paid FOW the ultimate compliment, by releasing a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the group, gets serious about what made Schlesinger brilliant.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom has paid an emotional series of tributes to the show’s executive music producer, Adam Schlesinger, after learning he lost his battle with COVID-19 on Wednesday (01Apr20).

Adam Schlesinger, the singer-songwriter of Fountains of Wayne who wrote numerous iconic songs that appeared in films and TV shows, died yesterday of complications from COVID-19. Many artists have paid tribute to the late songwriter, and today, Ben Gibbard took a moment of his “Live From Home” livestream to cover a Fountains of Wayne song. Watch him do “Barbara H.” from the band’s 1996 debut album below (at the 42:48 mark).

© Getty Getty Tom Hanks has memorialised Fountains of Wayne musician Adam Schlesinger, who died this week aged 52 following complications from coronavirus, calling him “a One-der”.

Adam Schlesinger, the frontman of the band Fountains of Wayne has passed away from coronavirus complications. He was aged just 51.

By Bruce Haring

"He was a living, breathing, victory lap," writes hitmaker Sam Hollander in a guest column.

Prolific songwriter Adam Schlesinger died from coronavirus complications on Wednesday morning (April 1) at 52 years old. Following his death, countless famous friends and coworkers have flooded the Internet with love for the late star, and touching stories about how Schlesinger impacted their lives and careers.