'Fountains Of Wayne' To Honor Late Bandmate, Montclair Native

MONTCLAIR, NJ — The remaining members of New Jersey rock band Fountains of Wayne will pay tribute to their late peer, Adam Schlesinger, with their first live performance in seven years.

Schlesinger, who graduated from Montclair High School, died of complications related to the new coronavirus on April 1, according to The Associated Press. He was 52.

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Fountains of Wayne members Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter and Brian Young will join a star-studded roster of musicians and entertainers as part of the Jersey 4 Jersey benefit show at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22.

Collingwood, Porter and Young will get an assist from singer-songwriter and New Jerseyan Sharon Van Etten, who will fill in for Schlesinger on bass and backing vocals.

The show will raise funds to ease the impact of COVID-19 on New Jersey’s most vulnerable communities. It will be broadcast on Apple Music and AppleTV, E Street Radio on SiriusXM, WABC Channel 7, WPVI 6ABC, WPIX, News12, NJTV and radio outlets including 1010 WINS, WCBS 880, CBS-FM, WFAN, New York’s Country 94.7, Alt 92.3, and Q104.3. Social media posts will be shared with the hashtag #jersey4jersey. (Learn more here)

“Brian, Jody and I are honored to be part of the Jersey 4 Jersey benefit, and grateful that Sharon was able to perform with us,” Collingwood said. “Adam would have been proud that Fountains were helping to raise money for fellow New Jerseyans.”

Other entertainers involved in the benefit include Saquon Barkley, Tony Bennett, Jon Bon Jovi, Danny DeVito, Whoopi Goldberg, Halsey, Chelsea Handler, Charlie Puth, Kelly Ripa, Chris Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart and SZA.

“New Jersey has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but nobody is more resilient than the people of the Garden State,” organizers write. “We support each other in times of need and we always help our neighbors.”

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