Beloved Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee hits The Night Cat in April for his "OMG I'm Playing Gigs Again" tour.

Ben Lee began his career as a young teenager in the early 90’s, in the Australian lo-fi punk band Noise Addict, who were discovered by taste-making artists Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys.

But all of this heavy subject matter has never dampened Ben’s playful experimentation such as his short-lived side project with Ben Folds and Ben Kweller “The Bens”, his production of the Grammy-nominated “Cho Dependent” by Margaret Cho, his job as a band leader for the Tom Hanks produced “3 Minute Talk Show” web series, or his “Mixtape from Ben Lee” album, where he invited guest singers such as Zooey Deschanel, Neil Finn, Luke Steele and Nina Person to sing songs he wrote especially for their voices. He has also collaborated with artists like Sarah Silverman and Lena Dunham and is currently in pre-production for an animated “psychedelic children’s musical about alcohol” called 'B is for Beer’ that he co- created with legendary US author Tom Robbins.

Increasingly over the years, Ben has also jumped into political and social activism. He dedicated much of 2020 to campaigning against the Republican administration while living in the US and putting together events such as the “Save the Senate” Online Festival featuring Rufus Wainwright, Ani DiFranco, Neko Case and Jim James.

2021 is shaping up to be another wild ride as Ben preps for the release of his forthcoming album featuring collaborations with Shamir, Christian Lee Hutson, Money Mark, Sadie Dupuis and Zooey Deschanel.