UPDATED: Ben Folds Five wants to be Charlotte Bobcats Pit Band for a day

Ben Folds Five, a rocking, indie, piano-centric trio from Chapel Hill, NC want to be the Charlotte Bobcats pit band… at least for a day, and it looks like that might just happen.

Front man Ben Folds tweeted as much Sunday evening, to the team, to Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and to fans.

My band Ben Folds Five are from NC and would like to volunteer to be pit band at a@bobcats game this season

— benjamin folds (@BenFolds) November 5, 2012

.@bobcats fans RT my last tweet to get their attention for Ben Fold Five to be pit band at a game this season. -thanks, Ben

— benjamin folds (@BenFolds) November 5, 2012

. @mikegillie14 My band Ben Folds 5 are from NC and fans. Volunteering to be your pit band at gig. @bobcats

— benjamin folds (@BenFolds) November 5, 2012

And the Charlotte Bobcats tweeted him back.

@benfolds we hear you loud and clear Ben! DM us so we can exchange info and get the ball rolling…

— Charlotte Bobcats (@bobcats) November 5, 2012

As of 10:45, less than an hour after the first tweet was sent out, the three posts had a combined 400 retweets.

The band released a new CD a few months back, and its single, “Do It Anyway” (which has a really sweet music video) is doing pretty well.

As far as high profile fans, the Bobcats don’t have many, so it wouldn’t hurt to let these guys entertain Charlotte fans for a game or two.