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Fastball

Musician/band
@fastballtheband
Rock and Roll band from Austin, TX
  • Entertainment
  • Following 454
  • Followers 10.7K
  • Engagement 11.59%
  • Avg comments 35

About Fastball

Fastball (@fastballtheband) is a Musician/band creator on Instagram, also filed under Entertainment. The account has 10,664 followers and 831 published posts. Recent posts average 1,392 likes and 35 comments, an engagement rate of 11.59%.

With 10.7K followers, Fastball is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 454 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 23 followers per account Fastball follows. Fastball carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Fastball under Musician/band, with Entertainment as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Fastball runs to 7 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Fastball dates from May 2026.

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831 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Fastball, 5 are videos, 3 are carousels and 2 are single images. No single format accounts for most of them. Fastball has built a substantial archive of 831 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 13 followers for each post published. Fastball also keeps 6 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 49 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include austin, many, october, kutx and thursday. The captions tag #fastball, #austin, #theway, #kutx and #thedropin.

“THE WAY” • LIGHTSTREAM

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Fastball’s performance of “The Way” on Lightstream in Austin, Texas on February 22, 2022.

Production by Lightstream

Filmed & Recorded - Evan Crowley
Audio Engineering - Bryan Hagmann & Ian Grockel
Mix Engineer - Ian Grockel
Production Assit - Michael Booher & Robyn Fox

🎞️ Lightstream |

#Fastball #TheWay #Lightstream #Austin #Texas
Shoutout to the fans who came all the way from Uruguay to see us! Salud!

Many thanks to and for making the trip!

⚾️ + 🇺🇾 + 🇺🇸 = 🙌🏽🤘🏽

#Fastball #FastballFans #Uruguay #Austin
Playing live on KUT back in 2018 with on bass. We used to do the song in G for a long time even though it’s in E on the record.

🎞️

“Out Of My Head” live in Studio 1A at KUTX on November 8, 2018

Host: Jay Trachtenberg
Producer: Deidre Gott
Broadcast Engineer: Jake Perlman, Cliff Hargrove
Cameras: Emree Weaver, Salvador Castro, Julia Reihs
Edit: Jenan Taha, Juila Reihs

We are very much looking forward to being with KUTX again this THURSDAY, May 21st at the LONG CENTER for the DROP-IN!

👉 Don’t forget to RSVP for THURSDAY and let us know in the comments that you’re coming out!

#Fastball #KUTX #TheDropIn #Austin
Burning down the house in Houston!

📍

Special thanks to Brandi Jane Fisher for capturing the moment!

#Fastball #HouseOfBlues #HOB #Houston #MilesZuniga
Drop-In on us at the Lawn with our friends on Thursday, May 21 🤘🏽🤘🏽

You can grab your FREE ticket (yup, FREE!) starting Monday at 10am at!!

👉 See y’all there!

🎟️ RSVP on Monday, May 18 10:00 AM CT

🎟️ Public RSVP Ticket link:

#Fastball #KUTX #TheDropIn #Austin
A very happy birthday to our own Tony Scalzo! The writer and the voice behind so many great songs!! 🎉

Special thanks to all the fans and for all the birthday messages to Tony!

#TonyScalzo #Fastball #HappyBirthday
Great memories of former side guitarist/keyboardist, Andy Blunda, Miles Zuniga, and Tony Scalzo - FASTBALL performing “The Way” at BBC’s - Top Of The Pops (TOTP) on October 2, 1998.

TOTP other guests taping that day were Culture Club, The Beautiful South, Republica, Shania Twain and Ash.

🔊 Boy George invited us out to Met Bar that evening where he was DJ-ing.

📸 ⏩️ Photo of Boy and us after the show …

✍🏽 ⏩️ Ending slide - So memories don’t fade too much... The Diary of our time in London back in ‘98.

🎞️ BBC’s Top Of The Pops

#Fastball #TheWay #TopOfThePops #BoyGeorge #1998
10/3 NEW YORK! Early bird tickets now on sale for the Music in Hudson Valley, NY, on Saturday, October 3, 2026. will be performing with as our guest vocalist, with,, Sophie B. Hawkins, and many more!
🎟️

#sleepyhollowmusicfest #everclear #fastball #sophiebhawkins
Our cover of DJ Snake’s “Let Me Love You comes out tomorrow! #fastballtheband #justinbieber #djsnake #letmeloveyou
Just announced - at the on Saturday, October 3rd - Tickets on sale now:

Fastball's engagement

Fastball's engagement rate on Instagram is 11.59%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. An average post collects 1,392 likes and 35 comments, close to 40 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

11.59%

Avg likes
1.4K
Avg comments
35
Interactions : followers
1 : 9

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Who is Fastball?

Fastball (@fastballtheband) is a Musician/band creator on Instagram, also filed under Entertainment. Fastball carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Fastball runs to 7 words.

How many followers does Fastball have?

Fastball has 10,664 followers on Instagram (10.7K). Set against 454 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 23 followers per account Fastball follows. Fastball has built a substantial archive of 831 posts.

What is Fastball's engagement rate?

Fastball's engagement rate on Instagram is 11.59%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 9 followers. An average post collects 1,392 likes and 35 comments, close to 40 likes for each comment.

What does Fastball post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Fastball under Musician/band, with Entertainment as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Fastball, 5 are videos, 3 are carousels and 2 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Fastball repeatedly use the words austin, many, october, kutx and thursday. Fastball's captions carry hashtags such as #fastball, #austin and #theway. Fastball writes those captions mainly in English. Fastball keeps 6 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

How do I contact Fastball for a collaboration?

Fastball's contact details are not published on Flinque's public profile. The Instagram bio links to 5 external sites, and a free Flinque account opens those links. The account is registered as an Instagram business account. Brands with a free Flinque account can shortlist Fastball and use Flinque's outreach tools wherever a contact route is on file.

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