Dave Matthews Band adds summer leg to upcoming trek
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Dave Matthews Band will get fans psyched about its new album with an extensive spring/summer tour that now spans nearly 50 cities across North America.
The previously announced spring leg is set to kick off April 14 with a sold-out performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden and wrap May 9 following a two-night stand in Las Vegas. After a brief break, DMB will dive into summer with a May 27 gig in Darien Center, NY, and then criss-cross the US through early October. The band will also stop by Toronto and Montreal in June. Other highlights include multiple shows in more than a dozen markets, including DMB's home base of Charlottsville, VA; Hartford, CT; Burgettstown, PA; East Troy, WI; Noblesville, IN; West Palm Beach, FL; George, WA; and Boston. The full itinerary is listed below.
A slew of acts will take turns in the tour's opening slot, including Jason Mraz, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Avett Brothers, Robert Earl Keen, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, the Hold Steady, and Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, to name a few. Details about which acts will appear at each show can be found in a blog posting at Dave Matthews Band's MySpace page.
Tickets for the newly announced summer dates go on sale to the general public starting March 12, and fan club members can start requesting their tickets today (2/19) at DMB's fan-association website.
Meanwhile, the rockers have pushed back the release of their next studio album to June 2. The as-yet-untitled set, produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), is the followup to 2005's "Stand Up," the fourth consecutive Dave Matthews Band effort to enter the US album chart at No. 1.
In addition to DMB members Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar), Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass) and Boyd Tinsley (violin), the group will be joined on the record and on the road by guitarist Tim Reynolds, trumpeter Rashawn Ross and saxophonist Jeff Coffin.
Dave Matthews Band suffered a tragic loss during its 2008 tour, when founding member LeRoi Moore died at age 46 of complications related to injuries he suffered in a June all-terrain vehicle accident. The group's forthcoming "Live Trax Vol. 14" set will capture the saxophonist's final concert performance in Bristow, VA, last summer. Proceeds from the recording will be donated to charitable organizations that best reflect Moore's spirit and passions, according to DMB's website.
April 2009
14 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
15 - East Rutherford, NJ - IZOD Center
17, 18 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
20 - Pelham, AL - Verizon Wireless Music Center
22 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
24 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
25 - Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt Stadium
26 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
28, 29 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
May 2009
1 - Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
2 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
5 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
6 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
8, 9 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
27 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
29, 30 - Boston, MA - venue to be announced
June 2009
5, 6 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
9 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
10 - Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean Drapeau
12, 13 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
19, 20 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 2009
18, 19 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music
21, 22 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
24 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
25 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival
28 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Center
29 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
31 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 2009
1 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
4 - Syracuse, NY - Alliance Bank Stadium
5 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
7 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
12 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
14, 15 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
29 - San Francisco, CA - venue TBA
30 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
September 2009
1 - West Valley City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
4-6 - George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
12 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
13 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
22, 23 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
25 - Des Moines, IA - Principal Park
26 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
29 - Little Rock, AR - Dickey-Stephens Park
30 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
October 2009
2 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
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