UPDATE: Album now has a title: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King

12.15.08
Dave Matthews Band Announces Album Release and Spring Dates of the 2009 Tour!

We are excited to bring you the first Dave Matthews Band tour dates of 2009. On April 14th, Dave Matthews Band returns with its first studio album in four years – and they’ll celebrate with a show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden that evening. The MSG show will be followed by 16 additional US spring dates, including a stop at the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 26, 2008. Along the way, Dave Matthews Band fans will be treated to the group’s first-ever live performances of songs from the new yet-to-be titled album. Joining the group on the road this spring will be Tim Reynolds on guitar, Rashawn Ross on trumpet and Jeff Coffin on saxophone.


Tue / Apr 14 / Madison Square Garden / New York, NY with The Roots

Wed / Apr 15 / IZOD Center / East Rutherford, NJ with The Roots

Fri / Apr 17 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with Old Crow Medicine Show

Sat / Apr 18 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with Old Crow Medicine Show

Mon / Apr 20 / Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham / Pelham, AL with Old Crow Medicine Show

Wed / Apr 22 / TWC Music Pavilion / Raleigh, NC with The Avett Brothers

Fri / Apr 24 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Charlotte, NC with The Avett Brothers

Sat / Apr 25 / Vanderbilt Stadium / Nashville, TN Special Show, support to be announced soon!

Tue / Apr 28 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park / Alpharetta, GA with The Avett Brothers

Wed / Apr 29 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park / Alpharetta, GA with The Avett Brothers

Fri / May 1 / Cynthia L. Woods Mitchell Pavilion / The Woodlands, TX with The Avett Brothers

Sat / May 2 / Superpages.com Center / Dallas, TX with The Avett Brothers

Tue / May 5 / Journal Pavilion / Albuquerque, NM with The Avett Brothers

Wed / May 6 / Cricket Wireless Pavilion / Phoenix, AZ with The Avett Brothers

Fri / May 8 / MGM Grand Garden Arena / Las Vegas, NV with Jason Mraz

Sat / May 9 / MGM Grand Garden Arena / Las Vegas, NV with Jason Mraz


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It's been a tough time for this band the past year, with the loss of one of their founding members, LeRoi Moore, but things seem to be looking up. I am a huge fan of this band, and have been for about 13 years now. They've taken their time with this one, and it should be known that the work LeRoi Moore did in the studio, prior to his passing, is still going to be worked in.

Anyway, thought any fans of DMB would like to know about this, if you havent heard already.


UPDATE: Album pushed back to 6/2/09, still no title. Summer Dates announced as well:

Tue 4/14 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Wed 4/15 IZOD Center East Rutherford, NJ
Fri 4/17 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
Sat 4/18 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
Mon 4/20 Verizon Wireless Music Center Pelham, AL
Wed 4/22 Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
Fri 4/24 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC
Sat 4/25 Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN
Sun 4/26 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
Tue 4/28 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Alpharetta, GA
Wed 4/29 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Alpharetta, GA
Fri 5/1 The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
Sat 5/2 Superpages.com Center Dallas, TX
Tue 5/5 Journal Pavilion Albuquerque, NM
Wed 5/6 Cricket Wireless Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
Fri 5/8 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV
Sat 5/9 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV
Wed 5/27 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien Center, NY
Fri 5/29 Venue TBA Boston, MA
Sat 5/30 Venue TBA Boston, MA
Fri 6/5 New England Dodge Music Center Hartford, CT
Sat 6/6 New England Dodge Music Center Hartford, CT
Tue 6/9 Molson Amphitheatre Toronto, ON Canada
Wed 6/10 Parc Jean Drapeau Montreal, QC Canada
Fri 6/12 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat 6/13 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY
Tue 6/16 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH Series 2-2009
Wed 6/17 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Maryland Heights, MO
Fri 6/19 Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
Sat 6/20 Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
Sun 6/28 Hard Rock Calling - Hyde Park London, England
Thu 7/2 Rock Werchter 2009 Werchter, Belgium
Sat 7/11 Optimus Alive!09 Lisbon, Portugal
Sat 7/18 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Sun 7/19 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Tue 7/21 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
Wed 7/22 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
Fri 7/24 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA
Sat 7/25 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
Tue 7/28 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
Wed 7/29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Fri 7/31 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Sat 8/1 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Tue 8/4 Alliance Bank Stadium Syracuse, NY Series 3-2009
Wed 8/5 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY
Fri 8/7 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
Sat 8/8 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Bristow, VA
Wed 8/12 Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
Fri 8/14 Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sat 8/15 Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sat 8/29 Venue TBA San Francisco, CA To Be Announced
Sun 8/30 Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
Tue 9/1 USANA Amphitheatre West Valley City, UT
Fri 9/4 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA Series 5-2009
Sat 9/5 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA Series 5-2009
Sun 9/6 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA Series 5-2009
Sat 9/12 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Chula Vista, CA
Sun 9/13 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine, CA
Sat 9/19 Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain Scranton, PA
Tue 9/22 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
Wed 9/23 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
Fri 9/25 Principal Park Des Moines, IA
Sat 9/26 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
Tue 9/29 Dickey-Stephens Park North Little Rock, AR
Wed 9/30 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
Fri 10/2 BOK Center Tulsa, OK

I'll be at one of the Vegas shows. Trying to decide if it's worth joining Wherehouse to get early tix...

I kind of hated the last studio album. I hope this one is a lot better. It will be weird having no LeRoi Moore. I wonder if it'll affect the sound or the overall tone of the new album.

I've been a Warehouse member since day one, literally, and its given me some fantastic seats... I'd say give it a shot.

As far as the last album, you arent alone... Many have a distaste for it, but the band seems very aware of peoples opinions on it, and they themselves have addressed that it was severely lacking in quality.

With Tim Reynolds in the studio with them this time around for the first time since Before These Crowded Streets, which I find to be their best album, I think we can expect good things.

Based on Dave's Twitter, it seems as if things have been going very smoothly in the studio.

I haven't been interested in the band since Before These Crowded Streets (which is one of my favorite albums, ever), but if Tim is back in the studio, I'll give it a shot.

Glad to buy the album but I am never sitting through another live DMB show again.

You must have not gone to a single show this year... which was their best tour since 2000.

Havent been to a show since probably about 2000. I will definitely check out the new album.

Nice assumption based on nothing, but no. I just don't care for their setlists and how the draw out songs. I love their albums though, hell, Crush is one of my favorite songs and it's a 7 minute song.

It's a little odd to like a Jam band, but not to like their Jam sessions. Still, I'll never forget the first time my then girlfriend, now wife & I went to a DMB show. I just knew them from their first two albums and their VH1 videos. I thiought they were AOR, comtemporary soft rock and was worried I'd be one of the youngest people there (as I was when I went to Elton John or The Eagles). Instead I was shocked to see it full of hippies and that I was one of the OLDEST people there. Anyway, I've seen them like four times since and really enjoy the shows -- especially the last one at the MGM, which they released as part of their Live Trax series. Great show!

In DMB's case, I can understand. Compare a DMB show from '98 or so to what you hear now and you definitely hear a difference. The improv jams on songs like #41 and Jimi Thing used to just explode in my ears. But now, the efforts on those same tunes seem to drone on and on, and it actually makes the song feel like it is slowed down. Sometimes listening to recent live recordings seems more laborious than enjoyable. Just one man's opinion.

With that said, any new DMB album that comes out, I'm going to give it a chance. Although I feel the last couple of discs have been disappointments (one big exception being Dave's solo album "Some Devil", which was tremendous), I'm always hoping they'll rebound in a big way. I do hope that "The Idea of You" is included.

I'd agree if that's what their albums sounded like, but they don't.

That is interesting... This band is at its absolute finest on the road.

Wonderful musicians, with talent matched by few...but there is too much of a good thing.

I hope this is a good effort. I didn't both picking up the last album, mainly due to my lack of interest in the radio singles that were played. Not that I disliked Dave's solo album, but it sounded too much like that to me and too little like DMB.

I've never been to a DMB concert, but I did have the opportunity to go to a DM & TR concernt and that was really a great experience.

new studio album? damn, I was hoping for another live doubledisc set.

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Yeah, no shit. I was just looking at my DMB smart playlist and I have EIGHT versions of "What Would You Say", which - let's be honest about this, isn't that interesting a song to begin with and really doesn't need eight different interpretations.

I have between 300-400 shows on my external hard drive... it all depends on your tastes.

In any event, there really is nothing like a good studio album, so I'm extremely hopeful/excited.

OK, so we're past the ticketing date. When do we find out what tickets we got? I'll be super pissed if I plunked down $35 for membership and $165 on a pair of tickets and I end up with total shit seats. I've never before bought tickets without seeing where they were first, and I don't much care for it.

If you ordered from the Warehouse you don't find out your exact seat locations until right before the tickets ship.

Ticket confirmations will be given out by Jan. 15th.

Thanks for the update. Which shows did you go in for?

No problem

Both Charlottesville (4/17-18) shows for me... how about you?

You wouldn't want to buy Pearl Jam fan club tickets then....you don't find out what/where your seats are until you pick them up the day of the show at the will call window!

MGM Grand Saturday 5/9. Last time they played there, I just bought my tickets through Ticketmaster. They played 2 nights and the Saturday show sold out instantly; fortunately, I was still able to snag fairly decent seats to the Friday show. If you get a chance, check out the recordings form that show (Live Trax, Vol 9) -- they were really on that night.

Yikes! I don't think I could handle that. I understand that these fan clubs can't always land the best seats, but you'd think they'd at least have access to all-decent ones (i.e. lower bowl). Even though the MGM Grand Garden Arena isn't that big (17,000), I've had terrible, terrible seats there. I snagged Hannah Montan tix for my daughter and she was SO excited. We were in the last row, back corner and up so high that a support beam blocked not only most of the stage, but most of the jumbo-tron as well. I took pictures for my daughter and it's so funny -- the jumbo-tron shows only Miley's chest. I half-expect the Catch-A-Predator guy from NBC to show up at my house one day to ask me about it.

Nice, yea I saw your location and figured thats where you'd be going shortly after I asked.

As far as LT Vol 9... yea, thats a nice couple of shows. I actually have all the Live Trax volumes that have been released thus far, and I do enjoy Vol 9 quite a bit. I love their cover of Neil Young's Down By The River

Anyway, good luck with tickets.... even when I was in my first year as a Warehouse member, I did pretty well seat wise... hopefully you do the same.