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DMB made their third appearance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN this past Sunday night. The band embraced the “jam” mentality of the festival beginning their set with two expanded versions of “Don’t Drink the Water” and “You Might Die Trying”. Boyd Tinsley and Tim Reynolds were given a lot more freedom on their solos as DMB ran through favorites like “Tripping Billies” and “Two Step”. Banjo and guitarist Danny Barnes joined the band for “Spaceman”. Dave rocked out a beautiful version of Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done” and brought it home with their traditional set closer “All Along the Watchtower”. Tomorrow the band will be in Cincinnati to play the Riverbend Music Center before playing a show outside St. Louis on Tuesday night and two nights at the Verison Wireless Music Center outside of Indianapolis.

In the first of two shows at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Dave Matthews Band put on a solid show for 25,000 music fans Friday night. Big Whiskey & the Groo Grux King tracks “Why I Am” and “Seven” got the night really going and the show picked up a few notches from that point. It’s a great sign that the newer material can energize crowd just as much as a song like “Bartender” or “Big Eyed Fish”. Stefan Lessard was  serenaded by the audience for his thirty fifth birthday and the concert turned into a full-on dance party with “You and Me”, “Jimi Thing”, and “Shake Me Like a Monkey”. Dave and Company is headed for Bonnaroo next weekend where they will close the festival on Sunday night. First things first though, DMB travels to suburban Boston to play tonight and tomorrow at the Comcast Center.