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Dave Matthews has always been generous with his support of charity organizations, but his two forthcoming gigs with Tim Reynolds is treading on new ground. Dave and Tim will play five charity shows from December 6-11 where in which the fans will be able to choose which charitable organization their money goes to. The pair will play two shows on consecutive nights to start the short charity tour in Seattle at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Fans will be given a credit for their donation on JustGive.org where they can select the charity of their preference. JustGive.org has a massive database of charities you can donate to and can even find charities that are in your local area. Ticket are priced at $135 with VIP tickets available for $375. The concerts are expected to raise around $1 million.

Dave Matthews has long been a proponent for fighting against the harmful mining of Appalachian mountains and will be raising money for the cause on May 19th in Nashville by playing a live concert with the wonderful Emmylou Harris. Dave even mentions the crisis on Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King’s track “When the World Ends”. If anyone has been to Appalachia, you’ve seen how beautiful the green, rolling hills are and it would be a tragic loss to country if they are continually harmed by mining companies. The mountain mining can also have negative effects on the healthiness of surrounding water supplies and destroying surround forests. Matthews and Harris have had a long friendship stemming from their celebrated 2000 CMT Crossroads performance. Hopefully, the pair will play a number of duets as Dave and Emmylou truly have remarkable chemistry together on stage.

The celebrity star Julia Roberts will introduce the Dave Matthews Band at the Madison Square Garden on September 10^th. The band is performing for the “Stand up for a cure 2008 concert series” to raise fund for treating and for creating awareness among people about lung cancer. Dave has donated many free tickets to the emergency workers who were the heroes of 9/11 for this concert. Many of these emergency workers were diagnosed with problems like lung cancer after working at the Ground Zero. The tickets for this charity show will be available online and exclusive VIP tickets can be obtained directly from Stand up for a Cure Charity organization.

The Dave Matthews band who has always vouched to support charity concerts have given a nod to the Stand Up For A Cure benefit concert to be held at the Madison Square Garden in New York on the 12th of September that will be held to raise money to benefit lung cancer research. The tickets for this benefit concert will be available only through invitation and to the members of the warehouse fans association and is for sale from May 9th to May 16th. The ticket prices are on the higher side with the front floor tickets priced at $254.40 and goes down to $79.50.

The charitable organization of Dave Matthews Band, Bama Works, is now auctioning premier charity tickets for the summer tour of the band. The tickets to the shows at Bridgeview, Camden and Burgettstown are now listed and there are reports that many more charity tickets for the other concert venues will also be going on auction very soon. The DMB has decided to auction premier tickets from the second to the sixth row for each show and the only exception is for the shows that have General Admission Field.

The Dave Matthews Band fans will be surely gearing up to purchase the charity tickets in their endeavour to support Bama Works. The band started the Bama Works Fund in order to carry out the charitable works all over the world. The Bama Works have funded many non profit organizations, charities and other community service programs.

Dave Matthews took time of his busy schedule before his performance at the Seattle’s Seeds for Compassion show to discuss a few things about the DMB’s new album that is currently being recorded. Dave Matthews said that he was pleased that all the Dave Matthews Band members are putting their heart out for this upcoming album and it is for the first time in many years that he has seen such involvement from all the band members.

Dave Matthews appreciates the efforts that Tim Reynolds is putting on this album and all the DMB members are giving him all the necessary support needed for him to come up with a really exciting album. The Dave Matthews Band has last worked with Reynolds in “Before These Crowded Streets” album which happened a long time ago and their union will bring out something new and refreshing for the DMB fans. Dave Matthews said that there is no concrete date fixed for the release of the album and the fans will have to wait a while for the album to hit the music stand. 

Trivia: What does Dave Matthews and Death Cab For Cutie have in common with each other? Answer: Both bands are the biggest stars ever to emerge from Seattle and recently on April 14 2008, both appeared at the Key Arena to give a concert that featured a special guest none other than the Dalai Lama. The respected Tibetan leader took precedence over both bands and most interestingly, Dave Matthews himself interviewed the Dalai Lama prior to the concert. It was his second public appearance for the day which includes a morning meeting at the Bank of America Arena in conjunction with the five day tour organized by Seeds of Compassion, a local non profit voluntary group.

Dave Matthews was clearly in awe of the Dalai Lama when he asked about his opinion concerning music and compassion during the interview. The Dalai Lama replied: “The message of love through music may be stronger in depth.” Dave Matthews also shared that earlier although he was involved in fights with kids from a different school, they evolved to eventually become his best friends.