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In partnership with Farm Aid board members, Dave Matthews will play the 25th Farm Aid concert on October 2nd in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The concert will be held at Miller Park, and will also feature Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young. Last year in St. Louis, Dave played a set with long time accompanying guitarist Tim Reynolds. One would expect that Dave would bring Tim along with him for Farm Aid this year. DMB first played Farm Aid back in 1995, and Dave has maintained his commitment to helping America’s farmers. For 25 years, Farm Aid has helping farming families survive. Fans were thinking it might be some time until they see Dave play live once again after DMB’s Wrigley Field shows in September. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Matthews shows up on stage here or there outside of Farm Aid.

The Dave Matthews Band has cooked up the perfect way to wrap this year’s tour before taking a hiatus from touring. DMB will play two shows inside “The Friendly Confines” of Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. Wrigley Field is one of the world’s most famous and oldest ballparks, and fans lucky enough to get tickets for the show will be in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Police, Elton John and Billy Joel, and Rascal Flatts have played Wrigley Field to great success, prompting the ballpark’s owners  to scheduling more concerts. DMB have long been a huge favorite of Chicago with huge fan bases going to see the band at a slew of different Chicagoland area venues in the past. These pair of shows will be a fitting way for Dave and Co to begin their break from touring after 20 straight years on the road. Tickets go on sale on July 17th.

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.

Fans were surprised to hear that DMB are planning on taking 2011 off from touring and recording after 20 years of being on the road. DMB has had years before when they didn’t play a ton of shows, but never have they taken an entire year off. In an interview in promotion of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Dave revealed that he was looking forward to spending more time with his family and rejuvenating his creative forces. He said he wanted to make the announcement this far out from the end of the tour, so people won’t be surprised. It also gives DMB fans a little more incentive to go see the band this summer. The tour kicks off this Friday in Hartford, CT at the Comcast Theater with opening guests Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. Anticipate the guys giving a little extra this summer knowing the long break that awaits them in September.

Although the 76-year-old world famous primatologist might not come immediately to mind when you’re listening to Dave Matthews, the two shared the stage at DAR Constitution Hall. Dave, assisted by his trusty guitar maestro Tim Reynolds, put on a acoustic show benefiting the Jane Goodall Institute in front of a enthusiastic crowd in Washington D.C. Goodall gave a short speech to the audience about contributing to her fight against pollution. Songs like “Bartender” and “Save Me” highlighted the over two-hour long intimate concert.  In a press conference, Dave expressed his disappointment with politicians’ overall efforts toward protecting the environment. When asked if he would ever consider going into politics himself, the 43-year-old musician said his “closet full of skeletons” would make that impossible. DMB will travel to Hartford, CT for their pair of shows at the Comcast Theater.

Pete Seeger will be turning 90 in just over a month. Dave Matthews will be joining Bruce Springsteen and several other major performers during the celebration of the nono-centennial. It’s going to be a big occasion. Seeger doesn’t usually go in for big events, but some people talked to him and convinced him to perform at those big events. And why not? Seeger is one of the biggest members of the music community, particularly in the world of singer-songwriters. He was one of the best (and less importantly, most successful) performers in the world and is also still right on top of the music world. We’re happy to see that they have realized how much they owe him.

On this week’s NPR show “Sound Opinions”, the two hosts played “Rock Doctors” as they called it and this week it was a couple who weren’t interested in the same kinds of music. The guy, in particular, was a fan of Green Day and Dave Matthews. The woman wasn’t really interested in it, and liked more lyrical music without that same kind of sound. So they had to find a couple of artists that they could possible agree on and the Rock Doctors picked Blitzen Trapper and Marked Men, as they had elements of each kind of music that the couple liked. Blitzen Trapper went over well, but Marked Men wasn’t quite as good. But of course, we could just convert her into a Dave Matthews fan and then the problem would be over!

As we all know by now, the Dave Matthews Band will be going on tour this spring and summer. But did you know that the tickets are just going on sale today? I’m excited about this, because I’m getting my tickets today! I don’t know where I want to see him though. There are lots of different possibilities, aren’t there? I could go to Boston, Chicago, Minnesota, California… all over the place! It’s so hard to decide. It doesn’t matter so much, because either way, I get to see the best band ever. I’m not going to be looking at the scenery nearly as much as I’ll be looking at the band and closing my eyes to listen to their amazing harmonies. Fasten your seatbelts, because this is going to be awesome.

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The Dave Mathews Band fans are very much excited after hearing the news that their band will be performing some songs from their yet to be titled new album at the Bricktown Ballpark on Wednesday. The album has been doing rounds around the music world for quite some time and this is said to be a follow up of their 2005 smash hit album “Stand Up”. Since, the DMB will be debuting their latest numbers on Wednesday, it is expected that the Bricktown Ballpark would be overflowing with DMB fans and concert goers. The long time friend of DMB and guitarist Tim Reynolds is working on the album with the band.