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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.
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
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.
What does Dave Matthews have in common with Elton John? Both of them held concerts to show their support for their favorite candidates for the US presidency.
Earlier on, Elton John performed for Hillary Clinton and managed to raise an astounding $2.5 million during the much talked about performance. Now, Dave Matthews have pledged to do the same to show his support for Barack Obama.
Dave Matthews performed for free in support of Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama. He was joined by long time collaborator, Tim Reynolds. Together, they are set to wow the crowds in the gig titled “Change Rocks - A Very Special Evening With Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds”. The gig was held on April 6 2008 and entrance was made free of charge to all who live in Indiana. The special acoustic show was also accompanied by a short address by Dave Matthews who encouraged the youth of America to come forward and vote.
The Dave Matthews Band and the parent company of Live Daily, the Ticketmaster, are planning to produce the digital album of their Upcoming North American tour. This digital Album will be recorded Live during the tour and each ticket buyer for this tour will get a unique code which can be redeemed to album at the iTunes music store of Apple’s before the album goes for public sale. The code for redemption will be issued in Mid- September.
The members of the Dave Matthews band fans association who have already bought the ticket will also be issued the code in mid-September. The Band’s North American tour will start on May 30th from the Post Gazette Pavilion in Burgetts town. The tour will end at the Greek theater in Berkeley in California with a three night performance. The free live album offer is valid only for shows conducted in venues which are ticketed by the Ticketmaster.
The Dave Matthews Band has signed to be the music band to play in the first concert hosted by the Busch stadium this summer. The concert is to be held at the Busch stadium on June 7 is expected to be a huge concert as more than 30,000 fans are anticipated to witness the concert. The fact that the first concert at the new Ballpark is to feature the most popular band group Dave Matthews Band itself might have calmed down the nerves of the organizers as they can be pretty much sure that the popularity of the DMB will definitely pull in a large crowd to the concert.
The St. Louis Cardinals President Mark Lamping says that the new Busch stadium was built keeping in mind the vision to bring the best concert facilities and rates it as the best among the best. The former Busch Stadium has hosted several musical personalities and icons for the past four decades and the artists who have graced the stadium before include Elton John, The Beatles, Billy Joel, REO Speedwagon and The Rolling Stones. Live Nation has taken the task of producing the DMB concert and this is the band’s only performance in Missouri this summer.
The Dave Matthews Band fans might have had a pretty good weekend last week as they had twin reasons to cheer about, one reason is that the summer tour of the Dave Matthews Band has been announced and the other being that the new album that the Dave Matthews Band is releasing is to be produced by Warner bros producer and A&R, Ron Cavallo. There is no doubt that Ron Cavallo is an accomplished producer and the works like Dookie, Greenway’s number one album; American Idiot, their recent album; Dizzy up The Girl by Goo Goo Doll and My Chemical Romance’s Black Parade are testimony that the Dave Matthews Band has made the right choice of putting Ron as the producer for their forthcoming album.
Ron Cavallo will be working closely with the Dave Matthews Band to make it one of the most successful albums and says that he wants to rock and have a ball while making the album. Ron is trying to bring in new sounds into the album which has not been seen or heard in the DMB’s albums earlier and will tell the band straight at their face, if he feels that it is not right somewhere. Tim Reynolds, long time collaborator of the DMB will also be putting his mind and soul for this new album.
Dave Matthews Band is one among the most established music bands as millions of copies of their live as well as studio albums are sold throughout the world. This band has got several nominations in Grammy as well as other major awards. Dave Matthews has won the Grammy for his single “grave digger” from the solo album Some Devil in 2004. Dave Matthews’s concerts are agreed to be incredible even by the music critics. Dave Matthew Band tour grossed the highest in 2000 in U.S. The collection overtook that of Britney Spears and ‘N Sync, some of the best in the music lot.
DNB has a wide fan following though they have always kept themselves away from the mainstream. Dave has his own recording company called ATO records and he loves acting. He acted in a comedy drama called Because of Winn- Dixie in 2005. Music is his passion and Dave did a studio album called Stand Up in May 2005 with the band members. This was his 6th studio album. His first single “American Baby” is enjoyed by music lovers even after years of its release. Dave Matthew is fortunate enough to have success all through these years and the future also looks bright for him as there is real love for music in him.
The year 2005 was a hectic year in the calendar of the South African music legend, Dave Matthews. In the early part of 2005, Dave Matthews and his band launched a website www.dmbnewstudioalbum.com that had the video footage as well as the updates pertaining to the ongoing album. The spring of 2005 saw Dave Matthews Band embark on their first trip to Australia where they performed in four theater shows. This was followed by the DMB performing in the 36th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and they released their hit sixth studio album, Stand Up in May 2005.
The Dave Matthews Band hosted a two day Island Getaway festival at Randall Island in New York. Their summer tour of 2005 was considered to be an epic and was the most admired shows of the Dave Matthews Band’s career thus far as it had special lighting and stage designs by the acclaimed director Fenton Williams. DMB’s Bama Works Village Recovery Fund partnered with CARE in 2005 to bring in happiness to the lives of the Tsunami affected people in Sri Lanka. The Dave Matthews Band also performed in a concert to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The band also came up with many CD releases in the year 2005.
A benefit concert by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds is coming up this April at Key Arena in Seattle to celebrate the Five –day event of Seeds of Compassion. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will join the singers for an evening of music and compassion. Prior to the start of the concert, a discussion between Dalai lama, Dave Matthews , Tim Reynolds and others on the ability of music to build global compassion removing cultural, religious and racial differences is planned. All the fans and ticket holders for the show are invited to witness the dialogue between these great personalities.
Seeds of Compassion are working to bring the attention of people all over the world, for the need and importance of creating and nourishing the feeling of kindness and compassion .The initiative is mainly targeting the children and to reach the lives of people associated with them. Seattle will see a community- based gathering for the event conducted by Seeds of Compassion. His Holiness, Dalai Lama will be the anchor for this five –day event and will work for creating compassion through workshops, forums, spirituality talks and related discussions. Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds are happy to be a part of this great venture for Global Compassion.
Dave Matthews Band is all excited about the new Rothbury Festival which is a different type of music festival for creating environmental consciousness among the people through music. The festival is scheduled from 3rd – 6th July 2008 and DMB will perform on Saturday the 5th of July at the unique JJ ranch resort located in Rothbury, near Michigan lake. This festival is being organized by the Madison House and AEG live inorder to draw the attention of people towards the changes occurring in the climatic conditions and to emphasis the need for clean energy alternatives.
The weekend will witness the performances by other music groups like Widespread Panic, John Mayer, Modest Mouse. 311, Phil Lesh & Friends and Snoop Dogg. The organizers promise an initial lineup of more than seventy bands at the different stages at the venue. Rothbury festival will be vibrant artistically and also offers think tank which includes various discussions involving the scientists, political as well as corporate leaders, writers, and artists to find a solution for pollution and energy crisis. The camp ground for Rothbury Festival will be completely devoid of any waste, as they will make use of many waste removal strategies that are environmental friendly. DMB is only happy to be a part of this great assembly of art and culture.