Dave Matthews Band gears up for 'Big Whiskey'
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With an extensive spring and summer run already underway, the Dave Matthews Band is giving fans a free online preview of its impending new album, "Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King."
The group, which kicked off the slate of dates Wednesday night (5/27) in Darien Center, NY, has "Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King" currently streaming in its entirety via Pandora. The record, which hits shelves Tuesday (6/2), marks the first studio album for the group in four years and the first since the death last summer of saxophonist LeRoi Moore.
DMB continues the roadwork tonight (5/29) with a two-night stand at Boston's Fenway Park alongside Willie Nelson & Family. The in-progress run crosses the pond for a late-June/early July European leg, returning to the US in time for 34 performances at theaters, amphitheaters and festivals through early October. The band, which has been tapped for the season premiere of PBS's "Austin City Limits" Oct. 3, will also headline at the program's namesake festival on the same night. The full schedule is shown below.
In celebration of the album's June 2 release date, DMB will play a benefit concert June 1 at New York City's Beacon Theatre. Proceeds will benefit the group's Bama Works Fund, which provides grants to an array of humanitarian, environmental, educational and artistic programs, according to a press release. The performance will air live and commercial-free on music network Fuse beginning at 9 p.m. EST, as well as on Hulu.com; it will mark Hulu's first-ever live music concert.
The band will also host its own music channel on Sirius XM June 1-8. The weeklong, 24-hour broadcast will showcase material from the band's entire catalog, which spans nearly two decades.
May 2009
29, 30 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park
June 2009
5, 6 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre
9 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
10 - Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean Drapeau
12, 13 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
17 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis
19, 20 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 2009
18, 19 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
21, 22 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
24 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
25 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival
28 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
29 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
31 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 2009
1 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
4 - Syracuse, NY - Alliance Bank Stadium
5 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
7 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
12 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
14, 15 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
29 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
30 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
September 2009
1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Usana Amphitheatre
4, 5, 6 - Quincy, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre
12 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
13 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
19, 20 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
23 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
25 - Des Moines, IA - Principal Park
26 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
29 - Little Rock, AR - Dickey-Stephens Park
30 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
October 2009
2 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
3 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
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