Dave Matthews Tour

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Dave Matthews' Summer Tour to Include Three Dates

The Dave Matthews Band has announced its summer tour plans, which include three dates at the Gorge Amphitheatre. The band will appear there Sept. 1, 2 and 3.

Big Easy love fest

While the rest of New Orleans takes baby steps back to normalcy, the city's Jazz and Heritage Festival appears to be going full steam ahead.

Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and the Dave Matthews Band are among more than 350 acts lined up for the six-day event, which runs April 28-30 and May 5-7 at the New Orleans Fair Grounds.

Jazzfest organizers aren't saying how many advance tickets have been sold, but the lineup is as solid as ever. Etta James, Jimmy Buffett, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban, Herbie Hancock and Ani DiFranco also are performing.

New Orleans legend Fats Domino – initially reported to be dead in the post-Katrina floods – closes the festival May 7. Hundreds of other Louisiana artists also are on the bill, including Dr. John, Juvenile, Buckwheat Zydeco, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas and Galactic.

One name glaring in its absence is the Neville Brothers, a Jazzfest regular for the last 15 years. Aaron Neville suffers from asthma and says his doctor told him to stay away "because of that stuff in the air ... it would hurt me," he told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Still, Jazzfest director Quint Davis hopes the event will be packed with tourists as well as native Louisianians. "This is your homecoming dance," he said at a recent press conference.

THE LINEUP

FRIDAY, APRIL 28: Bob Dylan, Ani DiFranco, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Cowboy Mouth, Beausoleil, Anders Osborne

SATURDAY, APRIL 29: Dave Matthews Band, Juvenile, C.J. Chenier, Subdudes, Etta James, Hugh Masekela, Herbie Hancock

SUNDAY, APRIL 30: Bruce Springsteen, the Meters, Allen Toussaint & Elvis Costello, Yolanda Adams, Sonny Landreth, Preservation Hall Jazz Band

FRIDAY, MAY 5: Keith Urban, Little Feat, Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Angelique Kidjo, Tab Benoit, Doug Kershaw

SATURDAY, MAY 6: Jimmy Buffett, the Radiators, Ohio Players, Buckwheat Zydeco, Robert Randolph, Dirty Dozen Brass Band

SUNDAY, MAY 7: Fats Domino, Paul Simon, Lionel Richie, Sam Moore, Irma Thomas, Nicolas Payton, Ivan Neville, Ellis Marsalis

DMB's Studio Catalog Available in iTunes Store

We are pleased to announce that Dave Matthews Band's catalog of studio albums is now available at the Apple iTunes store. For the first time, individual tracks and entire studio albums are now available for download.

Dave Matthews Band

Matthews and friends return to East Troy's Alpine Valley Music Theatre for a pair of shows July 1-2. Umphrey's McGee opens the show each night at 7 p.m.

2006 Summer Tour Dates

Tue / May 30 / UMB Bank Pavilion / Maryland Heights, MO / with G Love & Special Sauce

Wed / May 31 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Bonner Springs, KS / with G Love & Special Sauce

Fri / Jun 2 / Verizon Wireless Music Center / Noblesville, IN with G Love & Special Sauce

Sat / Jun 3 / Verizon Wireless Music Center / Noblesville, IN with G Love & Special Sauce

Tue / Jun 6 / DTE Energy Music Theatre / Clarkston, MI with G Love & Special Sauce

Wed / Jun 7 / Germain Amphitheater / Columbus, OH with G Love & Special Sauce

Fri / Jun 9 / Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake / Burgettstown, PA with G Love & Special Sauce

Sat / Jun 10 / Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake / Burgettstown, PA with G Love & Special Sauce

Tue / Jun 13 / Molson Amphitheatre / Toronto, ONT with Matisyahu

Wed / Jun 14 / Darien Lake Performing Arts Center / Darien Center, NY with Matisyahu

Fri / Jun 16 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga Springs, NY with ALO

Sat / Jun 17 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga Springs, NY with ALO

Tue / Jun 20 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Charlotte, NC with ALO

Wed / Jun 21 / ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek / Raleigh, NC with ALO

Fri / Jun 23 / HersheyPark Stadium / Hershey, PA with O.A.R.

Sat / Jun 24 / Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge / Bristow, VA with Gomez

Tue / Jun 27 / Tweeter Center at the Waterfront / Camden, NJ with Gomez

Wed / Jun 28 / Tweeter Center at the Waterfront / Camden, NJ with Gomez

Sat / Jul 1 / Alpine Valley Music Theatre / East Troy, WI with Umphrey’s McGee

Sun / Jul 2 / Alpine Valley Music Theatre / East Troy, WI with Umphrey’s McGee

Tue / Jul 4 / Verizon Wireless VA Beach Amphitheater / Virginia Beach, VA with Umphrey’s McGee

Wed / Jul 5 / Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain / Scranton, PA with Umphrey’s McGee

Fri / Jul 28 / New England Dodge Music Center / Hartford, CT with TBA

Sat / Jul 29 / New England Dodge Music Center / Hartford, CT with Gov’t Mule

Tue / Aug 1 / Riverbend Music Center / Cincinnati, OH with Gov’t Mule

Wed / Aug 2 / Blossom Music Center / Cuyahoga Falls, OH with Gov’t Mule

Sat / Aug 5 / Randall’s Island / New York, New York with Gov’t Mule and Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Sun / Aug 6 / Randall’s Island / New York, New York with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Wed / Aug 9 / Ford Amphitheatre / Tampa, FL with Pat Green

Fri / Aug 11 / Sound Advice Amphitheatre / West Palm Beach, FL with Pat Green

Sat / Aug 12 / Sound Advice Amphitheatre / West Palm Beach, FL with Pat Green

Tue / Aug 15 / HiFi Buys Amphitheatre / Atlanta, GA with Pat Green

Wed / Aug 16 / Starwood Amphitheatre / Antioch, TN with Pat Green

Fri / Aug 18 / The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion / Woodlands, TX with O.A.R.

Sat / Aug 19 / Smirnoff Music Centre / Dallas, TX with O.A.R.

Wed / Aug 23 / Cricket Pavilion / Phoenix, AZ with O.A.R.

Fri / Aug 25 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Irvine, CA with TBA

Sat / Aug 26 / Coors Amphitheatre / Chula Vista, CA with TBA

Mon / Aug 28 / Hollywood Bowl / Hollywood, CA with TBA

Wed / Aug 30 / USANA Amphitheatre / West Valley City, UT with TBA

Fri / Sep 1 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA with O.A.R.

Sat / Sep 2 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA with O.A.R.

Sun / Sep 3 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA with O.A.R.

Wed / Sep 6 / Raley Field / West Sacramento, CA with TBA

Fri / Sep 8 / Shoreline Amphitheatre / Mountain View, CA with TBA

Sat / Sep 9 / Shoreline Amphitheatre / Mountain View, CA with TBA

Tue / Sep 12 / Pepsi Center / Denver, CO with TBA

Fri / Sep 22 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with TBA

Sat / Sep 23 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with TBA

Dave Matthews - Lead vocal and guitarist

David John Matthews was born on January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to Westchester County, New York with his parents at the age of two. In the early 1970s he moved to Cambridge, England and then back to New York. His father died in 1977. Dave began playing guitar at the age of nine. His family moved back to South Africa in 1980 and then back to America to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1986. It was here where he first became part of the music community. His first professional performance was at a modern dance performance. In 1990 he came up with the idea to form his own band. In 1991 he formed The Dave Matthews Band with Boyd Tinsley, Leroi Moore, Carter Beauford, and Stefan Lessard while he was working as a bartender in Charlottesville. He has produced one solo album and has acted in two feature films. He is married to Ashley Harper and has twin daughters, Stella and Grace, born in 2001. They split their time between Seattle, Washington and Charlottesville, Virginia.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND will bring their 2005 summer tour home to their fans with the release of Weekend on the Rocks and the The Complete Weekend on the Rocks, due November 29th and December 12th, respectively, both filmed during the last four nights of their jaunt (September 9th to 12th) at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. The two-CD plus DVD Weekend on the Rocks features performance highlights, while the eight-CD plus DVD The Complete Weekend on the Rocks features the shows in their entirety and is also available as a digital download .