Dave Matthews Band Tour

DMB Readies Launch of Summer Tour

Posted by Janice Bryant On May 29, 2009

The Dave Matthews Band, with a spring and summer tour that is already quite extensive underway, is giving their fans an online free preview of their upcoming set “Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King.”

Currently, the entire album is streaming via Pandora. The band kicked a run of dates off in Darien Center, NY on May 27. “Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King” will be released on June 2. It will mark the band’s first studio album in four years as well as the first since saxophonist LeRoi Moore’s passing last summer.

The Dave Matthews Band continues their work out on the road on May 29 with two nights at Fenway Park in Boston along with Willie Nelson & Family. In late June and early July the band will cross the pond for a European leg before they return to the United States for 34 festival, amphitheater and theater performances through the early part of October. Dave Matthews Band will be featured on the PBS show “Austin City Limits” for their season premiere on October 3 and will be headlining the show’s festival as well that same night.

To celebrate the June 2 release of their new album, the band will be playing a benefit concert at Beacon Theatre in New York City on June 1. Proceeds will go to Bama Works Fund. The nonprofit organization provide grants for a wide range of artistic, educational, environmental and humanitarian programs. The performance will be airing live as well as commercial free on Fuse, the music network, starting at 9 pm EST. It will also be shown on Hulu.com, the first live music concert ever for Hulu.

In addition on June 1-8 on Sirius XM, the band will be hosting their own music channel. The 24 hour, week long broadcast will be featuring material from then entire catalog of the band’s spanning over almost two decades.

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