Posted on: May 21, 2012 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Dave Matthews Band’s tour, which marks the band’s first since 2010, will include visits at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY (June 8 & 9) and the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL (July 20 & 21). Along the way, the band will headline the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, AL on May 20 and the inaugural River’s Edge Music Festival, held on historic Harriet Island – just across the Mississippi River from St. Paul, MN – on June 24.

 

Continuing its Labor Day weekend tradition, Dave Matthews Band will perform on August 31, September 1 & 2 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA, where the group has headlined 40 shows since 1997. The tour will come to a close with a trio of California shows: Chula Vista’s Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (September 7), Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (September 8) and Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre (September 9). See below for itinerary or visitwww.davematthewsband.com/#/tourfor further details.

 

Dave Matthews Band has been working on a new record with Steve Lillywhite, who produced the group’s first three studio albums, Under The Table And Dreaming, Crash and Before These Crowded Streets. Plans are currently being made for its release later this year.The forthcoming album is the follow-up to 2009’s Platinum-certified Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King(RCA). With its debut atNo. 1 on The Billboard 200, Dave Matthews Band became one of only two groups in chart history to have five consecutive studio albums enter atop the chart. Dave Matthews Band – comprising Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass), Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar) and Boyd Tinsley (violin) – has sold over 17 million tickets since its inception and a collective 37 million CDs and DVDs combined.

 

 

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 2012 SUMMER TOUR

 

Date      City/State                                              Venue                                                                                       Support

 

5/22                  Atlanta, GA                                            Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood            The Head and the Heart

5/23                  Charlotte, NC                             Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre                  The Head and the Heart

5/25                  Hartford, CT                                           Comcast Theatre                                                             Mariachi El Bronx

5/26                  Hartford, CT                                           Comcast Theatre                                                             Carolina Chocolate Drops

5/28                  Scranton, PA                                          Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain        Carolina Chocolate Drops

5/29                  Cincinnati, OH                           Riverbend Music Center                                       Carolina Chocolate Drops

6/2                    Toronto, ON                                          Molson Canadian Amphitheatre                 Blind Pilot

6/3                    Cuyahoga Falls, OH                    Blossom Music Center                                         Blind Pilot

6/5                    Mansfield, MA                            The Comcast Center                                                        Carolina Chocolate Drops

6/6                    Mansfield, MA                            The Comcast Center                                                        Carolina Chocolate Drops

6/8                    Saratoga Springs, NY                   Saratoga Performing Arts Center                 Lettuce

6/9                    Saratoga Springs, NY                   Saratoga Performing Arts Center                 Lettuce

6/12                  Wantagh, NY                             Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre                                Fitz and the Tantrums

6/13                  Wantagh, NY                             Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre                                Fitz and the Tantrums

6/16                  Bristow, VA                                           Jiffy Lube Live                                                                Gary Clark Jr.

6/17                  Virginia Beach, VA                     Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach           Gary Clark Jr.

6/22                  Noblesville, IN                           Klipsch Music Center                                                       Gary Clark Jr.

6/23                  Noblesville, IN                           Klipsch Music Center                                                       Delta Spirit

6/24                  St. Paul, MN                                          River’s Edge Music Festival

6/26                  Camden, NJ                                           Susquehanna Bank Center                                     Brandi Carlile

6/27                  Camden, NJ                                           Susquehanna Bank Center                                     The Head and the Heart

6/29                  Hershey, PA                                           Hersheypark Stadium                                                       The Head and the Heart

6/30                  Bethel, NY                                             Bethel Woods Center for the Arts               Delta Spirit

7/3                    Darien Center, NY                       Darien Lake Performing Arts Center            Brandi Carlile

7/6                    East Troy, WI                            Alpine Valley Music Theatre                                 Brandi Carlile

7/7                   East Troy, WI                            Alpine Valley Music Theatre                                 Brandi Carlile

7/10                  Clarkston, MI                             DTE Energy Music Theatre                                   Brandi Carlile

7/11                  Maryland Heights, MO     Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre                  Brandi Carlile

7/13                  Burgettstown, PA                                    First Niagara Pavilion                                                      SOJA

7/14                  Burgettstown, PA                                    First Niagara Pavilion                                                      SOJA

7/18                  Tampa, FL                                             1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre                                Tower of Power

7/20                  West Palm Beach, FL                  Cruzan Amphitheatre                                                        Tower of Power

7/21                  West Palm Beach, FL                  Cruzan Amphitheatre                                                        Tower of Power

8/31                  George, WA                                           The Gorge Amphitheatre                                       The Avett Brothers, Allen Stone

9/1                    George, WA                                           The Gorge Amphitheatre                                       The Avett Brothers, Allen Stone

9/2                    George, WA                                           The Gorge Amphitheatre                                       The Avett Brothers, Allen Stone

9/7                    Chula Vista, CA                         Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre                               Allen Stone

9/8                    Irvine, CA                                              Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre                  Allen Stone

9/9                    Mountain View, CA                    Shoreline Amphitheatre                                        Allen Stone

 

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