Dave Matthews Summer Tour 2009

Not a huge Dave fan but I definately dig me some Yonder, Old Crow, and Robert Randolph, those three are worth it in itself~

See you all at 10klf!

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Wow, DMB helping out fellow jammers Umphrey's and Yonder by branching out their fanbase a little bit, much the same way the Grateful Dead did with them, and Carlos Santana did with Phish. When is Phish gonna throw a bone to say Umphrey's or their native Burlington Vt'ers Grace Potter + the Nocturnals etc... o they won't cuz people will realize that Phish isn't that good when they get outplayed haha

Thats one hell of a tour....i would like to see the show here in Nashville but I will be working...oh well

I am sorry...I fell asleep as soon as I heard Dave Mathew..ZZZZZ.....ZZZZZZ

and Switchfoot.

im not a fan but i can go to the syracyse show for free and get free beer all night. maybe ill get lucky and umph or ymsb will be opening.

# wow is this the only way switchfoot can get people too see them......

Great tour news lots of dates, they seen really busy, I was worried that they were gonna get added to Bonnaroo and ruin my summer! Praise the lord.

Bloggerslosers is obviously wrong regarding Phish but does have a point...who would actually complain about Umphreys or Grace Potter opening for 2 sets of Phish...btw one dave show was plenty for me but this is how you put on a tour

holy NY shows...Alliance Bank Stadium!? That is where the Syracuse Skychiefs baseball team plays (Toronto Blue Jays AAA team), ive never even heard of a show being held there! that will be pretty wild.

seen these guys twice and they do put on a good show. no CO or MA shows = weaksauce

There is one good thing about a DMB tour. I remember 01'-03' when I was emerged in pop love songs. But then I saw bands like moe., Keller, various other acts open for DMB. I'm no fan now and honestly I think 'his' presence alone ruins a good festival. But for all those floaters, the one's who are down, but drowned in pop culture, they need an awakening. They need to see that there is better music out there, a lot better. I don't want more d-bags kickin' around our seen, but for those real kids out there, there is another side to music that will melt your face! Realize this, and stop wasting your time and money.

allman brothers played alliance field, after that the chiefs owners didn't want any shows there because of the field even though the county owns the stadium. AND not a fan of daves, but @ least he still knows what a tour is! thanks dave.

Don't know why bloggerslosers is gettin' all the thumbsdown. lol. what a joke. yeah, no NorCal Dave this year? Kinda weird considering scheduled Raley Field and 3 nights in Berkeley last year... oh and bkandel, haha, come up with something original, your comment makes you sound like an original d-bag.. the "i love jamband music therefore I hate Dave" was played out years ago pal..

switchfoot?<<<---arnt they a christian straight rock band?

dave was great at the bury(only show ive seen)

and if hes gor jeff coffin and tim reynolds

it will prolly be good

What would you say?

BARFFFFF

That is all. Over and out.

No mention of The Avett Brothers? They'll be the best thing on this tour!

people going to this with some of those openers; good for you.

people going when switchfoot is supporting; don't go too crazy, or you'll never have a good mushroom trip for the rest of yer lives. haha. what a joke.

i`ve seen them three times and they progressively worse each time. i`ll pass on them from here on out

Last saw them 10 years ago at Alpine Valley. It was a sick show. I heard they most certainly can still bring it live, but they are more spotty and just have not turned out any good new material since "Before These Crowded Streets". Maybe the new album will be a change from that. RIP Leroi.

whats with the lack of nor cal shows. I mean fresno are you kidding me that place is out of the way for everyone. I guess we got lucky with the greek shows last year but come on.

Umphreys with Dave Mathews, ewwwwwwww

wow lame dave sucks

can you buy tickets just to see the other bands and leave when its time for dave to come on???

^nevermind forgot i will still have to deal with those annoying yuppie dave fans not worth it

Dave and his fans are what's wrong with this world. Death to frat boys!

Sorry Jenny Jen, you're cute and all, but I'm gonna have to disagree with you bashing on bkandel. It was never played out. That would make it seem like it was some silly fad that lasted temporarily. And even if it would have been "played out", then people would have actually realized what bkandel is trying to get people to. bkandel raises a good point that I think needs to get across a lot of people. Dave is not that good. From the band, the only good thing is the drummer along with special guests like victor wooten or warren haynes. People could save their time and money and see so many better acts such as yonder, sci, phish, keller, mmw, gov't mule, wsp. the list goes on to create a fest of it's own that would be cheaper than one dave show. and it's not even that i love jam band music and hate dave. I just love bands that are sick and can tear it up live. dave doesn't do it for me.

I re-evaluated my opinion of Dave after the run @ Alpine last Summer. Adding Jeff Coffin and Tim Reynolds to the band totally changed the dynamics of that band entirely. The jams were crafted much better and when they peaked, boy did they peak. Listening to Coffin & Reynolds trade licks was really something to witness. I don't know, I'd say give them another chance if you get a reasonably priced ticket.

why can't the bands that are opening just do a tour?

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I saw DMB open for Phish in 1990 something in birmingham.

the only time I have ever seen DMB.

It was tolerable, but that was when he was young and they did all old material of course.

the superjam when phish invited them out was pretty ok too.

The Boston Globe mentioned Dave would be returning to Fenway Park over the summer and Dates haven't been finalized yet. Might be why no Mass shows listed.

Dave needs to stop singing and just lets his sick ass band jam the fuck out more often.

wow dave and umphreys........

Yea there are two dates set for a boston show and one date set for a show in san fran. They just haven't finalized them yet.

I understand the Dave hating. He's got a voice that attracts 14 year old girls and frat kids, I get it. But look at it from another perspective; DMB is a kick ass band. The loss of Leroi was devastating for the music, my deepest regrets. Listen to some Dave and Tim; the jamming that goes on between the two of them is amazing, he contributes a lot to that band when he plays with them. Carter is a beast. Watch him play live hes got so much energy, as does Boyd. Sure they do have some songs that are so overplayed that they make you want to pull your ears off, but they can pull off a great live show, and as is obvious in this article, they tour with great bands. Dave was my first show in the eight grade and I saw them with a Bela fleck and the Flecktones opener, now one of my top bands. They played #41 for 36 minutes with Victor Wooten and It was the first time music moved me to something greater. You don't have to love them, but you gotta recognize.

stop hatin'. dave and tim for the win.

I don't get all the Dave hate if you don;t like him why would you read the article or go out of your way to post some stupid comment. It just is not very heady and brings a bad vibe to what looks like is going to be a great tour.

Phumphish...I saw that tour too. Im by no means a DMB fan, but seeing them tear it up with Vic and Bela was something else man....

Badass tour. Except for switchfoot. And umphrey's. Don't understand the hate. I've been listening to dmb since 1994. Great band.

I've seen my share of Dave but would consider seeing him again w/ Avett Bros. in Charlotte, since it's just an hour from home and we don't get shit in SC, so I looked up the ticket info just for kicks.

WTF?? WTF?? All ticket levels under the pavilion are $68! Front row, back row, it doesn't matter. Then, even the lawn where all the kids play in the mud is $38!! So I "proceeded to checkout" where they added fucking $13.25 each for what they call a "ticket fee" - like WTF is that b/c I thought the "ticket fee" was $38!!! Plus, add $2 for a "charity fee" - Look, I give to charities all the time, but on my terms and typically not at shows that are already raping me w/ high-priced tickets! What, out of a $38 ticket price and a $13.25 "ticket fee" they couldn't spare $2 for charity? Anyway...after all that shit, the grand total would be $106.50 for 2 tickets!!!

That's absolutely absurd and DMB can take these tickets and shove them up their blowholes! Who do they think they are, Journey?? Hahahaha!!

With Tim and Jeff back this will be a great tour! Gonna be a good summer at Alpine - phish x 2 and dmb x 2!

I will agree with MPLS Night Marchers...Jenny Jen is cute...but I disagree with your post of Neitzsche composing Also Sprach Zarathustra...he coined the phrase; Strauss composed...Jimmy Row and Phumphish...I saw two of those shows...DMB and Flecktones...and I agree...they really did it for me but I will say...being one of the few people drinking beer and tripping makes for some late night awkwardness at the show and the hotel...

A lot of open dates from the end of june to the mid of july..... ROTHBURY......ALLGOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe some of you should knock off the nonsense of thinking you know better what people SHOULD be listening to (bkandel and MPLS Night Marchers) and what's worth listening to. Sure, there are Dave fans who wouldn't know "good" music if it smacked them in the face because news flash, they aren't really music fans, but they're a lost cause so there's no point talking to them (and for the record, those people exist in every scene, they just get talked about a lot in the DMB scene). It's the fans on this website who are your audience, the ones who have varied music tastes and still like Dave, and we (I) find your comments pretty presumptuous and offensive. "Dave is not that good" - that's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but that's as far as it should go. I happen to have seen most of those bands y'all name multiple times and I'd pick a Dave concert over at least half of them any day. My educated and experienced opinion and I don't need you acting like you know better. Get over yourselves.

And on a positive note, looking very forward to the band's new material and seeing Tim and Jeff rip it up this summer.

unreal cant wait!!! Jeff and Tim will own!!

Gonna be a great summer!!

DMB had a transitional year last year in their music, with the loss of Leroi, and the addition of Tim, and Jeff that band has completely changed. The basic music is still there but the sound that comes out is a totally new experience. If you havent experienced the new DMB I suggest you do

I've been seeing dmb play since 2000 and your right last year was a transitional year. By the end of the tour they were on fire. I saw them play the three night run at the Greek and the energy and music they put out was awesome.

Awesome or not...is DMB worth $53.25 for a lawn ticket? NOOOOOOO!!!!!

As soon as all you music experts have a huge tour headlining the biggest venues in the county with great opening acts get back to me.

At least this guy puts on a full tour every year and helps up and coming bands broaden their horizons.

Boring!!!!!!

I can't believe that they list all those supporting acts and they leave out the best. The AVETT BROTHERS are opening 10 or so dates and they don't even get mentioned?????? WTF?? Jambase is LAME!!!!!!!

^ I like jambase. It helps me see lots of shows :)

Gotta have respect for DMB whether you like the music or not.

DMB shows were cool when I was in high school

Most of the people bashing dave here are idiots. They just do it cause its "cool" to hate on Dave. Ive seen everyone "Jam Band" out there. Ive seen everything from the Beach boys to Slayer and all types of music in between and DMB is still the best live band out there. They are the most consistent. So all you haters come out of the closet! Its ok to tell your cool frat boy friends or your"phish is the greatest and only good band out there friends" that Dave rules! Hate on that biotches!

Dave's one of the best songwriters out there, stop being children! And anyone that saw their Rothbury set and says they didn't absolutely blow the roof off that shit is just in denial. Jeff Coffin on the Sledgehammer cover? Come on! Come on! That shit was awesome. I think all you guys are pissed because Trey wanted to be just like Dave after the Dave & Friends tour, and "write a #1 hit song" (i believe that's what the quote was). Then he released Shine, and the rest is history thank god!! Hopefully T-bone got that all out of his system, along with "ahem" some other stuff come March.

But to all you "i love phish, so i hate dave" people. Think about this; if you told Trey you thought dave matthews sucked balls and was the worst thing in music, he'd probably laugh at you, say that wrong, and then walk away. Open them minds up bitches!!

*say that you were wrong*

hey maybe some of you just dont "like" daves music....i mean it really MIGHT be that simple....he's still a crazy talented musician.

(BTW i heard the pope is doing a superjam w/ the spice girls at roth this year, just what i heard)

Did anyone notice that the SF date is the last weekend in August and is TBD? That was the Outside Lands Festival weekend last year, so I guess Dave is headlining the Saturday night?

Tim Reynolds and TR3 rock....

Yeah, Dave is awful. He has never played with any talented musicians in his life and has never had a fan base of more that frat boys and 14 year old girls. Who writes this crap. He has sale out crowds at each show, plays for wel over 2 hours during festivals and large venues, plays or has played with every jam band that you could throw out there, has the most respct from the music community and probably the best singer songwriter that my generation has to offer. Don't go off on your mushroom anticts and say they are finished or haven't put out a good recording studio album. Name one jam band that has in the last five years. Anyone who is intelligent knows that band make their living and names live and that is where Dave and the band shine and play their unrecorded music that keeps fans of music paying to see the good shows. Did anyone happen to cath the Mile High Music Festival last year? Tell me that wasn't worth the money. Dave haters are the worst just because they hate Satellite and all of the old girly songs and haven't picked up his live stuff since. get a life.

its not that the band is bad, because they are pretty good. its just that the live show in my experience has gotten worse and worse over the years. i even stopped paying attention at last summers show...

i'm a huge dave fan and i'm not a frat boy so lets just get that out there

I'm a huge frat boy fan and I'm not a Dave Matthews fan- so lets get that out there too

have seen more dave shows than i wish to admit. and I much as I also hate the frat boy/13 yr old teeny bopper bubble gum crowd... he does rock live.

also cant forget that he went to africa with trey so he has to at least be half cool right...

Dave Matthews is a huge fanboy and I am a frat so lets get it out there

Dave and his band are talented musicians but they DO NOT belong at festivals at all. I think a lot of people hate on dave because they want somethin more psychedelic vs. poppy. Now daves not my style but i respect him. Just keep him away from rothbury 09 cuz thats kind of a weak headliner for a huge jam fest. Bring me some CHEESE/DEAD pleez! Then roth will be the best fest ever!

damn :( looks like they won't be making it to Rothbury this year because they'll be in europe during that time...

anyone want to split an alpine tickets id go see umphs but wouldnt wanna pay for dave... and i checked this out because dave usually has great openers but cmon yonder or umphreys opening for dave if dave gets 1 set and umphs get 2 ill pay face value

I wear v-necks.....

is their life w/o rothbury?

it would be cool if dave did sumthin besides fenway in mass...shits pricey

Well I am a Dave fan and have been going to his shows for years and years. I must say that this year is going to be a different story. In case Dave has not been paying attention, we are in a recession so he might want to think twice about his ticket prices. Also, the $15 service charge, go fuck yourself. Plus, Fresno and as another person mentioned, it looks like he is playing Outsidelands, been there, done that, no way. I wish they would have just scheduled a show back in sacramento since last years was cancelled instead of fucking Fresno. Oh well, High Sierra will be awesome and I think Dave will just be playing to a bunch of half full venues.

I like Dave Mathews and the Disco Biscuits.... Shouldn't my head have exploded already?! Anyways, no one has mentioned that Phish and the 1st night of DMB are back to back at Pittsburgh/ Post Gazette! Thank god I took off that week!

1. Alright! three nights of yonder at the Gorge!2. MASSIVE TOUR 3. I think of DMB as "gateway music" like a gateway drug, for regular pop radio listeners who go see him live and get their faces melted. When I was 13 or 14 years old all I had to listen to was radio(a damn shame) and besides my parents Floyd and Allman discs, it was the best instrumentation I had access to. Anyways, although I'm not a huge fan anymore, I can honestly say DMB live set me on my musical path to the bands I like today. (and yes the frat boy scene sucks.)

This guys fans are the worst of the worst. THIS is the show where I almost got my ass kicked by three drunk as fuck college kids who were upset that I threw my beer bottle into their trash bag without permission....nice...

and his voice grates me like a cheese grater.

i had a friend who went to a dmb show a few years ago and got yelled at for dancing by a couple different groups around him, my favorite, "stop dancing you fucking hippie"

Some of you people just suck i mean i dont like dave but i gave him a chance back in 04 and now i really dont like him but shit im not gonna tell anyone else not to like him or go see him, and if you havent seen it you should go check it out for yourself and not listen to what a bunch of other assholes have to say.... if I did that i dont know how many bands i would have missed out on and if your at a fest there is usaully something else to do so shut up already

gay mathews

The thing about DMB is that Dave sings waaaay to much, the few times i saw them live, the band (including dave) was just jamming the fuck out, it was awsome, and evrey time they were in the middle of a sick jam dave would have to fuck it all up by stepping up to the mic and screaming a bunch of nonsense. that is the only downer there is with DMB

man whats better than a group of individuals pretending their thoughts matter?

btw - i heard phish is going to ascend into space for a "girls just wanna have fun" encore

Great point TalkingRadioDeadhead, dmb is gateway music for the kids. couldn't of said it better myself

you cant really hate on dmb.. im just glad they are still at it after the loss of leroi.. cant wait for the new album to drop

I think if Trey sings at all it is way too much. Give me drugs!!!!!!

please, please...can jazzfest get here allready. i've allready staked out my spot on the acura stage.

WOW! True DMB fans would not post such hate. C'mon times are hard! Negativity is what pollutes this world in the first place. To sing, dance & smoke, what else is there to do? To add Dave, Cater, Stefen & Tinsley to the mix makes a summer even better and is truly a gift of our generation. Even w/o Leroi on the saxophone (whose is indeed sorely missed), the band added Coffin, a truly gifted saxophonist!!! Can anyone match DMB's talent, notta, their lyrics and keys are tight, extremely hard to match & be duplicated. And not to mention, wow! ~ their Pink Floyd cover of "Money" was far out:) Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" - what more can I say but looking forward to another summer back to back show at Nobelsville, possibly Alpine, DTE, Cinci, OH of course!!!! Again, DMB "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)".

He pooped in the Chicago River...dick

don't really like dmb but i'll be at alpine to see umphrey's

Dave is what you make him....

there are better vibes at marlyn manson shows them a group of hippies debating music.

TalkingRadioDeadhead^^ Good point, Aerosmith was my gateway band. I listened to classic rock radio just to hear more of them.

I'm not a huge Dave fan but I'm guessing a lot of haters here secretly enjoyed Live at Red Rocks when it came out. The band was the trendy thing for hot chicks to like for 96-00 and who doesn't want to get behind that?

tears me apart to see that they're playing with Switchfoot

dmb should be opening for umphreys. dmb should get rid of dave and then they would be 10 times better and i might actually go and pay to see them