Here they are Notables: Six dates in Australia! I bet John Butler Trio opens for them -- they did here in the states a few years ago, and Dave really liked them Only two in Texas. Dallas gets the shaft again, which is fine as long as they add a second Houston show, but no luck this year . . . Two shows right by where I'll be up in PA!! Gorge is early this year, and still has eight shows after it
They don't deserve it! Did anyone catch the snippet in the new RS about the new album? Calling one of the songs a "supersonic funk jam" does nothing but make it even harder to wait until May. At around 11 pm, twenty DMB employees gather to listen to the 25 tracks. Matthews sips red wine, Batson rolls fat joints and everyone cheers after their favorite songs. Cocktail streches into sunday morning and Matthews joins a poker game in the garage. The album is pretty much done. "This album is about love, life, god, death and sex" says Matthews. Highlights include the supersonic funk jam Stand Up and Old Dirt Hill, a sweet reflection on childhood built around Boyd Tinsleys plucked violin. Lessard wrote the music for Hunger for The Green Light, with lyrics about oral sex added by Matthews who says, "it is the most overt ****ing song ever." American Baby opens with sounds of bombs dropping but Matthews says it is meant to be optimistic. "There's a divide in this country. That song is hoping that apple pie lemonade baseball and sunny day bbq's are not replaced by a "****'em all and let God sort it out' vibe" At the end of the article, Dave says "There are songs that I love a lot that won't make it on the album, and other songs I love less that will. It's a weird thing but we wrote alot of songs and thats a good thing to complain about" Sorry, no link. This is just in the magazine, I believe.
May. Way too long. cur.ve, here you go: Wed / Jun 01 / UMB Bank Pavilion / Maryland Heights, MO * Thu / Jun 02 / Tweeter Center / Tinley Park, IL * Sat / Jun 04 / Post-Gazette Pavilion / Burgettstown, PA * Sun / Jun 05 / Post-Gazette Pavilion / Burgettstown, PA * Tue / Jun 07 / Germain Amphitheatre / Columbus, OH * Wed / Jun 08 / Germain Amphitheatre / Columbus, OH * Sun / Jun 12 / Verizon Wireless Music Center / Noblesville, IN * Mon / Jun 13 / Verizon Wireless Music Center / Noblesville, IN * Wed / Jun 15 / Blossom Music Center / Cuyahoga Falls, OH * Sat / Jun 18 / ctnow.com Meadows Music Theater / Hartford, CT * Sun / Jun 19 / ctnow.com Meadows Music Theater / Hartford, CT * Wed / Jun 22 / Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain / Scranton, PA * Thu / Jun 23 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater / Virginia Beach, VA * Sat / Jun 25 / Hershey Stadium / Hershey, PA Sun / Jun 26 / Nissan Pavilion at Stoneridge / Bristow, VA Tue / Jun 28 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Charlotte, NC * Wed / Jun 29 / ALLTEL Pavilion / Raleigh, NC * Fri / Jul 01 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga Springs, NY * Sat / Jul 02 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga Springs, NY * Tue / Jul 05 / Tweeter Center at the Waterfront / Camden, NJ Wed / Jul 06 / Tweeter Center at the Waterfront / Camden, NJ Thu / Jul 14 / Ford Amphitheatre / Tampa, FL Sat / Jul 16 / Sound Advice Amphitheatre / West Palm Beach, FL Sun / Jul 17 / Sound Advice Amphitheatre / West Palm Beach, FL Wed / Jul 20 / Starwood Amphitheatre / Antioch, TN * Thu / Jul 21 / Riverbend Amphitheatre / Cincinnati, OH Sat / Jul 23 / Alpine Valley Music Theatre / East Troy, WI * Sun / Jul 24 / Alpine Valley Music Theatre / East Troy, WI * Wed / Jul 27 / Darien Lake Performing Arts Center / Darien Lake, NY * Sat / Aug 12 / SBC Park / San Francisco, CA (special 4 ticket limit for this show) Sun / Aug 13 / SBC Park / San Francisco, CA (special 4 ticket limit for this show) Wed / Aug 16 / Sleep Train Amphitheatre / Sacramento, CA * Fri / Aug 19 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA * Sat / Aug 20 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA * Sun / Aug 21 / Gorge Amphitheatre / George, WA * Thu / Aug 25 / Coors Amphitheatre / Chula Vista, CA * Sat / Aug 28 / Home Depot Center / Carson, CA * Sun / Aug 29 / Home Depot Center / Carson, CA * Tue / Aug 30 / Cricket Pavilion / Phoenix, AZ * Wed / Aug 31 / Journal Pavilion / Albuquerque, NM * Fri / Sep 02 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater / Selma, TX * Mon / Sep 05 / Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion / Woodlands, TX * Wed / Sep 07 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater / Bonner Springs, KS * - DMB SHOWS TO BE ANNOUNCED Sat / Jul 09 / TBA / Boston, MA Sun / Jul 10 / TBA / Boston, MA Sat / Jul 30 / TBA / New York, New York Sun / Jul 31 / TBA / New York, New York
