March 2008

March 29, 2008

Dave Matthews Band news recap

Here's a recap of everything that happened in the world of Dave Matthews Band while DMBnews.net was down:

Fans got their first glimpse of DMB working on its new album, thanks to a video posted on the band's iLike page. The video shows DMB in the studio with producer Rob Cavallo and guest guitarist Tim Reynolds. It features clips of two new songs as well as a fairly finished studio version of "Shotgun." For what it's worth, longtime DMB keyboard player Butch Taylor and recent guest trumpeter Rashawn Ross aren't in the video.

Everyone who buys tickets to DMB's summer tour through Ticketmaster.com will receive a free six-song digital album featuring recordings from the tour. Fans who bought tickets through the Warehouse will also be able to download the album.

Denver's Mile High Music Festival announced that DMB will headline the show's second night, July 20 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will close out the first night.

DMB and environmental group Reverb announced they will start a carpool service for fans traveling to this summer's concerts. The move is aimed at saving fuel and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Initiatives like that helped DMB land on Billboard's Top 10 list of green musicians.

Jambands.com posted an interview with Stefan Lessard, focusing on the music he composed for the new 3D IMAX film, "MacGillivray Freeman's Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk." Carter Beauford and Tim Reynolds helped record the score, and the movie also features Dave Matthews Band songs.

A documentary about the New York concert venue Wetlands Preserve debuted. DMB played there in the 1990s and is featured in the film.

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March 6, 2008

Tim Reynolds to play on, Rob Cavallo to produce
Dave Matthews Band's new 2008 studio album

Dave Matthews Band's new studio album will feature Tim Reynolds on guitar for the first time since Before These Crowded Streets in 1998.

DMB is in the studio now, working with producer Rob Cavallo. He is best known for his work with Green Day, having produced Dookie, American Idiot and other of the band's albums. Cavallo has also worked with Fleetwood Mac, Alanis Morissette, My Chemical Romance, Goo Goo Dolls, Kid Rock, Avril Lavigne and Jewel. In addition, he produced Rent: The Motion Picture Soundtrack.

The next DMB album does not yet have a title or release date. The band said it will play songs from the new album on its 2008 summer tour.

Here's a good, recent interview with Rob Cavallo, where he talks about his experience and philosophy as a producer.

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Dave Matthews Band 2008 tour dates announced

The Dave Matthews Band 2008 summer tour will run from May 30 in Burgettstown, Pa. to Sept. 7 in Berkeley, Calif.

DMB announced 51 tour dates this morning. They include a June 7 stop at Busch Stadium, home of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, as well as four concerts at minor league ballparks in Charleston, S.C., Memphis, Tenn., Louisville, Ky. and Oklahoma City, Okla.

The opening acts are State Radio, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Black Crowes, Paolo Nutini, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gomez, Ingrid Michaelson, Willie Nelson, Eli Young Band, Robert Earl Keen and O.A.R.

T3R will open the shows in Cincinnati and Virginia Beach, Va. Those could be the first DMB concerts since 2004 to feature a guest appearance by Tim Reynolds. The band has not announced who will open its Aug. 19 and 20 shows in Los Angeles.

Warehouse members can begin requesting tickets today at noon. The ordering period ends March 17.

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March 5, 2008

Dave Matthews Band Video of the Day:
'Solsbury Hill'

Dave Matthews and Friends cover Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" on Dec. 12, 2003 in University Park, Pa.:

March 4, 2008

Report: Dave Matthews Band set to announce
summer tour dates, new album producer

Dave Matthews Band has picked a producer for its new album and will announce his identity this week -- along with 2008 summer tour dates -- according to AntsMarching.org.

This week's AntsMarching.org podcast reported that Steve Lillywhite will not produce the album, as many fans had hoped. Lillywhite produced DMB's first three studio albums as well as the aborted Lillywhite Sessions in 2000. The band is scheduled to begin recording its new album this month in Seattle.

The announcements of the producer and the tour dates should come by Thursday, AntsMarching.org said.

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