LeRoi Moore injured in ATV accident

Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore was injured in an ATV accident today.

The Official Dave Matthews Band Website reports that the accident occurred on LeRoi's farm outside Charlottesville, Va., and he is now in serious condition at the University of Virginia Health System.

Jeff Coffin, saxophonist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, will play with DMB in LeRoi's absence starting tomorrow. Coffin's style is very different than LeRoi's, but he has been a frequent DMB guest over the past 12 years.

DMBnews.net sends its best wishes to LeRoi for a quick recovery.

UPDATE (7/1/2008): Fans can send LeRoi a get-well e-card via the hospital's Web site. The Culpeper Star-Exponent reports that LeRoi was still in serious condition as of this morning. The American Hospital Association defines "serious condition" as when a patient is "acutely ill" with vital signs that "may be unstable and not within normal limits."

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Nancies.org shuts down

Nancies.org, the once popular Dave Matthews Band fan site, shut down yesterday after 10 years.

Nancies.org was the site most responsible for cultivating the huge DMB online community that exists today. It's where I and countless other fans who had only heard DMB's official albums learned about all their rare songs, classic concerts and the world of tape trading. DMBnews.net and most other DMB fan sites would not exist today if not for nancies.org.

Over time, other Dave Matthews Band sites began expanding from the news-and-message board format that nancies.org thrived on, offering downloads, contests and other features. With them came a mass migration of users from which nancies.org never really recovered.

We wish Waldo, Shep and the rest of the crew the best and thank them for their everlasting contributions to the DMB fan community.

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Dave Matthews Band plays 'Sledgehammer'

Dave Matthews Band covered "Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel's 1986 classic, during the June 28 concert in Bristow, Va.

DMB had been rehearsing "Sledgehammer" in pre-show soundchecks for a while, increasing fans' expectations each time. Here's video of the live performance:



The Richmond Times-Dispatch gave the concert a glowing review and even called "Sledgehammer" the highlight of the night.

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No tailgating at DMB show in Charleston

The city of Charleston, S.C. has banned tailgating at the Dave Matthews Band concert July 4.

Fans will not be allowed to cook out or drink at all in the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park parking lots, according to The Post and Courier. The move is part of a year-long crackdown on public drinking led by police Chief Greg Mullen.

"I think most people probably don't like it, but some of these same folks want us to enforce those laws against other people," Mullen told the newspaper. "We can't look the other way for one group. It puts our officers in a tough position. ... It's not about Dave Matthews. It's about taking our responsibility seriously."

One DMB fan quoted in the story said he thinks the tailgating ban is just a conspiracy by the stadium to sell more beer. But even Dave Echols, the general manager of the minor league team that plays at Riley Park, didn't sound too thrilled about the ban: "I don't control the parking. We're at the mercy of the city."

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Dave Matthews Band revives 'Water/Wine Jam'

Dave Matthews band played the "Water/Wine Jam" outro to "Recently" last night in St. Louis for the first time in nearly 12 years.

DMB last played "Water/Wine Jam" on Oct. 24, 1996. Last night's setlist also featured "Recently" and "Pay For What You Get," two songs last played in 2006. For the first time this tour, the band did not debut a new cover song.

The concert was the first ever at the new Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a positive review of the show as well as a behind-the-scenes article. And the Riverfront Times features a DMB concert photo slideshow.

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'You Don't Mess with the Zohan' opens today

"You Don't Mess with the Zohan," the new Adam Sandler movie featuring Dave Matthews, arrives in theaters today.

Dave plays the leader of a "band of Mel Gibson-loving racist rednecks," according to MSNBC. Other celebrities making cameos in the film include Chris Rock, Mariah Carey and John McEnroe.

Dave has been involved with Sandler movies in the past. He played a flamboyant salesman in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," and Dave Matthews Band's "Where Are You Going" was featured in "Mr. Deeds."

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Dave Matthews Band plays Rolling Stones' 'Bitch'

Dave Matthews Band continued its streak of performing a new cover song at every concert last night, playing "Bitch" by the Rolling Stones.

"Bitch" was the final song of the night in Camden, N.J. The concert also featured the tour debuts of "What You Are," which was only played once last year, and "Crush." In addition, DMB debuted a new intro to "Ants Marching" that starts off with just Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing before the rest of the band joins in.

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Dave Matthews prefers sex to Scrabulous

Dave Matthews likes sex a lot more than Scrabulous, according to a new interview with Entertainment Weekly.

In the brief article, Dave is asked what his favorite tour-bus activity is: sex or Scrabulous, the online Scrabble-like game. Dave replies:

"I love Scrabble, but I haven't played it online. And maybe Scrabble has a better chance now than when I was younger. But it's still a lazy, lazy distant second."

Dave also talks about April's Seeds of Compassion event, where he got to meet the Dalai Lama and give him a fist bump "like we'd just finished a basketball game."

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Stefan Lessard celebrates birthday today

DMBNews.net wants to wish a happy birthday to Stefan Lessard, who turns 34 today. Stefan's the youngest member of Dave Matthews Band and now has spent half his life in the band.

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Dave Matthews Band covers Neil Young

Dave Matthews Band played Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" last night, continuing a run of surprising setlists so far on the summer 2008 tour.

"Hey Hey, My My" was the first song of the encore during the show in Camden, N.J. DMB has never played the song before, although Dave Matthews did play it solo at a Neil Young tribute concert in 2001.

Dave Matthews Band kicks off tour with surprises

The Dave Matthews Band 2008 summer tour began this weekend with two very unexpected setlists.

The May 30 and May 31 concerts in Burgettstown, Pa. featured several cover songs DMB has never played before, including "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" by Sly and the Family Stone, "Money" by Pink Floyd and the classic "Money (That's What I Want)." For the first time ever, DMB also played "Gravedigger" and "So Damn Lucky," two songs from Dave Matthews' solo album, Some Devil.

There are two likely reasons for the creative setlists: the presence of Tim Reynolds and the absence of Butch Taylor. Tim played guitar on Some Devil and on the Dave Matthews and Friends tour, where the band regularly played "Thank You." And with Butch gone, some of the songs DMB typically plays in concert may need some reworking.

In the meantime, fans are getting some of the most unpredictable sets in years. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the tour goes.

As Dave and Boyd Tinsley both hinted at before the tour started, DMB did not play any songs from this spring's studio sessions, although the band did play "#27" and "Cornbread," two songs that debuted last year and will likely be on the next DMB album.

Friday's tour opener received rave reviews from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Rolling Stone.

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Dave Matthews sings on new Little Feat album

Dave Matthews will sing on the new Little Feat album, Join the Band, according to USA Today.

Dave lent his voice to the song "Fat Man in the Bathtub," which features 18 different vocal tracks. The song is one of several Little Feat classics re-recorded with guest musicians for the new album, which is due Aug. 26. Other guests include Vince Gill and the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson.

Dave has sung a line from Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken" during performances of "Crash Into Me" for years. Dave Matthews and Friends have also covered Little Feat's "Spanish Moon."

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Dave Matthews Band Live Trax 12 announced

Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax Vol. 12 will be released July 1.

The two-disc set captures DMB's May 5, 1995 show in Salem, Ore. Highlights include "#36," "#40" and "The Song That Jane Likes." Live Trax 12 will be the third 1995 concert that DMB has released, following Live at Red Rocks and Live Trax Vol. 5.

The live album is now available for preorder at the Official Dave Matthews Band Website.

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