Steve Lillywhite starts the new DMB album hype machine

Steve Lillywhite compares the new Dave Matthews Band album to "the big three" in this Feb. 2012 tweet.

We really don’t know much about the new Dave Matthews Band album. We know the band recorded it in Seattle. We know the horn section is “gonna sound huge.” Most importantly, we know Steve Lillywhite’s producing it, and because he produced the band’s first three (and best three) albums, we’re all excited about that. But [...]

How people see: The DMB fan edition

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Jack Johnson Kokua Festival live album features Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds

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Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds are on the new Jack Johnson live album, Jack Johnson and Friends: Best of Kokua Festival. The Jack Johnson Kokua Festival live album is a compilation of performances from his annual music event, which benefits the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, an environmental education group. Dave and Tim performed at the festival [...]

Dave Matthews John Varvatos fundraiser March 11

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Dave Matthews will perform at the John Varvatos 9th Annual Stuart House Benefit on March 11 in Los Angeles. The Dave Matthews John Varvatos fundraiser will benefit the Stuart House, a program at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center that helps sexually abused children. It will take place at the West Hollywood John Varvatos store, and [...]

2012: DMB’s comeback year?

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Editor’s note: Back in January, we solicited applications for columnists, to expand our Dave Matthews Band news coverage and share the fan’s perspective. One of the columnists we selected is Brittany Schultz, who will write a monthly column about recent happenings in the DMB universe. Here’s her first article: As a lifelong Dave Matthews Band [...]

Welcome to the new DMBnews.net!

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Notice anything different? We’ve undergone a facelift that makes the site a lot more lively, filled with more pictures, multimedia and interactive content. From a management perspective, it also gives us a lot more flexibility and ease of use, which means we’ll do less work hand-coding Twitter links and have more time for cool stuff [...]

Boyd Tinsley on TMZ

Boyd Tinsley was on “TMZ” yesterday, where a Dave Matthews Band-obsessed cameraman peppered him with complements and questions on a New York street. Check out the rather amusing Boyd Tinsley “TMZ” segment:

A DMB fan’s journey from boredom to love

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Editor’s note: Back in January, we solicited applications for columnists, to expand our Dave Matthews Band news coverage and share the fan’s perspective. One of the columnists we selected is Matthew Danneker, who will write a monthly article about DMB fans — how people became fans, what keeps them coming back to the band, etc. [...]

Dave Matthews Band 2012 studio album ‘coming soon’

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It’s official: Dave Matthews Band is recording a new studio album with producer Steve Lillywhite. We’ve known about the Dave Matthews Band 2012 studio album for months now, thanks to posts by Lillywhite and Stefan Lessard on their  Twitter accounts, plus a recent Rashawn Ross interview. DMB just announced the news this morning, however, in a [...]

Dave Matthews Band 2012 tour dates announced

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Dave Matthews Band 2012 tour dates are out. The Dave Matthews Band 2012 tour begins May 18 in The Woodlands, Texas and ends Sept. 9 in Mountain View, California. It includes a stop at the Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 20, as well as a three-night stand at The Gorge over [...]