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 | Episode 17 - Jake and Matt drop some knowledge Compton-style about DMBlive, the new album and the 2009 Spring Tour. Ants3 and AntsParty2/C'Ville round out the show. |
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Audio: Dave Matthews Band - A Dream So Real (11-13-07)
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Audio: Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - #27 (7-28-07)
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Coffin says he "will be joining" DMB in 2009 
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 12/29/08 5:38pm
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According to Coffin's official site, he says, "I will be joining Dave Matthews Band starting in 2009. I am honored to be asked to be part of such a fantastic group of musicians and people and am looking forward to making some great music!"
So... what's that 2009 talk?
As we mentioned a few months ago, Coffin was in discussion to permanently replace Leroi Moore as the DMB saxophonist. It appears that it's a done deal, right?
The problem is his wording; 2009. Does he mean for the 2009 tour, or does he mean, beginning in 2009, he will be a part of DMB? The latest publicity shot of DMB did not feature Jeff, so one wonders if he'll actually be in DMB, or he'll have that floating membership a la Butch Taylor did.
As we speculated during podcast 17, we feel that both Jeff and Tim Reynolds are for all intents and purposes in DMB, but we don't think there will be an official announcement from the official site regarding the status of either.
Regardless, we expect Tim and Jeff both on tour with DMB for all of 2009. And hopefully beyond.
Happy Holidays! 
Posted by AntsMarching.org Staff
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The Staff here at AntsMarching.org wants to wish all our visitors a Happy Holidays! As a little gift to all of you, we have an exclusive listen from the new DMBLive site that is the new home for downloading unreleased shows. Enjoy Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds performing Christmas Song from 03/29/03 George M. Holmes Convention Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC!
Last Chance For Tribe Of Heaven Album 
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 12/22/08 6:51am
Three years after its release, Tribe of Heaven's album is practically sold out.
Imagine We Were - the 1989 album featuring Mark Roebuck and Dave Matthews has sold extremely well - considering that it's only available online at CD baby. The initial first printing of that album has almost run its course, with only a few CD's left. So if you'd like to get this collectors edition release, now would be the time to order it.
In case this is your first experience with the internet, or you've been in seclusion for the past 3 years, Tribe Of Heaven is an duo comprised of Dave and Mark Roebuck - who at that time was late of the popular C'ville band The Deal. Dave co-wrote 3 songs on the album - the resurrected-by-DMB Song That Jane Likes, Imagine We Were, and One War. The rest of the songs were written by Roebuck, except a great rendition of U2's In God's Country. Greg Howard's studio was the location for the recording of the album, and he provided keyboards on a few tracks as well.
Use the above link to get your mittens (for those of you in the snowy realm of the East Coast of the US) on the actual album, surely a collectors item and a must have for any DMB fan.
DMB Selling Shows On Line 
Posted by Jake Vigliotti
Well, everyone else is doing it.
The Dave Matthews Band finally dove into the thing they didn't want people to do when they allowed soundboard feeds; selling them.
The first few links have been discovered by fans: 4.26.94 - which you surely knew by reading Tour Centrals entry on the show that it was professionally videotaped (but they're not releasing the video), and 10.22.94. Of the two, 10.22.94 is the gem; the last 4 songs of the set were previously unknown - missing from the common analog tapes out there.
Obviously, this is the tip of the iceberg.
There's a good and bad to this; first, as the example of 10.22.94 shows, there were times when some shows were not completely recorded by fans for whatever reason, and this will get out some shows that were previously not completely available. It could also lead to the hidden gems from 1991 and 1992 that are sitting in a vault in some VHS/DAT/Cassette master form.
On the contrary, these two releases were recorded by fans right from the soundboard - or at least 10.22.94 was. The rule was quite simple; never sell DMB shows. Soundboard feeds were allowed up until 1995, so anything prior to that, in theory, is out there somewhere just waiting to be downloaded for free in pretty much the same condition that it could be purchased.
But time are changing, and this is one way for fans to get their hands on old shows quickly and easily.
Ironically, 4.26.94, available at MP3 - 128kbps for $11.99, MP3 - 256 kbs for $13.99, or FLAC for $15.99, was a free show for fans.
UPDATE: the links to the shows have vanished... for now. Expect them to pop back up after the official announcement from management.
2009 Spring Tour Dates and Album 
Posted by Joe Maliszeski
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The Dave Matthews Band 2009 Spring Tour Dates - in promotion of their next album - are out as promised. The tour will kick-off on the same day the band releases the 'yet-to-be-titled' new album on April 14th. Mark your calendars boys and girls!
This is the first U.S. Spring Tour since back in 2002 when they did a packed 33 dates, twice the amount of the 2009 Spring Tour. The boys return to their birthplace of Charlottesville for the first time since 2006 and ventures to the state of Alabama for the first time since 2001. Joining the group on the road this spring will be Tim Reynolds on guitar, Rashawn Ross on trumpet and Jeff Coffin on saxophone. They are also featured on the new album. Fans will be treated to the group's first-ever live performances of songs from the new album during the Spring 09 Tour. An online ticket request period begins today and continues through January 4th for Warehouse members. Tickets go on sale to the general public on January 17th - except for the Nashville show, which goes on sale January 16th. New for the 2009 tour, Warehouse members may request up to 4 tickets per show. (Ruh-roh, Raggy do you see complaints for high demand shows?)
Dave Matthews Band's follow up to Stand Up nearly 4 years later will shoot to bring the band to the top of the charts along with Metallica being only the second band to have five consecutive No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200, leaving the ranks of The Beatles and U2 with four.
Without further ado...
- Tue 04/14/09 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
- Wed 04/15/09 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
- Fri 04/17/09 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
- Sat 04/18/09 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
- Mon 04/20/09 Pelham, AL Verizon Wireless Center Birmingham
- Wed 04/22/09 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
- Fri 04/24/09 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- Sat 04/25/09 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Stadium
- Sun 04/26/09 New Orleans, LA Fairgrounds Racetrack Jazz Fest
- Tue 04/28/09 Alpharetta, GAVerizon Wireless Amph. At Encore Park
- Wed 04/29/09 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amph. At Encore Park
- Fri 05/01/09 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
- Sat 05/02/09 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
- Tue 05/05/09 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
- Wed 05/06/09 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
- Fri 05/08/09 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
- Sat 05/09/09 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
