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Farm Aid at SPAC and a free track from Dreaming Tree Wine
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 6:24pm on Monday, Jun 17th, 2013Dave will be performing at Farm Aid at a familiar place. This years Farm Aid takes place at SPAC on September 21, and at the very least Dave will be there (no word on the Matthews Band or & Tim appearing after the D-word) according to The Official Site. If you're in the greater Upstate New York area check it out. Tickets will be available via The Warehouse soon.
The Dreaming Tree wine is offering up a free download of Everyday - probably in conjunction with their new wine called Everyday (if not, it'd be kinda spooky, right?). You can head over to their Facebook page and grab yourself a copy of the song (from 3.22.03 at Radio City Music Hall). And if you're over 21 or have a wicked fake ID, try their wines. Just kidding about the fake ID, you can wait... really, it's not worth the hassle of getting arrested.
The Best Version of Everyday is on YouTube
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Live Releases at 7:41am on Wednesday, Jun 12th, 2013If you haven't been paying attention to the official Dave Matthews Band YouTube, consider this your heads up.
A video that popped up recently is Everyday, and it's awesome. Really. This is the version from MSG on 11.13.10 featuring Vusi Mahlasela. The crowd really gets into it, to the point where they turned on the house lights to see all the fans singing and jamming along. Look, even if you're in the #36 camp and not an Everyday believer (and I hear ya), give this one a shot and watch it through; 10,000 MSGers can't be wrong saying it's the best Everyday ever.
The Summer Tour Warm-Up series keeps churning out songs too, so feel free just to click on a song and let em play on through; there's a nice Little Thing into Seven (in the sunlight as the opening number), a great Raven, and really... everything in the Warm-Up series is a great performance. So click play and get you're listen on!
DMB Heading to South Africa?
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 7:31am on Tuesday, Jun 11th, 2013It appears Dave is heading back to his homeland. According to Channel 24 in South Africa, the Dave Matthews Band is heading to South Africa for 2 shows in November and December (30th and 3rd, respectively). You can actually buy tickets now, so this one seems pretty legit.
Of course, with all future tour announcements, we caution that before you buy a plane ticket and get a tattoo that reads "DMB SA Tour 2013", you wait for the official word from the official site. This would be the first time the full-band has performed in the birth country of Dave; he has performed a few solo shows in South Africa.
And in case you're wondering what this means for a fall/winter tour, you haven't been paying attention to the rumors. There's pretty strong evidence that things are afoot for South America and Great Britain in the fall/winter, so these shows fall in line with those alleged dates. Expect more dates to trickle out as the summer progresses.
Ants Makes the Hartford N2 Poster!
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in antsmarching.org Site News at 10:09am on Monday, Jun 10th, 2013
If you look at the lead zombie (obviously... the lead one) you can clearly see the M on a button, with a small notch above it. That's the Ants logo! If you don't believe me, look up to the left of this page. You're other left... see! We want to thank Methane for the free publicity and to prove what zombies we really are, if you keep throwing our logo on there we'll keep buying them.
As for the controversy of calling DMB fans zombies (and poster zombies at that, which seems to be biting the hand that feeds them), the poster was originally designed for the Atlanta show as a Walking Dead theme (the TV show takes place there for those that aren't into Zombie killing). They re-designed that idea for Hartford and threw our logo on there. How nice! Here's an exchange from their Facebook page
- "It doesn't appear to have anything to do with CT. If anything, it sounds like they're mocking the fans."
- Methane:"Guilty of poking fun of you,me and half my friends"
So they are poking fun at you. And us. Really mocking. Really saying we're all zombies that will buy any stupid poster they make. But they mentioned Ants! Woo Hoo! We eagerly await the Ants Logo Collectors Series.
DMB Played a Great Set in Blossom
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 9:08am on Sunday, Jun 2nd, 2013We don't specifically point out every great show of a Dave Matthews Band tour, but the 2013 show at Blossom was pretty darn nice. You don't have to be a geologist to determine structural differences between the 2012 and 2013 shows; there's more variety nightly in 2013. Variety is the spice of life, but not all spices are created equally. Blossom 2013 is the Montreal Steak Seasoning of shows.
The set list is a great mix of old and new; with new being the operative word. Debuting in a full-band show is the Dave and Friends song Oh, appearing in the popular Encore 1 spot. Getting a new name is the Mansfield Jam song, now known as Kill The Preacher. The show opened with a classic Dancing Nancies Warehouse medley, setting the tone early on.
The New thing around the message boards is to score a show on a +1, 0, -1 scale. The rules are kinda loose to the system, and interpretation is 9/10ths of the law, but the basic idea is that a song you want to or like hearing live is +1, 0 is a neutral stance to a song (take it or leave it), and -1 is one that generally speaking you don't enjoy. Using that scale, Blossom is averaging the highest score of any 2013 show. Go ahead and apply the +1, 0, -1 scale yourself and see what you come up with; you'll be over 13 for sure without even trying.
DMBLive Is a European Release
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Live Releases at 9:08am on Friday, May 31st, 2013The popular DMBLive series from the Dave Matthews Band is back with a release from across the pond. DMBLive 3.25.1995 The Revolver Club, Madrid, Spain is now available. This show was not recorded by fans, and in fact the release is a bit of an "audience recording" - kinda; you'll be able to pick up the enthusiastic Spanish crowd singing along during the show. There's also a jam during the show, called Ole by the band, which is something you don't hear everyday. Give it a try for a unique, rare show.
Austin DMB show postponed
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 6:06pm on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013The horrific weather being experienced in the southwest has effected the Dave Matthews Band concert. The DMB show in Austin TX on May 21 (or tonight if you're reading this promptly) is canceled, according to the venue. The concert is pushed back to Wednesday. This does not effect any other DMB shows; the next weekend DMB is at SPAC.
The 2013 Tour Is Upon Us!
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 7:36am on Friday, May 17th, 2013The Dave Matthews Band kicks off their 2013 Summer Tour in The Woodlands May 17. The band did a sound check last night (we won't spoil, or depress you depending on your disposition and some of the replies in the Texas), so things seem set to go.
For those that didn't catch the fall 2012 tour, it will be your first chance to catch the bulk of the songs from Away From The World. You can still pick up tickets for upcoming shows from the official site, so feel free to pick up a few shows along the summer after you realize that this tour is pretty good.
And as always, we have our award-winning set list game and you can follow along with the fans on line in the message boards for that show (check the tour forum), and of course there is the The Ants Twitter where we will have live tweeters from every show (depending on cell coverage) giving you a blow-by-blow of the show and the atmosphere. If you're not following the Ants Twitter, there's no excuse... unless you don't have Twitter. That's a valid excuse.
Enjoy the tour!
Dave's Rockbridge Guitar Maker in Austin for the show
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Random Appearances at 11:28am on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Brian Calhoun built Dave's guitar, and other popular models of Rockbridge Guitars. He will be displaying demo models of his guitars, including the SJ (Dave's model) in Austin this weekend. If you'd like to check out his models, hit Brian up via email (rockbridgeguitar@gmail.com) and he will give you more details. Regardless of your skill level at guitar (from Smoke on the Water to Tim Reynolds on the guitar!) this is a pretty sweet opportunity to get your mitts on some nice guitars. You can also do the facebook thing for Rockbridge. Tell your guitar playing Texas-based friends!
DMB Donates to Fertilizer Plant Explosion Relief
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Charity at 7:13am on Thursday, May 16th, 2013As the 2013 tour gets set to kick off in Texas, the Dave Matthews Band is offering relief to a community recently struck by tragedy. Bama Works, the charitable arm of the DMB is donating $100,000 to the area of West, TX according to The USA Today. A fertilizer plant exploded April 17 devastating the town.
The 2013 tour begins May 17 in Woodlands, TX.
