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What To Make Of The Festival Rumors?
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 3:54am on Friday, Jan 28th, 2011Can you believe it? There are rumors on the interwebs! Since the announcement of the Dave Matthews Band festivals in 2011, fans have been digging around to find the location of the four events will be. So... where are they?
Of course technically we don't know. However, we're not naive enough not to have paid attention to rumors that started after a certain 3-day concert last year in a state named for a President. Almost immediately after the Gorge shows in 2010, fans reported that folks up that way said that DMB would be back in 2011. In fact, there is a certain campground that is really pushing the Labor Day reservations (Do the math).
Additionally, for months, Atlantic City has been a mentioned stop. Numerous fans have pointed out that the City Council has approved a festival in Bader Field in late June. If you read the council agenda pdf (search Bader twice) you may recognize some names that remind you of Charlottesville.
Let just say, in theory, those are correct. Where would the other two locations be? Logically, Chicago would be a location for another one. It is a stronghold for DMB fans, and there have been sprinklings of rumors for locations up that way (from Alpine to Grant Park to Comiskey). That leads everyone thinking another spot would be in the south, DMB's first touring area way back in the day. Race tracks keep popping up in rumors, along with the suddenly-popular West Palm Beach area. Big Cypress, a location where Phish played a 1999 New Years Eve show, has also been bandied about. But at the same time there have been rumors of a show at Giants Stadium too, so one has to wonder if the East Coast will get two festivals, and the south shut out?
But that important thing to remember is that these are all still rumors! DMB and management have changed tours and plans at the last second just about every single year, so before you start dropping down enormous amounts of cash to travel cross-country, just remember that nothing is official until it appears on The Official Site.
