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Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Weezer and Jay-Z are among headliners at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The festival starts June 10 and ends the 13th. To see the full lineup go to Bonnaroo festival website HERE

New Video: Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is

Jimmy Fallon Creates A New Dave Matthews Band Item

On the Jimmy Fallon show, Jimmy spoofed a new GPS system commercial. The Dave Matthews GPS system should make it easy and fun to get directions.

Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey In Stores NOW!!

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, the Dave Matthews Band's first studio album in four years, is out NOW. 

On Friday, June 5th, Dave Matthews Band will perform on NBC's "TODAY" show on Rockefeller Plaza, marking the first morning television appearance in the band's career.

With its celebratory spirit and lyrical ruminations on fragile mortality, the album pays tribute to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, the band's fallen partner. Moore passed away in the summer of 2008 while the group was on tour and midway through making the album.

 "When Roi died, it shook the whole band and left us saying, 'What do we do now?'" recalls Matthews. "We knew that first of all, we had to finish this record that he was already in love with. So all of us went back in with the attitude 'We can't mess around with this one, because this one is an ode."


The track listing for Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is as follows:

1. Grux
2. Shake Me Like A Monkey
3. Funny The Way It Is
4. Lying In The Hands Of God
5. Why I Am
6. Dive In
7. Spaceman
8. Squirm
9. Alligator Pie (Cockadile)
10. Seven
11. Time Bomb
12. My Baby Blue
13. You and Me

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You can get the CD/DVD set on Amazon.
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Stream DMB New Album On Pandora!!

Dave Matthews Band will release Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, the highly anticipated album following the death of band member Leroi Moore, on June 2. The album, a tribute to Moore, will be the band's first studio album in 4 years and will include the newly released single "Funny the Way It Is." Rolling Stone's four star review states that Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King producer Rob Cavallo "has brought some of the classic-rock edge of his hit records with Green Day and My Chemical Romance to Matthews' arena-size spin on early-Seventies Traffic." Those who are awaiting the album's release on June 2 can now stream the complete album at Pandora.com.

Watch Dave Matthews Band live on Hulu.com June 1 as they stream the band's live in concert at New York's Beacon Theatre. For more information on Dave Matthews Band, including tour dates, visit DaveMatthewsBand.com.

You can pre-order the album on iTunes NOW!

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Dave Matthews Band Game & Concert News

For Immediate Release:

Dave Matthews Band is pleased to announce a partnership with Tapulous Inc., the developers of the popular Tap Tap Revenge series for iPhone and iPod Touch, with the launch of Tap Tap Revenge: Dave Matthews Band. DMB fans can now tap along to their favorite Dave Matthews Band songs including: "Everyday", "Ants Marching", "American Baby", "Crash Into Me", "What Would You Say", "So Much To Say", "Tripping Billies", "Two Step", along with two hits off the upcoming album - "Shake Me Like A Monkey" & "Funny The Way It Is." The gaming experience also features album art and an interactive live concert experience. Get Tap Tap Revenge: Dave Matthews Band now on iTunes http://tr.im/TapTapDMB or the App Store.

To celebrate the launch, Tapulous is giving away a slew of DMB prizes. You can win a pair of FRONT ROW TICKETS to a Dave Matthews Band concert this summer or one of 30 copies of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (some exclusions may apply). Check out the Tapulous blog for more details.

Fans of DMB should also mark their calendars for June 1st when Dave Matthews Band will perform at New York City's 2,800-seat Beacon Theatre. Hulu will be bringing this intimate show to fans for free via a live stream at www.hulu.com beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. The concert comes on the eve of the release of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band's first studio album in four years. Following the exclusive live stream, Hulu will offer on-demand access of the show, which is Hulu’s first live music concert.

For more information on Dave Matthews Band, tourdates, album pre-sale and the latest news visit DaveMatthewsBand.com. Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King hits stores June 2nd.

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Dave Matthews Band Launch iTunes Pass

The Dave Matthews Band just launched the iTunes Pass on the iTunes Store. What's so great about the iTunes Pass? Music fans can get new and exclusive music, video, remixes, art and other content from their favorite artists over a set period of time, delivered to their iTunes library as soon as it's available.

Fans who purchase the Dave Matthews Band iTunes Pass ($19.99) beginning TODAY (April 22nd) will receive an instant download of the band’s latest single, “Funny the Way It Is,” and the new album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, as soon as it’s released on June 2nd. They’ll also receive plenty of additional content from now through September, including Scenes from Big Whiskey, a documentary on the making of the record, exclusive bonus music (including b-sides and live music from the band’s Spring and Summer 2009 tours), two tracks in advance of the album’s release (“Shake Me Like A Monkey” and “Lying In the Hands of God”), a download of the “Funny the Way It Is” music video, a deluxe digital booklet of the album artwork, drawn by Matthews, and more.

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King hits stores on June 2nd.

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Dave Matthews Band Giving Away New Single

Through a “tweet” on Twitter.com yesterday, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND have announced that they are giving away their new single, “Funny the Way It Is,” as a free download for one week. You can download the new single at RCA

The song comes off their upcoming album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which hits stores on June 2nd. It will be the band's first studio album since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore last summer.

Guitarist Tim Reynolds will play on the album, making it his first recording with DMB since 1998’s Before These Crowded Streets. The album was produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Goo Goo Dolls). Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King will also feature the recording debuts of Rashawn Ross who joined the band in 1996 but hadn’t played on any of their studio releases yet and Moore’s replacement, saxophonist Jeff Coffin who also is a member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. DMB just released a trailer for the new album which can be seen below.

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Dave Matthews & Tina Turner Use American Express

Dave Matthews and Tina Turner are featured in the American Express commercial along with Gwyneth Paltrow and Brian Grazer.

Dave Matthews Band Sax Player Dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what led to his death, and nursing supervisor Galina Shinder said the hospital could not release details.
On June 30, Moore crashed his ATV on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va., but was discharged and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin physical therapy. Complications forced him back to the hospital on July 17, the band said.
The band went on with its show Tuesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where lead singer Dave Matthews acknowledged Moore's death to the crowd after the first song.
"It's always easier to leave than be left," Matthews told the crowd, according to Ambrosia Healy, the band's publicist. "We appreciate you all being here."
Saxophonist Jeff Coffin, who played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, had been sitting in for Moore during the band's summer tour.
Moore, who wore dark sunglasses at the bands' many live concerts, had classical training but said jazz was his main musical influence, according to a biography on the band's Web site.
"But at this stage I don't really consider myself a jazz musician," Moore said in the biography. Playing with the Dave Matthews Band was "almost better than a jazz gig," he said. "I have plenty of space to improvise, to try new ideas."
Lead singer Dave Matthews credited Moore with arranging many of his songs, which combine Cajun fiddle-playing, African-influenced rhythms and Matthews' playful but haunting voice.
The band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Va., when Matthews was working as a bartender. He gave a demo tape of his songs to Moore, who liked what he heard and recruited his friend and fellow jazzman Carter Beauford to play drums, and other musicians.
The group broke out of the local music scene with the album "Under the Table and Dreaming." The band won a Grammy Award in 1997 for its hit song "So Much to Say" off its second album "Crash." Other hits include "What Would You Say," "Crash Into Me" and "Satellite."
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