Dave Matthews, Tool, Flaming Lips Play Inaugural River’s Edge Music Festival : April 06, 2012

The Dave Matthews Band and Tool will headline Saint Paul’s River’s Edge Music Festival. The appearance will be Tool’s only U.S. appearance this year. The festiva [...]

Dave Matthews Band Returns to the Road with 2012 Summer Tour : February 15, 2012

After taking the majority of last summer off from touring, the Dave Matthews Band will once again hit the road this summer for a slew of dates all across North America. [...]

Dave Matthews, Jack White, Wilco Set to Headline Hangout Festival : February 07, 2012

Music fans that flock to the beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala. later this year for the Hangout Music Festival will see the Dave Matthews Band, Jack White and Wilco headline th [...]

Bob Dylan Tribute Album Features Adele, Dave Matthews, Sting : October 20, 2011

Sting has announced he will join a multitude of other artists including Adele and Dave Matthews that are contributing songs to 'Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Hono [...]

Dave Matthews Grabs Tim Reynolds for Pair of Northeast Concert Dates : October 19, 2011

The relationship between Dave Matthews and guitarist Tim Reynolds goes back to before the beginnings of the Dave Matthews Band in 1991, though Reynolds name is mostly ass [...]

Bridge School Finalized with Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons : September 10, 2011

This year's Bridge School Benefit Concert lineup has been announced. The Neil Young annual event has a gigantic bill to celebrate the silver anniversary of the concert. [...]

Dave Matthews NYC Caravan Stop Rescheduled : September 01, 2011

The New York City show of the Dave Matthews Band's music caravan of three days has been rescheduled. Originally the festival was to have taken place on Governors Island [...]

Dave Matthews Caravan Wraps in NYC, The Gorge : April 21, 2011

The last two 2011 Caravan festivals for the Dave Matthews Band will take place on August 25-28 at Governor's Island in New York City and on September 2-4 at George, Wash [...]

Dave Matthews Caravan’s Next Stop is Chicago : April 08, 2011

The Dave Matthews band has just announced their second Caravan fest. It will take place at Chicago's Lakeside on Lake Michigan's south shore and run July 8-10. It wil [...]

Dave Matthews Band Postpones Hiatus for Festivals : February 22, 2011

Even though Dave Matthews Band stated that they wouldn’t tour this year, it didn’t mean they wouldn’t be performing live shows. According to the Warehouse fan we [...]

Double-Disc Live Effort from DMB to be Released November 9 : October 03, 2010

RCA Records on November 9 will be releasing “Live in New York City” by Dave Matthews Band.  This two disc set captured the sold-out concert of the band's on July 17 [...]

Dave Matthews Band Charts New Fall Tour Dates for 2010 : September 10, 2010

Jam icons Dave Matthews Band has just added nine more dates to their current tour before finally going on a much needed break from the road later this year. The new sl [...]

Farm Aid Returns with Heavyweights Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews : August 10, 2010

This year's lineup for the benefit show Farm Aid, which will include mainstays Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson, recently got much bigger. [...]

DMB Join Taylor Swift for NFL Kickoff Concert : August 09, 2010

Taylor Swift and the Dave Matthews Band will be performing on September 8 at Jackson Square in New Orleans for the annual kickoff concert from the NFL. The Grammy award [...]

Taylor Swift Joins Dave Matthews Band for NFL Kickoff Concert : August 09, 2010

The NFL Opening Kick-Off show is one of the most anticipated performances in the NFL, perhaps only second to the Super Bowl Halftime Show.  And the question as to who wi [...]

Dave Matthews, Kid Rock, Clapton Sign On for Power Gig Guitar Game : June 08, 2010

Seven45 Studios has revealed agreements with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews Band for providing exclusive music for Power Gig, the game powered by real guitars, [...]

Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds Bring Acoustic to Rochester : June 03, 2010

CMAC Performing Arts has announced that two new names have been added to its list for summer concerts.  Next month Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews will be hitting the sta [...]

Dave Matthews Band Forgoes Touring in 2011 : May 15, 2010

The Dave Matthews Band, after almost non-stop touring for two decades, has decided finally to take a break from the road, at least for a year. The band is well known for [...]

Matthews Becomes Indie Film Distributor : May 13, 2010

Rocker Dave Matthews not to long ago ran across “Kenny.” The film was a mockumentary of a man installing portable toilets. Dave Matthews loved the movie from Austra [...]

Wrigley Field Will Host Dave Matthews and Elton John & Billy Joel : February 13, 2010

Wrigley Field will play host to more than just baseball this summer. Dave Matthews Band and Elton John & Billy Joel both have slated dates to play the storied park. There [...]

Dave Matthews Band Unpacks Summer Tour for 2010 : January 27, 2010

One of the hardest touring bands in music is charting its concert dates for its annual summer tour. Dave Matthews and company will kick off their North American tour in a [...]

Top 50 Concert Tours of the Decade : December 22, 2009

Well it’s official. 2009 is days away from coming to a close so it’s time to pull out all of those best of the decade lists. They are exhaustive, tedious and largely [...]

Churchill Downs Plays Host to HullabaLOU 3-Day Music Festival : November 30, 2009

When you've got a sprawling complex like Churchill Downs, you've got to figure out how to get more use out of it than a few horse races a year. The home of the famous Ken [...]

‘Groogrux King’ Takes Number 1 on Billboard Charts : June 10, 2009

The Dave Matthews Band latest album, “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King” debuted in the No. 1 spot on Billboard's US album chart after selling 424,000 copies in the f [...]

DMB Readies Launch of Summer Tour : May 29, 2009

The Dave Matthews Band, with a spring and summer tour that is already quite extensive underway, is giving their fans an online free preview of their upcoming set “Big W [...]

DMB, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys to Headline Austin City Limits : April 28, 2009

Austin City Limits Festival, after roster rumors that went on for month, has announced their official lineup. It includes Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Beastie Boys [...]

Dave Matthews Band Offer Latest Single for Free : April 14, 2009

On April 14 via Twitter, the Dave Matthews Band made an announcement that fans will be able to download “Funny the Way It Is,” the latest single from the band, next w [...]

Dave Matthews Takes Batting Practice at Fenway : March 06, 2009

The Dave Matthews Band has announced that they will be playing two shows in Boston at Fenway Park during their upcoming tour. The shows at Fenway will be on May 29th and [...]

Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, Widespread Tabbed for 10,000 Lakes Fest : January 22, 2009

Dave Matthews Band, Wilco and Widespread Panic (playing two nights) will be the headliners for 10,000 Lakes Festival to be held July 22-25 in Detroit Lakes, MN at Soo Pas [...]

dave matthews band Biography

The American rock group Dave Matthews Band was formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Original members of the band included Dave Matthews (guitarist, singer-songwriter), Stefan Lessard (bassist), Carter Beauford (backing vocalist, drummer) and LeRoi Moore (saxophonist). Shortly after the formation of the band, Boyd Tinsley joined as the band's violinist. In August 2008, Moore died from complications after an ATV accident. Jeff Coffin, Grammy Award winning saxophonist from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, since that time has filled in Moore's spot at saxophone. Tim Reynolds and Rashawn Ross are also full time touring band members.

The musicians in the band all have roots from different musical genres including rock, jazz, soul, classical, hip-hop and bluegrass, which has come together and created an eclectic sound and garnered them a diverse array of fans from different quarters. The Dave Matthews Band, as of 2010, has sold approximately 30-40 million worldwide copies.

The Dave Matthews Band is well known for their summer long tours each year of Europe and the US, where they feature long improvisational versions of their songs, with an elaborate lighting and video show accompanying them which are produced by Fenton Williams. After touring for twenty years in a row the band is taking summer 2011 off. “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King,” the first album from the band since the death of Moore, debuted in the No. 1 spot Billboard's 200 chart to give the fans their fifth number one debut in a row and the second band after Metallica to accomplish that feat.