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Formed in the early '90s by South African vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews, the Dave Matthews Band presented a more pop-oriented version of the Grateful Dead crossed with elements of jazz, funk, and the worldbeat explorations of Paul Simon and Sting. Matthews populated the group with several Virginia-based musicians -- bassist Stefan Lessard, saxophonist Leroi Moore, violinist Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and, initially, keyboardist Peter Griesar -- and the band built up a strong word-of-mouth buzz by touring the country constantly, with special attention paid to college campuses. Griesar left the lineup in March 1993, but the Dave Matthews Band moved ahead in his absence, releasing the independent album Remember Two Things later that year and issuing a live EP, Recently, in 1994. After fielding offers from major labels, the band signed with RCA and released the debut effort Under the Table and Dreaming in September 1994. By the following spring, the record had launched the hit single "What Would You Say" and sold over one million copies, thus setting the stage for Dave Matthews' successful career as both bandleader and solo musician.

A year and a half after the release of Under the Table and Dreaming, the record had sold over four million copies in the U.S. alone, propelled in part by the success of "Ants Marching" and "Satellite." The Dave Matthews Band responded by releasing 1996's Crash, which entered the charts at number two and quickly went platinum. The group spent the bulk of 1996 touring in support of the eclectic album, which reached multi-platinum status and spun off five successful singles, including the Grammy-nominated "Crash into Me." That same year, Matthews launched an attack on bootleggers in conjunction with the federal government, targeting stores that were selling semi-legal discs of live performances. The efforts of Matthews, his band, and his management resulted in an unprecedented crackdown on for-profit bootleggers in early 1997 -- with nearly all of the major foreign bootlegging companies placed under arrest by the United States -- thereby putting a moratorium on the entire underground industry.

To further combat the bootleggers, the Dave Matthews Band released an official double-disc live album, Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95, in the fall of 1997. It was an unexpected success, debuting at number three on the charts and selling a million copies within the first five months of its release. The live record paved the way for a string of future DMB concert recordings; it also drummed up support for the April 1998 release of Before These Crowded Streets, the group's most ambitious album to date. Another two-disc live effort, Listener Supported, followed one year later, and summer tours kept the band busy as the decade drew to a close.

The new millennium, however, saw the band returning to the studio with producer Glen Ballard to record a fourth studio album, Everyday, which was issued in February 2001. Although notable for its slick, mainstream-minded sound -- not to mention the presence of electric guitar, which Matthews had never used on previous albums -- it was overshadowed by rumors of a darker album that had been recorded with Steve Lillywhite in 2000. Although the original album was rejected, the band eventually chose songs from those sessions, re-recorded several others, and released the results in July 2002 as Busted Stuff. Its debut single, "Where Are You Going," fared well on national radio, and the band rounded out 2002 with the release of Live at Folsom Field in November.

Several years after releasing Live at Luther College, a concert album that did not feature his band, Dave Matthews released his first proper solo album in 2003. The moody and brooding Some Devil was supported by a Dave Matthews & Friends tour -- the "friends" being Trey Anastasio, Brady Blade, Tony Hall, Ray Paczkowski, and Tim Reynolds -- and the album's chief single, "Gravedigger," earned Matthews a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Boyd Tinsley also released a solo album that year, but the Dave Matthews Band reconvened shortly thereafter, releasing two additional live albums (The Central Park Concert, The Gorge) and returning to the road in 2004. The bandmates also joined Bruce Springsteen's Vote for Change tour toward the end of the year, just as their mail-order-only Live Trax series debuted. In early 2005, they launched a website that featured progress reports on their next album in the form of video footage, diaries, and soundbites. When the flawed Stand Up finally appeared in May, it was the band's first album of all-new material since 2001's Everyday. Like its three predecessors, Stand Up topped the charts, making DMB the only band other than U2 and Metallica to score four consecutive number one albums.

Weekend on the Rocks, another live set, followed Stand Up at the end of 2005, and a two-disc compilation entitled The Best of What's Around, Vol. 1 collected studio material and unreleased live recordings one year later. Matthews and Tim Reynolds launched another joint tour in 2007, canvassing Europe and North America in the process. A performance from the latter continent was featured on the album Live at Radio City Music Hall, which served as a companion piece to 1999's Luther College. Meanwhile, the Dave Matthews Band released their own concert album, Live at Piedmont Park, and began working on new material, although the project was temporarily shelved during pre-production as the band diverted its focus to touring. The musicians returned to the studio the following year, but LeRoi Moore unfortunately passed away before the record could be completed. The saxophonist had suffered a serious ATV accident in June and ultimately succumbed to his injuries two months later. Former Béla Fleck saxophonist Jeff Coffin joined in his place, and the band heralded his inclusion with the release of Live at the Mile High Music Festival, a three-disc set capturing a Colorado performance from that summer.

Early the following year, the Dave Matthews Band paid tribute to Moore with Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King, another successful record for DMB that wound up garnering two Grammy nominations. Two live albums -- the Tim Reynolds duet record Live in Las Vegas and the DMB set Live in New York City -- appeared in 2010, with two more DMB releases, Live at Wrigley Field and DMB 2009: Lucca Italy (Live at Piazza Napoleone 5 Jul 2009), issued in 2011.

Despite the archival album releases, 2011 was a quiet year for the Dave Matthews Band, marking the first time the group did not tour in 20 years; instead, they played a handful of festival dates. DMB came back in a big way in 2012, reuniting with producer Steve Lillywhite for the album Away from the World, which was released in the fall of 2012 and found the band returning to its classic '90s sound. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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  • So Much To Say (Live)
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  • What Would You Say? (Live)
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  • Ants Marching (Live)
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Interviews & Exclusives

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  • Making of You and Me (Promo)
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  • Dave Matthews Band On Their Favorite TV Show Character.
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    Dave Matthews Band On Their Favorite TV Show Character.
  • Dave Matthews Band On The One Food They Can't Stand To Put In Their   Mouths.
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    Dave Matthews Band On The One Food They Can't Stand To Put In Their Mouths.
  • 5 Questions: Dave Matthews Band
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    5 Questions: Dave Matthews Band
  • Dave Matthews Band On Songs That Makes Them Cry.
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    Dave Matthews Band On Songs That Makes Them Cry.
  • Dave Matthews Band On The Childhood Memories They Can't Forget.
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    Dave Matthews Band On The Childhood Memories They Can't Forget.
  • Dave Matthews Band On The Worst Job They Ever Had.
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    Dave Matthews Band On The Worst Job They Ever Had.
  • VH1 News: Dave Matthews Band
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  • Dave Matthews Twitters, Then Untwitters [2009]
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    Dave Matthews Twitters, Then Untwitters [2009]
  • Box Set: Dave Matthews Band "On Being In The Band"
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    Box Set: Dave Matthews Band "On Being In The Band"

Photos

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  • Dave Matthews and Neil Young perform on "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief."
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    Dave Matthews and Neil Young perform on "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief."
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    Dave Matthews and Neil Young perform on "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief."
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  • Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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    Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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    Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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    Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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    Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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    Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford in an interview with VH1 News
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  • Fans rejoice as Dave Matthews kicks out the frat jams, performing "The Space Between" at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards.
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    Fans rejoice as Dave Matthews kicks out the frat jams, performing "The Space Between" at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards.
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    Hangout Music Festival 2013: Best Of The Big Festivals ... On The Beach
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Tour Dates

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  • May 21 Tuesday
    Austin, TX, US Austin360 Amphitheater
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  • May 25 Saturday
    Saratoga Springs, NY, US Saratoga Performing Arts Center
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  • May 26 Sunday
    Saratoga Springs, NY, US Saratoga Performing Arts Center
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  • May 28 Tuesday
    Toronto, ON, Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
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  • May 29 Wednesday
    Scranton, PA, US Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
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  • May 31 Friday
    Burgettstown, PA, US First Niagara Pavilion
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  • Jun 1 Saturday
    Cuyahoga Falls, OH, US Blossom Music Center
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    Holmdel, NJ, US PNC Bank Arts Center
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    Hartford, CT, US Comcast Theatre
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    Hartford, CT, US Comcast Theatre
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    Mansfield, MA, US Comcast Center
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    Mansfield, MA, US Comcast Center
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  • Jun 21 Friday
    Noblesville, IN, US Klipsch Music Center
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    Noblesville, IN, US Klipsch Music Center
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  • Jun 25 Tuesday
    Wantagh, NY, US Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
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    Wantagh, NY, US Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Camden, NJ, US Susquehanna Bank Center
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    Camden, NJ, US Susquehanna Bank Center
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  • Jul 2 Tuesday
    Bethel, NY, US Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
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    Darien Center, NY, US Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
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  • Jul 5 Friday
    East Troy, WI, US Alpine Valley Music Theatre
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    East Troy, WI, US Alpine Valley Music Theatre
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  • Jul 9 Tuesday
    Clarkston, MI, US DTE Energy Music Theatre
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  • Jul 10 Wednesday
    Maryland Heights, MO, US Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
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  • Jul 12 Friday
    Cincinnati, OH, US Riverbend Music Center
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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    Hershey, PA, US Hersheypark Stadium
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  • Jul 17 Wednesday
    Tampa, FL, US Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds
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  • Jul 19 Friday
    West Palm Beach, FL, US Cruzan Amphitheatre
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    West Palm Beach, FL, US Cruzan Amphitheatre
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    Orange Beach, AL, US Amphitheater at the Wharf
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    Charlotte, NC, US Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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    Virginia Beach, VA, US Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
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    Bristow, VA, US Jiffy Lube Live
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    Commerce City, CO, US Dick's Sporting Goods Park
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    Commerce City, CO, US Dick's Sporting Goods Park
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    West Valley City, UT, US USANA Amphitheatre
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    West Valley, UT, US Usana Amphitheater
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    George, WA, US Gorge Amphitheatre
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    George, WA, US Gorge Amphitheatre
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  • Aug 31 Saturday
    George, WA, US Gorge Amphitheatre
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    George, WA, US Gorge Amphitheatre
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  • Sep 4 Wednesday
    Stateline, NV, US Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's
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    Chula Vista, CA, US Sleep Train Amphitheatre
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    Irvine, CA, US Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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    Mountain View, CA, US Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Discography

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  • Away from the World (2012)
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    Away from the World (2012)
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  • Live at Wrigley Field (2011)
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    Live at Wrigley Field (2011)
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  • Live in Las Vegas (2010)
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    Live in Las Vegas (2010)
    Walnut Water
  • Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
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    Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
    RCA
  • Live at the Mile High Music Festival (2008)
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    Live at the Mile High Music Festival (2008)
    Bama Rags/RCA
  • Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
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    Live at Piedmont Park (2007)
    RCA
  • Live at Radio City Music Hall (2007)
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    Live at Radio City Music Hall (2007)
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  • Europe 07 (2007)
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    Europe 07 (2007)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
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    Weekend on the Rocks (2005)
    RCA
  • Stand Up (2005)
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    Stand Up (2005)
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