The long-anticipated 2009 Dave Matthews Band album to be released in June - Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King.

Before you say, "What the...?" the title does have some meaning to it. Groogux was a nickname applied to LeRoi Moore by his friends; Rashawn mentioned that on his Myspace page after the saxophonist's passing. Also for reference you can hear Carter call LeRoi by Grux in the How We Have Fun Before The Show video by Stefan at about 3:10. We got a little hint to the album title from Dave on Sunday; "...still here dancing with the Groo Grux King. We'll be drinking big whiskey while we dance and sing. When I get to the end, I'm gonna end.."

i hope this is better than the last couple shitfests he put out..i doubt it, but ill check it out still and ill most likely see him live once or twice this summer..

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND SUMMER TOUR DATES

Dave Matthews Band will embark on an extensive North American tour in late May with dates planned through early October. Tour stops include several new venues with long awaited returns to many others as DMB tours in support of their next studio album, slated for release by RCA records on June 2nd. Plans are currently being finalized for the European tour from late June through early July with more dates to be announced next week.



DATE, CITY, VENUE, SUPPORT BAND
05/27/09 Darien Center, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center Robert Randolph & The Family Band
05/29/09 Boston, MAFenway Park Willie Nelson & Family
05/30/09 Boston, MA Fenway Park Willie Nelson & Family
06/05/09 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
06/06/09 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
06/09/09 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Molson Amphitheatre Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
06/10/09 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Parc Jean Drapeau Femi Kuti and The Positive Force
06/12/09 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center The Hold Steady
06/13/09 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center The Hold Steady
06/16/09 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center The Hold Steady
06/17/09 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre The Hold Steady
06/19/09 Burgettstown, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion The Hold Steady
06/20/09 Burgettstown, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion The Hold Steady
06/25/09 London, England Brixton Academy
06/2609 London, England Brixton Academy
06/28/09 London, England Hard Rock Calling - Hyde Park
06/29/09 Wolverhampton, England Wolverhampton Civic Hall
07/1/09 Paris, France L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
07/2/09 Rock Werchter 2009 Werchter, Belgium
07/7/09 Amsterdam, Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
07/10/09 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao BBK Live Festival
07/11/09 Lisbon, Portugal Optimus Alive!09 Festival
07/18/09 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre Umphrey's McGee
07/19/09 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre Umphrey's McGee
07/21/09 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Old Crow Medicine Show
07/22/09 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Old Crow Medicine Show
07/24/09 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium Jason Mraz
07/28/09 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre Old Crow Medicine Show
07/29/09 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center Old Crow Medicine Show
07/31/09 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center Hill Country Revue
08/01/09 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center Hill Country Revue
08/04/09 Syracuse, NY Alliance Bank Stadium Donovan Frankenreiter
08/05/09 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Donovan Frankenreiter
08/07/09 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Donovan Frankenreiter
08/08/09 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Donovan Frankenreiter
08/12/09 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre Robert Earl Keen
08/14/09 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre Robert Earl Keen
08/15/09 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre Robert Earl Keen
08/29/09 San Francisco, CA TBA TBA
08/30/09 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center TBA
09/01/09 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheatre Yonder Mountain String Band
09/04/09 George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre G. Love & Special Sauce and Yonder Mountain String Band
09/05/09 George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre G. Love & Special Sauce and Yonder Mountain String Band
09/06/09 George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre G. Love & Special Sauce and Yonder Mountain String Band
09/12/09 Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Switchfoot
09/13/09 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Switchfoot
09/19/09 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain TBA
09/22/09 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center Robert Randolph & The Family Band
09/23/09 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center Robert Randolph & The Family Band
09/25/09 Des Moines, IA Principal Park Robert Randolph & The Family Band
09/26/09 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY
09/29/09 Little Rock, AR Dickey-Stephens Park TBA
09/30/09 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY
10/02/09 Tulsa, OK BOK Center WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY

im most likely to be at the scranton, hershey, or camden shows

but where the f is burgettstown, the hold steady is there!!

Out by the Pittsburgh airport, basically about 20 miles west of Pittsburgh. Great venue once you are there, but I swore this place off years ago because of the horrible traffic control they have.

The year that I think Ben Kweller opened for him (i think ?) we were stopped in traffic within 5 miles of the place an hour early..... Not only did we not get in before door time and miss the ENTIRE opening act, but we also missed the first two DMB sons.... No lie. Never going back.

this. this band needs to step it up big time. i hope timmy shot some life into them last summer

hehehe traffic is indeed a mess out there, i think they have gotten a little better, but its probably still a good halfhour to make it out onto route 18. every concert i have seen there i have wanted to kill someone while leaving

I've had that feeling after every gig I've seen at Mansfield when parked in the main lots. I now pay if I get there early enough and it is infinitely easier and more chill before hand.
There is some good buzz about the album with info finally coming out, Tim's involvement has really upped my anticipation. That reminds me, I still have to get TR3's new one.
I'll be at the Garden, Hartford, Saratoga Springs, VA Beach and Scranton as of now, and also the Clearwater gig in May.

I'm embarrassed for those people in that video. It made me so uncomfortable watching them.

yeah that was gay

I heard it was gonna be gay, but I never imagined it being that gay

i cant imagine the traffic there being worse than the scranton venue

if you stay til the end of the show, youll wait til after 2 to get outta the parking lots..we normally just drink beers and grill if we do..that place like 25 lots merge into 2 lanes, and the traffic directors have no clue what the fucks goin on

It is atleast as bad if not worse, believe me... I know.... But really, my worste Burgettestown experiences are gettin in there not getting out. Ans I had no problem getting in Scranton.

Back in '03 os so I did not leave the parking lot in Scranton until after 1AM at the Dead show.... I ran to my car to get out of there early and started my car at 11 exactly so it was 2 hours in the lot. Surprisingly the same thing happened to me at Camden I Pearl Jam show as well.... Horrible luck anymore.

Funny The Way It Is is up for free download (with an email address- they send the code to it)

http://www.rcarecords.com/dmbfreedownload/



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Well, it's not Stand Up bad, I'll give it that... closer to an Everyday track, really. Still way too polished sounding for my tastes, though it could be plenty worse.

My hope is that this record will at least be listenable- where you can put it on every once in awhile and enjoy it for what it is, something I cannot do with Stand Up or Everyday.



press release

01 Grux
02 Shake Me Like A Monkey
03 Funny The Way It Is
04 Lying In The Hands Of God
05 Why I Am
06 Dive In
07 Spaceman
08 Squirm
09 Alligator Pie (Cockadile)
10 Seven
11 Time Bomb
12 My Baby Blue
13 You And Me

While in New Orleans completing the recording of Big Whiskey, DMB contemplated many ideas for the next studio album cover. Producer Rob Cavallo suggested that the band have someone create a drawing. Dave conveyed out loud that maybe he’d draw something and was urged along. What you have is his most ambitious artwork to date. It’s fitting that DMB decided on a special album cover to complement the unique album title. More on that later, for now, Dave’s words:

"I like to draw, but I haven’t done anything that ambitious. I’m more of a scribbler on the tablecloth. I had hopes that I might spend my life doing it, at one point. I probably would have practiced a little more if I was doing it as my life focus. But it’s got some playful references to the album. And I like the idea that there’s always parades during Mardi Gras, and we were down there during that. There’s Bacchus and Rex and Zulu, and each has a king. So I liked the idea of making GrooGrux a parade, and that I was the king of a parade. And have the donkeys pulling a wagon like they used to; they don’t do that anymore. I thought, that’s a good space—the festival of Mardi Gras seemed like a good place to get a crowd.

"And I’m so happy—it’s so much fun. When I was a teenager, all I wanted to do was make an album cover. I used to make ‘em, fancy ones—okay, they were pretty shitty—and then I forgot about it. What an idiot! Then I remembered: Hey, I always wanted to make an album cover!"

An album cover as stupid and shitty as both the title and the content. A triple threat of patheticness from one of the worst bands on the planet.

there's post is so funny i almost shit myself

honestly... that cover is a POS

Since the official announcement of Coffin being in the band... Don't you think they can stop putting in the + note?!?!?!

BTW, GREGG ALLMAN!!!!!

Tuesday Apr 14 2009
Madison Square Garden


Don’t Drink the Water *
Cornbread *
Funny The Way It Is *
Raven *
You Might Die Trying *
Spaceman *
Dancing Nancies *
Pig *
Melissa *+
Recently *
So Damn Lucky *
#27 *
Why I Am *
Ants Marching +
#41 *
Two Step *

__________________

Sister ~
Tripping Billies *



Show Notes:
* Jeff Coffin
+ Gregg Allman
~ Dave, Carter, Sefan, Rashawn

that's an awfully short setlist.
They better not be that quick in Vegas. I'm flyin in just for that show!

The show clocked in at 3 hours, though I'd imagine as they shake the rust off the sets will increase a song or two; 17-19 cuts has been the average since '01 IIRC.