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Dave Matthews Band Announces 2013 Summer Tour FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2013 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND ANNOUNCES 2013 SUMMER TOUR Online Presale For Warehouse Fan Association Begins Thursday, February 21 Tickets Go On Sale To The Public March 22 Dave Matthews Band will launch its 2013 summer tour at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, TX on May 17. The run will include two-night stands in Saratoga Springs, NY, Hartford, CT, Mansfield, MA, Noblesville, IN, Wantagh, NY, Camden, NJ, East Troy, WI, West Palm Beach, FL and Commerce City, CO. The group will make its first-ever appearances at Austin’s Tower Amphitheatre, The Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL and the intimate Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline, NV. The West Coast leg will include a return to The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA for Dave Matthews Band’s traditional Labor Day weekend shows. An online presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association will begin on Thursday, February 21, at 10:00 AM ET at www.warehouse.davematthewsband.com. Citi is the official credit card of the Dave Matthews Band Summer 2013 Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, March 18, at 12:00 PM local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 22, at 10:00 AM local time. For further details, see below or visit http:// davematthewsband.com. In April, Dave Matthews Band will play a trio of dates in the South that includes a headlining performance at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28. The band is touring in support of its latest album, Away From The World, which Rolling Stone named as one of the Top 50 Albums of 2012. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the record entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, making Dave Matthews Band the first group in chart history to have six consecutive studio albums debut atop the chart. Reviewing a show on the group’s recent winter tour, The Boston Globe observed: “the band thrived in the moment.” Louisville.com said: “they put on an incredible show…The ensemble as a whole was tight. They hit breaks, transitions, and changes in tempo flawlessly. Every musician in the band…is fantastic at what he does.” Dave Matthews Band – comprising Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass), Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar) and Boyd Tinsley (violin) – has sold a collective 37 million CDs and DVDs combined. The group ranked as the biggest ticket seller worldwide of the past decade and has sold over 18 million tickets since its inception. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – 2013 TOUR DATES Date City/State/Province Venue 4/6 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre SOLD OUT 4/27 Southaven, MS Snowden Grove Amphitheater SOLD OUT 4/28 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 5/17 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 5/18 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion 5/21 Austin, TX Tower Amphitheatre 5/25 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center 5/26 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center 5/28 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre 5/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain 5/31 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion 6/1 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center 6/6 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 6/7 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre 6/8 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre 6/15 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center 6/16 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center 6/21 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center 6/22 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center 6/25 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre 6/26 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre 6/28 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 6/29 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 7/2 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 7/3 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 7/5 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Center 7/6 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Center 7/9 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Center 7/10 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7/12 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 7/13 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium 7/17 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre 7/19 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre 7/20 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre 7/23 Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheater at The Wharf 7/24 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7/26 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 7/27 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live 8/23 Commerce City, CO Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 8/24 Commerce City, CO Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 8/27 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheatre 8/30 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre 8/31 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre 9/1 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre 9/4 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Arena 9/6 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre 9/7 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 9/8 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre ### For additional information on Dave Matthews Band: Ambrosia Healy The Fun Star [email protected] Erin Cooney The Fun Star [email protected] or visit: http://www.davematthewsband.com http://www.warehouse.davematthewsband.com Press materials can be downloaded at: http://thefunstar.com/ .
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