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Siriusly: DMB Radio launches Published on Aug 31st, 2012 15 comments Joining the ranks of Elvis and the Grateful Dead, the Dave Matthews Band will now have its own radio channel on SiriusXM– at least during September. The limited-run channel coincides with the...
Summer tunes: Dave Matthews Band Caravan rocks Published on Jul 12th, 2011 6 comments After telling their fans they were sitting tight this summer, the Dave Matthews Band had a change of heart and decided to headline four concert festivals featuring a smorgasbord of talent....
So much to write: New DMB book debuts Published on May 25th, 2011 7 comments About a year ago, Boston-based author Nikki Van Noy called to ask questions about the early days of Dave Matthews Band in Charlottesville, based on a story we did in 2004 about the band's connection...
Epic memento: Schoolteacher gets second chance at poster Published on Dec 7th, 2010 34 comments Wendy Marsters during her 12-hour wait to get in to the DMB show at JPJ. PHOTO COURTESY WENDY MARSTERS It was only a poster, but it meant everything to Wendy Marsters. The Northern California high...
A DMB-U2 connection? Published on Sep 25th, 2009 7 comments Dave Matthews and Mark Roebuck circa 1989. PHOTO BY TALMAGE COOLEY It may not be news to Daveheads, but one of Dave Matthews’ earliest recordings, one that pre-dates the Dave Matthews Band, features...
Being Julia: DMB snags 'Dreamgirl' Published on Aug 25th, 2005 0 comments What's the difference between a Pretty Woman and a Dreamgirl? About 15 years. Julia Roberts, whose role opposite Richard Gere in 1990's Pretty Woman shot her to fame, even at age 37 is proving she...
DMBeat it: Nancies goes for Mayer Published on Apr 3rd, 2003 0 comments Dave Matthews Band, Charlottesville's greatest contribution to pop culture, has grown so passé that an award-winning fan site has found a new object of its affection: John Mayer. So said Nancies.org...
Skipping billies: Dave & Tim show bypasses Charlottesville Published on Feb 20th, 2003 0 comments Widely thought to be his first solo tour, Dave Matthews' latest performance schedule turns out to be a duo tour with longtime DMB sideman and guitar virtuoso Tim Reynolds. Unfortunately for locals,...
New Year's Dave: Solo, shopping, snagging awards Published on Jan 9th, 2003 0 comments It was only a matter of time. Dave Matthews is going solo on tour, at least. Matthews isn't digging a grave for his band, just dropping the "B" from DMB for a series of as-yet-unreleased 2003 tour...
Razing Trax: House of Dave begins its tumble Published on Dec 26th, 2002 0 comments As a first step in the destruction of Trax, the nightclub made world-famous by the Dave Matthews Band, workers last week began removing asbestos. Purchased July 1 by the University of Virginia for $1...
Lone Dave: Say it ain't solo Published on Nov 14th, 2002 0 comments Nancies.org is reporting that the long-rumored Dave Matthews-as-solo-act is taking its first step: Dave is planning a solo tour. According to Nancies, numerous college students have indicated that...
They're #1:Despite lower prices and smaller venues Published on Sep 26th, 2002 0 comments They're #1 For the last three months, the DMB tour is #1 in North America– and they did it with tickets averaging under $36 each. So says Pollstar editor Gary Bongiovanni, who contrasts...
“Under Covers”: Singing nancies release DMB tribute album Published on Aug 29th, 2002 0 comments From casual listeners to die-hard Daveheads, DMB fans comprise a corps not seen since the heyday of the KISS Army of the 1970s– whose object of affection also attained superstar status via its...
DMBEAT- "Under Covers" Singing nancies release tribute album Published on Aug 29th, 2002 0 comments From casual listeners to die-hard Daveheads, DMB fans comprise a corps not seen since the heyday of the KISS Army of the 1970s– whose object of affection also attained superstar status via its...
For a week at least, DMB holds top spot Published on Aug 8th, 2002 0 comments By Bill Ramsey On Wednesday, July 24, as the Dave Matthews Band headed toward a tour stop in Hartford, Connecticut, the band's new album, Busted Stuff, was #1 on the charts, with SoundScan...
At last: The Stuff of both worlds Published on Jul 25th, 2002 0 comments By Bill Ramsey "I feel like I've finished the picture. I'd left those songs in an ugly little pile. Going back was like seeing old friends again. This is some of the best stuff I've ever written and...
Fixing things with Busted Stuff Published on May 23rd, 2002 0 comments By Bill Ramsey Instead of calling it Busted Stuff, maybe Dave Matthews should have called his band’s new album Fixing Things.RCA, the band’s label, attempted to make Matthews its own John Cougar,...
My name is Wendy and I'm a Daveaholic Published on Apr 18th, 2002 0 comments Common sense says you don’t meet people you’ve known only through the Internet. But in total defiance of that dictum, Wendy Loo will rendezvous with strangers all over the country for the next eight...
No Grammy Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments So the Dave Matthews Band came away empty-handed from this year’s Grammy Awards (in its nominated category of "Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal” for “The Space Between”) after...
The space between DMB markets Hollywood Published on Feb 21st, 2002 0 comments “Please get rid of DMBeat,” goes the impassioned cry. We hear it; we’re just not buying it. As far as we can tell, detractors of this occasional column hail from one of two camps: those who claim...