We thought we would kick off the tour with a DMB giveaway. This is just one of a few items we will be giving out throughout the tour.

Live Trax 22 can be pre-ordered now and will be released on June 8th, but you can win yourself a FREE copy. 

If you want a shot at this Live Trax all you have to do is: 

1. Follow @dbtp_org on twitter

2. Retweet this twitter message "Follow @dbtp_org and retweet this post for a chance to Win a Copy of Live Trax 22" #DMB #livetrax @dbtp"

When you retweet that message you will be entered for a chance to win a copy of Live Trax 22. It's that simple!

A winner will be chosen on Thursday, May 31st and stay tuned for more giveaways on dbtp.org

Some may have received "A Note from Dave" which came through as an email via the Warehouse & DMB newsletter. The new song is entitled "Gaucho" and is likely first single of the still untitled album. 

"Gaucho" is available for FREE via dmband's website. If you received the note from Dave then you already have the download code needed to download the song. If you did not, don't worry, just submit your email to get a copy of the new song!

You may also note that the album is due for a September release, likely after the tour.

So what will we hear on the tour. It seems clear that this new song will debut and who knows how many other including "Mercy" which debuted on the Jimmy Fallon show. 

The tour kicks off tonight, so if you weren't already excited enough, here is another reason to be.

Enjoy the new tune!

Download Gaucho Here

The 2012 Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour kicks off tonight in Woodlands, TX. This is their first planned tour since 2010. Yes, there was DMB Caravan, but we wouldn't really call that a tour. We are talking about a full blown Summer tour and DMB is back and fans anticipation is running high. 

With the time off and knowledge of a new album coming in the near future, this tour is likely going to be nothing short of amazing. As we wait for the first song to kick off the tour, dmband.com is reflecting on what was an incredible 2010 tour. 

DMB posted Part 1 of a 5 part series taking a look back at the 2010 Summer Tour. Part 1 features JTR taken from the 2010 tour opener in Hartford, as well as some behind-the-scenes of the tour. The five part documentary was directed by Sam Erickson whom also worked on the Road to Big Whiskey documentary.

Be sure to check out @dbtp_org for 2012 DMB news and setlist updates!

Dave Matthews recent collaboration with Jimmy Fallon will appear on his new CD, "Blow Your Pants Off" due on June 12th.

"Walk of Shame" which featured Dave Matthews briefly will be included on Jimmy's new album. The new albums features a compilation of impersonations and guest performances.

The track listing for Blow Your Pants Off is as follows:

"Neil Young Sings 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'"
"History of Rap" (feat. Justin Timberlake)
"Tebowie"
"Scrambled Eggs" (feat. Paul McCartney)
"The Doors Sing 'Reading Rainbow'"
"Balls In Your Mouth" (feat. Eddie Vedder)
"My Upstairs Neighbors Are Having Sex (And Listening to the Black Eyed Peas)"
"Bob Dylan Sings 'Charles in Charge'"
"Walk of Shame" (feat. Dave Matthews)
"Slow Jam the News" (feat. Brian Williams)
"New French Girlfriend"
"Cougar Huntin’" (feat. Big & Rich)
"You Spit When You Talk"
"Friday" (feat. Stephen Colbert)
"Neil Young Sings 'Whip My Hair'" (feat. Bruce Springsteen)

Hi Fans!

We are reorganizing and updating the entire website this year. If you have not checked out our updated MP3 section, please do.

We are currently working on the lossless audio portion, eliminating all of the "sendspace" files and replacing them with our own download links.

Please note: You many not see a ton of shows at first (this whole process is going to take time) but be assured that we are adding about 2-3 shows daily and highlighting shows from 1991-2011 and will have 2012 shows as well.

Please communicate with us and tell us what you think and what you would like us to add to the website.

We do this for you, the fans, and we can only improve with your support and feedback.

And if you feel so compelled to make a donation, it would greatly help us with increasing server and hosting fees! 

We look forward to an exciting 2012 tour!

Cheers, Chris

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynold's 09/18/11 performance of "Little Red Bird" will be featured on Turn The Tide: Last Call at the Oasis soundtrack. 

This compilation of 19 songs can be downloaded now and you can name your own price for the music. Proceeds support Natural Resources Defense Council, Waterkeeper Alliance, Environmental Working Group, and Food and Water Watch.

Other artist's include: Amos Lee, John Butler Trio, My Morning Jacket, Gomez, Danny Barnes, and more...

This movie documentary is presented by ATO Pictures. Last Call at the Oasis presents a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. You can catch this in select theaters starting May 4th.

A "live" performance of "Sister" will be featured on the second Every Mother Counts CD, a benefit comp that will be sold exclusive at Starbucks from May 1 to May 29 in honor of Mother's Day.

Every Mother Counts is an awareness and mobilization campaign to reduce the maternal mortality rate on a global scale.

Other artists included on the complilation include: Coldplay, Bono, Eddie Vedder, Sting, Beck and more. According to Rolling Stone, many of the tracks are previously unheard. The live performance of "Sister" used for this compilation was taked from April 17th, 2009 at John Paul Jones Arena in Charllotesville, VA.

Check out Eddie Vedders, Skipping, which is a new song being released for this album!

Be sure to pick up a copy at your local Starbuck starting tomorrow, May 1st.

The full track listing for the CD is as follows. Songs with an asterisk indicate previously unheard tracks. 

Click to read more ...

The next release in the DMB Live Trax series will be a more current show, pulling the performance from 07-14-10 Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA.

This nearly 3 hour show was arguably one of the top shows in 2010. Scranton highlighted a wide spectrum of songs including the long lost intro to "One Sweet World" which had not been played since 2003. 

This is clearly a favorite of the DMB Road Crew. Thier notes from that evening:

Incredible 3+ hour set atop Montage Mountain tonight! DMB impressed throughout. They pulled out the old intro to One Sweet World for the first time in a long while. Tonight's will be a recording worth checking out, for certain.

You can Pre-order now at the DMB store and if you like there are various packages to choose from with or without a shirt.

Live Trax 22 will be release on June 12, 2012. If you Pre-Order all items in your order will ship on or around June 8, 2012. 

Sometimes change is good, others may disagree, but for a lack of better words, dbtp.org is making some changes this year. Hackers seem to like to have fun on twitter, and for that reason we have been forced to make a change with our twitter account. 

It is a change, but not a drastic change. @dbtp will now be @dbtp_org. If you were following us @dbtp, please click on the link and follow us now @dbtp_org.

Follow dontburnthepig.org @dbtp_org

We hope that at some point we will go back to @dbtp, but for now the change had to be made. 

Nothing will change as far as the DMB content that we provide for you, and as always we will be tweeting DMB setlists LIVE! So don't miss out!

If you haven't yet noticed some other changes around the website, you will. Just yesterday we launched our brand new MP3 Download page. More and more updates coming to dbtp.org in 2012.

dontburnthepig.org is in the process of updating every aspect of the website. During this overhaul we are updating and converting everything over to our own dedicated server. We are attacking one portion of the website at a time and this will be a year long task. 

For the past month we have been working hard to upgrade our MP3 download section of the site. DBTP is happy to present to you our newly update MP3 downloads. 

This is step 1 towards improving and organizing the website and making it easier to use. It is a long tedious process and we could always use help with hosting and server fees so we can pay the bills and keep all these features available to DMB fans.

Thank you for supporting dontburnthepig.org and stay tuned for more updates.

What you will find in the new MP3 download page

- new links that never expire - sendspace is gone.

- even bigger selection of downloads per song. (nearly triple the amount than before)

- downloads highlighting the entire span of dave matthews band career. 

- easy downloading: just click a link to download (will save to where ever your default save folder is on your computer) OR "right click and save as" to choose where to save the mp3 download to.

- An MP3 directory linking you to a specfic song

- Updated Tour Highlights & Tim R. Solo: Coming Soon

Last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Dave Matthews performed a new song called "Mercy". Jimmy posted a tweet on Monday stating that Dave would be performing a song off the new album. The late night performance was acoustic with Roots guitarist Captain Kirk. Steve Lillywhite responded to a few fans on twitter expressing that "Mercy" is "not just acoustic on the album" and "its not quiet on the ablum". This solo version of the new song is only a taste of what's to come. 

 Download an MP3 of "Mercy"

Jimmy Fallon also sung a rendition of "The Walk of Shame" with a little help from Dave Matthews, while President Barack Obama joined the Roots to slow jam the news.

This has fans itching for more. There has been very little information leading up to this performance to tell what will be on the new album and when we will see it. This is clearly a start of what's to come and we can't wait to see what's in store. The 2012 Summer tour kicks off in Woodlands, TX on May 18th!

Check out all three videos below.

Click to read more ...

President Barack Obama will make his first appearance on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Tuesday, April 24 (12:35 am ET).  This broadcast will be taped from the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday to air the same night.  Dave Matthews will perform as the musical guest.

There could be some irony that Dave would be on the same show as Obama, but with news that broke yesterday about their Seattle Fundraiser, it seems they could be promoting this event together on the Jimmy Fallon show. If we are lucky we'll get another fun skit. 

You might recall the "GPS" skit that Dave and Jimmy did together on his last visit to the show. 

Be sure to check to tune in on April 24th!

President Obama will be visiting Seattle next month and will be having a lunch fundraiser on May 10th at the Paramount Theatre, featuring musical guest Dave Matthews.

Tickets for this even will cost at least $100 for balcony seating and $1,000 for general admission. A $5,000 donation will get you a photo reception with the president.

Proceeds will be split between Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

It is unknown at this time if this will just be a solo event for Dave or if he will bring along his good friend Tim Reynolds or even other band members.

You may remember Dave's endorsement for Obama prior to the 2008 election.

Seems Dave is on board for another 4 years. If you are in Seattle and have the cash you can make your donation and get your ticket to the event here.

Dave Matthews Band and Tool will headline the new River's Edge Music Festival in Saint Paul, MN.

The two-day outdoor event will take place June 23 and 24 on Harriet Island, which sits just across the Mississippi River from the city. Tool will headline June 23rd and DMB will headline June 24th.

"This inaugural event is the first of a five-year agreement between Saint Paul and Live Nation designed to establish a world-class destination festival in the Twin Cities."

Tickets for River’s Edge Music Festival go on sale Friday, April 13 at 10 a.m. via RiversEdgeMusicFestival.com, Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Two-day tickets will be offered at a very special price of $99 plus applicable service fees for a limited time ending Friday, April 20.

For more info on this event check out the official press release.

Other artist scheduled to perform include: The Flaming Lips, Brand New, Polica, Motion City Soundtrack, Puscifer, Coheed & Cambria, Diplo, Scissor Sisters, Datsik, MuteMath, Delta Spirit, Blaqstarr, Kinky, Mexican Institute of Sound, Civil Twilight, Quietdrive, An Horse, Gardens & Villa, AM & Shawn Lee, The Whigs, Hey Rosetta!, K-Flay, Yawn, Kids These Days, Yuna, The Rope.

TOMS Shoes is hosting a worldwide event on April 10th, 2012 called "One Day Without Shoes" The action is simple, but the cause is great!

The "One Day Without Shoes" event challenges everybody around the world to go barefoot for an entire day to show awareness of what children and adults are forced to go through every day in developing countries because they aren't blessed with the opportunity to have shoes like we are in America.

Dave Matthews Band is a TOMS supporter and teamed up with TOMS shoes in the past.  They even had "DMB TOMS Shoes" made supporting the "One for One" movement. "One for One" is simple and you can take action right now. Buy a pair of TOMS Shoes and they will give a new pair of shoes to a child in need. 

dontburnthepig.org is calling DMB fans to take action, show compassion and love to support a great cause.

Right now, DBTP is taking donations to not only support our efforts to offer the best DMB content that we can, but also to reach out and help others in need who really have nothing. Music inspires our souls and hearts though this band and we all know the passion Dave Matthews has for many different charities.

We know times are tough right now, but dontburnthepig.org wants to help TOMS Shoes, so we are asking for donations, big or small, DBTP will take part of your donations an will be giving it to the Department of Human Services & Foundation for Foster Children. Give back, sharing DMB love for those in need.

Click for more donation info

DBTP, TOMS Shoes and the Department of Human Services Thanks you, and don't forget to kick off your shoes on April 10th.

The American Academy of Audiology Foundation is currently hosting its Auction 4 Audiology running March 19-31.

Right now you can bid on various musical collectables including a Teal Squier by Fender Guitar Signed by Dave Matthews Band.

While all proceeds from the Auction 4 Audiology benefit the AAA Foundation's mission, proceeds from this item will specifically support music and hearing research initiatives. Click here to bid and view more pictures of the guitar along with other items for bid. Bidding closes on March 31st at 12PM EDT.

The Foundation’s programs reach audiologists, audiology students, consumers, and those with hearing impairments. Our initiatives can be broadly categorized into one of three areas that correspond with our mission: research, education, and public awareness.

Quite a collectors item for any fan. Check out the press release from Sensaphonics about this auction.

The latest DMBLive release, is a rare Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds show performed on 06.13.93, and now available in the dmb store. The set list for this show was unknown to fans until this official release until yesterday. The only knowledge of this show was that it was perform in a venue called "The Memphis", located not too far from the Flood Zone where DMB played many gigs in the early 90's.

This show is a true gem for any fan to add to their collection. One noticeable song title difference is "Blood of our Children", which is now called "Christmas Song".

Check out the full Set List and check out other releases in the DMBLive Series.

Hey DMB Fans,

For the past 6 years we have been working hard to provide the best DMB content that we can deliver. This fan site which launched in 2006 has grown and developed through the years thanks to the grateful support of you, the fans!

2012 will prove to be no different for Dave Matthews Band and for dbtp.org. We are boasting with excitement for what is to come for DMB this year. After a long "year off", (while the caravans were fun), we are happy to be back to a Summer schedule, and with the news of Steve Lillywhite in the studio making music with the boys again, someone might want to pinch me.

We share your excitement, which is why we have so much fun providing DMB news, pictures, mp3s & lossless downloads, and all the numerous giveaways for all fans to enjoy. This year will be no different, but we need your support to keep us doing what we do, and with your help make dbtp.org even better than ever!

So, what are we doing in 2012 and what's changing on dontburnthepig.org?

We will still continue to provide original articles and DMB content that is unique to dbtp, while still providing new content, annual giveaways as well as a new improved layout.

Since dbtp.org launched, the cost to run this website has increased and more $ comes out of our pockets to keep running. As a result we are forced to make changes, but with your support we can push to make even bigger changes to benefit everyone.

One of the key changes we are hoping to make this year is transferring all of our downloadalbe media (lossless shows, mp3s etc) onto our own dedicated server.

What this mean for you?

 - We will be eliminating the need and extra cost for sendspace, which is what hosts a lot of media currently. With this upgrade we will be able to provide even more downloadable DMB content as well as faster download time for you and absolutely no broken or expired links and any time.

There will be a lot of time and hard work put into this upgrade and we are looking forward to providing this upgrade for fans, but we need your help!

We need your help DMB fans, to sustain dontburnthepig.org and allow us to continue to improve. dbtp.org is gracefully asking for a small donation, so that we can continue to pay for the hosting and server fees that will allow us to continue to run this website.

I know we are all spending our hard earned money on necessities, like tickets, but even if every fan donated $5, that will make all the difference.

Please remember, we are a non-profit organization, and any donation made will be used for overhead costs to keep dbtp.org running and anything above and beyond goes one or a few of Dave Matthews Band numerous charities.

Donate by clicking on the link below or you can donate via facebook.

dontburnthepig.org is grateful for you, because without love, music, and the fans we would not exisit.

Thank you. See you on the road...

Chris

Over the years there have been various genres that have covered and payed tribute to the music of Dave Matthews Band, but on March 6th will come a new chapter of tributes. Lullaby renditions of DMB songs. While this is not the first "DMB Lullaby" album, it is indeed a unique spin on some well-known DMB classics.

Rockabye Baby, part of CMH Label Group will rock your baby to sleep with the sounds of (Lullaby) DMB covers. The Dave Matthews Band Rockabye Lullaby album can be pre-ordered now and will be released on March 6th.

While this may not seem like your typical tribute, Rockabye has been putting together Lullaby verisons of Rock tunes for years. Transforming songs from the Beatles, to Van Halen, even Tool. Yes, you read that correctly.

Why try to sing lullabies to your child, when Rockabye Baby can do it for you DMB style.

Check out rockabyebabymusic.com for more info and much more on their Lullaby rock creations.

Your long anticipated 2012 Summer tour dates have arrived. The boys will kick off the tour on May 18th in The Woodlands, TX and will be stopping off in Gulf Shores, AL to headline the Hangout Music Festival for the first time. Other stops will include their usual stops at SPAC, VA Beach, Noblesville, IN, Alpine Valley, West Palm Beach, The Gorge and wrapping up the tour on September 9th in Mountain View, CA.

Warehouse Members can start requesting tickets on Thursday, February 16th at 10 am ET and will close on Monday, February 27th at 10 am ET.

If you are a Citi card member, you can take advantage of a pre-sale on March 5th with their Private Pass

Public Sale begins Friday, March 9th.

2012 DMB Summer Tour Dates