Dave Matthews Band Announces Sept 29 Concert Date At Dickey-Stephens Park
Ticket sales will begin online on March 14 at Ticketmaster locations like Celebrity Attractions in downtown Little Rock and at ticketmaster.com. A small amount of tickets will be available for walk-up purchase at the Travs box office on March 14 at 10 a.m. No phone orders will be accepted for tickets at the Dickey-Stephens Park box office, but Ticketmaster Express will accept phone orders at 866-448-7849.
An online ticket request period begins today and continues through Monday, March 2 at www.warehouse.davematthewsband.com
"We are extremely excited about the announcement that The Dave Matthews Band is coming to Dickey-Stephens Park," said Travs General Manager Pete Laven. "Since we moved to the new park in 2007 many people have been asking when we are going to have a big concert. Well, here you go. There is not a bigger touring act in the United States than the Dave Matthews Band. We are also very pleased to be working with JAM Productions again who brought Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson to Ray Winder Field in 2005."
RCA Records will release the band's latest studio album on June 2nd. Produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), the yet-to-be-titled record is the follow-up to 2005's Stand Up, the fourth consecutive Dave Matthews Band studio album to enter The Billboard 200 at No. 1. The group has sold a collective 35 million units (CD and DVD combined and - with over 15 million tickets sold - has been named the top-drawing American band in the world by Billboard.
"Summer means two things in America: It's hot, and the Dave Matthews Band are on tour," said Rolling Stone. "Their set delivered the goods at Rothbury, and few would argue they didn't make the festival their own," said The Detroit News of Dave Matthews Band's headlining performance at last summer's first-ever Rothbury festival. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette praised the group's show there as "nothing short of inspired and inspiring" while The Oklahoman said: "this is a band that stretches out and thrives in the open air and under the stars." "Mr. Matthews' trade is to stir up a mélange of approaches - from rock and folksy pop to bluegrass and smooth jazz - to make doubt positive, make loss a gain, and make depression a celebration," observed The Dallas Morning News.
Dave Matthews Band is Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass), Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar) and Boyd Tinsley (violin). Joining the group on tour will be Tim Reynolds on guitar, Rashawn Ross on trumpet and Jeff Coffin on saxophone, who are also featured on the new album.
For more information about the Dave Matthews Band 2009 Summer Tour, visit the band's website at www.davematthewsband.com.