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The 2012 DMB Tour Is Here!
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 7:28am on Friday, May 18th, 2012
So between those clips, the awesome doc Hello Again from the 2010 tour, and the live tweeting we will feature from the show on the antsmarching.org twitter, you all should be sufficiently prepared to crash Ants by the second song of the show. That's another way of saying that the anticipation for this tour is pretty sky high. You know where to follow along by now, so we'll see you all as you watch along with the set list for the first show!
Hello Again - doc on 2010 DMB Tour
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in TV Appearances at 8:16pm on Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Part 1 is on the DMB youtube page, and features JTR fully from night 1 at Hartford (2010). You may recall seeing cameras at the first half of the tour, up until West Palm Beach. The remaining 4 parts will document the tour into Florida (including the return of The Last Stop). Keep checking back here and on youtube to see the remaining parts of the doc!
Hug A Taper
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 7:27am on Thursday, May 17th, 2012
OK, maybe don't. But have you ever thought about what the tapers do to facilitate your Dave Matthews Band experience? After all, it was tapers that greatly assisted the spread of DMB, first from campus to campus, and continuing today from continent to continent. Tapers spend, well, lets just say way too much money to record these shows, and the vast majority are up on the internet the following day (or sometimes a few hours later). Gone is the old tradition of the "two week rule" (where fans waited 14 days prior to asking about a show).
So maybe instead of hugging a taper, you should instead give em a little space. Tapers arrive very early to venues, and set up their gear to get optimal sound. If you happen to be near one, maybe give em a little extra space? 9 our of 10 tapers don't bite, and are quite friendly, but no one really likes to have their gear bumped or trampled upon. So an extra step or 2 won't deter your DMB experience. The tapers are going to be the way that we hear quality recordings of the new songs quickly, so lets give all the tapers some props, and also some space.
2012 Tour, What Will they Play?
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 7:45am on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
There's a fine art to determining what will be played, which is why we have our very own Set List Game! If you've never played it before, it's pretty simple, just try and guess what song(s) will be played during the show. And you receive bonus points for predicting a song in the exact place in a show when it's played (which the kids call "spotting"). Enter your picks in, and then you can follow along during that given show in the thread for that show in the forum.
There will be fabulous prizes awarded for whomever does the best in the set list game, so best of luck in picking your songs!
It's 2012 Tour Week
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Tour News at 10:44am on Monday, May 14th, 2012
We don't need to remind you that this is a big year for DMB; with a new album coming out (eventually), the big question is, "what will be played this year?" The first tour of the year is usually a peek at what we have in store (but not always). To help facilitate you, the fan not at the show, the good members of Ants+ will be at every DMB show this tour tweeting from the Ants Twitter. They will be tweeting specific things that you'll find interesting, not just what song is played. So if you're not following the Ants Twitter, get on the bandwagon! Those tweets, along with tweets from other fans, will pop up on our real-time-set-list feed that will pop up prior to the show. Just stay on the main page (that'd be the one you're reading this from) and the set list app will appear a bit before the show begins.
Check back every day this week as we count down to the first day of the 2012 tour!
DMB Album Clearly has a Fall Release Date
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Album News at 2:01pm on Friday, May 4th, 2012Stefan has already tweeted it. Rashawn mentioned it to a fan. What more do you need to know that the 2012 Dave Matthews Band album won't be here until the fall? How about if you read it in Spanish?
Boyd Tinsley gave an interview to ESPNDeportes (that's ESPNSports in English, which doesn' t look nearly as cool as "Deportes") and talked tennis and the new album. The English Translation, which is not perfecto, does basically say that the album will be released in the fall (it actually says Autumn, but we're not nit-picky).
Boyd also gives a mention of a film he's producing, entitled Faces In The Mirror. That movie will be appearing in a few months, so keep an eye out for that as well.
Dave and Tim Track on Compilation
Posted by Julie Wrinkle in Band Member News at 7:16pm on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds have contributed a a live track to Turn The Tide: Song For The Last Call At The Oasis, the soundtrack to the ATO Pictures released documentary Last Call at the Oasis. The September 18, 2011 performance of Little Red Bird joins studio and live performances from 19 other artists, including John Butler Trio, Blind Pilot and Vusi Mahlasela. You can find the soundtrack here, where it is available on a name your own price basis.
Dave Comments on Phillip Phillips
Posted by Julie Wrinkle in Band Member News at 2:03pm on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Many have commented on the Dave Matthews/Phillip Phillips comparisons and now Dave himself has voiced his opinion. Dave attended the premiere of Last Call at the Oasis on Monday and Vulture asked him for his thoughts on Mr. Phillips, which can be read here
Pre-Tour Sale on Ants Shirts!
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in antsmarching.org Site News at 10:25am on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Live Trax 22 Available for Pre-Order
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Live Releases at 10:43pm on Monday, Apr 30th, 2012The Dave Matthews Band Live Trax is back up and running, this time going with a more recent show. According to an email from The Warehouse, Live Trax Vol. 22 is 7.14.10 from Scranton, PA.
This show may be an under-the-radar release to the more casual fan, but it's actually one of the highest rated shows of Summer 2010 (just hover your mouse over the stars to see the actual numeric number rating out of 5 for each show). Scranton began with The Stone (of Phillip Phillips fame), and featured other fan favorites such as Busted Stuff, One Sweet World (with the original intro), and a fairly epic Two Step. There's also an improv in there (where it sounds like Dave is barking), and the encore of So Damn Lucky into Thank You was so good the goodly folk at The Warehouse added it to the latest Warehouse disc as well.
Pre-order is now, with delivery set to ship on June 8.
