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Currently Awaiting Liberation

Liberations
One of the most exciting aspects of a Dave Matthews Band show is the possibility that on any given night, just about any given song can be played. Now the reality is that there are songs that are played with far more regularity than others. It has become a bit of a sport for fans to chase song "liberations", which occur when a song has been played for the first time after a lengthy hiatus.

Conditions for Song Liberation
A line has to be drawn somewhere, and after careful consideration, we at Ants have come up with the following criteria for what constitutes a song liberation: 150 shows since last performance - This is the most subjective criteria of the bunch, admittedly. While humans measure time in terms of days, the pandemic response that forced the cancellation of the 2020 tour pushed us to consider "shows since" as our preferred metric for judging song scarcity. For example, should DMB go on a 3-year hiatus, we wouldn't consider every song a liberation upon return. 150 shows is somewhere in the ballpark of 3 years' worth of shows, and that feels about right. No Teasing - Must be considered a full performance of the song. Teases and partials will not be considered a valid liberation. Cover Song Minimum: 10 Plays - The band is known for playing lots of covers, but very few stick around for the long haul. Those that do, certainly warrant liberation should they disappear and return at a later date (read: Watchtower, The Maker). Original Song Minimum: 5 Plays - A song should stick around for a few plays before we consider it established enough to warrant a liberation upon its return.

Conditions for Song Liberation

A line has to be drawn somewhere, and after careful consideration, we at Ants have come up with the following criteria for what constitutes a song liberation:

150 shows since last performance - This is the most subjective criteria of the bunch, admittedly. While humans measure time in terms of days, the pandemic response that forced the cancellation of the 2020 tour pushed us to consider "shows since" as our preferred metric for judging song scarcity. For example, should DMB go on a 3-year hiatus, we wouldn't consider every song a liberation upon return. 150 shows is somewhere in the ballpark of 3 years' worth of shows, and that feels about right.

No Teasing - Must be considered a full performance of the song. Teases and partials will not be considered a valid liberation.

Cover Song Minimum: 10 Plays - The band is known for playing lots of covers, but very few stick around for the long haul. Those that do, certainly warrant liberation should they disappear and return at a later date (read: Watchtower, The Maker).

Original Song Minimum: 5 Plays - A song should stick around for a few plays before we consider it established enough to warrant a liberation upon its return.

Exclusions
There are, of course, a few exclusions to cover some outlier cases: Album Exclusions - Tim Reynolds originals, True Reflection songs and songs deemed collaborations Intros, Improv & Jams Previous Song Versions - Examples include Don't Burn the Pig & Leave Me Praying

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
2070	10706	1993-01-26	People People	Unreleased
1935	10426	1993-11-02	Doobie Thing	Unreleased
1903	10369	1993-12-29	Spotlight	Unreleased
1722	10002	1994-12-31	Get In Line	Unreleased
1603	9777	1995-08-13	What Will Become of Me	Unreleased
1446	9112	1997-06-08	Nature	Cover Songs
1107	7572	2001-08-26	Mother Father	Everyday
1082	7315	2002-05-10	Waste	Cover Songs
1073	7302	2002-05-23	For the Beauty of Wynona	Cover Songs
1010	6894	2003-07-05	Angel	Everyday
835	6005	2005-12-10	Linus And Lucy	Cover Songs
722	5344	2007-10-02	Exodus	Cover Songs
704	5081	2008-06-21	A Dream So Real	Unreleased
668	5004	2008-09-06	Money	Cover Songs
512	4277	2010-09-03	Busted Stuff	Busted Stuff
473	3897	2011-09-18	American Baby Intro	Stand Up
463	3639	2012-06-02	Blackjack	Unreleased
417	3444	2012-12-14	Baby Blue	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
407	3290	2013-05-17	Everybody Wake Up	Stand Up
386	3243	2013-07-03	Eh Hee	Unreleased
374	3220	2013-07-26	Kit Kat Jam	Busted Stuff
369	3185	2013-08-30	Crazy-Easy	Unreleased
367	3183	2013-09-01	Gaucho	Away From The World
363	3176	2013-09-08	Don't Fear The Reaper	Cover Songs
344	2912	2014-05-30	American Baby	Stand Up
312	2821	2014-08-29	Good Good Time	Unreleased
308	2813	2014-09-06	Sugar Man	Cover Songs
273	2495	2015-07-21	I Did It	Everyday
270	2490	2015-07-26	Let You Down	Crash
267	2484	2015-08-01	Long Black Veil	Cover Songs
267	2484	2015-08-01	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
262	2449	2015-09-05	Snow Outside	Away From The World
261	2448	2015-09-06	Angel From Montgomery	Cover Songs
260	2445	2015-09-09	Down By the River	Cover Songs
259	2443	2015-09-11	Be Yourself	Unreleased
254	2412	2015-10-12	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Cover Songs
252	2407	2015-10-17	Loving Wings	Unreleased
249	2403	2015-10-21	Belly Full	Away From The World
246	2397	2015-10-27	Still Water	Cover Songs
239	2386	2015-11-07	Little Thing	Unreleased
212	2152	2016-06-28	Out of My Hands	Stand Up
196	2121	2016-07-29	Death On The High Seas	Unreleased
191	2089	2016-08-30	Bismarck	Unreleased
189	2085	2016-09-03	Cry Freedom	Crash
186	1567	2018-02-03	Alligator Pie	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
186	1567	2018-02-03	Runnin Down a Dream	Cover Songs
167	1427	2018-06-23	Black and Blue Bird	Come Tomorrow
157	1406	2018-07-14	Steady As We Go	Stand Up
149	1393	2018-07-27	Hunger for the Great Light	Stand Up
146	1365	2018-08-24	Time Bomb	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
244	9532	1996-04-14	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
225	8606	1998-10-27	Typical Situation	Under the Table and Dreaming
223	8571	1998-12-01	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
177	7732	2001-03-19	Digging a Ditch	Busted Stuff
173	7730	2001-03-21	What You Are	Everyday
171	7669	2001-05-21	Angel	Everyday
163	7516	2001-10-21	Recently	Remember Two Things
155	7493	2001-11-13	When the World Ends	Everyday
153	7370	2002-03-16	I Did It	Everyday

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
224	9251	1997-01-20	Watermelon Song	Cover Songs
198	9217	1997-02-23	Dream I Killed God	Unreleased
197	9077	1997-07-13	Let You Down	Crash
188	8514	1999-01-27	Deed Is Done	Unreleased
186	8511	1999-01-30	Crazy	Unreleased
157	8468	1999-03-14	If I Had a Boat	Cover Songs
155	8457	1999-03-25	Wild Horses	Cover Songs
147	6992	2003-03-29	Drive In Drive Out	Crash
146	6990	2003-03-31	Big Eyed Fish	Busted Stuff

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