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EW on DMB’s Big Whiskey

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For all the immortality it imparts, rock & roll has a way of taking its practitioners before their time. Like the Who, 
 Metallica, and many more before them, the Dave Matthews Band have faced the sudden loss of a founding member: Saxophonist LeRoi Moore died last August from injuries incurred in an ATV 
accident, midway through the recording of their latest album. His spirit — and his sound — looms large, however, on Big Whiskey. The GrooGrux King of…

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Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: Daytona Beach News-Journal on funding for state’s park system: Florida’s parks have been recognized three

DMB radio to debut on Sirius

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Dave Matthews Band will be hosting their own music channel on Sirius XM Radio’s Jam_On channel starting on Monday, June 1st, at 12pm ET through Monday, June 8th at 3am ET. For one-week, it’ll be 24/7 Dave Matthews on Sirius channel 17 and XM channel 56. The launch of “Dave Matthews Band Radio” coincides with the band’s release of their latest studio album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which gets released worldwide June 2nd. The limited-run channel will showcase…

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DMB to play Jimmy Fallon

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From Ants Marching: In the continuing Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King hype machine, the Dave Matthews Band will perform on the Jimmy Fallon Show. The band’s appearance is scheduled for June 3, according to The Warehouse. The day falls onto a stretch where DMB will be doing various media events to promote their already-well-received follow-up to 2005’s Stand Up.

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DMB’s Big Whiskey leaks, sort of

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In a leak that could only happen in the Dave Matthews Band community, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King leaked. Sort of. And in Puerto Rico. A fan on vacation in Puerto Rico got a chance to hear a portion of the album in a Starbucks of all places. He produced a dicey recording of Lying In The Hands of God that seemingly confirmed that, yes indeed, Starbucks had a copy of the album. Naturally, every Starbucks in the free…

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DMB rocks MSG to open ’09 tour

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The Dave Matthews Band certainly did not disappoint during their tour opener at Madison Square Garden on April 14. Dave joked that in a conversation with The Roots, the opening band, they remarked “Who opens a tour at Madison Square Garden?” DMB showed they do, and they can. DMB played three songs from the forthcoming Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King – Funny The Way It Is, Why I Am, and Spaceman. The songs received an overall positive reaction from…

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Download ‘Funny The Way It Is’

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Download the new Dave Matthews Band single Funny The Way It Is from Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King! www.rcarecords.com/dmbfreedownload Two additional songs have also been added to the tracklist; previously unheard during the listening parties and subsequent demo albums: Seven and My Baby Blue, bringing the total number of tracks to 13, including the introductory track (Grux). Like one of the first tracks we heard of, Shake Me Like a Monkey, You and Me has had its title modified…

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DMB launches Spring tour

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What might be the most anticipated Dave Matthews Band tour in years kicks off tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 17-show jaunt kicks off simultaneously with the radio release of the first single off of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Funny the Way It Is.    

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