Photo by Sanjay Suchak
Today, Dave Matthews Band shared they’ll set out on a tour of the United States this summer while announcing their 10th studio album, Walk Around The Moon, set to drop on the same day their tour kicks off on May 19. Along with the album and tour announcement, Dave Mathews Band dished out the first taste of the 12-track project, which was shaped during the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects upon the times while encouraging listeners to find common ground, “Madman’s Eyes.”
Like the rest of Walk Around The Moon, “Madman’s Eyes” was recorded by producer Rob Evans and executive produced by longtime Dave Matthews Band collaborator John Alagia. The song sees the band entwine Middle Eastern inclinations with glided horns and strings, which the ensemble are so widely renowned for. On the track–which debuted at Nationwide Arena in Columbus in November of 2022–Dave Matthews sings, asking, “When it’s too late to untwist the knife / How do we face hatred with the love inside us.”
Dave Matthews Band’s summer tour will kick off after a trio of dates in Mexico at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas, on May 19. From there, the ensemble will make stops across the country performing for two nights in Wilmington, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Noblesville, Ind.; Chicago; Gilford, N.H.; Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Camden, N.J.; West Palm Beach, Fla., and Irvine, Calif. Other notable cities include Nashville, Tenn., Bend, Ore., Columbia, Md., Hartford, Conn., Dallas, Cincinnati, and Forest Hills, N.Y., where the band will play their first show at the historic Forest Hills Stadium in New York on June 9. Dave Matthews Band will conclude their travels with a three-day Labor Day weekend stint at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., in what has become a tradition on Sept. 1-3.
An online ticket presale for members of the Dave Matthews Band Warehouse Fan Association is currently underway and can be accessed here. Citi is the official card of the 2023 tour, and card members will have access to presale tickets starting Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m., through Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. local time. Learn more about those tickets here. General on-sale tickets will go on sale on Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. local time. Learn more and find tickets here.
Listen to “Madman’s Eyes” below.
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Walk Around The Moon Tracklist
1. Walk Around The Moon
2. Madman’s Eyes
3. Looking For A Vein
4. The Ocean And The Butterfly
5. It Could Happen
6. Something To Tell My Baby
7. After Everything
8. All You Wanted Was Tomorrow
9. The Only Thing
10. Break Free
11. Monsters
12. Singing From The Windows
Dave Matthews Band – 2023 North American Tour Dates
May 9 – Mexico City, DF – Auditorio Nacional
May 11 – Monterrey, NL – Auditorio Pabellon M
May 13 – Guadalajara, JAL – Teatro Diana
May 19 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 20 – Dallas, TX –Dos Equis Pavilion
May 23 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
May 24 – Southaven, MS – BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
May 26 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
May 27 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
May 30 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park
May 31 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park
June 2 – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
June 3 – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
June 9 – Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
June 10 – Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
June 14 – Darien, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
June 16 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre
June 17 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
June 23 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
June 24 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 27 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 29 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheatre
June 30 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
July 1 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
July 7 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 8 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 12 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 14 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 15 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 18 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 19 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
July 21 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 22 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 25 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
July 26 – Orange Beach, AL – The Amphitheater at the Wharf
July 28 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
July 29 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Aug. 24 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Resort and Casino
Aug. 25 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Sept. 1 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
Sept. 2 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
Sept. 3 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre