Tuesday morning, Dave Matthews Band announced its latest headline tour across the United States.
While fans in Texas, Michigan, Colorado, Washington, and more eagerly await the band’s performances this summer, the musicians will build on their ongoing advocacy efforts.
Most recently, the band announced a donation to the ACLU of Minnesota following the fatal shootings of Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. This donation has been made through the BAMA Works charity arm of the Dave Matthews Band.
“We are horrified by the images coming out of Minneapolis. It’s hard to watch and hard to believe this is America,” the band wrote in a statement on Monday.
“There is so much shameful dishonesty coming out of Washington right now, but this much is true: If ICE wasn’t in Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive today. None of this makes sense, and it’s incredibly cruel. We must find a better way. To show our support, BAMA Works has made donations to the ACLU and the ACLU of Minnesota.”
In addition to this latest charitable effort, the Dave Matthews Band has worked to reduce its environmental footprint since it began touring in 1991, and in 2019, it was named a United Nations Environment Goodwill Ambassador.
For the past two years, the band has elevated its “On The Road To Zero Waste Tour,” which achieved a milestone of over 90% of fan-generated waste reused, composted, recycled, or donated. This effort will continue for its third year with the 2026 tour.
The band will also continue its longtime partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB to make the music industry as a whole more sustainable.
And in 2020, Dave Matthews Band also kicked off a partnership with The Nature Conservancy to support its global reforestation efforts. Seven years in, the band has supported the planting of 6 million trees and has pledged another 1 million with their latest tour.
“DMB is committing to plant 1 million more this year, bringing the total to 7 million trees in 2026,” a press release from Live Nation shared. “These trees help rebuild critical forests that clean our air and water, provide habitat for wildlife, and support a more stable climate for future generations.”
The Nature Conservancy echoed these efforts.
“Thanks to DMB, its partners and fans, we're planting more trees in more places. Together, we are helping protect and restore forests around the world,” the nonprofit shares on its website.
Since the foundation of the partnership between the band and the organization, The Nature Conservancy has expanded its planting program to eight countries and has restored habitat for thousands of species, including the endangered Yunnan golden monkey.
Additionally, with the support of the band, over 1.5 million trees have been planted in the U.S. alone, strengthening forests in the Southeast Corridor, Central Appalachia, and the Upper Great Lakes.
“Nothing matters as much as the survival of the planet,” Matthews himself said in a video for The Nature Conservancy. “Planting a million trees is a small step toward a cooler planet, toward cleaner air, toward more wild places where plants and animals can thrive.”
Fans of the band can support these efforts by contributing $2 to plant a tree with every ticket sold for the 2026 tour (when purchased through Ticketmaster or Warehouse), or they can donate to plant more trees online.
For those interested in seeing Dave Matthews Band on tour this summer can learn more and sign up for presale by visiting the band’s website. Dates for the 2026 Dave Matthews Band tour are below:
- May 8 — The Woodlands, TX
- May 9 — Dallas, TX
- May 11 — Austin, TX
- May 15 — Alpharetta, GA
- May 16 — Charlotte, NC
- May 25 — Orange Beach, Alabama
- May 26 — Tampa, FL
- May 29 — West Palm Beach, FL
- May 30 — West Palm Beach, FL
- June 5 — Raleigh, NC
- June 6 — Virginia Beach, VA
- June 10 — Forest Hills, NY
- June 12 — Mansfield, MA
- June 13 — Bristow, VA
- June 23 — Shakopee, MN
- June 24 — Kansas City, MO
- June 26 — Noblesville, IN
- June 27 — Noblesville, IN
- July 7 — Grand Rapids, MI
- July 8 — Grand Rapids, MI
- July 10 — Camden, NJ
- July 11 — Camden, NJ
- July 14 — Gilford, NH
- July 15 — Gilford, NH
- July 17 — Saratoga Springs, NY
- July 18 — Saratoga Springs, NY
- July 21 — Wantagh, NY
- July 22 — Darien Center, NY
- July 24 — Burgettstown, PA
- July 25 — Hartford, CT
- August 28 — Greenwood Village, CO
- August 29 — Greenwood Village, CO
- September 4 — George, WA
- September 5 — George, WA
- September 6 — George, WA
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