Dave Matthews Band Kicks Off 2026 Tour with Rare Fan Favorites

Dave Matthews Band kicked off their 2026 US tour with a duo of shows in Texas that included a few surprises in their sets.

For the May 8th set in The Woodlands, Texas at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, DMB started their 20-song set with “So Right” and “Warehouse” before doing an extended intro to “American Baby.” They busted out “Only Takes a Moment,” also known as “Cha Cha,” an unreleased song that the band hasn’t played since 2023, according to DMB set trackers. The band also performed “Broken Things,” which is even rarer on setlists. The band played the song a couple dozen times between 2012 and 2013, shelving it until two shows in 2021. “Broken Things” fell in the middle portion of the set. For the encore, Dave Matthews played a solo rendition of “Take All Day” before the band came back out for a cover of “All Along the Watchtower.”

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Dave Matthews Band rolled into Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion on May 9th, launching their 22-song set with “Granny” and “I Did It,” another rarity, which the band only played once in the previous 10 years. They also offered a version of “Kit Kat Jam” from 2002’s Busted Stuff , another song that had been missing from their set for about a decade except for one performance last year. The set ended with a solo version of “Rye Whiskey” and the band performing “The Stone.”

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The 35-date run stretches from May through a three-night Labor Day weekend residency at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. In between, Dave Matthews Band hits Austin, Tampa, Kansas City and Charlotte among other cities. The band also plays short residencies in places such as West Palm Beach, Grand Rapids and Camden, New Jersey.

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Tickets for DMB’s 2026 tour are available through Ticketmaster . Fans can find deals or get tickets to sold-out shows from StubHub .

Dave Matthews Band are joining with Live Nation and REVERB for to minimize the environmental impact of their tour and make the music industry more sustainable. The band also committed to planting 1 million trees in 2026.

In March, Dave Matthews performed three politically charged songs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discussed the meaning of their lyrics. That performance followed Matthews speaking out against the killing of Renée Nicole Good by federal agents in January in Minnesota — saying he doesn’t want “my taxes to pay for ICE, to masked thugs to roam our streets and terrorize our communities and rip families apart.”

Through their BAMA Works charity, DMB donated to the ACLU of Minnesota in the wake of the slaying of Good and Alex Pretti, who was also killed by federal agents in Minnesota.

Dave Matthews Band 2026 Tour Dates:

05/11 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center [Buy Tickets]

05/15 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

05/16 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

05/25 – Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater at the Wharf [Buy Tickets]

05/26 – Tampa, FL @ MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds [Buy Tickets]

05/29 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

06/05 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek [Buy Tickets]

06/06 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach [Buy Tickets]

06/10 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium [Buy Tickets]

06/12 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center [Buy Tickets]

06/13 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live [Buy Tickets]

06/23 – Shakopee, MN @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater [Buy Tickets]

06/24 – Riverside, MO @ Morton Amphitheater [Buy Tickets]

06/26 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center [Buy Tickets]

06/27 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center [Buy Tickets]

07/07 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Acrisure Amphitheater (Grand Rapids) [Buy Tickets]

07/08 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Acrisure Amphitheater [Buy Tickets]

07/10 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

07/11 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

07/14 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

07/14 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

07/15 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion [Buy Tickets]

07/17 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Albany Med Health System at SPAC [Buy Tickets]

07/18 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Albany Med Health System at SPAC [Buy Tickets]

07/18 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC [Buy Tickets]

07/21 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater [Buy Tickets]

07/22 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater [Buy Tickets]

07/24 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake [Buy Tickets]

07/25 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre [Buy Tickets]

08/29 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

08/30 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

09/04 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

09/06 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

09/06 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre [Buy Tickets]

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/05/dave-matthews-band-start-2026-tour/)._