Though it hasn’t yet been announced by Summerfest, Dave Matthews Band – which is set to release its first studio album since 2012’s "Away From the World" this summer – is slated to play the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Sunday, July 1.
The date falls about midway through the group’s North American tour, which kicks off May 18 in Texas and wraps up Sept. 10 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Tickets for all the dates are expected to go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, according to a press release from the band.
DMB also plays a pair of gigs at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on June 29-30.
A pair of Indiana dates follows the Milwaukee show.
DMB most recently performed at Summerfest in 2014 and also played the Big Gig in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999.
Presale for the DMB Warehouse Fan Association is already open online at warehouse.davematthewsband.com. Every online ticket order for the 2018 summer tour, purchased by May 17, will include a choice of CD or digital download of the new album when it arrives.
Citi card members may purchase pre-sale tickets from 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 until Thursday, Feb. 1, at 10 p.m. at citiprivatepass.com.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
