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Dave Matthews Band returning July 1 to Xcel Energy Center

The Virginia hippie-rockers return to playing indoors after a sun-baked 2012 gig at the River's Edge Fest.

January 13, 2015 at 5:43PM
Dave Matthews roars as he begins his performance at the Acura Stage for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Sunday.
Dave Matthews roaring at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. (Stan Schmidt — The Advocate via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After soaking up a gorgeous Twin Cities summer night in 2012 as one of the headliners of Live Nation's quickly unplugged River's Edge Festival, the Dave Matthews Band will be stuck indoors again when it returns to our amphitheater-lite metro area in the heart of next summer. The Virginian hippie-rockers have booked a July 1 date at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Tickets for most the group's summer tour are scheduled to go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Feb. 13, but the DMB Warehouse Fan Association will start offering pre-sale tickets this Thursday. The local prices have not been named, but seats to other shows are going for around $50-$100.

DMB's last time in a local arena was at the X in 2010, and the one before that was at Target Center in 2005. Never ones to run through the hits and call it a night, the guys are promising two sets at each of their summer gigs. They've been working on a follow-up to 2012's "Away From the World" but won't be promoting a new album this time out.

Midwest fans who prefer catching the band outdoors might want to take note of the July 25-26 dates at Alpine Valley Amphitheater in East Troy, Wis.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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