Dave Matthews Band to tour South Africa in December

The first show will take place at the SunBet Arena in Time Square, Pretoria, on 10 December, with the second gig being staged at the Grand Arena in GrandWest, Cape Town, on 12 December.

This marks the band’s second tour of South Africa after its first visit in 2013.

“We are thrilled to announce that the Grammy award-winning group Dave Matthews Band will be returning to South African shores this December,” show organiser Big Concerts wrote on social media.

Fans can expect to be treated to a collection of songs off the band’s 10 studio albums, including Under the Table and Dreaming (1994), Crash (1996), Everyday (2001), Away from the World (2012) and Walk Around the Moon (2023).

As of 2018, the band has sold a combined total of 38 million albums, 25 million concert tickets and 39 million CDs and DVDs. Its 2018 album Come Tomorrow debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200, making Dave Matthews Band the first group to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at the peak. Their debut album, Under the Table and Dreaming, was certified platinum six times.

Also known as DMB, the band’s founding members are singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, violinist and backing vocalist Boyd Tinsley and saxophonist LeRoi Moore.

An online ticket presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association begins on 7 June 7 here and the Discovery Bank presale is now open to Discovery Bank Cardholders through Ticketmaster.co.za.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on 9 June here.