Before starting an extended run that would end with two nights at the John Paul Jones Arena, the Dave Matthews Band announced that it’d take the year off from touring in 2011. "We wanted to let everyone know that after twenty years of consecutive touring, Dave Matthews Band will be taking 2011 off," read the release. "We feel lucky that our tours are a part of so many people’s lives, and wanted to give everyone as much notice as possible."
But it turns out this sentimental sendoff was but a puff of hot air—or kind of, at least. Details are yet to come, but the band posted a message on its website late last week that read, "2011 is our 20th anniversary as a band and we want to celebrate by playing music together." In lieu of touring, the top-grossing act of the milennium’s first decade will plan "four multi-day, multi-artist music events that will take place this summer." Save-the-dates will go to fans first.
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To tour or not to tour?
