With 36 appearances at Alpine Valley Music Theatre—the most of any artist—Dave Matthews Band‘s trips to East Troy, WI have become a sacred event. So with that in mind, the band let everyone in on the fun for its trip back this weekend, broadcasting audio of Friday’s entire show on SiriusXM for all subscribers to hear. Unfortunately, there was no music to be heard inside Alpine Valley on Saturday as inclement weather and a toradno warning forced the band to reschedule the show to a later date yet to be announced.
While a brief run of torrential rain dampened Saturday’s festivities, the sun shined brightly on Friday when Dave Matthews Band took the stage. The 17-song main set witnessed a slew of summer tour debuts, including “The Best of What’s Around” which followed the opening “Pantala Naga Pampa”. Other songs making their first appearance of the summer were “Squirm” and a down-home, set-closing Southern sequence of “Cornbread” and “Louisiana Bayou”, the latter of which hadn’t appeared since November 10th, 2023 per DMB Almanac.
Friday’s show-closing encore of “The Last Stop” proved more prophetic than the band probably intended. Just after 7 p.m. the following evening, as thousands of fans were already inside the venue, Alpine Valley forced all attendees to evacuate due to approaching severe weather as the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area. After about an hour of sheltering in place, the band and venue announced that the show was postponed to a later date, which as of publication has yet to be announced.
While we unfortunately did not get a second night of music at Alpine Valley, we do have images from Friday’s show courtesy of photographer Brett Bergen along with fan-shot videos by Mike Solomon. The band’s summer swing through the Midwest continues on Tuesday at Blossom Music Center outside Cleveland. Visit Dave Matthews Band’s website for tickets and a complete list of tour dates.
Dave Matthews Band — “Pantala Naga Pampa” > “The Best Of What’s Around” — 6/21/24
Setlist: Dave Matthews Band | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | 6/21/24
Set: Pantala Naga Pampa > The Best Of What’s Around, Granny, Squirm, Walk Around The Moon, Recently, Rapunzel, Don’t Drink The Water, Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd, Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin), Lie In Our Graves [1], Looking For A Vein, Minarets [2], So Much To Say > Anyone Seen The Bridge > Too Much, Spaceman, Cornbread, Louisiana Bayou
Encore: Sister, The Last Stop
[1] “Wonderful Tonight” (Eric Clapton) interpolation
[2] “Madman’s Eyes” fake intro
