Dave Matthews Band to Perform on THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW September 12th

Dave Matthews Band returns to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday, September 12 to perform "Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)" from their #1 album, "Come Tomorrow." The band will join previously announced guests NBA champion and new Los Angeles Laker LeBron James, actor Channing Tatum and US Open Winner Naomi Osaka. The appearance comes at the end of their 46-date North American headline tour which wrapped with a sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA on September 10.

The summer tour featured a wide mixture of songs from throughout the band's career, including material from their new album Come Tomorrow (RCA Records). With its entrance atop the Billboard 200 in June, Dave Matthews Band became the first group in history to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at No. 1. Come Tomorrow also took the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, logging the biggest sales week for a rock album in more than four years.

The Washington Post described the band's show in Bristow, VA as "surprisingly heavy. Double kick drums thudded. Baritone guitar and bass intertwined to generate a sludgy and hypnotic low-end rumble." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel hailed their Summerfest set as "spirited...soulful." The Cleveland Scene observed, "[fans at] Blossom Music Center were giddy with anticipation for Dave Matthews Band's return - the annual heralding, indeed, of summer in Northeast Ohio...[the] setlist that touched on all corners of the Dave world, new and old, with a triumphant wave of energy in several serious stand-out moments."

The album has also received critical praise. New York Times' Critic's Pick review, Jon Pareles observed, "willed optimism fills the songs on 'Come Tomorrow,' while cynicism and irony are nowhere within earshot... each song notes the fears and sorrows it's determined to overcome." Vulture welcomed the album as"a quieting moment in an already overstuffed and overwhelming year." SPIN praised "the dramatic 'Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)', the playful 'That Girl Is You', and the slow-burning 'Again and Again.'" Rolling Stone said, "[Matthews gets] quiet, contemplative, and unusually sweet on songs both lush ('Here On Out') and spare ('Black and Blue Bird')."

GRAMMY® Award-winning Dave Matthews Band has sold more than 20 million tickets since its inception and a collective 38 million CDs and DVDs combined.

Photo credit: René Huemer

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