David Matthews Band - Green and rolling in 5 tour buses

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by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago

I actually went to see these guys in concert when I was in high school. I lose. 

 

Remember when they got in trouble for dumping excrement a while back too. What is with these guys?

The Dave Matthews Band has enough money to purchase the necessary carbon offsets "to make up for the footprint left by each venue, hotel, flight, tour vehicle, and even fan travel" for their upcoming summer tour, according to Billboard, which placed the band at number four on its list of 2008's "Green Ten" bands. The quintet even got extra points for planning a Web site that will help fans carpool to shows.

 

 But when they tour the country together, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Stefan Lessard, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Beauford each travel on separate buses. They have for years. To wit, wrote David Fricke in a 2002 Rolling Stone profile: "On tour, Matthews, Lessard, Tinsley, Moore and Beauford travel in separate buses—for comfort, to accommodate friends and family, and because they can afford it....

 http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-05-07/news/dmb-to-fans-y-all-carpool-we-ll-drive-separate/


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