Dave Matthews Band brings the hits, along with some new songs to Star Lake show
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Dave Matthews Band returned to The Pavilion at Star Lake for its mostly annual trip on Friday night.
The band is currently touring in support of their new album, “Walk Around the Moon,” which was released in May. It’s the band’s first studio album since 2018.
“The band is really gelled right now,” singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews said in an interview in May. “We’re all, at least for now, shining favorable lights on each other and laughing a lot and enjoying making music together.”
DMB’s All Along The Watchtower intro, 6/23/2023 pic.twitter.com/2gxaKb6Xi9 — Gemma Pollice (@germbug1) June 24, 2023
To the nearly 14,000 fans delight, the band opened with the always popular #41 and continued through the 21 song set playing a mix of covers (Led Zepplin’s Fool In The Rain, The Beatles’ I Want You (She’s So Heavy), and Brick House by The Commodores), fan favorites like Dancing Nancies, Grey Street, Granny and What Would You Say and four songs from their new album (Walk Around The Moon, Madman’s Eyes, After Everything and Monsters). The complete setlist is below.
Dave Matthews Band performs a portion of “Dancing Nancies” at Starlake on 6/23 pic.twitter.com/Ee4AuuH8jk — Gemma Pollice (@germbug1) June 24, 2023
During the show, Matthews mentioned how much he loved Pittsburgh and how it was full of tough love.
The band last performed at Star Lake in August 2021. Dave Matthews performed at a rally for then-U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman last October at Stage AE on the North Shore.
They closed the night with their rendition of Bob Dylan’s All Along the Watchtower, complete with a Stairway to Heaven outro. This show was also streamed live on the DMB Channel on Sirius XM radio as part of their Dave Matthews Band Friday Night Concert Series.
Dave Matthews Band performs a portion of “Granny,” 6/23/2023 at Starlake pic.twitter.com/3IIWMQITRF — Gemma Pollice (@germbug1) June 24, 2023
Dave Matthews Band setlist
#41
Fool In the Rain
Stay Or Leave
Walk Around The Moon
What Would You Say
Cant Stop
Monsters
Grey Street
Madmans Eyes
Jimi Thing
Brick House
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
After Everything
When The World Ends
Busted Stuff
Dancing Nancies
What You Are
Stay
Encore
Sister
Granny
All Along The Watchtower (Stairway to Heaven)
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Source: TribLIVE
