4.13.00 :: Second Leg Summer Tour dates officially announced.

10.28-29.00 :: Dave Matthews Band performs at Bridge School Benefit..25.01 :: Dave Matthews tours Europe solo playing radio shows and small venues.

5.01.00 :: Dave Matthews performs on "Austin City Limits" airing on PBS.

2.04.00 :: Dave Matthews & Coran Capshaw create ATO Records to promote independent artists.

3.10.01 :: Dave Matthews begins playing a series of solo radio shows.

6.19.00 :: The 2000 Summer Tour of sold out amphitheatres and stadiums opens in Columbus, OH.

 

 

 

Jan 2000 ::Dave Matthews is nominated for a Gibson Guitar Award for Best Rock Guitarist.

1.08.00 :: Listener Supported is certified 2x Platinum.

Sept. 2000 :: Dave Matthews flies to LA to write songs with producer Glen Ballard.

July 2000 :: Warehouse 5 Vol 1 is released to Warehouse fan club members.

2000 was a pivotal year in the studio for DMB. They overcame a very dark period early in the year to rejuvenate themselves with Glen Ballard that Fall.
3.08.00 :: Summer Tour dates officially announced.

 

5.31.00 :: DMB confirms that they have not finished recording for the new album and must resume recording in the Fall.

 

 

 

1.17.00 :: DMB enters the studio to begin work on their 4th major label album - later to infamously become known as the "Lillywhite Sessions".

8.23.00 :: A 39 second clip of "Digging A Ditch" is released to DMB's official website - the 1st taste of the "Lillywhite Sessions".

6.30.00 :: DMB is joined onstage by Al Green to perform "Take Me To The River" filmed for an upcoming IMAX film.

5.23.00 :: Dave Matthews attends a dinner for South African President Thabo Mbeki invited by Bill Clinton. Dave's mother accompanied Dave to the event.

6.19.00 :: Sweet Up & Down, Grey Street debut.

6.19.00 :: Bartender, Digging A Ditch debut (full band).

6.20.00 :: JTR, Raven debut. (Big Eyed Fish soundchecked)

 

3.30.00 :: Boyd reports to MTV.com that recording is only half done and an album release would be pushed back to late summer/fall.

12.03.00 :: DMB hits the road for a 2 week Winter Tour.

10.28.00 :: 1st cover of Cortez The Killer (Neil Young guests).

 

2.20.00 :: Reworked "Digging A Ditch & Bartender" debut.

2.20.00 :: Dave performs "Gulf Coast Highway" with Emmylou Harris.

8.01.00 :: Dave Matthews is interviewed by Charlie Rose for a segment on 60 Minutes II expected to air in late Fall.

5.22.01 :: John Popper joins DMB on stage in Los Angeles for "What Would You Say".

7.03.00 :: Busted Stuff debuts (Introduced as "She My Bitch")

6.26.00 :: Build You A House is breifly teased.

6.27.00 :: Grace Is Gone debuts.

 

2000 is a special year for the fans who got a great opportunity to hear several new songs debut on stage as works in progress. A winter tour closed out the year.

8.19.00 :: Summer Tour resumes at Alpine Valley.

12.27.00 :: Tracklisting and cover art for Everyday is officially released.

 

11.14.00 :: "Platinum Christmas" is released including a new studio recording of "Christmas Song".

3.16.00 :: Under The Table and Dreaming is certified 6x Platinum.

3.16.00 :: Crash is certified 7x platinum and becomes DMB best selling album.

4.21.01 :: DMB kicks off its 2001 Spring/Summer tour in Charlottesville, VA, their first show there in 5 years. The tour sells out stadiums across the country.

 

7.25.00 :: Monkey Man is soundchecked - the only known "live" performance of the song.

 

9.12.00 :: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones join DMB onstage each night to close out the tour.

9.12.00 :: Emmylou Harris releases "Red Dirt Girl" featuring Dave Matthews on "My Antonia".

11.30.00 :: DMB wins VH1 My Music Award for "Best Live Act".

 

 

 

Sept. 2000 :: Carlos Santana releases single "Love of My Life" featuring Dave & Carter.

June 2000 :: The Getaway People release "The Turnpike Diaries" featuring Boyd Tinsley on "Open Your Mind."

 

June 2000 :: A second DMB book "Fanfare" is released, a compilation of fan-submitted stories about the band.

10.09.00 :: The rest of the band joins Dave & Glen in LA to begin formal recording sessions for Everyday, scrapping all previous work with Steve Lillywhite.

2.20.00 :: Dave Matthews performs at a taping of "Austin City Limits"

 

1.04.00 :: Dave Matthews & Carlos Santana are nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "Love of My Life".

 

 

 

 

3.18.00 :: So Much To Say is parodied by Jimmy Fallon on Saturday Night Live.

 

April 2000 :: Dave & Carter guest with Santana for a "Supernatural" special airing on FOX.

12.13.00 :: Warren Haynes guests on one of the most powerful back-to-back set of songs in DMB history - Cortez The Killer > Exodus.

 

8.10.00 :: Dave Matthews and longtime girlfriend Ashley Harper are married.