On December 22nd, RCA will release Dave Matthews Band's Europe 2009, the ultimate companion to the band's latest studio album, the Platinum-certified Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which was recently nominated for two GRAMMY awards - "Album Of The Year" and "Best Rock Album."Europe 2009 includes Dave Matthews Band: Live from Lucca, a set of three CDs from the group's July 5, 2009 show in Lucca, Italy, and Across the Pond, a DVD from its June 26, 2009 show at O2 Academy Brixton in London, England. The discs are housed in an exclusive C. Taylor Crothers photo book chronicling the entire Dave Matthews Band 2009 tour. Europe 2009 comes in a sleeve with room to hold a Big Whiskey Super Deluxe edition.
With Big Whiskey, which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in June 2009, Dave Matthews Band paid tribute to founding member/saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who passed away in August of 2008. The group spent much of 2009 touring in support of the album, delivering some of the most emotional, powerful performances of its career, as Europe 2009 documents.
Dave Matthews Band - comprising Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass), Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar) and Boyd Tinsley (violin) - will return to Europe in early 2010, with a tour launching February 13th in Stockholm and culminating with five U.K. dates in March.Formed in Virginia in the early 1990's, the group has sold a collective 35 million units (CD and DVD combined).Renowned for its live shows, Dave Matthews Band has sold 16 million tickets and was named the top-drawing American band in the world by Billboard.
Further details and the tracklisting for Europe 2009 are below:
Live From Lucca - 3 CD set
On July 5, 2009, Dave Matthews Band played at a beautiful plaza in the heart of Lucca, Italy. In this Tuscan setting, surrounded by city walls dating back to the Renaissance era, the group was inspired to deliver one of its longest performances ever. Lasting nearly three hours, the show featured a mix of Dave Matthews Band classics and new songs from Big Whiskey.
Across the Pond - DVD
"Dave Matthews Band: Across the Pond" is a concert film shot in the historic Brixton Academy in South London, an intimate setting reminiscent of the band's early years of club and theater touring. Directed by Sam Erickson (The Road to Big Whiskey Documentary/44 Pictures), it was filmed with 10 HD cameras on July 26, 2009. Mixed in pristine stereo and 5.1 surround from the original multi track recordings and presented via Dolby Digital stereo audio, it also includes five bonus tracks from the band's June 25th O2 Academy show.
CD 1
1 Don't Drink The Water
2 Shake Me Like A Monkey
3 You Might Die Trying
4 Seven
5 Funny The Way It Is
6 So Damn Lucky
7 Everyday
8 Crash Into Me
CD 2
1 #41
2 Spaceman
3 Corn Bread
4 Lying In The Hands Of God
5 Jimi Thing
6 Why I Am
7 Dreaming Tree
CD 3
1 Alligator Pie
2 Ants Marching
3 Gravedigger
4 Dive In
5 Two Step
6 Rye Whiskey
7 Pantala Naga Pampa
8 Rapunzel
DVD
1 Intro Chapter
2 Don't Drink The Water
3 Squirm
4 So Damn Lucky
5 Shake Me Like A Monkey
6 Crash Into Me
7 Funny The Way It Is
8 So Much To Say
9 Anyone Seen The Bridge?/Too Much
10 Lie In Our Graves
11 Seven
12 Why I Am
13 #41
14 You & Me
15 Lying In The Hands Of God
16 All Along The Watchtower
17 Gravedigger
18 Alligator Pie
19 Tripping Billies
EXTRA TRACKS
20 Dive In
21 Time Bomb
22 Spaceman
23 Two Step
24 End Credits