Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band are just a month from releasing their 10th studio album, Walk Around the Moon, and on Thursday (April 20), the band dropped the second single from the project.

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“Monsters” captures a sense of nostalgia with its yearning guitars and lyrics. “Chutes and ladders / Pick up sticks / Counting cards and counting bricks / Driving past that old five and dime / Can’t get nothing for a nickel since a long long time,” frontman Dave Matthews sings on the track.

The song follows the forthcoming album’s previously released lead single, “Madman’s Eyes.” Walk Around The Moon, out May 19 via RCA Records, is Dave Matthews Band’s first album in four years. The 12-track LP was largely written throughout the pandemic, and mostly recorded with producer Rob Evans. “Monsters” was produced by the band’s longtime collaborator, John Alagia. 

The album is available for pre-order — including physical album and vinyl options — here.

Coinciding with the release of Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band will hit the road on an extensive U.S. summer tour, which will kick off on May 19 in The Woodlands, Texas, after a string of dates in Mexico.

See the full list of tour dates below, and watch the Justin Zielke-directed “Monsters” music video here.

05/09 – Mexico City, MX @ Auditorio Nacional05/11 – Monterrey, MX @ Auditorio Pabellon M05/13 – Guadalajara, MX @ Teatro Diana05/19 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion05/20 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion05/23 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP05/24 – Southaven, MS @ BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove05/26 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena05/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center05/30 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park05/31 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park06/02 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium06/03 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium06/09 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium06/10 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre06/14 – Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater06/16 – Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheatre06/17 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center06/23 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake06/24 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion06/27 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre06/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheatre06/30 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center07/01 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center07/07 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island07/08 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island07/11 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion07/12 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion07/14 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center07/15 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center07/18 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center07/19 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater07/21 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion07/22 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion07/25 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre07/26 – Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater at the Wharf07/28 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre07/29 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre08/24 – Highland, CA @ Yaamava’ Resort and Casino08/25 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre08/26 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre08/29 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater09/01 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre09/02 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre09/03 – George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre