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Dave Matthews Band’s “Summer Tour 2010,” with special guests Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, is coming to Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.

The band is touring in support of their platinum-certified 2009 album, “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King,” which was nominated for two Grammy awards – “Album of the Year” and “Best Rock Album.” The album features some of the last studio recordings of founding member/saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who passed away in August of 2008.

The group toured throughout 2009 in support of the album, delivering some of the most emotional, powerful performances of its career, as captured in the box set “Europe 2009.” Designed as a companion to “Big Whiskey,” the collection 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 – all housed in an exclusive photo book chronicling the group’s 2009 tour.

Renowned for its live performances, Dave Matthews Band has sold over 17 million tickets throughout its career. The group was recently named the top-selling touring artist of the decade by Billboard and Pollstar. “The sold-out show bore all the electricity and fervor of an extra-inning ballgame,” said The Boston Globe, covering the kick off of last summer’s tour at historic Fenway Park. “In his lyrics and a voice that’s both robust and melancholy, Mr. Matthews ponders the gap between public problems and personal pleasures. Yet the band rarely broods for long; the music stays brisk and upbeat,” said New York Times. The Cincinnati Enquirer observed, “Concertgoers were dancing in the rain Tuesday night while the Dave Matthews Band rocked out. Few bands have had such tremendous turnout year after year at Riverbend and it’s easy to understand why. Matthews and company are nothing if not great entertainers and their music spans genres from rock to folk to alternative.”

Dave Matthews Band – comprised of Carter Beauford (drums), Stefan Lessard (bass), Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar) and Boyd Tinsley (violin) – has sold a collective 37 million albums and DVDs. With the debut of “Big Whiskey” at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in June of 2009, Dave Matthews Band became one of only two groups in chart history to have five consecutive studio albums enter atop the chart. “Big Whiskey” was among the top five best-selling albums on iTunes in 2009.

Garage-soul ensemble Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears will open the show.