2011: 20th Anniversary and The Dave Matthews Band Caravan Dave Matthews Band

2011 marked 20th anniversary of band, , in march 2010 dmb announced not tour in 2011, first time in 20 years. on january 19, 2011, band announced on website: 2011 our 20th anniversary band , want celebrate playing music together. while still taking year off touring, have decided plan 4 multi-day, multi-artist music events take place summer. sending out save date emails , announcing more information wanted share news our fans first. on february 22, dates of first show announced being @ bader field in atlantic city, new jersey david gray, ray lamontagne, flaming lips, o.a.r. , many others, , take place on june 26. second show announced on april 7 , in chicago david gray, ray lamontagne, o.a.r. , others flaming lips performing dark side of moon.

the third , fourth shows announced april 21. third show on august 26–28 @ governors island in new york city dispatch, roots , gogol bordello , others. fourth show on labor day, september 2–4 @ gorge in george, washington dispatch, roots , john butler trio many more , others announced.

the first show hosted in atlantic city @ bader field on june 26, 2011. dave matthews band caravan largely successful. short, 13-show tour saw live return of many fan favorite songs. captain played first time since 2004, @ debut show of caravan tour on june 24, 2011. show saw debut cover performances of led zeppelin s times bad times , , morphine s buena. features band s 2006 summer tour break free , kill king played first time since 2006. unreleased song joyride , hit single american baby stand played first time since 2006. tim reynolds , dave matthews played own acoustic set, performing songs oh , damn lucky . top 3 albums played on tour (from least played) big whiskey , groogrux king, cover songs, , crash.

on december 16, 2011, band officially released dave matthews band caravan show took place on june 26, 2011 live @ atlantic city.