Boyd Tinsley: Band Will Be Back in 2018

Posted by Matt Yette in Tour News at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 5th, 2016

When Dave Matthews Band announced that they would be taking a break in 2017, that cracked open the speculation door just enough for the entire fanbase to lose their collective minds. Even on the Ants Podcast , we wondered what it could mean, and at worst, feared what it might.You can all breathe now.Boyd was recently interviewed by JamBase, a popular live music publication, and seemed to put to rest our worries. Among other topics, including a new side project of his,, Boyd casually addressed the "hiatus/retirement" speculation head on. "It was a collective decision to just take next year off and then just be real people for a year, so we can come back fresh in 2018," said Tinsley.That seems to be as much of a confirmation about the band's future plans as we could hope to get. On the eve of the band's 25th year touring, with anxiety and excitement at peak levels, the timing couldn't be better. Tour on.