Dave Matthews Band Fans & Venue Teams Help Achieve Zero Waste Tour for Second Straight Year

Dave Matthews Band has wrapped their 2025 Spring/Summer Tour by hitting a remarkable milestone: for the second year in a row, the band and Live Nation venues created a Zero Waste fan experience across the entire run.

Thanks to the dedication of fans, venue teams, and local community partners, every participating venue on the tour met or exceeded the goal of diverting at least 90% of fan-generated waste from landfills by utilizing waste reduction, composting, and recycling systems. As part of the band’s On The Road to Zero Waste initiative with Live Nation venues, an incredible 96% of fan generated waste was composted, recycled, or reused instead of going to landfills or incinerators, furthering the band’s mission to create cleaner and greener live music experiences.

Dave Matthews previously shared, “We should all be thinking about how to make whatever we’re involved with as close to zero waste as possible — that’s a better train to be on.”

Sustainability Wins Fans and Venue Teams Helped Make Possible

●      In its second consecutive year, On The Road to Zero Waste initiative set new records with a 96% diversion rate of fan-generated waste – compared to 93% last year — keeping the equivalent of more than 100 neighborhood garbage trucks worth of material out of landfills through composting, recycling, or reuse.

●      Spared 143,000+ plastic bottles, which if lined up end-to-end would stretch over 18 miles — more than running three 5Ks back-to-back.

●      Recovered and donated 2,400+ meals — enough to feed every fan at a sold-out theater show.

●      Planted 6M+ trees globally since 2020 with The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign.

●      Inspired thousands of fans through Eco-Villages at every stop, with climate pledges and symbolic tree plantings.

Highlights From the 2025 Tour

●      50th Show at Ruoff Music Center – Two sold-out nights in Noblesville, IN marked a historic milestone, with over 1 million tickets sold at the venue across the band’s career.

●      Return to Richmond After 30 Years – DMB made their long-awaited return to Richmond with two special nights at the city’s newest stage, the recently opened Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront.

●      Three-Night Gorge Finale – The tour closed out Labor Day weekend with the band’s iconic three-night stand at The Gorge Amphitheatre.