THE ROAD TO ZERO WASTE CONTINUES IN 2025

Last summer, the band’s “On the Road to Zero Waste” campaign in partnership with Live Nation venues successfully diverted 90% of waste generated by fans from landfills – with some participating venues reaching 99% landfill diversion rate. Learn more about last year’s campaign here.

This summer, the band and Live Nation will continue this industry-leading campaign to further minimize the environmental footprint of the 2025 DMB tour - pursuing the goal of diverting at least 90% of fan-generated waste from landfills for the second year in a row.  Fans can view a list of all Live Nation venues on this year’s tour below.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT LIVE NATION U.S. VENUES*

• Zero-waste stations to collect disposable items
• Onsite green teams hand-sorting all concert waste
• Minimal single-use plastics in concessions
• Free water refill stations
• Composting and food donations

HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

• Bring your empty, refillable water bottle to select venues**
• Return your recyclables, compostables, and reusables to the correct bins

*Live Nation Operated Venues include: Blossom Music Center, PNC Bank Arts Center, Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Coca-Cola Amphitheater, Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Budweiser Stage, Pine Knob Music Center, Ruoff Music Center, Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Bank of NH Pavilion, Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Shoreline Amphitheatre, The Gorge Amphitheatre.

* Leveraging its existing leading sustainability resources, Live Nation will continue to support the concerts’ goal by providing zero waste green teams, zero waste stations, food donations, waste sorting, composting and the use of minimal single-use plastic. 

** Check if your local venue has water refill stations by searching the venue and selecting plan your visit here.

ALMOST 6M TREES PLANTED

Dave Matthews Band’s ongoing partnership with The Nature Conservancy will result in over SIX million trees being planted since 2020. Learn more about TNC’s Plant A Billion Trees campaign, a global reforestation effort at DMBTREES.ORG.

TOUR GREENING

Along with the tree campaign, DMB has joined forces with REVERB to neutralize not only the band’s carbon emissions but also the fans’ carbon footprint, resulting in a climate positive tour. The band has a long history of reducing their environmental footprint, and has neutralized their tour carbon going back to their first shows in 1991. Additionally, DMB takes the following efforts to make their shows as green as possible: 

• "Farm-to-Stage" local farm food for backstage catering 
• Biodiesel for tour buses and trucks
• Composting, up-cycling and recycling
• Reusable bottles, mugs and refill stations backstage / buses
• Rechargeable batteries / stage battery disposal
• Tour Carbon Offsets: neutralizing emissions from venue energy, flights, hotels and ground transport
• Reusable and compostable catering products
• Non-toxic cleaning products

ECO-VILLAGE

Since 2005, DMB has engaged fans in the Eco-Village, encouraging them to take environmental actions and learn about what they can do to help the Earth and their communities. The village hosts local and national non-profits at each show and encourages fans to take actions such as reducing plastic waste; registering to vote with HeadCount; donating to the DMB tree campaign; and pledging to Go Electric. Fans can sign up to volunteer in the Eco Village at Reverb.org .