"I cannot acquaint you how aflame I am to be in the greatest city-limits in the apple to acquaint one of the greatest bands of the world!" said extra Julia Roberts, clad in a Barack Obama T-shirt, as she alien the Dave Matthews Band at New York's Madison Square Garden endure night. The occassion was a account for the Stand Up for a Cure organization, which raises money for blight and HIV/AIDS research, a part of added causes. Matthews and Co. didn't abort with a able two-and-a-half hour set, featuring army favorites ("Ants Marching" and "Two Step"), bedfellow spots (singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson abutting the accumulation on "Spoon") and a pitch-perfect arrangement of Peter Gabriel's "Sledghammer" with gospel-style advancement vocals from bagman Carter Beauford and trumpet amateur Rashawn Ross. Longtime assistant Tim Reynolds aswell delivered agitative solos on jams like "Cornbread."
Of course, Matthews fabricated abiding to pay accolade to afresh asleep saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who died endure ages from complications due to an ATV accident. And if he opened up to the army about his ancient acquaintance - "We've had to abundant account of arena this allowance a few times in the past, but this is the aboriginal time after our acceptable acquaintance LeRoi Moore. We wish to address him. We absence you actual much, LeRoi" - the army responded with a continuing acclaim and amazing chants of "LeRoi! LeRoi! LeRoi!"
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