Ants Podcast: The Best Stop for All Things DMB
Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
Matt and Joe wrap up summer tour 2026: 146 unique songs in 37 shows (22 more than last summer's record), 33 different openers including a 25-show unique-opener streak that Granny broke at SPAC, and 11…
So, uh, yeah, um, so it was a good tour.
Uh, let's jump right in to wrap up, tour wrap up, right? They did 37 shows.
Um, three of them were canceled.
Well, w- two of them were rescheduled.
One of them was a- ultimately canceled, being the, um, Oceans Calling, uh, festival.
Um, Joe, you were...
You did both Jones Beach's for a while.
You know, the, you were set to do Jones and then didn't, right? And then did the replace, uh, reschedule?
Exactly, yes.
Yeah.
Yeah, so, uh, I made the trip.
Yeah.
Made the trip and for the cancel, and I made the trip for the reschedule, and the flood, the flooding that, uh, ensued on the second one.
And from what I understand, that's not, like, a surprise for that venue.
That's a, that's just how the venue o- Which is funny because Mystic Lake was canceled because of unexpected flooding in a brand new venue.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
From what I kn- from what I know about that one, I think they were...
Yeah, it was a brand new venue, and they were having water, and, uh, it was getting to places it shouldn't, uh, particularly electrical locations.
Yeah.
[laughs]
Um, and I think there was an electrical fire, and so, uh, yeah, that one, that, that's a little bit more scary.
Wonderful.
Uh, it was getting on, like, uh, on stage and things like that where there's electricity.
So, uh, yeah, um, so it was a good tour.
Uh, let's jump right in to wrap up, tour wrap up, right? They did 37 shows.
Um, three of them were canceled.
Well, w- two of them were rescheduled.
One of them was a- ultimately canceled, being the, um, Oceans Calling, uh, festival.
Um, Joe, you were...
You did both Jones Beach's for a while.
You know, the, you were set to do Jones and then didn't, right? And then did the replace, uh, reschedule?
Exactly, yes.
Yeah.
Yeah, so, uh, I made the trip.
Yeah.
Made the trip and for the cancel, and I made the trip for the reschedule, and the flood, the flooding that, uh, ensued on the second one.
And from what I understand, that's not, like, a surprise for that venue.
That's a, that's just how the venue o- Which is funny because Mystic Lake was canceled because of unexpected flooding in a brand new venue.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
From what I kn- from what I know about that one, I think they were...
Yeah, it was a brand new venue, and they were having water, and, uh, it was getting to places it shouldn't, uh, particularly electrical locations.
Yeah.
[laughs]
Um, and I think there was an electrical fire, and so, uh, yeah, that one, that, that's a little bit more scary.
Wonderful.
Uh, it was getting on, like, uh, on stage and things like that where there's electricity.
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