Dave Matthews Band played an unannounced private show on at the Xcell Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota on July 9th, 2007.

The last known private event Dave Matthews participated in was with Eddie Vedder in November of 2004.

Nate aka ohiostrh29 has provided us a first-hand account of the event including Davespeak from the show.

Nate's Review:

Dave Matthews Band debuted a brand new song titled "Falling Off The Roof" this evening in at the 7-8-07 show at Toyata Park in Bridgeview, Illinois.

The song featured only Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford. Dave played the soprano Veillete guitar, which is a MK-IV Gryphon High-tuned Unison 12 string.

Dave Matthews Band is slated to perform at Live Earth (SOS) in New York this evening as part of a worldwide extravaganza drawing attention to environmental conservation.

The performance is available for webcast via MSN, click here to view the live feed.

See also: SOS Concert on Global Warming to Rival Live8 and Live Aid

Update 12/3/08: A second soundcheck of Run While We Can has recently leaked to the web.  You can view that video here.  The song was in regular practice in 2007, but its current status is unknown.  Read on for the previous leak about the song, Run While We Can:

The song "Run While We Can" aka "Run While You Can" isn't new, but the recording from the Vegas soundcheck certainly is. The song recieved wide-spread sharing this past weekend and was apparently recorded by someone who had access to MGM Arena prior to the shows. See the empty almanac entry on "Run While We Can."

Weekly Davespeak shot photos from the photo pit that weekend. Most of these photos are available for high-resolution download. Check them out.

Sound checks are a frequent source for new DMB material, as the band typically will rehearse songs before playing them live during these sessions. Not all songs performed during soundcheck make it into a public performance or recording.

Download an mp3 of "Run While We Can" (Scroll to the Bottom, requires registration)

We had an opportunity to sit down with Xavier Rudd at Bonnaroo to talk a little about production on his new album White Moth, playing with Dave Matthews Band and his participation in environmental sustainability at home and on tour.

Xavier Rudd is a Australian-born musician from Torquay, Victoria. Xavier is a frequent participant at roots (world/reggae) music festivals and has previously opened or supported Ani DiFranco, Jack Johnson and G. Love & Special Sauce.

Dave Matthews Band sent out a two paragraph newsletter this afternoon about the medical care received by American troops returning from duty abroad. The complete text of the newsletter is as follows:

"We have been disturbed by the stories that continue to surface about the medical care being received by our returning servicemen and women. Supporting our troops entails providing them with the complete, timely and excellent care for injuries they sustained during their military service, at the very least. Providing this care is a moral obligation for our nation and should be our highest priority at home. For further information and to read the petition that we will ultimately send to the Secretary of Defense and members of Congress, click here.

We hope you will join us in encouraging the Secretary of Defense and members of Congress to report on medical care benefits for US Veterans of War."

Within hours of announcing that having sold 80,000 tickets, Bonnaro had sold out, Superfly and A.C. Ent. announced Vegoose 2007.

Vegoose will take place in Las Vegas over Halloween weekend at Sam
Boyd Stadium on Saturday, October 27th and Sunday, October 28th.

The Vegoose 2007 Lineup has not been announced yet, but should be out in the "coming weeks." Night shows will appear again this year, going from 10/26 to 10/28.

Bonnaroo begins tomorrow in Manchester, Tennessee and the lids are coming off details on the setup for the event. Today Big Hassle announced the "greening" intiatives for this year's event.

Superfly and Big Hassle have increased the scope of managing the environmental impact of the festival from last year. Here's a rundown on some of the major efforts:

• A full line of organic cotton t-shirts.
• Biodegradable concession service items
• In partnership with Tennessee-based company WastAway, Bonnaroo will participate in a recycling process that will turn 250 tons of festival
  garbage into construction material and park benches to be used at future
  events.

We're rolling it back to Las Vegas with a new contest to win a free copy of Live Trax volume 9. The deadline is 6/29/07, so start digging through your photos!

Comment on this or Submit a Photo

Contest Rules

• Submit your best photograph that you feel most closely represents a Las Vegas theme. This does not have to include any band imagery and does not have to be IN Las Vegas, but must at the least convey in your mind an idea of Vegas.
• Photos should be submitted in 5x7 size, and if your shot is chosen, we will seek out the Hi-res version from you.
• Photos should not be heavily photo shopped more than color correction, curves, etc.
• No graphic images of nudity, violence, or drug use will be accepted.
• Photos must be YOUR work alone, and not contain any portion of another photographers work, or stock images.
• One Photo Per User
• Entries will be judged subjectively by an impartial panel.
• Entries must be received by Friday June 29th, 2007 11:59pm EST.

The Prizes

DMB performed a cover of Billy Preston's "Nothing For Nothing" last night at Wembley Arena in London, England. Billy Preston was an American soul musician who collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music industry including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Quincy Jones, Eric Clapton and Elton John.

Preston is one of the few people considered to be the fifth Beatle and in fact is the only non-beatle to have recieved credit for his performance on a Beatle record. According to the Washington Post there were arguments during the Beatles' "Get Back Sessions" between Lennon and McCartney about making Preston a member of the band, with Lennon advocating for Preston.