WILMINGTON — A popular ’90s band is heading to Riverfront Park’s Live Oak Bank Pavilion in July 2027.
Matchbox Twenty is touring and stopping downtown on Friday, July 2, with special guests The Wallflowers.
Matchbox Twenty is known for its Top 40 pop-rock hits including “Real World,” “Bent,” “Unwell,” and “If You’re Gone,” among others. The band, from Florida, consists of Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook and rose to fame in 1996 with their debut album, “Yourself or Someone Like You” (1996). It reached platinum 12 times over stateside, as did Matchbox’s followup records, “Mad Season” (2000) and “More Than You Think You Are” (2004).
The band went on hiatus in 2004 after the departure of guitarist Adam Gaynor, who was replaced with Doucette in 2007. They reunited and since have released 2012’s “North” and 2023’s “Where the Light Goes.” Earlier this year, Matchbox Twenty dropped “The North B-Sides” EP.
The tour next year celebrates the 30th anniversary of “Yourself or Someone Like You.”
Tickets go on sale to Wilmington’s show on Oct. 20 as an artist presale, Oct. 21 for Citi card members, Oct. 22 for Live Nation presale, and to the general public on Oct. 23, 10 a.m. Find tickets here.
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