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Rob Thomas Tickets

Rob Thomas

In 1972, Robert Kelly Thomas was born on a US military base in Landstuhl, Germany. His parents divorced when he was a child, and his mother returned to the United States. Growing up in South Carolina and Florida, Robert dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. As a young man, he moved to Orlando and formed a pop music band called Tabitha's Secret. Next, he teamed up with guitarist Kyle Cook, drummer Paul Doucette, guitar player Adam Gaynor, and bassist Brian Yale to create a new alternative group. Atlantic Records gave the southern rock band a contract, and soon fans were buying cheap Matchbox 20 tickets.

Debuting with the album Yourself or Someone Like You, the post-grunge group released "Push," "Back 2 Good," "3am," and other hits. The group was as popular as Dave Matthews Band, and Rob was enjoying both personal and professional success. After meeting a model named Marisol Maldonado, the singer got married in 1998. A New York beauty, his wife inspired him to write a song for the new Carlos Santana album, and Rob won three Grammy Awards for "Smooth." Next, MBT released Mad Season with the ballad "If You're Gone" and the hit "Bent," and Rob won the first Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

When Gaynor left the band in 2005, Matchbox Twenty decided to take a long break. Using the opportunity to focus on other activities, Rob produced his first solo album. …Something to Be featured singles like "Lonely No More" and reached number one on The Billboard 200. In addition, Rob wrote songs for Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Chris Daughtry, and other stars. MB20 reunited in 2007 with Exile on Mainstream, but Thomas still explores side projects. His second solo album, Cradlesong, was released in June of 2009. If you like The Goo Goo Dolls, Rod Stewart, and Green Day, check out Rob Thomas lyrics "Someday" soon.

  • Official Rob Thomas Website
  • He was born on February 14th, so Rob Thomas's birthday is on Valentine's Day.
  • In 2007, Thomas wrote "Little Wonders" for a Disney movie, Meet the Robinsons.
  • The artist planned to write some lyrics for The Last Song, the Miley Cyrus movie.

Rob Thomas Concerts

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18.01.2025 08:00

Atlantic City

USA

Trump Taj Mahal - Mark G. Etess Arena

18.01.2025 08:00

$119.60-$2700.00

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Artist Info

As the lead singer and principal songwriter for Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas found success with a blend of '70s rock influences, slick hooks, and '90s post-grunge crunch. The Florida-based band broke through in 1996 with "Push" and never looked back, issuing single after single, scoring hits in various radio formats, and watching their debut LP, Yourself or Someone Like You, go platinum 12 times over in the U.S. Thomas himself won numerous songwriting awards as the scribe of such Matchbox hits as "Real World," "If You're Gone," "Bent," and "Mad Season," and he later parlayed that success into a career as a solo artist.
Rob Thomas was born February 14, 1972, on an Army base in Landstuhl, Germany. His parents divorced, and the ex-Army brat spent most of his childhood in South Carolina and Florida. After dropping out of high school at 17, he bounced around the South singing in pickup rock bands before relocating to Orlando in 1993. There, he helped form the band Tabitha's Secret, a precursor to Matchbox Twenty. Although the group enjoyed some regional success, Thomas eventually left the lineup with bassist Brian Yale and drummer Paul Doucette in tow, and the departing musicians formed Matchbox Twenty with guitarists Adam Gaynor and Kyle Cook. The band's multi-platinum debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, established Matchbox Twenty as a superstar act, but Thomas wasn't individually well known.
That all changed when Thomas co-wrote the chart-topping single "Smooth" for the Carlos Santana album Supernatural. "Smooth" was ubiquitous in 1999, and it made Thomas a star. The track took home three Grammys, including the coveted Song of the Year award, and Thomas landed on People's Most Beautiful People list. Meanwhile, he also married model Marisol Maldonado. Mad Season (2000) and More Than You Think You Are (2002) continued Matchbox Twenty's success, but after years of touring in support of both records, the bandmembers decided they needed a break, and Thomas used the hiatus to write and record his first solo album. When "Lonely No More" debuted in early 2005, its sleek and funky dance-pop sound was closer to Justin Timberlake than Matchbox, and it helped stir up anticipation for the April release of the chart-topping Something to Be.
In 2007, Thomas reunited with Matchbox Twenty for several tour dates and the release of the band's retrospective collection Exile on Mainstream. He then delivered his 2009 sophomore solo effort, Cradlesong, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart. Three years later, he was once again back with Matchbox Twenty for the group's fourth studio album, North. In 2015, Thomas released his third solo LP, The Great Unknown. The album contained several collaborations including the single "Trust You," which was co-written and produced by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder.

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