The cancellation doesn’t affect the April 21 show, which has already sold out the Scott Stadium at the University of Virginia. The show will generate some $850,000 for Bama Works, a charitable organization founded by Matthews.

More than 50,000 tickets were sold for that show, with proceeds going toward a $5 million endowment created through the fund.

“The ticket demand for the first show greatly exceeded our expectations and our plans,” said DMB manager Coran Capshaw. “While I initially thought the fans and the community would be further benefited by the addition of a second show, I now believe we should work within the limits of one show.

“… ticket sales for the second show do not assure sufficient additional net proceeds for the charitable fund to justify the strain on the community that a second show may bring.”

The Dave Matthews Band has booked an extensive North American stadium tour expected to be one of the top-grossing outings of the year. At $46.50, the tickets for the second Charlottesville show were not prohibitive and the cancellation may or may not be indicative of a cool early response to the tour.

“Based on the way that sales were run, we felt that everyone in Charlottesville and the University had a chance to buy tickets if they want,” Jbeau Lewis, chair of the committee responsible for concerts at the university, told the campus newspaper, Cavalier Daily.

“We are confident that most students and community residents who wanted to attend the concert were able to purchase tickets for the Saturday (April 21) performance,” University Executive VP Leonard W. Sandridge Jr. told the paper.

It was hoped that the two concerts would bring as much as $2.5 million to Bama Works. The fund supports community and other service organizations in central Virginia including the Charlottesville Free Clinic, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, American Diabetes Association, and Community Meals on Wheels, among others.

Matthews and his family have been big supporters of local charities and the University of Virginia. Recently, they donated $500,000 to the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in memory of Dave Matthews’ late father, who was a postdoctoral researcher at UV.