Editing Widespread Panic (section)

===2006–2014: Jimmy Herring joins===
[[File:Widespread Panic 6-29-08 -4262.jpg|thumb|Widespread Panic performs their 32nd consecutive sold-out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, June 2008]]
[[File:WSP Canandaigua 2009.jpg|thumb|Members of the Allman Brothers join Widespread Panic on stage in [[Canandaigua, New York]] southeast of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], August 2009]]
In late 2006, [[Jimmy Herring]] from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]], joined the band as lead guitarist. His began a fall tour with three nights at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="Widespreadpanic.com">{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=236&archive=true |title=Widespread Panic is happy to announce that Jimmy Herring will be joining the band as lead guitarist |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129163030/http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=236&archive=true |url-status=dead }}</ref> Widespread Panic's 7th annual New Year's shows on December 30 and 31, 2007, marked their 15th and 16th sellout performance at [[State Farm Arena|Philips Arena]].<ref name="Atlanta New Years Sellouts">{{cite web|url=http://www.widespreadpanic.com/press_story.php?id=223&type=1 |title=Panic's 2007 New Years Shows |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> The band released their 10th album, ''[[Free Somehow]]'', on February 12, 2008. It, too, was recorded with producer Terry Manning at Compass Point Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/album.php?id=47target= |title=Widespread Records-Discography – Free Somehow |publisher=Widespread Panic |date=February 12, 2008 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129210524/http://widespreadpanic.com/album.php?id=47target= |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the release of the new studio album, Widespread Panic began to release vintage concert performances from the Widespread Panic Archives. ''Carbondale 2000'' was released on June 10, 2008, followed by ''[[Valdosta 1989]]'' released on February 24, 2009, and ''[[Huntsville 1996]]'' which came out on June 23, 2009. The band plans to continue to dig into their show archives and release songs from the shows as multi-track recordings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/archive/archive-discography/ |title=Multitrack Discography &#124; Widespread Panic Archives |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811042559/http://widespreadpanic.com/archive/archive-discography/ |archive-date=August 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> June 27, 2008, marked the band's 32nd sold-out show at [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]]. The audience was larger than that for any other band in the venue's history. Mayor [[John Hickenlooper]] proclaimed Friday, June 27 "Widespread Panic Day" in the city and county of Denver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=401&archive=true |title=NEWS |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129163949/http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=401&archive=true |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the same year, the band was inducted into the [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] on September 20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=406&archive=true |title=NEWS |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129164337/http://widespreadpanic.com/news_story.php?id=406&archive=true |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

They toured for the rest of 2008 and the spring of 2009. In the summer of 2009, Widespread Panic teamed with fellow southern rockers, [[The Allman Brothers]] on a summer and fall co-headlining tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widespreadpanic.com/ontour.php |title=Tour Dates and Tickets |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=August 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815004952/http://www.widespreadpanic.com/ontour.php? |url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2010, it was announced that Widespread Panic would be releasing a new album entitled ''[[Dirty Side Down]]'' on May 25, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/107025/widespread_panic|title=New Music From Widespread Panic|access-date=March 10, 2010|website=[[Idiomag]]}}</ref> ''[[Live in the Classic City II]]'', containing music from its 2000 shows, came out in 2010.<ref name="Flynn">[http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100903/ENT/309030008/1033] {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On September 29, 2010, Widespread Panic keyboardist Jojo Herman announced that the band would be going on hiatus in 2012. In an interview with ''[[The Vanderbilt Hustler]]'', Herman said, "Next year will be our 25th anniversary. After that, we're probably going to call it (quits) for a while... we're looking forward to next year and going out on a high note."<ref name="InsideVandy">{{cite news|url=http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/14831|title=Q&A with Widespread Panic's Jojo Hermann|last=Kesslering|first=Charlie|work=Insidevandy.com|date=September 29, 2010|access-date=September 29, 2010}}</ref>

The band toured steadily throughout 2011, ending the year with their first show at [[Time Warner Cable Arena]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. In early 2012, the band played a limited number of shows. From January to February they went on their first completely acoustic tour. Dubbed the Wood Tour, it began in January at the Fillmore in downtown [[Silver Spring, Maryland]] and ended at The Belly Up in [[Aspen, Colorado]]. Two recordings from the tour were released in 2012, a special [[Record Store Day]]-only vinyl record called ''[[Live Wood (Widespread Panic album)|Live Wood]]'' in April and later ''[[Wood (Widespread Panic album)|Wood]]'', on October 16.

For the rest of 2012 the band was on hiatus but band members were active with other projects. Dave Schools toured with the [[Mickey Hart|Mickey Hart Band]], [[Jimmy Herring]] recorded a new album and toured with his own band, and Jojo Hermann played shows with the Missing Cats, occasionally opening and sitting in with the [[North Mississippi Allstars]]. On August 17, the band announced their first scheduled shows after the hiatus, including two nights in Charlotte and a four night run in the [[Dominican Republic]]. Between the two short legs of the 2012 Wood Tour, the band played a four night run in [[Mexico]], their first shows in the country, and beginning what became an annual tradition called Panic en la Playa. The first Panic En La Playa was held on the beach at the Now Sapphire Resort in [[Puerto Morelos|Puerto Morelos, Mexico]] in 2012. For 2013 and 2014, The concert was held at the Hard Rock Hotel in [[Punta Cana|Punta Cana, Dominican Republic]] with the 2014 shows pushed back until March 17–20.

The band returned to touring in the spring of 2013 with a run of Mid-West and Southern shows beginning in April. During the shows, the band introduced new innovations in the audio broadcast of their live performances. Previously, Widespread Panic had allowed fans to use audience recording devices to simulcast live shows to fans via the internet. The first live taper stream was at the Dodge Theatre in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in November 2009 and continued through the spring 2013 tour when the band took over streaming duties and started broadcasting live [[soundboard recording]]s of the show via Mixlr.com and the Mixlr smartphone app.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixlr.com/widespread-panic/me |title=Widespread Panic on Mixlr |publisher=Widespread Panic |access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> On December 31, 2013, the band returned to [[State Farm Arena|Philips Arena]] in Atlanta.

The Wood Tour came back in 2014 with the band playing six all acoustic theater shows, as well as a special Wood performance held 333 feet underground in the Volcano Room at [[Cumberland Caverns]] in [[McMinnville, Tennessee]] for a taping of an episode of  ''[[Bluegrass Underground]]'' on [[PBS]] The band played an extensive 2014 tour, with three-night stands at Red Rocks, [[The Joint (music venue)|The Joint]] at the [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)|Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]]; The [[Riverside Theater (Milwaukee)|Riverside Theater]] in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]; and [[1stBank Center]] in [[Broomfield, Colorado]], where they played their well-known Halloween shows.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everyday Companion, 2014 Setlists|url=http://www.everydaycompanion.com/asp/tour14.asp|website=Everyday Companion|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> The band closed out 2014 with the annual Tunes for Tots benefit performance at The Fillmore in Charlotte on December 30th, followed by an annual [[New Year's Eve]] show, held at the [[Spectrum Center|TWC Arena]] in the city.