Announcing The Dead & Company Thanksgiving 2015 2-Night Run at The MGM Grand Garden Arena November 27th and 28th, 2015. Dead & Company will feature Grateful Dead Members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, with special guests John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge.
Websites & Links: DeadandCompany.com | Dead.net | JohnMayer.com
From Dead.net
“Having Fare Thee Well withdraws? We are too! Relive the auditory bliss over Labor Day weekend when SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel rebroadcasts the 3 historic concerts from Chicago’s Soldier Field. Check out the schedule here. What’s more, from now through September 8, anyone with an unsubscribed satellite radio can hear 60 SiriusXM channels for free, including the Grateful Dead Channel! Just turn it on and start listening.”
Broadcast Schedule
SATURDAY 9/5 at 3 am ET: THE JULY 3RD CONCERT
SATURDAY 9/5 at 12 NOON ET: THE JULY 4TH CONCERT
SATURDAY 9/5 at 9 pm ET: THE JULY 5TH CONCERT
SUNDAY 9/6 at 3 am ET: THE JULY 5TH CONCERT
SUNDAY 9/6 at12 NOON: THE JULY 3RD CONCERT
SUNDAY 9/6 at 9 pm ET: THE JULY 4TH CONCERT
MONDAY 9/7 at 3 am ET: THE JULY 4TH CONCERT
MONDAY 9/7 at 12 NOON: THE JULY 5TH CONCERT
MONDAY 9/7 at 9 pm ET: THE JULY 3RD CONCERT
Websites & Links: SiriusXM.com | Dead.net | Facebook | YouTube
From Dead.net
“Fare Thee Well Complete Box Set – the complete Chicago Experience with 12-CD/7-Blu-Ray or DVD. Full audio and high-definition video from all three shows on CD and Blu-Ray or DVD. Exclusive bonus disc of behind-the-scene footage. Individually numbered, limited edition of 20,000.”
The release date is set for November 20th, 2015. Pre-order the Fare Thee Well Complete Box Set at Dead.net.
July 3rd, 2015
Box Of Rain
Jack Straw
Bertha
Passenger
The Wheel
Crazy Fingers
The Music Never Stopped
Mason’s Children
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Drums
Space
New Potato Caboose
Playing In The Band
Let It Grow
Help On The Way
Slipknot!
Franklin’s Tower
Ripple
July 4th, 2015
Shakedown Street
Liberty
Standing On The Moon
Me & My Uncle
Tennessee Jed
Cumberland Blues
Little Red Rooster
Friend Of The Devil
Deal
Bird Song
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
Lost Sailor
Saint Of Circumstance
West L.A. Fadeaway
Foolish Heart
Drums
Space
Stella Blue
One More Saturday Night
U.S. Blues
July 5th, 2015
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Estimated Prophet
Built To Last
Samson & Delilah
Mountains Of The Moon
Throwing Stones
Truckin’
Cassidy
Althea
Terrapin Station
Drums
Space
Unbroken Chain
Days Between
Not Fade Away
Touch Of Grey
Attics Of My Life
Websites & Links: Dead.net | Facebook | YouTube
From Dead & Company
“The news is out, all over town… Mickey, Bill, and Bob have joined forces with Grammy Winning singer/guitarist John Mayer to form the band Dead and Company. The band will take the stage at the legendary Madison Square Garden on Halloween night, October 31, 2015 and will perform two sets of music drawing largely from the Dead’s historic catalog of songs.
The Fare Thee Well shows were a record-setting success, and ignited enthusiasm for more concerts featuring Grateful Dead members. “There is a place where music, dreams and magic come together,” said Hart. “Grateful Dead music is a portal to that place. It was built to last!”
“Fare Thee Well proved to me that I’m not done exploring new rhythmic territory with Mickey – I’m recommending that everyone puts their helmet on, because we are going to blast our way into some serious drums and space,” said Kreutzmann. “And with Mayer riding shotgun with Weir – we’re in good company, so to speak.”
Mayer will join Hart, Kreutzmann and Weir, along with Allman Brothers’ bassist Oteil Burbridge and Fare Thee Well and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. “I deeply love the Dead’s music, and it has inspired me in ways I never imagined. To help carry this music is the opportunity and the honor of a lifetime,” Mayer said.
“We’re not done with these songs and they’re not done with us,” said Weir. “We’re gonna take these old friends on some new adventures.”
Tickets will go on-sale to the general public Friday, August 14th at 10am ET. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, August 10th at 10am local through Thursday, August 13th at 10pm local. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com. Top tier tickets will be priced under $100, and a number of $50 tickets will be made available in honor of the Grateful Dead’s 50th Anniversary.”
Announced Tour Dates
Oct. 31 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Nov. 1 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Websites & Links: DeadandCompany.com | Dead.net | JohnMayer.com
From The Grateful Dead
“To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir will reunite at Chicago’s Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last-ever Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same venue. “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” will take place over three nights – July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2015 – and mark the original members’ last-ever performance together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (Guitar), Jeff Chimenti (Keyboards) and Bruce Hornsby (Piano), and will perform two sets of music each night.”
Websites & Links: Dead.net | Facebook | YouTube
From Dead.net
The original members of Grateful Dead have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with the three shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the run will mark the original members’ last-ever performances together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano) and perform two sets of music each night.
The band posted a letter to their fans today announcing the shows:
Dear Heads,
Although none of us knew it when we walked off the stage at Soldier Field on July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead’s long strange trip ended in Chicago that night. As you are aware, twenty years later, we’re returning to Chicago to properly say Fare Thee Well.
But every good ending must start with a beginning. For us, it all began fifty years ago when we grabbed a bunch of instruments off the walls of a music store in Palo Alto California and began banging away on them in the back room, at night after the store had closed for the day.
Since we made the decision to go back to Chicago to say our final goodbye, it has become clear to us that we first need to return to our beginnings, where we first said hello – to each other and to all of you.
And so it is that we have decided to plug in for two additional shows on June 27 and 28 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California – just a dozen miles south of where Dana Morgan’s Music Store once stood. At Levi’s – as at Soldier Field – we will have the pleasure of being joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, and Jeff Chimenti.
Ours wasn’t just a long, strange trip – it was a VERY long, VERY strange trip. We weren’t sure what it was going to be like to put a punctuation mark on the end of it. None of us anticipated the overwhelming outpouring of love and interest following our initial announcement of the shows at Soldier Field, and we were blown away by the response.
We have tried to do the right thing wherever we could for the Chicago shows by honoring the roots of where we came from, while dealing with the realities of the current times. But that’s hardly comforting when you’re shut out of tickets and your only option is inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites. That would piss us off too.
From the moment these shows were first talked about, we have been thinking about what we could do to honor the roots of our Deadhead experience, even in the face of changing technologies. (Remember: Ticketmaster didn’t even go online until we got out of the game.) These shows were always intended as an expression of our gratitude, to both the music and the fans, so it’s important that we get things as right as we can.
We have always been proud of our in-house mail order ticketing process, and the phenomenal way our fans have built a tradition out of turning a standard envelope into a frame-worthy piece of art. Some 60,000 mail order tickets were issued for the Soldier Field shows by the good folks at Grateful Dead Ticket Sales – yet we were still crushed to see how many of your beautifully designed envelopes did not get tickets.
For shows of this magnitude, it’s impossible to eliminate every scalper. However, we offer you this: Working with our partners, we are using an online ticketing platform for the Levi’s shows that will help ensure that the tickets for these shows will get into the right hands, the hands of our true fans. We believe that this process is the best way to give each of you an equal opportunity to obtain tickets at the most affordable possible prices. We are proud to announce that 65,000 tickets per night will be available via the “online mail order” for the Levi’s shows. For the nuts and bolts, go to Dead50.net.
We will not be adding any more Fare Thee Well shows. The three Chicago shows will still be our final stand. We decided to add these two Santa Clara shows to enable more of our fans to celebrate with us one more time. But this is it.
We love you guys more than words can tell, and hope to see you in the Bay Area or Chicago. If you can’t make it to the shows, we are working on ways for you to still experience our Fare Thee Well, from wherever you might be. Stay tuned for those details.
Gratefully yours,
Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil
Websites & Links: Dead.net | Facebook | YouTube
“We could not be more excited to announce the reprise of last summer’s historical collaboration between The Disco Biscuits and Bill Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead. Friday, April 17 will mark the 3rd time we’ve taken the stage with Billy & Mickey. After the excitement of last summer, we knew we had to take this to Red Rocks. In fact, it was an idea that was hatched while still on the road together.
Tickets to join The Disco Biscuits with Bill Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart at Red Rocks on Friday, April 17 are on sale now via BiscoTix.
There will be 3 sets On the Rocks that night. We’ll also play 3 more shows while we are in Colorado – bringing straight Disco Biscuits shows to the Ogden Theatre in Denver on April 15, 16 & 18. Break Science will support the April 17 Red Rocks show with a Live Set.
In the BiscoTix presale, you can buy 4-day passes as well as tickets to Red Rocks + any Ogden show of your choice in a 2-day pass. Single day tickets for Red Rocks will be available this Saturday, January 24 through venue ticketing. The 4-day & 2-day passes are the only way into the Ogden shows.
See you in Colorado for the return of BISCO INFERNO.”
Websites & Links BiscoInferno.com | DiscoBiscuits.com | Facebook
