Former Grateful Dead members and friends are embarking on yet another summer tour scheduled to launch this spring. Dead & Company will kick off their tour on May 27 in Las Vegas at MGM Grand Garden Arena and play 19 stops in the U.S. before wrapping with two nights at Wrigley Field on June 30, and July 1.
Every night, singer and guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, singer and guitarist John Mayer, former Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, as well as keyboardist Jeff Chimenti will perform two complete sets of material from The Grateful Dead's large catalog of music.
Dead & Company pre-sale tickets went on sale Monday, and have already hit the resale market. Prior to the general on-sale, which will launch on Dec. 9, tickets currently averaging $342. The band's Las Vegas stop on May 27 is one of the more in-demand locations, with ticket averages clocking in at $450.
They will continue on to Mountain View, California, where they will play the Shoreline Amphitheatre for two nights on June 3 and 4. Tickets for these stops are averaging $371, with the cheapest ticket priced at $71.
Another two-night appearance will be on June 9 and 10 at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, one of the first of several stadium stops planned for this tour. Tickets here can be found for as high as $404, and as low as $122, on the secondary market, according to data provided by TicketIQ.
Dead & Co's return to Fenway Park in Boston on June 17 and 18 is coming in just slightly higher than last summer's averages of $197, and can be found now at $200, with the cheapest tickets coming in at $132. Dead & Company will wrap up their trek on June 30 and July 1 with another two-night stadium stop at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where tickets are currently averaging $328.
