• 'Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead' Box Sets Announced

    For those who didn't get a chance to make the trip to Chicago's Soldier Field or the Bay Area's Levi Stadium, the Grateful Dead will now bring all of the music from their wildly accomplished 50th anniversary 'Fare Thee Well' tour gigs to living room television sets worldwide this fall. It's just been announced that 'Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead' box sets will hit stores on Nov. 20, available across an array of formats including digital downloads.

  • John Mayer Defends Dead & Company Fall Tour Trailing 'Fare Thee Well' Final Concerts

    Over the summer, the Grateful Dead had fans pack up the van and start truckin' to their final 'Fare Thee Well' tour concerts in both the Bay Area and Chicago. Trailing the performances, many deadheads were dedicated to bringing the Dead over to the east coast for some fare thee well fun of their own but to their surprise, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann announced that they'd regroup. Lacking Phil Lesh, the guitarist and two percussionists decided to take on John Mayer for their latest project, Dead & Company.

  • Dead & Company to Give Away 10,000 Tickets to Free Madison Square Garden Concert

    After performing their final Fare Thee Well shows and bidding aideu to a band that brought fourth an insurmountable following, three-quarters of the Grateful Dead's surviving "Core Four" decided the end of an era wasn't quite finished, teaming up with fellow musician John Mayer as Dead & Company. Having announced a number of long, strange trips through North America, the innovative group decided to add a third New York date at Madison Square Garden--this time, curating a free, 5,000 ticket give away to fans who enter for a chance to win. Tickets cannot be purchased otherwise.

  • Dead & Company Expand Fall Tour With New U.S. Dates

    Trailing the wild success of the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well shows, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann decided they weren't quite ready to call it quits. The trio, hailing from the surviving "core four," decided to team up with John Mayer, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and multi-instrumentalist Oteil Burbridge for their latest project titled Dead & Company. Having announced 10 tour dates, the group announced more U.S. gigs, rounding out at a toal of 29 dead-inspired shows.

  • Dead & Company Will Play Two MSG Shows - Pre-Sale Tickets Sold Out

    The Grateful Dead's incarnation, "Dead & Co," will now play two dates at Madison Square Garden on October 31 and November 1 with John Mayer. Dead & Co announced an American Express card-holder pre-sale August 10, which sold out in just a matter of minutes, so a second show was added.

  • Bob Weir Discusses his Funeral, Jerry Garcia for AXS TV Series' 'The Big Interview'

    On the heels of revealing that the Grateful Dead's music would continue to grace the ears of Deadheads around the world through the freshly assembled Dead & Company, Bob Weir sat down with Dan Rather for an extensive discussion to air on AXS TV series' "The Big Interview." Tuesday night at 8 p.m., listeners can tune into an hour long Q&A that spans topics from Weir's musical influences, what song he wants played at his own funeral and the late Jerry Garcia.

  • John Mayer, Grateful Dead Members Unite as Dead & Company

    Iconic folk-rockers the Grateful Dead wrapped up their extensive and mystifying careers over Fourth of July weekend with their Soldier Field Fare Thee Well gigs but Eastcoasters have been eager to bring the Dead across country. Although the "Core Four" took their final bow, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir have decided to join forces with musician John Mayer, Allman Brother's bassist Oteil Burbridge and Ratdog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti to invent Dead & Co.
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