Bill Kreutzmann: Last News

everybody, to help me on this one,” Weir told the crowd, “We’re gonna sing Happy Birthday to a guy named John Mayer.”The crowd erupted into cheers when hearing Mayers name, followed by a singing heartfelt Happy Birthday that left the venue shaking. In 2015, Mayer joined Dead & Company, filling the role of rock music icon Jerry Garcia, who died in 1994.

Dead & Company have paid tribute to late Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh at the Las Vegas Sphere – watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.Lesh died in October at the age of 84. A statement shared on social media at the time said that he “passed peacefully” and was “surrounded by his family and full of love”.This past weekend (March 20-22), Dead & Company – who are made up of Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir and Mickey Hart alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane – returned to the venue after a wildly successful residency this year, which saw the band perform in front of the Sphere’s 240-foot screens from May to July 2024.For their residency, the band are playing an entirely new setlist every night, and to close out their first weekend of the 2025 residency, Dead & Company performed ‘Box Of Rain’ – which was Lesh’s signature track with Grateful Dead – as their final song on March 22.

Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir is one of the last men standing in his legendary rock band. The thought of mortality has crossed Weir’s mind, as he’s seen many of his band members pass. Despite having lived a life full of music and memories, Weir’s sentiment wasn’t one of fear, but rather of acceptance.“Every day, things change.

The Grateful Dead‘s Bobby Weir has revealed that he’s open to the “possibility” of the band reuniting as a trio for their 60th anniversary.This year, The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary. Back in November, the band revealed that they had plans for a reunion featuring its four core members to celebrate the milestone, though that was abruptly put on ice due to the passing of co-founder and bassist Phil Lesh in October.Lesh died back in October at the age of 84. A statement shared on social media at the time said that he “passed peacefully” and was “surrounded by his family and full of love”.Shortly after Lesh’s passing, remaining Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart opened up about how they were considering a reunion to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary this year with Lesh and had scheduled time to rehearse.Now, Weir has opened up on the chances of the Grateful Dead reuniting without Lesh later this year for the 60th anniversary in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Longevity was never a major concern of ours,” said Bob Weir, getting a big and somewhat chuckle out of the audience, even though he didn’t deliver it as a laugh line. Weir was accepting an award, along with other members of the Grateful Dead or their family members, as one of MusiCares‘ Persons of the Year at the charity’s annual gala Friday night.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer MusicCares has revealed the lineup for the 2025 Persons of the Year Gala honoring the Grateful Dead, taking place in Los Angeles on Jan. 31.

Sturgill Simpson has honoured the Grateful Dead with a touching ‘Ripple’ cover – watch it below.Earlier this month (December 8), Grateful Dead were among the honourees in President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris‘ final Kennedy Center Honors hosting. Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir were in attendance at the ceremony, while bassist and co-founding member Phil Lesh, who died in October at age 84, was represented by his son Grahame.

Grateful Dead were among the honorees in President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris‘s final Kennedy Center Honors over the weekend. Check out the footage below.The ceremony took place at the White House on Sunday (December 8), and saw the band recognised for their contributions to the arts, alongside Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, and Arturo Sandoval.Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir were in attendance.

Dead & Company have announced a 2025 residency at Las Vegas venue, the Sphere.The band – who are made up of Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir and Mickey Hart alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane – return to a venue after a wildly successful residency this year, which saw the band perform in front of the Sphere’s 240-foot screens from May to July 2024.This time, the 2025 residency will see dates through March to May 2025. See the full list of dates below.Dead’s first residency followed a similar engagement with U2, which was captured in concert film V-U2.

Grateful Dead have revealed that they were working on plans for a 60th-anniversary reunion before the passing of Phil Lesh.Lesh, the co-founder and bassist of the San Francisco band, died back in October at the age of 84. A statement shared on social media at the time said that he “passed peacefully” and was “surrounded by his family and full of love”.In an interview with Anthony Mason of CBS This Morning, Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart opened up about how they were considering a reunion to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary next year with Lesh and had scheduled time to rehearse.

Phil Lesh has sadly passed away.

Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 84.The musician’s death was confirmed in a statement on social media, which shared that he “passed peacefully” today (October 25).“He was surrounded by his family and full of love. Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Members of the Grateful Dead and its currently playing spin-off group, Dead & Company, have taken to social media after the death of basketball legend Bill Walton to share their grief and love for the man who was considered the Dead’s biggest celebrity superfan. Dead & Company, which is in the midst of a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere, posted a collective statement as well, on top of those of individual members. “Fare you well, fare you well, we love you more than words can tell,” the band posted.

The Grateful Dead.Titled Psychedelia and Groove: The Music and Culture of the Grateful Dead, the six-week-long online course will be comprised of six 50-minute long sessions. It will be divided into three sections.According to the class’ breakdown via the Stanford University official website, the first section will focus on a historical perspective of the band’s evolution, followed by an analysis of the Dead’s diverse and ever-evolving musical catalogue.

Dead & Company could be playing a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere next summer, according to reports.The New York Post reports the supergroup – consisting of Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti – are in talks for a potential residency that would take place “next summer”. However, it stressed that negotiations are “still in the works and not 100%.”The Sphere opened in September with a residency featuring U2 playing ‘Achtung Baby’ in full, which was recently extended into March.

John Mayer performed an intro of Grateful Dead‘s ‘Dark Star’ before transitioning into ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’ during a show in Chicago last week.Back in 2015, the pop-rock star began performing as the touring guitarist for Grateful Dead’s offshoot supergroup Dead & Company – consisting of Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti.The link-up has led to tongue-in-cheek speculation about potential mash-ups of their respective back catalogues over the years.Mayer finally delivered during his show at United Center in Chicago, Illinois last week (October 18).“I’m not going to set it up, this is going to be the weirdest thing you ever saw in your life and I’m proud to do it,” Mayer said (via Rolling Stone).“I want you to mark it on the setlist that this is technically ‘Dark Star.’ And I’m going from ‘Dark Star’ into this next song. It’s a transition.

long strange trip made its final stop.Deadheads from all corners of the world flocked to San Francisco’s Oracle Park Sunday night to see iconic jam band the Grateful Dead’s successor, Dead & Company, play the last show of their ‘Final Tour.’Two of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart — along with singer-songwriter John Mayer, ex-Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and newly added drummer Jay Lane (who replaced one of the band’s original drummers, Bill Kreutzmann, for the final tour) — thrilled fans in the town where the original Dead was formed in 1965.Kicking off the three nights of their final tour on Friday, over 40,000 fans packed into the ballpark each night, with all three shows sold out. Deadheads were treated to some of the band’s more popular but cherished tunes, like “Bertha” and “Althea” during their first set, and after the intermission, heard Mayer slide on the guitar and bop around on stage to the likes of “Help on the Way” and “Cumberland Blues.”The band’s encore and final performance ever ended with “Truckin’,” “Brokedown Palace” and final send-off “Not Fade Away” — accompanied by a dazzling drone performance above the stadium — before Dead & Company gave their last bow to the audience as a band.For Deadheads tuning in via live stream through Nug.net — a live concert streaming service that had the exclusive rights to broadcast the show — the experience was less than ideal, with many missing segments of the show due to login issues or not being able to access their accounts in altogether for the final hurrah.‘The Final Tour’ started in Los Angeles on May 19, spanning to major US cities like New York and Chicago.Showing love from the Big

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Dead and Company’s summer tour — the group’s last ever, at least in its current incarnation — had its official kick-off on Friday, May 19, at Los Angeles’ Forum. The first of a two-night stand, the band — featuring original members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane (sitting in for Bill Kreutzmann who had to sit the 2023 trek out) — was in top form musically, playing for nearly four hours and spanning the Grateful Dead catalog from early studio cuts (“St. Stephen,” “The Eleven”) to Jerry Garcia solo songs (“Deal,” “The Wheel”) to fan favorites (“Eyes of the World,” “Wharf Rat”). The show’s arena-sized production complemented the grandness of the moment, the video screens cycling through psychedelic colors and imagery to match the lighting, which felt more Phish-like than previous outings. The L.A. crowd soaked — and smoked — it up in a warm collective embrace.

Dead and Company with John Mayer are embarking on their 29-concert ‘Farewell Tour’ starting May 19 in Los Angeles and then calling it quits after their last gig ever at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on July 16.And if you want to see Mayer aka Slow Hand Jr. jam with original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart as well as Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane (sitting in for drummer Bill Kreutzmann), we’re here to help.Our team found the cheapest tickets available to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group for all shows including their two gigs at Saratoga Springs’ Saratoga Performing Arts Center on June 17-18 and New York’s Citi Field on June 21-22.We’re happy to report that some tickets are shockingly inexpensive.At the time of publication, the lowest price we found on tickets was $17 before fees on Vivid Seats.Considering this is the last time the legendary jam band is ever playing live, that’s a bona fide Deadhead bargain.Want to find out how much tickets cost when John, Bob, Mickey and the gang roll into your town?Here’s everything you need to know and more about Dead and Company’s 2023 Farewell Tour.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all Dead and Company tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, one of the founders of the Grateful Dead and a member of spinoff group Dead and Company, will not be a part of the latter group’s farewell tour this summer, the band announced in a social media post Saturday. Although fans might assume his exit could be health-related, since he has had to sit out some Dead and Company shows in recent years, the group declared that was not the case in its post, and added that he is not retiring from music. Rather, the statement said, Kreutzmann’s departure was due to a “shift in creative direction.” No further explanation of what that might mean was forthcoming in the statement.

Selome Hailu Good Trip Studios has entered production on a sequel to the 2020 documentary “Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics.” A distribution deal has yet to be finalized, though the first film — directed by Donick Cary and hosted by Adam Scott and Nick Offerman — streamed on Netflix. Like the first film, “Have a Good Trip 2: Adventures in Psychedelics” explores the current state of psychedelic drugs in society as well as their scientific potential to treat mental health issues including PTSD, depression and addiction. Comedians and celebrities are featured in re-tellings and re-enactments of true experiences with psychedelics, while leading experts share facts and harm reduction methods.

A clip from one of Taylor Hawkins' final interviews was shared on Thursday morning.In the video posted by The Daily Beast, which was taken from the upcoming documentary Let There Be Drums!, the late drummer for the Foo Fighters spoke about his admiration for The Grateful Dead and explained how they changed his musical outlook.The performer passed away at the age of 50 in Bogota, Colombia this past March.  Speaking out: A clip from one of Taylor Hawkins' final interviews was shared by The Daily Beast on Thursday morningHawkins began the interview by sharing that he was initially put off by the open-ended nature of a Grateful Dead show.'At first I was like, what's going on?...They're, like, jamming. Is everyone on stage yet? Everyone's throwing energy,' he recalled.