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Dead and Company, fronted by John Mayer and Bobby Weir, announced they’re returning to Las Vegas Sphere from March through May for 18 ‘Dead & Company: Dead Forever – Live at Sphere’ shows with “updated visuals.”As of now, the Rock Hall of Famers have scheduled three shows over six weeks at the groundbreaking venue. They will take place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; one week in May is Friday through Sunday.Last summer, the legendary jam band put on 31 sonically adventurous shows at Sphere and extended the residency multiple times.

Dead and Company’s long farewell is officially underway.After their 2023 ‘Final Tour,’ Bob Weir and John Mayer shocked Deadheads and classic rock aficionados ’round the world when they announced their Las Vegas Sphere ‘Dead Forever’ residency.Once the Rock Hall of Famers wrapped their first run at the groundbreaking, immersive venue, they announced a second set of 2025 shows, the first of which took place on Thursday, March 20.“[They mixed] the greatest hits from last year’s setlists and visuals with a healthy dose of fresh material,” Billboard reported from the inaugural gig.According to the publication “last year’s May 16 opening night included far more static shots of the band on giant video screens; this time around, every moment on the 240-foot-tall curved display served an aesthetic purpose beyond what any other concert venue can even attempt to provide.”As for the music, the always-unpredictable jam band delivered 18 songs, based on our findings at Set List FM. Notable tracks that made the cut include fan favorites like “Scarlet Begonias,” “Fire on the Mountain” and “Touch of Grey” as well as surprising covers like Bob Dylan‘s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and The Spencer Davis Group‘s “Gimme Some Lovin’.”“I have a feeling that it’s music that’s going to bring this country together,” Weir, 77, told Rolling Stone.

Oteil Burbridge is striking out on a tour of his own.From September through November, the 60-year-old jam band icon will headline at theaters and music halls all over North America on his ‘Oteil & Friends Tour.’That includes a stop at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 19.“Join me with my incredible band featuring Melvin Seals, Steve Kimock, Jason Crosby, Tom Guarna, John Kimock and Lamar Williams Jr.,” Burbridge shared on Instagram.Fans still on a high from the Dead and Co.

MSG Sphere.Completed in September 2023, the eye-catching, globe-shaped venue has become the go-to destination for live music having housed legendary acts like U2, Phish and Dead and Company in its first ten months.Next up, James Dolan’s 20,000-seat marvel will host legendary classic rockers The Eagles from September through January as well as rapidly rising EDM icon Anyma for six New Years Eve shows at the end of the year.Even though Sphere brings in huge names worthy of longstanding residencies, fans keep flocking to the one-of-a-kind space for its larger-than-life 360-degree high res custom visuals and state-of-the-art audio.“Each seat (is) the best in the house due to the ultra-resolution audio flow pumped by Holoplot — a specialized sound system that aims to change the future of live performances,” the New York Post’s Alex Mitchell reported.“This means standing next to the stage won’t blow out your eardrums and sitting high up feels like you’re next to the stage.”If you need to experience Sphere live — and trust us, you need to experience Sphere live — tickets are available for all upcoming concerts and film screenings.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on any one ticket was $182 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows typically start in the $200 to $300 range before fees.Need a bit more insight before taking the plunge?For a closer look, we’ve got the best prices for all upcoming concerts at Sphere below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.Curious who’s playing Sphere when?Our team has all the details about each headliner — Dead and Company, The Eagles and Anyma — here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars,

Dead and Company have only six (!) visually and sonically adventurous concerts left at the Las Vegas Sphere from Aug. 1-10 this year.And, if you haven’t seen them live yet — and consider yourself a Deadhead — you’re missing out.“The experience is almost too good,” AU Review gushed.

Dead and Company featuring John Mayer just announced they will play an additional six concerts as part of their ongoing ‘Dead Forever’ residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere this August.Their new shows will take place Aug. 1-3 and 8-10.“We’re having a ball at Sphere Vegas, so let’s keep it going! See you for two additional weekends in August,” the group shared via Instagram.This residency, which began on May 16, has seen the famously unpredictable Dead tread familiar territory and mix up their set lists at all shows, according to Set List FM.It also comes on the heels of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band’s 2023 farewell tour.

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

Bob Dylan has covered the Grateful Dead‘s ‘Stella Blue’ during a show in Spain earlier this week.Dylan was performing at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona on Friday (June 23) when he played a rendition of the song, originally taken from the Dead’s 1973 album ‘Wake of the Flood’.While the recent concert marked Dylan’s first time performing ‘Stella Blue’, it continues a recent streak of Grateful Dead covers the legendary singer-songwriter has played this year. Watch fan-shot footage of Dylan performing ‘Stella Blue’ below:In April, while touring Japan in support of latest album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’, Dylan debuted two Grateful Dead covers at separate shows on the run – both songs taken from 1970 album ‘American Beauty’.

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.

The Grateful Dead are set to share a series of previously unreleased concerts from 1973 in a new limited-edition boxset.Named Here Comes Sunshine 1973, the boxset will be comprised of 17 CDs, and feature audio from the group’s shows in San Francisco, Santa Barbara and two shows in Washington D.C.The concerts took place between May 13 and June 10, and remained unreleased up until now.Discussing the upcoming release, legacy manager David Lemieux described why the year was so important in the band’s career: “In my early tape-trading days, I only had a few 1973 shows, but my goodness, did I ever love them. There was a fresh, nimble feel that was entirely different from the 1972 Dead sound taking all of the great elements of the Year of Europe and building upon that excellence.”He continued: “Even with hundreds of tapes at my fingertips, I returned to these 1973 shows frequently.

Bob Dylan has debuted a live cover of The Grateful Dead‘s 1970 hit ‘Truckin” while on tour in Japan.Dylan, who is currently on the ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ tour in Japan, pulled out the surprise cover at the Tokyo Garden Theater on Wednesday (April 12). It marks the first time that Dylan has performed the song, as well as one of Dylan’s rare surprises in an otherwise standard setlist for the tour, which began in 2021.Dylan wrote about The Grateful Dead’s ‘Truckin” in his recent book The Philosophy of Modern Song, noting that it has “a fantastic first verse, which doesn’t let up or fizzle out, and every verse that follows could actually be a first verse.”You can listen to an audio recording of Bob Dylan’s ‘Truckin” cover below.The cover also marks just the fifth Grateful Dead cover Dylan has performed throughout his long and esteemed career, following ‘Friend of the Devil’, ‘Alabama Getaway’, ‘West L.A.

John Mayer won’t be spending much time at his Montana home in 2023.Rather than relax, the seven-time Grammy winner just announced his 19-concert “Solo Tour” that will take him all over North America from March 11 through Nov. 10.And if you’re the Big Apple and dying to hear “Your Body Is A Wonderland” live, you’re in luck.Mayer, 45, will hit New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Oct. 3 as well as UBS Arena in Elmont, NY.This won’t be your standard tour, either.“I began my career on stage with only a guitar and a microphone.

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.

Bob Dylan closed his ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ North American tour last night (June 11) and included a cover of The Grateful Dead in his set.The star has been on the road in support of his latest album since November 2021, taking a break between December 2021 and March 2022.The dates concluded last night at Oakland, California’s Fox Theater – his third of three nights at the venue. For the final song in his set, Dylan swapped the tour standard of ‘Every Grain Of Sand’ for a cover of The Grateful Dead’s ‘Friend Of The Devil’.It was the first time since 2007 that Dylan had performed the Dead song live, although it used to be a staple of his sets in the late ‘90s.