Grateful Dead Original Members Reunite to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
“Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead" at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2015
Marks the Grateful Dead Members' Final Performance Together
Event information available at Dead50.net
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the four original members — 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 Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same venue. “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead" will occur over three nights on July 3, 4, and 5, 2015, marking the original members' last-ever performance together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano). The group will perform two sets of music each night.
Jerry Garcia's daughter Trixie Garcia announced the shows in an exclusive interview. You can check out her announcement here.
Joining the original members of Grateful Dead are three musicians who have embodied the band’s spirit of musical innovation throughout their eclectic careers. Guitarist Trey Anastasio is best known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist for touring juggernaut Phish, but he has also found time to score and arrange music for orchestras and Broadway productions such as “Best Musical” TONY nominee ‘Hands on a Hardbody.’ Pianist Bruce Hornsby had already won the first of his three Grammy Awards when he first guested with Grateful Dead in 1988. Following the death of the band’s keyboard player Brent Mydland in 1990, Hornsby toured with the group into 1992, and he has maintained a collaborative relationship with its members ever since. Bay Area native and jazz keyboardist Jeff Chimenti joined Bob Weir’s Rat Dog in 1997, and has since worked on projects such as Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Furthur.
In the tradition of the original Grateful Dead Ticketing Mail Order, tickets will first be made available via a first-come, first-served mail order system. All additional ticketing information is available at Dead50.net.
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Nice job of not letting
I'm sorry it's turned out
worth it?
Knock knock!
Parking at Solider Field
It's like sucking on a sour lime
Completely let down.
Completely let down.
Completely let down.
Completely let down.
The shows have been mediocre
Put down the pipe Gary Coleman...
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Karma
Sitting here in limbo
PS
Just don't go, just don't buy, just don't look
Hmmmm
Still Waiting...
Blessings
taking a step back
In Limbo and looking forward...
Alternative Solution
How To Get A Good Laugh Off The Scalpers
Get a grip
100 year Grateful Dead Anniversary shows
What did go down exactly?
fare thee well...
Ashes Ashes...
Stop the MADNESS!!! Dont feed the scalpers. Wait em out.
Breaks my heart
Madness
Feeding the Scalpers
Not sure how it could have been avoided
After Market Prices
March and looking impossible;(
Avoiding it...
What could have been Done...
emails?
Shapiro and Billboard Article
Emails?
Sure wish we could be there
Poor planning and truckloads of money
Fading away.
feeling the love
Ticket Mess
Boycotting Pay Per View
Still Nothing