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Dead & Company kicked off their 2017 Fall Tour on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, NY. This was the first time back to the famous venue since their inaugural Fall tour in 2015. Dead & Company members Bob Weir,…

It was a chilly night at Martyr's in Chicago on November 11, 1997, when a group of like-minded musicians got together to spin their takes on a band beloved by an intrinsic fan base -- one that is both fun loving and importunate at the…

Looking ahead just a few months from now, the year 2018 will be Dopapod-less, which means fans have flocked from inner cities, out of town and hours away just to catch what will be their remaining shows ahead of hiatus. Bringing the heat…

The meaning behind being given the key to a city has changed time and time again since it’s origins in medieval times. Back then, it granted peasants a freedom from serfdom; now it’s a symbol of thanks to any person, native or alien, who…

Back in March, Holly Bowling performed an unplugged show at the Whisper Dome in Schenectady, as the venue's incredible acoustics and intimate setting allowed her to ditch amplification and play the piano alone, and it was enough for the…

An off-Broadway Grateful Dead musical based around the lyrics of Robert Hunter and the music of Jerry Garcia opens later this month. "Red Roses, Green Gold" opens at New York City's Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village on Oct. 29.…

Fresh off the heels of moe.'s triumphant return of moe.down at Snow Ridge in Turin, the jam veterans have announced they'll be going on an indefinite hiatus following the unfortunate oropharyngeal cancer diagnosis of singer and bassist Rob…

“And they’re off!” On Friday, May 19 the gates lifted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and campers raced to grab the flattest and grassiest space on the The Pavilion Lawn at Montage Mountain.  They were not there for the 142nd Preakness Stakes,…

Any Dead fanatic would recognize this guitar - Wolf was built by Doug Irwin in 1972, played by Jerry Garcia on and off until 1993, was sold to philanthropist Daniel Pritzker in 2002, who just let it roll through an auction at the Brooklyn…

5/8/77 – Grateful Dead’s most talked about and traded show from Barton Hall at Cornell University, has been mastered from the Betty Board tapes and commercially released along with other May 1977 Dead shows. The hype, excitement, and…