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    A LETTER FROM THE DEAD GratefulDead-SantaClara-480 More Info Santa Clara Chicago Dear Heads, Although none of us knew it when we walked off the stage at Soldier Field on July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead's long strange trip ended in Chicago that night. As you are aware, twenty years later, we’re returning to Chicago to properly say Fare Thee Well. But every good ending must start with a beginning. For us, it all began fifty years ago when we grabbed a bunch of instruments off the walls of a music store in Palo Alto California and began banging away on them in the back room, at night after the store had closed for the day. Since we made the decision to go back to Chicago to say our final goodbye, it has become clear to us that we first need to return to our beginnings, where we first said hello — to each other and to all of you. And so it is that we have decided to plug in for two additional shows on June 27 and 28 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California — just a dozen miles south of where Dana Morgan’s Music Store once stood. At Levi’s — as at Soldier Field — we will have the pleasure of being joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti. Ours wasn’t just a long, strange trip — it was a VERY long, VERY strange trip. We weren’t sure what it was going to be like to put a punctuation mark on the end of it. None of us anticipated the overwhelming outpouring of love and interest following our initial announcement of the shows at Soldier Field, and we were blown away by the response. We have tried to do the right thing wherever we could for the Chicago shows by honoring the roots of where we came from, while dealing with the realities of the current times. But that’s hardly comforting when you’re shit outta luck for tickets and your only option is inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites. That would piss us off too. From the moment these shows were first talked about, we have been thinking about what we could do to honor the roots of our Deadhead experience, even in the face of changing technologies. (Remember: Ticketmaster didn’t even go online until we got out of the game.) These shows were always intended as an expression of our gratitude, to both the music and the fans, so it’s important that we get things as right as we can. We have always been proud of our in-house mail order ticketing process, and the phenomenal way our fans have built a tradition out of turning a standard envelope into a frame-worthy piece of art. Some 60,000 mail order tickets were issued for the Soldier Field shows by the good folks at Grateful Dead Ticket Sales — yet we were still crushed to see how many of your beautifully designed envelopes did not get tickets. For shows of this magnitude, it’s impossible to eliminate every scalper. However, we offer you this: Working with our partners, we are using an online ticketing platform for the Levi’s shows that will help ensure that the tickets for these shows will get into the right hands, the hands of our true fans. We believe that this process is the best way to give each of you an equal opportunity to obtain tickets at the most affordable possible prices. We are are proud to announce that 65,000 tickets per night will be available via the "online mail order" for the Levi’s shows. For the nuts and bolts, go to Dead50.net. We will not be adding any more Fare Thee Well shows. The three Chicago shows will still be our final stand. We decided to add these two Santa Clara shows to enable more of our fans to celebrate with us one more time. But this is it. We love you guys more than words can tell, and hope to see you in the Bay Area or Chicago. If you can’t make it to the shows, we are working on ways for you to still experience our Fare Thee Well, from wherever you might be. Stay tuned for those details. Gratefully yours, Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil
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    Ours wasn’t just a long, strange trip — it was a VERY long, VERY strange trip. We weren’t sure what it was going to be like to put a punctuation mark on the end of it. None of us anticipated the overwhelming outpouring of love and interest following our initial announcement of the shows at Soldier Field, and we were blown away by the response. We have tried to do the right thing wherever we could for the Chicago shows by honoring the roots of where we came from, while dealing with the realities of the current times. But that’s hardly comforting when you’re shit outta luck for tickets and your only option is inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites. That would piss us off too. From the moment these shows were first talked about, we have been thinking about what we could do to honor the roots of our Deadhead experience, even in the face of changing technologies. (Remember: Ticketmaster didn’t even go online until we got out of the game.) These shows were always intended as an expression of our gratitude, to both the music and the fans, so it’s important that we get things as right as we can. We have always been proud of our in-house mail order ticketing process, and the phenomenal way our fans have built a tradition out of turning a standard envelope into a frame-worthy piece of art. Some 60,000 mail order tickets were issued for the Soldier Field shows by the good folks at Grateful Dead Ticket Sales — yet we were still crushed to see how many of your beautifully designed envelopes did not get tickets. For shows of this magnitude, it’s impossible to eliminate every scalper. However, we offer you this: Working with our partners, we are using an online ticketing platform for the Levi’s shows that will help ensure that the tickets for these shows will get into the right hands, the hands of our true fans. We believe that this process is the best way to give each of you an equal opportunity to obtain tickets at the most affordable possible prices. We are are proud to announce that 65,000 tickets per night will be available via the "online mail order" for the Levi’s shows. For the nuts and bolts, go to Dead50.net. We will not be adding any more Fare Thee Well shows. The three Chicago shows will still be our final stand. We decided to add these two Santa Clara shows to enable more of our fans to celebrate with us one more time. But this is it. We love you guys more than words can tell, and hope to see you in the Bay Area or Chicago. If you can’t make it to the shows, we are working on ways for you to still experience our Fare Thee Well, from wherever you might be. Stay tuned for those details. Gratefully yours, Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil
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    Hop on it man! Good sweet mother of Moses!
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    Where are ya buddies? All my work concentration hit the shitter about 10 minutes ago. I may as well go get a few early.
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    HERE IT IS - SANTA CLARA
    I'll forward the email to our SD list now but check it out. Huge news for Deadheads! The original members of the Grateful Dead — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with three shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the run will mark the original members’ last-ever performances together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano) and perform two sets of music each night. We are thrilled to offer CID Experience ticket packages and travel packages for this legendary pair of shows. CID Experience ticket packages include premium seating and special amenities; travel packages can be purchased with your preferred ticket type and offer a variety of hotel choices in the Bay Area with round-trip transportation to Levi’s Stadium included. Travel packages are ON SALE NOW – CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE! CID Experience ticket packages are NOW AVAILABLE FOR REQUEST through the CID Experience online ticket request – simply CLICK HERE to submit your request for CID Experience ticket packages. You may submit a ticket request for only one CID Experience ticket type – either Golden Road Super CID Experience Premium Reserved, Golden Road Super CID Experience GA Pit, Steal Your Face CID Experience Premium Reserved, Steal Your Face CID Experience GA Field. If you submit more than one order for CID Experience packages under the same name or credit card, your request will be canceled. However, you may enter the online ticket requests for both CID Experiences and regular tickets. There is no online ticket request for travel packages, which are now on sale. Please note – by entering the online ticket request, you are not guaranteed to receive tickets. Please make sure your card can be charged, and you will be notified whether or not your order will be fulfilled by 11:59 PM EDT on Sunday, April 19th. If there are CID Experience tickets remaining after the online ticket request period ends, they will be made available with the public on sale on Monday, April 20th at 10 AM PDT. If you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Guest Services team via email at guestservices@cidentertainment.com or by phone at 888-805-8930. We hope to see you in Santa Clara for what promises to be an incredible pair of shows! CID Entertainment Guest Services 10AM - 6PM ET, 7 days a week (888) 805-8930 guestservices@cidentertainment.com Copyright © 2015 CID Entertainment, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website for more information. Our mailing address is: CID Entertainment 1 South Broad Street 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107
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    sorry - just santa clara
  • tfonts
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    CID Santa Clara on sale NOW!!
    http://www.cidentertainment.com/events/gratefuldead50-santaclara/
  • Totem
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    WTF / FTW on the delays
    Well, it is LOCAL shows. So there ya go. I am relieved it will not be 10 shows. Too much drama if it was.
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    They are coming to Buffalo? Rockin.
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    "They realized they have to go back to where it all started...."
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mookin po nub in all the mong paces!
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I had a cup of that dark roast and some kind of panni or some damn thing this morning, I don't like what it does to me, feeling like a stranger
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You know it's gonna get stranger...so let's get on with the show.... Avoid the kinky paninis .....it's Canada's plan to take over the US of A..... Dude you changed your typo....
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then it will be the US of EH what typo?
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Hot dogs, apple pie n Maple Syrup with a Moosehead beer......not so bad, eh?.... Canucks have always been more than hospitable to me...... But I draw the line at Kokanee....hoser piss IMHO..... Take off.....eh?
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throw that hot dawg right in that maple syrup while its cooking down, mmm mmm good eating
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and do not forget the Canadian Ballet, right over the bridge on Gilmore
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said in my best Silvio Dante'.....bada bing... Bada boom.... let's try to keep it clean, but yeah those were some good times, the Chinese food wasn't so bad either... Ming Teh, eh?
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Mayor Klangstone secretly has 75 3-Day passes stashed in his office.
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That would be something. Fun daydream. Happy Monday to all... May the four winds blow us all safely home. Thanx for being here. C/S
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I am currently a horse with no name...I hope that's good.... and a special STELLA, STELLA....to you know who.... so glad you made it today..... So Mr. mayor where's the tickets at..... Mr. t wants to know..... I don't like Mondays, but today was not awful......
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Top of the afternoon peeps (literally). Nothin' like some in-air GoGo wifi.....(no, rrrrrgrrrrr, not that kind of Go Go....). Okay..... so no one laugh, but I just saw this Hall and Oates concert from Dublin from last summer here on the flight. Holy shit - frickin' amazing and brought back great, great memories of their catalog of hits. Highly recommend it. Could never figure out how they were friends of the Dead but I do remember them opening up for them on the 9th of 9 straight nights at MSG in when was that?? '89? '91? Anyways, here's to hoping all the beautiful Sunshine Daydreamer's had a wonderful start to the week. Cheers !!
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I had one of of those moments too. I never paid much attention to Hall & Oates other then when they were on the radio where ever I happened to be. Then I stumbled upon a show called "Live From Daryl's House" with guest Joe Walsh. Wow!!! Joe Walsh is always great, but I saw a side to Daryl Hall I never new existed. He was amazing. Same thing when he had Billy Gibbons and Todd Rungren as guests. This is a series he has been doing for seven years or so. They take place in a private studio he has put together. Best place to begin looking into this is Wikipedia.
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Why do I still see me as you? BTW Hall n Oates are the best for make out music.... and the song Diddy-Do-Wop is the best white philly soul ever created.... And now directed at the female contingent representing here... .....it's a bitch girl.....cuz you've gone too far..... Said that just cuz I could....love that song...... Night peeps....and T come home from that left coast safely......
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There's plenty of T's around. I don't mind my musical commentary being mocked cause I got big big trouble on the way. The mayor will be getting home from work soon and he's gonna find out I ratted him out on his tickets. I should have thought that one through. Nowhere to run nowhere to hide. What's for dinner?
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...I'm the Pride of Cucamunga! YEP. Holding ALL the remaining 3-day passes in my orifice alright. Yes I am, must be patient and wait until June then I will relieve myself/release them all to the kind little deadheads with their Easter baskets to find them. But don't look too early... RRRGRRR is watching and he will run you over with the bus if you look too soon! Must be patient!!!!
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Gotta see the LADH with Todd Rundgren --- kickass!!! They have basically the same voice anyways, listen to them harmonize, WHEW! It's actually at Todd's house in Hawaii...
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You n me got humble pie..... 30 days in the hole.....or 4 day creep.... Love me some Steve Marriott....and early Frampton..... The Klangmeister...he got some tickets to produce....a lot.... Tfonts....he's the dude with flowers in his hair.... If you're going to San Francisco... Ok gonna keep it straight....pun intended....not that there's anything wrong with that..... Somebody get me a doctor.... Van Halen is touring this summer....
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There you go talking to yourself again...left brain -- meet ticketless right brain.
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pay your child support, mind your own business and most importantly....give me back my bullets...ahhh...$20..... I got it...yeah it's in Utah, in the cave in the hills... Party on...NCAA.... Duke...For me
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My wife's a Badger. I'm an Orangeman (NCAA sanction blues). I've adopted the Badgers this year. But it don't look like me.
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We don't need no stinking badgers.... Brah... It's all good, I'm rooting for Duke, because for all crazy ass reasons....when my daughter was accepted there 7 years ago, I refused for her to attend, cuz to me $60,000+/ year x 4 years was too much for me to handle and I didn't want her to be in that much debt....for undergrad.... Looking back it was the right choice....for us....at least.... She forgave me and we are gonna watch together, she's in town for Easter week.... Godspeed to Wisconsin...beating Caliperi was sweet.... Enjoy my friend...bet you $20.... Nah....on second thought.... I wonder who the Mayor is rooting for?
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Enjoy the family time. $20 buys you a beer at the circus.
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Gracias pendejo.... gonna beat it on down the line..... rrrrrgrrrrr exit stage left even....... ;-)
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WOOOOO!
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The moments that make up a dull day.... where oh where is Totes?
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1987 was a fun summer tour year. That China-Rider at Alpine sure was fun. Does anyone have favorite shows moments from '87? Patch those sails and shine those rails!
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Fall tour east coast Providence>Cap Center>MSG>Spectrum Then I parked the Chevette until 88
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Missed dinner last night. Mayor Klanks got home early. Had to flee. I was sure I had a date with the hangman. But our most benevolent mayor saw fit to spare me. The snitch is alive for another day.
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Totes, I saw the post but did I miss the countdown? rrrrrgrrrrr you are avatar-less but I'm guessing that's only for another 24 hours? You gotta feel nakie without it (oh my....that's one heck of a morning image - sorry, peeps). Make it a great Tuesday folks - and cheers from a rainy SF !!
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Mayor McKlang increased our taxes here in DA land.......I'm busted flat in Baton Rouge.... Feel free smoke em if ya got em and byob.... Our wall are built with cannon balls and motto is don't tread on me... Viva le Revolution!!!!
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pass that pot'o joe over this way, hope its stronger than that dishwater we got at Tim's yesterday, that stuff was so weak it couldn't defend itself
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Timmy Ho and Canadian club are my two favorite exports... Here try a cup of Hawaiian Kona... Nikki Nikki Hoy!!!!
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As a long time collector of Mr. T related avatars, ever since yesterday, I have amassed a huge collection. Enough to get everyone by until July. More than glad to give him some.
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That's Chino (babe) not Reno unless you're talking about Janet Reno or course. My oh my the coffee is tastin mighty fine this mornin. WE GOT RAIN HERE! Haleluluyah!!!!
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All 3-day passes are half price (half of face value). But due to the recently increased taxes and SD forum maintenance fees the sales tax for each day's ticket will be 1000%. $300 3-day pass goes for $150 plus $1050 in taxes. 1 day only you can have nose bleed no view tickets for all 3 days at only 1200 per day! Today only...
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Hey that's not some kind of Trojan Horse is it. I don't know where you got it, but that's not my picture. I sport a mohawk and wear a lot more bling than most people do. The telephone number is correct though.
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In that cave up there in the hills in Reno, that's where my $20 is... Mr. mayor, sir...aka Klangstone.... To quote Jimmy McMillian who ran for Governor of New York 5 or so years ago.... "The rent is too damn high!"..... @amigo de Diablo....sorry about Wisconsin.... But ya gotta hand it to Krizusky....ala Jim Rome.... feel like the invisible man here.... Look in the mirror and all I see is T!
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Glad to see my Blue Devil's won last night. Graduated in 83 and was there when they hired Coack K. We were not very good back then for a couple of years. Got to see Michael Jordan play in college. 3rd Dead Concert was 4/2/82 at Cameron Indoor. Volunteered to be an usher so got to see the show for free. After the first set was able to go down front and be done working. Still have my t-shirt I got that night. I believe that was the show that Jerry and Bob switched sides? Steve
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hey brother, So glad you made it.... I was at that show, as well as one in the Dean dome on the far side of town think early 90s for the latter...always a good show in NC.... Love Duke Basketball, Hurley is our coach at UB... Laettner was a Buffalo boy..... If you follow the thread back, you will see my connection to Duke....btw did Easter in their chapel.... Makes me wanna sing Crosby/Nash's Cathedral....friggin awesome campus... Have a cup of joe, sit by the fire....want some combos? It's all we got left since the Mayor squeezed us for all we are worth....
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Hard fought victory. Great game. I've always been a fan of Coach K. Like I said about the Badger last night; it don't look like me. Not mine. But I did enjoy riding with him this season. Alas...the $20...it's been in the cave so damn long it's deflated. Doesn't buy what it used to.
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when it comes to sports...after 4 consecutive Bills Super Bowl losses.....I quit...PTSD.... wide right, Thurman forgot his helmet?, Kelly in rehab? TOO in Atlanta....that was the worst..... Sports are solely a diversion from life..... Offer condolences to the better half, and yes Krazewsky can coach me anytime.... Oh yeah, Ask the master of the house, keeper of the Inn for a tax break already..... Feels like act 2 of Les Miserables around here....
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My better half is over it. My 9 year old son...not quite yet. We Chicagoans love our Blackhawks. That's our diversion. The weather still sucks here. Craving July (3).
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We love him here.
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I followed up on that 'Suites at Soldier Field' post. The reply is not for the faint of heart. Hey George, Thanks for providing your name and email. The suite comes with 20 tickets and 3 parking passes for every show. The pricing is as follows: -7/3 = $38,675 -7/4 = $28,625 -7/5 = $43,125 -Garrett Garrett Navarette Partner Relationship Manager Sports Shares & SuiteHop 1553 Platte St., Suite 205, Denver, CO 80202 Email: gnavarette@suitehop.com Office: (303) 457-5750 Cell: (303) 842-9230 Any body have an extra 100k lying around? Could be a hell of a party.
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That is insane.....at least we have parking...Klangstone...take the money you've collected from milking us dry and buy this my man.....let those of us without ducats to partake and give the remainder to charity.... it is so decreed in DA land.... I'm a Deadhead and I miss Jerry....
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I miss Jerry too.