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    Grateful Dead Original Members To Perform Together Again One Last Time

    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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  • hockey_john
    9 years 8 months ago
    Long time ago
    This reminds me in a way the ticket battle to get Red rocks tickets back in April and may of 1982. Once word was out that they were playing 3 nights at Red Rocks we all wanted to go But had no way of getting tickets. Times were different and ticket master could sell nation wide but it was time consuming chance to take waiting in line at ticket master outlet. I had decided to forgo the whole ordeal and take my chances after they sold out. We were lucky to get the 1st two nights from a guy here in Boston. Never forget the day we met him he was an older guy maybe 50 ? ( older then that myself now ) Anyway we met up bought our 1st two nights and were satisfied with taking our chances on 3rd night at the shows. Even back then the hotline would say something to the affect of if you DO NOT HAVE A TICKET please do not come to the show. We already had our Ventura tickets for 10 days before so coming from east coast I was comfortable with taking the chance at the shows. of course those shows all turned out great , the 1st two shows at Ventura county fairgrounds and Red Rocks first 2 nights were off the charts, 3rd night we seemed to all get in. Times were sooooo different back then we had the leader of the Band in Jerry and the boys. year after year they seemed to get more popular and yea after year we got into the Red Rocks shows. Then came the Telluride shows of 87 AGAIN a PANIC set in amongst heads no ticket no entry. DO NOT BOTHER coming was the message well that year turned out to be a breeze the shows basically became free once within the town of telluride city limits. This fiasco however is way out of line for me. Would I like to be there yes for the music itself? Not really because there is no way they can capture what we had back in the day. What they can capture is the fellowship of us that toured together and the fellowship of other generations coming together ONE last time. I wish everyone good luck with you ticket search and ticket wait. I do hope a year from now we can all look back on more good time with Brand name Grateful Dead in name only though. Cherish our moments and relive another time forgotten so long ago. A time that never goes out of style for me. The clothes have changed the hairs short but the SPIRIT lives on EVERYDAY.
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    Stank
    9 years 8 months ago
    Re:Bearbait
    Thanks for the kind words. I certainly have access to various live Dead recordings from over the years, and the funny part is up until less than 2 months ago, I never really expected I would get closer to the Dead than these recordings. I may not have a ticket to the show but in the end I'd still say I'm still better off than a large portion of my generation who doesn't have a clue who the Dead are. Thanks for the heads up on Dark Star Orchestra. I had heard of them before, but never looked into them until now. It doesn't look like they're heading up north anytime soon but I'll keep them on my radar. Stank
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    fillmore
    9 years 8 months ago
    No Overnight Soldier Field or Parks Parking
    Today's Chicago Tribune says the Park District won't allow any overnight parking at the show or it's surrounding parks. Also the police are planning to empty the parking lot within an hour after the shows. Not good! Don't know about anyone else but I like hanging in the lots after shows - "dodging lions and wastin time".
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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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TALKIN' ABOUT "FARE THEE WELL: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF GRATEFUL DEAD"

“I have a feeling this will come out just right. Can’t wait to find out…HERE WE GO!” - Mickey Hart

"The Grateful Dead lived an incredible musical story and now we get to write a whole new chapter. By celebrating our 50th, we get to cheer our past, but this isn't just about history. The Grateful Dead always played improvisational music that was born in the moment and we plan on doing the same this round." - Bill Kreutzmann

“It is with respect and gratitude that we reconvene the Dead one last time to celebrate - not merely the band's legacy, but also the community that we’ve been playing to, and with, for fifty years,” - Phil Lesh "Wave that flag, wave it wide and high…"

"Lookin' forward to this one, oh boy, you bet. Let's see just how much fun we can have this 4th of July." - Bob Weir<

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I always feel so alone at these things. Those "meet-up" things. Plus, I always end up talking to some nutcase when I DO finally find a kindred spirit. Being high is one thing, but these guys are friggin' nuts. Ahhhh....it happens. If any of you guys are going to a north Texas theater and don't mind an old guy (REALLY old guy....first show Filmore....maybe '72 or so) hanging with you, please let me know. I don't know if I can leave an address here, but I'll try. It's MJ@MJmagician.com. Or, just go to MJmagician.com and go through the contact stuff. Cheers! -MJ
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Your note hit me even though I have no clue who you are talking about. A few days ago I got a note from the daughter of an old girlfriend. Apparently, the woman I nearly loved passed on exactly ten years prior to the note from her daughter. I had no idea. I see a lot of anger and fightin' words on this site. No need for that. Life is pretty fragile. Let's rise above that, my friends.
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That's great! I love the fact that you're going with your wife and friends. I dunno.....I guess I'm glad that we grew up and HAVE people like a wife and friends. Have fun at the shows. I'll be watching in a movie theater, but if you wave, I'll wave back. Cheers!!
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For a brief moment time seemed to stop and flow backwards. A life altering experience. GOD bless the Grateful Dead !!!
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wow, that Friday show was too much, and that Sunday show was out of this world, Trey really stepped up and showed all the negatives that he was the MAN. We want more, how about this Fare thee well, this year. Next year, weir back from the dead to blow your minds.
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Hey man, hope you worked through this. I struggled with the same deal for the Dead and Co fall tour and found that things like Vivid Seats, stub hub, etc., all worked out fine. Geez, the aftermarket tix were sure expensive though. I wish folks would just sell their extra's at cost rather than get all greedy with the mark up. I'm definitely going to try to get the retail prices by planning ahead with this next go round.