Grateful Dead

Bob Weir & RatDog will be hitting the road this summer for more shows. In addition to the previously announced June and July shows, Bob & RatDog will be hitting the road in August and September, with a new show announced for Denver in July.

Getting mostly great reports from the RatDog tour. For those who like to keep track of the tour from afar, we’ll be providing regular setlist updates. For more details, fan commentary on the shows and photos as they become available, bookmark the fabulous fan site www.ratdog.org!

7/5/09, LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH

If you’re kicking yourself because you didn’t get to see The Dead on their red-hot spring tour, you have one last chance to see them—at the Rothbury Festival in beautiful rural Michigan, on July 4. After that, it’s highly unlikely the group will perform together again in 2009, though most of the band members will all be criss-crossing America in different groups this summer.

For those who like to keep up with Phil and Bob when they’re out on the road, we’ve posted their complete fall tour set lists here.

When I catch up with soft-spoken RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti for our Dead.net interview, he's only been home for a couple of days, after playing with the Dead at the Penn State concert for Obama (along with the Allman Bros.), and he's just a few days away from rehearsals before RatDog's fall East Coast tour, which begins in Long Island on October 30 and goes through to a November 22 finale in Florida. He's a busy guy right now, but he wouldn't want it any other way.

Bob Weir & RatDog & Phil Lesh & Friends to Co-Headline each night.
Jackie Greene to support each night.

Dates:  December 30 & 31, 2008
Venue: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
City/St:  San Francisco, CA
Doors: 5:00 PM
Showtime: 6:00 PM