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Concert Fri Jan 16 2015
Dead Announce Final (Yes, Really) Shows This July at Soldier Field
For the band's 50th anniversary, and apparently their swan song, legendary musical psychonauts The Grateful Dead today announced a series of three shows at Chicago's Soldier Field — scene of the group's last run before the death of frontman Jerry Garcia in the summer of 1995. Dubbed "Fare Thee Well," the three shows — July 3, 4 and 5 — will feature guest musicians Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby, all artists with a history of collaborating with the Dead or its various members' post-Grateful Dead projects. The shows will apparently mark "the surviving original members' last-ever performance together."
Want tickets? In a tip of the hat to the Grateful Dead's pioneering (at the time) mail-order ticket system of yore, tickets will be made available starting Jan. 20 via old timey, actual, postal mail, with a subsequent online pre-sale beginning Feb. 13, and a public on-sale beginning Feb. 14.
sherry / January 29, 2015 11:30 AM
I'm confused....how can the"boy's" only do one show...only one show in Chicago? What
@ those of us on the west coast? I say hell yea...but what @ all of us on the west coast? I say why not include San Francisco: It would stand to reason that this would undeniably be the perfect, unforgettable,the most
unbeliveable spot to say fare the we'll. Leaving the old behind as the new year enters into the cycle of life, hence News Years Eve 2015-2016!!! How perfect could this gathering be???? Again, I say hell yea! Count me in. YES : )