• Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann and Airbnb to Give Chicago VIP Passes to Contest Winner

    Fourth of July weekend will bring more bustle than usual to Chicago--specifically, Soldier Field--for the three Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well reunion shows. With deadheads flocking to embark on a long, strange trip to the windy city, room and board may be bit scarce. The Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann decided to team up with Airbnb for a contest where one traveler and their guest can win VIP tickets to the three-day gig.

  • Bob Weir's 'The Other One' Documentary Trailer Explores Friendship With Jerry Garcia [WATCH]

    In the upcoming Netflix documentary The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Grateful Dead fans get the opportunity to follow Weir throughout his life and career as he encountered recognition, drug experimentation, strength through family and everything in between. "I've led a kind of unusual life," Bob Weir states in the trailer. "I was a 16-year-old kid when I started playing with the Grateful Dead. The music was an adventure...Our fans were a little bit different. We've got kind of a little gypsy entourage. You just had to see it." Directed by God Bless Ozzy Osbourne’s Mike Fleiss, the documentary will make its Netflix debut on May 22—spanning details from Weirs youth in Palo Alto, California to his dedication to the Dead and his remarkable friendship with front man Jerry Garcia. In the trailer, Weir continued to highlight his connection with Garcia and electric guitars by saying "I could intuit and be there when he got there with a little surprise for him," he says.The Other One includes interviews and conversations with musical companions and colleagues including Sammy Hagar, Bruce Hornsby and Mike Gordon as well as Grateful Dead and family members and Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann of the Dead, notes Entertainment Weekly. "If you don't have an ego, you can be the best Number Two on the planet," Sammy Hagar of Van Halen said. "That's kind of what Bob became. It makes him special."Aside from interviews, The Other One incorporates an abundance of performance footage—previously seen as well as archived. "We certainly unearthed a lot of buried treasure from the Grateful Dead archive while making this film," Fleiss said, notes Rolling Stone. The Dead will play three farewell shows for their 50th anniversary at the bay area’s Levi’s Stadium and Chicago’s Soldier Field.

  • Will John Mayer Tour With Bob Weir, Other Grateful Dead Members After 'Fare Thee Well' Shows?

    We just got done reading about how the Fast and Furious franchise might come back with an eighth film despite the death of Paul Walker, due to the overwhelming sales success of the newest film. Now we see that the Grateful Dead, or some variation of the band, may continue touring later this year despite all the hype built up for the group's supposedly final five shows during July...and John Mayer might be involved.

  • Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Ozzy Osbourne and Other Sing to Mother Earth on Her Birthday

    METoday is Earth Day and another big day is approaching as well—Mother's Day on May 10 (don't forget to call mom guys) so Music Times decided to bring both together and look up the music acts that have paid tribute to the most important mother of them all: Mother Earth. We've got performances from Grateful Dead affiliates, Neil Young and Ozzy Osbourne.

  • Grateful Dead Reunion Shows in Chicago to Be Broadcast in Movie Theaters

    Fans who weren't able to buy tickets to the Grateful Dead's July reunion shows in Chicago will be able to see the performances in select movie theaters, Fathom Events announced today, April 16. The screenings will run for five hours July 3 to 5 as Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh jam live from Soldier Field. Tickets for the shows will be on sale May 4 with local theaters determining the prices, 'Billboard' noted.

  • Phish Shares Summer Tour Dates: Shows Include 10th Magnaball Festival [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Phish will hit the road this summer following frontman Trey Anastasio's gig filling in for Jerry Garcia at the Grateful Dead reunion shows. The trek will kick off in Bend, Oregon, on July 21 and wrap Sept. 6 in Commerce City, Colorado. Notable stops include July 25 at The Forum in Los Angeles, Aug. 11 at The Mann in Philadelphia, and Aug. 21-23 at Magnaball in Watkins Glen.
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