The members of the Grateful Dead are coming back to life in a new supergroup with John Mayer.
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir have joined to form the Dead Mayer & Company band. It will be held October 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Dead reunited this summer for Fare Thee Well tour that included five shows in Chicago and Santa Clara, California, celebrating its 50th anniversary.
"Fare Thee Well showed me that I have not finished exploring new territory with Mickey rhythm - I am recommending that everyone puts his helmet, because we will ruin our way into some serious drumming and space," said one Kreutzmann statement Wednesday. "And we Mayer riding shotgun with Weir -. We are in good company, so to speak"
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir have joined to form the Dead Mayer & Company band. It will be held October 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Dead reunited this summer for Fare Thee Well tour that included five shows in Chicago and Santa Clara, California, celebrating its 50th anniversary.
"Fare Thee Well showed me that I have not finished exploring new territory with Mickey rhythm - I am recommending that everyone puts his helmet, because we will ruin our way into some serious drumming and space," said one Kreutzmann statement Wednesday. "And we Mayer riding shotgun with Weir -. We are in good company, so to speak"
Although Phil Lesh was part of the tour Fare Thee Well, it is not participating in Dead & Company. A press release said it will "continue to perform in his band Phil and friends."
Tickets for the Halloween show will go on sale August 14. The first class tickets will cost less than $ 100, $ 50, while tickets will be available in honor of the 50th anniversary of the dead, according to the statement press.
"Not a place where music, dreams and magic come together," Hart said. "The music of Grateful Dead is a portal to that place. It was built to last!"
Mayer, 37, said he "deeply" loves the music of the Dead.
"It has inspired me in ways I never imagined. To help bring this music is the opportunity and the honor of a lifetime," he said.
Allman Brothers bassist 'Oteil Burbridge and Ratdog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti also take place in the Hall of MSG.
Tickets for the Halloween show will go on sale August 14. The first class tickets will cost less than $ 100, $ 50, while tickets will be available in honor of the 50th anniversary of the dead, according to the statement press.
"Not a place where music, dreams and magic come together," Hart said. "The music of Grateful Dead is a portal to that place. It was built to last!"
Mayer, 37, said he "deeply" loves the music of the Dead.
"It has inspired me in ways I never imagined. To help bring this music is the opportunity and the honor of a lifetime," he said.
Allman Brothers bassist 'Oteil Burbridge and Ratdog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti also take place in the Hall of MSG.
