Dead & Company Bring DEAD FOREVER to Vegas for Seven Week Sphere Residency

Formed in 2015, Dead & Company featured original Grateful Dead members Billy Kreutzmann (drums), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bobby Weir (guitar/vocals) rounded out with acclaimed musicians Jeff Chementi (keyboards), Otiel Burbridge (bass), and pop/rock star John Mayer (guitar/vocals.)

In summer of 2023, Dead & Company embarked on a sold, critically acclaimed Farewell Tour during which the band announced that they would not be touring anymore.  In 2023, founding member/drummer Billy Krertzmann bowed out of the band and was replaced by long time Dead family member Jay Lane.  They didn’t say that they wouldn’t ever do shows again so this alone had given us fans some hope that they are not done yet.

Describing their “final” tour stop at the Los Angeles Forum, Variety wrote last year, “The show’s arena-sized production complemented the grandness of the moment, the video screens cycling through psychedelic colors and imagery to match the lighting, which felt more Phish-like than previous outings. The L.A. crowd soaked — and smoked — it up in a warm collective embrace.”

After the tour, Maybe launched his solo acoustic arena tour, Jeff Chementi and Jay Lane joined Bobby Weir’s Wolf Brothers, Oteil Burbridge hit the road with his own Oteil & Friends tour, and finally, Mickey Hart dove back into the world of his world music projects Mystery Box and Planet Drum.  Everyone had their thing going on and had Dead & Co fans (like me) mourning the end of such an amazing era of the Grateful Dead legacy.  Well, we were blessed with some amazing news that Dead and Company isn’t done just yet.

A year after announcing their final tour, Dead & Company will reunite at Las Vegas’ hottest, roundest new venue. Titled “Dead Forever,” the residency will consist of 18 shows over six consecutive weeks, running May 16 to June 22, with each weekend’s three performances featuring a unique setlist. According to a press release, the residency will include “never-before-seen visual storytelling from Dead & Company, providing fans with the ultimate connection to the music through these innovative and immersive shows.”

Advance presale registration is available now on the band’s website. The presale will begin on Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. PT, with the general sale starting Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster. Tickets start at $145.

Dead & Company “Dead Forever” Sphere Residency

Week 1: Thursday, May 16; Friday, May 17; Saturday, May 18

Week 2: Friday, May 24; Saturday, May 25; Sunday, May 26

Week 3: Thursday, May 30; Friday, May 31; Saturday, June 1

Week 4: Thursday, June 6; Friday, June 7; Saturday, June 8

Week 6: Thursday, June 13; Friday, June 14; Saturday, June 15

Week 7: Thursday, June 20; Friday, June 21; Saturday, June 22

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I have been running this blog since 2009. AKA as the Great Southern Brainfart, Southeast of Heaven is my baby now and forever. I’ve had my ups and downs with bands over the years but they are all great experiences and memories. My Swedish friend Charlie said once, “Don is known for being one of the meanest bastards in American rock journalism.” It’s nice to be loved.

I also once took a shit in Anthrax’s dressing room toilet and didn’t flush.

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