Get out your beads, put on a tie dye and bring your, um, brownies- The Dead are going on tour. The Grateful Dead toured for 30 years, staying on the road almost constantly from 1965 to 1995. Those days ended when frontman Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995. The surviving members of the band still occasionally tour, the last time being a 2004 U.S. summer tour.
Now, the remaining members of the band have come together for a 2009 U.S. tour. The latest incarnation of the Grateful Dead, without Jerry Garcia, is now officially called simply "The Dead." Warren Haynes will be replacing the late Garcia as the band's lead guitarist.
The 2009 Grateful Dead tour dates:
4/12 - Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Coliseum
4/14 - Washington, D.C.: Verizon Center
4/15 - Charlottesville, VA: John Paul Jones Arena
4/17 - Albany, NY: Times Union Center
4/18 - Worcester, MA: DCU Center
4/19 - Worcester, MA: DCU Center
4/21 - Buffalo, NY: HSBC Arena
4/22 - Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wachovia Arena @ Casey Plaza
4/24 - Uniondale, NY: Nassau Coliseum
4/25 - New York, NY: Madison Square Garden
4/26 - Hartford, CT: XL Center
4/28 - E. Rutherford, NJ: IZOD Center
4/29 - E. Rutherford, NJ: IZOD Center
5/1 - Philadelphia, PA: Wachovia Spectrum
5/2 - Philadelphia, PA: Wachovia Spectrum
5/4 - Chicago, IL: All State Arena
5/5 - Chicago, IL: All State Arena
5/7 - Denver, CO: Pepsi Center
5/9 - Los Angeles, CA: The Forum
5/10 - Mountain View, CA: Shoreline Amphitheatre
5/14 - Mountain View, CA: Shoreline Amphitheatre
5/16 - Quincy, WA: The Gorge
July - Rothbury, MI: Rothbury Festival
The Grateful Dead kept truckin' for decades, leaving behind a massive body of work behind
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