Surviving Members Of The Grateful Dead Tour Separately
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emailFans of the Grateful Dead will be able to see musicians from the prototypical jam band on their own U.S. tours this spring and summer. Meanwhile, the Furthur Festival, founded in 1996 by the band's surviving members, will be resurrected this summer after a yearlong hiatus.
Guitarist-vocalist Bob Weir 's Ratdog has lined up a string of spring festival dates beginning May 5 in Atlanta, with a pair of House of Blues gigs sprinkled in.
Drummer Mickey Hart has 21 dates with his new Mickey Hart Band before the start of the Furthur Festival, including the WOMAD festival on July 29 in Seattle.
Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is currently finishing up a solo outing of his own and will appear on the amphitheater circuit with Bob Dylan this summer.
The Furthur Festival will be headlined by the Other Ones, a band that includes Weir, Hart and Bruce Hornsby. Reggae stars Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers will also appear on the tour, which is set to run from late August through September.
Lesh distanced himself from Weir and Hart after a dispute late last year over how to go about digitizing the band's vault. Ironically, the official explanation for the lack of a Furthur Festival in 1999 was the absence of Lesh, who was recovering from a 1998 liver transplant.
An itinerary for the Furthur Festival couldn't be confirmed at press time, but it is expected to focus mainly on the amphitheater circuit.
Ratdog
May
5 - Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown
6 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
7 - Nashville, TN - River Stages Music Festival
26 - Columbus, OH - Buckeye Lake
27 - Philadelphia, PA - Jam On The River
28 - Little Rock, AR - Riverfest
30 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
31 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
June
16 - Baltimore, MD - MAMA Fest/Maryland State Fair
24 - Bridgeport, CT - Gathering of the Vibes/Seaside Park
Mickey Hart Band
May
9 - Washington D.C. - 9:30 Club
11 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
12 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
13 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
14 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
16 - Englewood, NJ - John Harms Center for the Arts
18 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
19 - Bloomington, IN - Mars
20 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
21 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
23 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave @ The Eagles Auditorium
25 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
26 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Scottish Rite Auditorium
27 - St. Louis, MO - The Firehouse
28 - Cincinnati, OH - Electra
June
16 - Marysville, CA - Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
18 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Festival Fairgrounds
29 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
July
1 - Anaheim, CA - The Sun Theater
8 - Denver, CO - Lo Do Festival
29 - Seattle, WA - WOMAD U.S.A.
Phil Lesh & Friends
April
19-23 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
May
27 - Angels Camp, CA - Mountain Aire Festival
Bob Weir tickets at Ticketmaster
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Festival Guide: Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT [June 2008]
Festival Guide: 10,000 Lakes Music Festival, Detroit Lakes, MN [June 2008]
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