Will Dead and Company stop touring after 2022?

Update: Sources close to Mitt & Co. He initially claimed that 2022 would be the last year the band toured together. However, after guitarist Bob Ware he tweeted his amazement About Dead and Company’s suspension of tours, the same sources have changed their tune and said discussions are continuing about the fate of the band. “Dead and Company have not made any official decision that this is their last tour,” the band themselves said in a statement.

Whew, drummer Bill Kreutzman tweeted to Weir. “I thought you knew something I didn’t!” #themusicneverstops #wewillsurvive.

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Dead and Company started in 2015 with three original Grateful Dead members from the “Core four”, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann (guitarist Phil Lesh not joined), along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. . The group has been one of the music industry’s most consistent live acts since then, playing every year from 2015 until the pandemic in 2020 before making a comeback on another tour last summer.

Meyer’s love for The Grateful Dead returned several years before he joined Dead and Company rolling rock In 2013: “This kind of free-passing soul — I listen and I want to find a mixture of that openness. I kind of want to go into [a show like a Dead] Meyer said at the time. “But I wish there were tunes I was more familiar with. I wish I was the singer. I wish I had harmonies.” Two years later, the band formed with him to serve as the legendary Jerry Garcia.

While the Deadheads have often speculated on how many tours the band will embark on, rumors have been swirling among fans lately that this tour will be their last. The band’s management declined to comment on the end of the live tour.

Dead and Company’s latest tour last fall saw some changes as Kreutzmann missed several appointments due to non-Covid health concerns. At the beginning of 2021, he had to do it pull out From later canceled playing in the sand Appears in Mexico citing health concerns related to his heart.

Mitt & Co. They announced their summer tour 2022 The end of March, ticket sales for shows go live Friday morning. The band will start with them Final Round On June 11 at Dodger Stadium, their last show will be in about a month at Citi Field in New York on July 16. tickets Offers are available on band website.

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