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surviving Grateful Dead members reuniting to celebrate 50th anniversary w/ 3 Chicago shows ft. Trey Anastasio & more

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Surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will reunite to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with three Chicago shows from July 3-5 at Soldier Field, the same venue their last show with Jerry Garcia took place. Joining them will be Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby who performed with the Dead several times in the ’80s and ’90s, and Jeff Chimenti of Bob Weir’s band RatDog. Bob Weir tells tells Billboard that these will be the last shows with the four Dead members together.

Tickets will be available to fan club members from February 9-11, a local public presale runs from Feb. 12-13, and the general on-sale begins Feb. 14.

Peter Shapiro (Brooklyn Bowl and Capitol Theatre co-owner/booker) is producing the shows. That will follow four Phil Lesh shows at The Cap in March, in celebration of Phil’s 75th birthday. Real Estate side project Alex Bleeker and the Freaks celebrate the Peter Shapiro-owned Relix‘s 40th anniversary with a “Brooklyn Is Dead” show on February 10 at Brooklyn Bowl (tickets).

Watch The Dead’s 1974 Winterland concert below…