The GRATEFUL DEAD Returning to the Road in Spring 09 !!!

     MUSIC NEWS- Good news for Deadheads and jam band fans ---  After some late 2008 shows to support Barack Obama, this spring, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead will conduct their first tour in four years !  The band will take to the road starting  on April 12, 2009 in Greensboro, N.C., and will play sixteen "evening with" shows in nineteen cities through May 10, ending in the group's hometown of, San Francisco. Tickets start going on sale January 13, 2009.   The original Dead members;  Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart will be helped out by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (Rat Dog) and Allman Brothers Band/Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes.     "For me, it's the question mark that's really pulling me in ... what's gonna happen?," says Lesh. "When you walk out on the stage the possibilities are infinite every time."  See full itinerary below --


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The Dead Spring 2009 Tour Dates -

April 12: Greensboro, N.C. (Coliseum)
April 14: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
April 15: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena)
April 17: Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center)
April 18 &19: Worcester, Mass. (DCU Center)
April 21: Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena)
April 22: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wachovia Arena)
April 24: Uniondale, N.Y. (Nassau Veterans Coliseum)
April 25: New York (Madison Square Garden)
April 26: Hartford, Conn. (XL Center)
April 28 & 29: East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Center)
May 1 & 2: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum)
May 5: Chicago (Allstate Arena)
May 7: Denver (Pepsi Center)
May 9: Los Angeles (Forum)
May 10: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)

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