On February 18, 2016, the band performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the tour. The band initially had one performance confirmed for 2016 at the Bonnaroo Music Festival but announced a full summer tour on February 8, 2016. įollowing the band's final 2015 performance on December 31, 2015, Mayer told fans that they could expect more Dead & Company concerts in 2016 and this was confirmed by Weir when he was interviewed on Periscope. The shows were called "magical" ( Billboard) and the tour was very well received. 2015 ĭead & Company initially announced only one concert date on October 31, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York but announced a full tour shortly afterwards. Mike Gordon of Phish briefly auditioned for the bassist role but had to withdraw due to being too busy with other matters. Instead he continued to perform with his band Phil Lesh and Friends. Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead, did not join Dead & Company. Mayer expressed a particularly strong enthusiasm toward playing with the new band. That August, Mayer and original Grateful Dead members Weir, Hart, and Kreutzmann formed the band, along with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and bassist Oteil Burbridge. A bond developed between the two, and while Weir and the other three surviving core members of the Grateful Dead were preparing for their 50th anniversary shows, dubbed Fare Thee Well, Mayer began practicing the band's large catalog of songs. In February 2015, while Mayer was guest hosting The Late Late Show, he invited Grateful Dead guitar player Bob Weir to join him in a studio performance.
Mayer recounts that in 2011 he was listening to Pandora and happened upon the song " Althea" by the Grateful Dead, and that soon Grateful Dead music was all he would listen to.
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