Dead & Company return to Sfera.
The jam band that unites surviving members of the Grateful Dead with singer-songwriter John Mayer mentioned Wednesday it is going to play an 18-show residency on the state-of-the-art dome-shaped venue in Las Vegas subsequent spring, lower than a yr after the group accomplished an acclaimed run of 30 reveals there.
Scheduled to have a good time the tenth anniversary of Dead & Company’s formation in 2015, Sphere’s new concert events will start March 20 and run via May 17. In addition to Mayer, the group consists of Dead veterans Bob Weir on guitar and Mickey Hart on percussion. with bassist Oteil Burbridge, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and drummer Jay Lane.
Dead & Company mentioned in an announcement that subsequent yr’s reveals will characteristic “up to date visuals” on Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot high-resolution video display. In an interview final summer time with The Times, Weir described the band’s first residency (which resulted in August) as “a piece in progress” and mentioned he envisioned extra interactivity between the musicians and crew than managed the visible content material of Sphere.
“At some level, the know-how will evolve to the purpose the place these guys will have the ability to intuit the place we’re headed after which be there with somewhat shock for us,” Weir mentioned.
Tickets for the 2025 residency will go on sale on December 13, with numerous pre-sales and VIP gives accessible earlier than then. The Eagles are presently within the midst of a Sphere run anticipated via mid-April; different artists who’ve performed the venue embrace U2 and Phish.
Founding Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh (who was not a member of Dead & Company) died in October at age 84. That identical month, the Recording Academy introduced that the Grateful Dead can be honored because the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year. -charity gala to be held on January 31 on the Los Angeles Convention Center.
