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Dead & Company
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Dead & Company is an American rock band that formed in 2015 with a lineup of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar and vocals), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar and vocals), Oteil Burbridge (bass, percussion, and vocals), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards).[1][2][3][4] Jay Lane replaced Bill Kreutzmann on drums in 2023.
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![]() Dead & Company at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2017. Left to right: John Mayer, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart. Not pictured: Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. | |
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Dead & Company primarily perform Grateful Dead covers and is credited with popularizing Grateful Dead music to a younger audience.[5] In 2023, Lane replaced Kreutzmann as the band's second drummer for their final tour.[6] Their final tour was attended by over 840,000 fans, with the final show taking place in San Francisco, the birthplace of the Grateful Dead.[7]
At the tour's conclusion, John Mayer reassured fans that "Dead & Company is still a band," but the timing of future shows was uncertain.[8] Several months later, the band began a residency at Sphere in the Las Vegas Valley consisting of 30 shows from May to August 2024.[9][10]