Rebel has sold out
Because dropping acid and rolling in the dirt ain’t free.
“A fool and his money are soon parted”.
Casey Jones you’d better watch your wallet. Trouble ahead, Jerry Garcia is dead. No way I would pay that much to see a remnant of the group.
Never liked them. I also will never pay more than $50 to see a band, no matter how good the light show.
VW van reunion tour.
some folks have too much money and time with zera to do.
Only a retarded old drug-addled hippy mind would pay for some crap like that!
I wish they’d chosen to close things out by announcing a couple of short-notice, unadvertised “Formerly the Warlocks” shows, selling the tickets using their old network.
That might have been fun.
They’ve had one helluva run.
I never got into the Grateful Dead that much. There were some good tunes, but I was not a member of that lifestyle, a “wanna-be-perpetually-doped-up kind of Hippy. To each his own. I’m sure that group would figuratively throw rocks at some of my favorites.
I’m one of the 22 people alive in the 70’s who will tell you straight out that I liked two of the world’s silliest songs; #1. Kung-Fu Fighting #2. Disco Duck, and two of the world’s corniest; #3.To Sir With Love, by Lulu. #4. Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow. Yes, I liked them, I liked them real good!
In 1998, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, along with several other musicians, formed a band called the Other Ones, and performed a number of concerts that year, releasing a live album, The Strange Remain, the following year. In 2000, the Other Ones toured again, this time with Bill Kreutzmann but without Lesh. After taking another year off, the band was active again in 2002. With Lesh's return for this go-round, the Other Ones then included all four living former Grateful Dead members who had been in the band for most or all of its history.
In 2003, the Other Ones changed their name to the Dead. The Dead toured the country in 2003 and 2004. In 2008, members of the Dead played two concerts, called "Deadheads for Obama" and "Change Rocks". In 2009 the Dead performed on a spring tour, and were at the Rothbury Music Festival on July 4, 2009.
I wouldn't pay one red cent to see them.
$116K? Holy crap, gonna need a big miracle.
"I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves."
I’m a huge Dead fan, especially circa ‘77-’80, but Phish sucks and they have that guy replacing Jerry. Plus Bob is getting old. I’ll probably listen to a live stream if available, but Widespread Panic is where it is at today. I suspect this show will feature 3 hours of instrumental elevator music and 10 minutes of rocking.
The Dead have never hid the fact that they are about capitalism and making some moola. That said, these prices are not serious - there’s some media shenanigans afoot.
They can be offered at whatever price someone wants to ask. Have any been sold at that price?
What is happening, is that these old artists have lost their voice.
Consider: McCartney, Tony Bennet, Linda Rondstadt, Captain and Tennile.
I would rather pay for a younger cover band.
The Grateful Dead? I thought they where dead!
Wouldn't see them today for free. Still listen to American Beauty though.