Dead & Company 2015 Tour

Dead & Company 2015 Tour
Tour by Dead & Company
Location United States
Start date October 29, 2015
End date December 31, 2015
Legs 2
No. of shows 22
Dead & Company concert chronology

The Dead & Company 2015 Tour was a tour by the band Dead & Company that took place between October and December 2015. It was the band's debut tour.

Overview

Following the surviving Grateful Dead members' successful Fare Thee Well concerts during the summer of 2015 Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart formed a band called Dead & Company with John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge. The tour was sponsored by American Express.[1]

The band initially announced one concert for October 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Following the presale for that show they announced another show at Madison Square Garden for the following night. On August 24 a full ten date tour was announced.[2] The tour was extended to include a total of 21 dates on September 10.[3] One additional concert at Madison Square Garden was later announced for November 7. This was a free show and was filmed and broadcast as part of the American Express Unstaged series. Fans were given the opportunity to win tickets through the band's website.[4] Additional tickets were also given away by John Mayer's fan forum[5] and by HeadCount outside of Madison Square Garden at the band's November 1st show.

Reception

The tour was very well-received, with the New York Times referring to its "tremendous success" and Billboard calling the shows "magical".[6] Mayer's playing was particularly praised;[7] a review of the 11/21 Minneapolis show said that since original Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia's passing, "there's been no finer 'Jerry' than the uber-talented Mayer".[8]

Tour dates

Dead & Company at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 2015

The band performed a total of 22 concerts in sixteen different cities.[9]

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / Available Revenue
2015
October 29 Albany, New York United States Times Union Center 12,648 / 15,258 $999,667
October 31 New York City Madison Square Garden N/A N/A
November 1
November 5 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 17,863 / 17,863 $1,461,285
November 6 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center N/A N/A
November 7 New York City Madison Square Garden
November 10 Worcester, Massachusetts DCU Center 13,942 / 13,942 $1,042,557
November 11 Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center N/A N/A
November 13 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena
November 14 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
November 17 Atlanta Philips Arena 12,037 / 12,783 $953,506
November 18 Nashville, Tennessee Bridgestone Arena 10,082 / 11,760 $690,524
November 20 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center N/A N/A
November 21 Minneapolis Target Center
November 24 Broomfield, Colorado 1stBank Center
November 25
November 27 Paradise, Nevada MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 28
December 27 San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
December 28
December 30 Inglewood, California The Forum
December 31

Musicians

References

  1. ↑ "What a Trip! Grateful Dead Team With John Mayer, AmEx on Charity Tour". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Grateful Dead and John Mayer announce US tour as Dead & Company". Consequence of Sound. August 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Dead and Company Expand Fall Tour With Newly Announced U.S. Dates". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. ↑ "Dead & Company Add Free MSG Show to New York Run". Rolling Stone. October 5, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  5. ↑ "ALL MSM TICKETS GONE - 11/7 Madison Square Garden Show in My Stupid Mouth Forum". Yuku. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  6. ↑ Dead & Company To Launch 2016 Tour, New York Times, February 8, 2016, retrieved April 8, 2016
  7. ↑ Taylor, John (December 1, 2015), Review + photos: Dead & Company a tale of two shows in one night at MGM Grand, Las Vegas Sun, retrieved April 8, 2016, With superb guitar skills and strong vocals on several titles ("West L.A. Fadeaway" and "Deal," among them), Mayer continued to win over the army of itinerant Deadheads in the audience Saturday night.
  8. ↑ Rupar, Aaron (November 23, 2015), Dead & Co. at Target Center: Is Mayer the spiritual heir to Garcia?, City Pages, retrieved April 8, 2016
  9. ↑ "Dead and Company Expand Fall Tour With Newly Announced U.S. Dates". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

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