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Sometimes, our favorite band merch doesn’t come from a dusty concert tee bin; it shows up in places you’d never expect. Like, say, your dad’s favorite coastal-chic clothing brand. Vineyard Vines just dropped an unexpected collab with the Grateful Dead, and it’s as if tie-dye crashed a country club in …

Anyone familiar with the world of the Grateful Dead knows that one of the band’s most devoted and excitable fans was the late Bill Walton, the illustrious Hall of Fame NBA center who died in May 2024 at 71. During his life, Walton proudly boasted of having attended more than …

The Mayor of San Francisco is ready to welcome Deadheads to the Grateful Dead‘s birthplace: the Bay Area. On Monday, Mayor Daniel Lurie posted a video of himself in front of Golden Gate Park, announcing that Dead & Company will be performing there for three consecutive shows in August to …

This year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct acts including Soundgarden, Outkast, and the White Stripes —but some huge names from the ballot didn’t make it, most notably Mariah Carey (for the third time!), Oasis, and Phish. Carey is an undisputed pop legend; Oasis recorded some of …

Driven by dubious metrics, fumbling with clearly baked-in blind spots and biases, in recurring corrective mode (see Sister Rosetta Tharpe) when it musters the will, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is always missing much of the real action in its attempts to canonize music that, if it sticks …

The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year not only with a massive 60-disc live collection but also with a just-announced Best Of compilation. Fittingly titled Gratest Hits, the LP features nine classics from the Dead’s studio catalog, “Casey Jones” and “Friend of the Devil” to the Phil …

O n Dec. 21, 1967 — the winter solstice, when the sun’s annual perambulations through the zodiac had reached their most southerly point — light was dimming on the Summer of Love. In an unassuming pad at 69 La Espiral St. in Orinda, California, just east of Berkeley, a half …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Few fan bases are as passionate as Deadheads — the iconic name given to the devoted followers of the Grateful Dead. Since the early 1970s, “Deadheads” have not …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. After nearly 12,000 years, scientists have discovered a method to genetically engineer Dire Wolves — a prehistoric species that was once extinct. Although no one alive today has …

OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of dire wolf pups after 12,000 years, marking the end of that species’ extinction. And maybe you thought, “Wow, 12,000 years flies by!” Or you thought, “You mean, like in Game of Thrones?” But, if you’re a music nerd …