If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Just in time for festival season, Target has unveiled some new Grateful Dead merch, available now on Target.com. The pieces all dropped on Target.com in the last few …
Read More »Touch of Salt (and Pepper): Target Unveils Grateful Dead Shaker Set for Deadhead Chefs
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Music fans may know Target best for the retailer’s selection of exclusive vinyl, but the site is also quickly becoming a home for some unique music merch. Case …
Read More »Sportswear on Shakedown Street: Shop the New Rowing Blazers x Grateful Dead Collection Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deadheads, it’s time to head back to the lot and get your wallets out. After dropping its first Grateful Dead-inspired collaboration a little over a year ago, New …
Read More »Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt to Receive 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
The Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, and Bonnie Raitt are among the recipients of the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors, with the artists to be celebrated at a ceremony this December. Jazz artist Arturo Sandoval and legendary Harlem venue the Apollo Theater — receiving a “special Honors as an iconic American …
Read More »Dead and Co. Jam Out 'Fire on the Mountain' for Bill Walton
Late NBA great and consummate Deadhead Bill Walton received a special tribute during Dead and Company’s performance at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 30. The moment came during Dead and Co’s rendition of “Fire on the Mountain,” during which the Sphere’s immersive screen was already displaying a …
Read More »Dead and Co. Will Stay 'Dead Forever' at the Sphere a Little Longer
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Dead and Company have extended their residency at the Las Vegas Sphere with a bunch more shows scheduled to take place in August. The Grateful Dead offshoot group …
Read More »Grateful Dead Honor Bill Walton: 'Biggest Deadhead in the World'
The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to Bill Walton, the NBA Hall of Famer and beloved Deadhead who died on Monday from cancer at 71. The band’s offshoot Dead & Company posted a statement on social media, writing, “Bill was an irreplaceable force and spirit in our …
Read More »Bill Walton's Long, Strange Trip With the Grateful Dead
The summer of 2015 was a culminating moment in Bill Walton’s life. He’d been seeing the Grateful Dead, in all of its iterations, for 48 years by that point. He’d been to hundreds upon hundreds of shows, but like so many Deadheads, the series of 50th-anniversary shows in Northern California …
Read More »Dead & Company Venture Out to Space — And Their Past — at Dazzling Sphere Opener
The long, strange trip just got a lot trippier. Dead & Company opened their much-anticipated Sphere residency in Las Vegas on Thursday night, making good on the potential of the world’s most high-tech concert venue and delivering what has to be the most dazzling visual show in Grateful Dead history. …
Read More »Lost Robert Hunter Manuscript Chronicling Birth of the Grateful Dead to Be Released
It’s a good day for Deadheads: Robert Hunter‘s lost manuscript is headed for publication. The Grateful Dead lyricist — who penned gems like “Ripple,” “Box of Rain,” “Uncle John’s Band,” “Eyes of the World,” “Dark Star,” and more — died in 2019. Five years later, Hachette Books will release The …
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