The Grateful Dead To Tour

• 8th Jan 2009

Four of the surviving members of The Grateful Dead are to regroup for a 19 date US tour later this year. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kruetzmann have toured occasionally since the death of the band's frontman Jerry Garcia in 1995 but differences both musical and personal have always halted any long term plans.

The group, who now call themselves just The Dead, have revealed to Rolling Stone that they are back on friendly terms again, after working together on a benefit concert for Barrack Obama back in October. They will be joined by Gov't Mule and the Allman Brothers Band's Warren Haynes on lead guitar and Ratdog's Jeff Chimenti on keyboards for the live dates, which will begin on 12 Apr in North Carolina.