Update: Dead Tour/Obama in PA

bring it on!

Please play Austin!!

What a great way to start the week. This is the best news I've heard in a long time!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Obama gig is good thing.

Touring? Not a good thing with no new album and no new material. Nothing new = Nostalgia and money tour.

Ohio needs this tour!! We are an important state (as we proved by the w fiasco)with mass undecided voters and even more creepublicans! Please?? I also enjoy how you guys list former Dead members as "Warren, Haynes." He is deserving I suppose, credit as two people that is

I was hoping for one more tour from the Dead. My dream has come true!!

I can't wait for their Chicago show(s) and it's awesome that they are touring... it's just such a shame that they fell for the obama swindle.

Summertime, it's quite obvious you have never been or heard a Dead show in your life!

yeah man

Thumbs down for ^Summertime^, but I am definitly hopeful for a dead tour next summer. Mickey Hart Band and Phil and Friends were awsome this summer not to mention Ratdogs epic tour last summer with Kimock. I love Karan too, but kimock is the man.....If the dead gets back together, please put kimock on board!! GO OBAMA, check out his speech on youtube.com Made the hair on body stand on end.

Tennessee, Tennessee ain't no place I'd rather be! ! ! ! !

Summertime you are dumb!

How about 3 nights in Chicago?!

I'll be there all 3!!!!

Yes, this show should be in Chicago, Obama's hometown!

:)

I'll make it out NO MATTER the distance...but some east coast love would $ave me $ome ca$h :)

Caught one of the last "Dead" shows in 2004 and hoped it wouldn't be the last. Can't wait.

Actually, I am in accordance with Summertime .... I'd love it if ... The Dead ... put out new music and toured with that music ... And I HAVE seen MANY MANY "Dead" shows, including with JG. This does smack of (to me) nostalgia and finances ... If it happens, I think Phil should take the lead. I dig Phil as a band leader far more than Bobby. And Mickey and Bill too, since I've seen Rhythm Devis and Bill's Trio. Not a big Bobby fan - he's WAY to much about Nostalgia. They others at least changed things up, moved on. But if it happens, I'll certainly be interested in checking it out, anyway.

Nice!

going down the road feelin' good!!

Good luck, Steve Kimock performing again live onstage with, whatever the incarnation is called this week, is less likely than you meeting Easter Bunny.

And I've heard plenty of Grateful Dead shows in my lifetime. Enough to know that I generally prefer live Grateful Dead shows from 1968 to 1974 over their other performing years. I've got more than enough Dicks Picks and multi track recordings where I don't need to hear any more live stuff.

But what pray tell me does hearing a new incarnation of these musicians live have to do with being *ARTISTS* & *CREATING* new original material on a new studio album???? Please DO tell here.

Same ole, same ole. It is for the kids who haven't seen them yet.

The only swindle here is a nostalgia act going out with no new material and then only selling a whole bunch of live discs of the shows and touring for money only.

If it even happens at all without falling apart then enjoy spending your money on it.

While you're doing that I'll be seeking out younger musicians who are vibrant and who write brand new original material and spending my money on that.

I agree, they should play at Soldier Field in Chicago. It only makes sense considering thats where it all ended in 1995... Uptown Toodeloo

Its going to be Pittsburgh or Philly

so im guessin either Carnegie Hall or TLA

Good news, hopefully we will hear more about who's going to play with them Page and Trey? LOL

1st of all GGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaaaaat.(them playing together) As far as a tour..............holy guitar strings ratman. YEAH finally some news worth talking about. I am still waiting for dumb ass bluntand disco to make his stupid comment. Re:" Disco Biscuits should headline the tour with the Dead"...... NOT.

obama totally owned McCain on the bullshit experience argument in his speech at the DNC

oh and i forgot to mention......

PLAY ROTHBURY 2 WITH PHISH

Summertime....the 'who's playing with who' expert because he has *heard* plenty of dead shows....? Have you seen them?..Kimock has no current incarnation of SKB, but has graced the stage the last 6 to 8 months with more musicians than I can count, he has played with Billy, Mickey and Bobby (all in the last year). Easter Bunny? Maybe. Hey Summertime, did they call you and tell you this tour will have no new material? Please do spend your money on other up and comers and support the scene. That is about the only intelligent thing you had to say.

idk trey's pretty free until the summer hopefully he'll make at least one performance on the tour. 2 nights at spac would be great. or canandaigua, or bethel woods...

Summertime, You have no idea what you are talking about. To suggest that the remaining members of the Grateful Dead would tour for money is ridiculous. This band was never about the money. They were about making music and changing the world. They definitely dont need money now. I will go see them, and I will continue to seek out young vibrant musicians as well. Why does it have to be one or the other?

Phil lands Jackie Greene, and Bobby comes crawling back... got to love it.

Can't wait! Hope to see them more than once on said tour. Sixmilliondollarman, I believe we have seen the last of bluntsnbisco420. He will pobably resurface with a different screen name, but I think we will figure that one out very quickly. Considering his bullshit comments. Good riddence, blunts. Glad I did not know you.

Jeremy somebody above("noapollyon") asked me so I explained my past experience to that person, no more or no less.

Have I seen who?

Unless Phil extends an olive branch to Steve Kimock or vice versa it will not happen.

No, they didn't call me and tell me if they had composed brand new original material. Have you heard or heard of any new material in the works? The Other Ones 1998, 2000, 2002, The Dead 2003 & 2004 had no brand new album. I hope I'm wrong and as artists that they *DO* at least attempt to CREATE brand new original material. Though they may need some help and someone elses line may need to be burned up -->

Robert Hunters phone should be ringing off the hook though if they dare to take a chance again.

Even the current New Riders of the Purple Sage are putting out a brand new album.

i am REALLY not trying to be negative here, and if you disagree i'm sorry, but to me it's a shame that the dead are reforming around politics rather than for their own artistic pursuits. Jerry would never have been a part of this, he always opted to remain politically inactive, I can't remember the quote exactly but it was something to the effect of "choosing the lesser of 2 evils is still choosing evil". I'm not saying obama is a bad candidate, but we all know that in order to be a major player in politics these days means compromising a lot of beliefs. The politicians who don't compromise are written off and don't stand a chance. It hope for the sake of the country that Obama is the man that the Dead sees him as, but I their music entwined so much with their political ideas, for me that is not the Grateful Dead and it will make the music a little bittersweet.

Friggin' awesome.

This is incredible, i really hope that they actually come within a few hours of where i live that would be superb because i am willing to go distance to catch these guys. The sad thing is though that i really love what the plf and ratdog are doing right now respectively, but then again the dead will be great. What i dont understand is why people are so insistent that they create new material, dont just create new songs for the hell of it, play them only if theyre good. that being said did i say that i cant wait for this

Thumbs down for calling out obama?? He's the biggest tool to come around in years... Just because he says 'hope' and 'change' doesnt exactly mean he's any good.

judging by way that the allman bros/ratdog summer tour went and how hot mickey hart has been latley, i can only imagine that this is gonna be amazing!!!!! Fuckin stoked...........

Too bad Obama is a complete fraud. A far-left, big Gov't type masquerading as a centrist to try to deceive the country into voting for him. He was ranked most liberal and most partisan - aka the least likely to work with a bipartisan Congress he allegedly claims he will "bring together".

BGsteveBG...you need to watch the ONLY news shows that are legit. Daily show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report. to call Obama a tool is pathetic. go to other websites to resort to calling people (especially well-respected ones) names. Grow up bro.

It really scares me that many of you are hating on Obama. Do we really need to add another 4 years of Bush-style policy and tactics? I, for one, say no fucking way..

He literally is a tool. I don't use name calling loosely.

And did you just seriously say that the daily show and colbert report are legit news shows??

Who Cares if Jerry was politically inactive. seriously. was jerry a perfect human, he was an artist of all forms, and he was quite literate and he was a smart person, but to be uninvolved in politics because things are not perfect in this system is simply cowardice and an easy way out. Jerry is wrong for not caring about politics, as a citizen we should do what we can to change what we can, do whatever is in your power to control. I love that the dead in the abscense of jerry have started to care about what politics can do for the people that need it, and Obama is the guys that can finally do the things the dead have idealized since the 60's

A Dead Tour sounds pretty good to me! I always liked Rob Barraco with them. And as a far as a guitarist, you've always got Warren, but could you imagine Derek trucks? That would be awesome. Then there's Kimock. I don't see Trey jumping on tour with The Dead, imo.

Obama =/= Freedom.... read up people...

BG when I read I usually go down the page and speaking of freedom I think the current executive administration has clearly taken away many of our freedoms while strengthening their executive power as to where the system of checks and balances has become a system of checks written out to anyone who will agree with their neo-con philosophy. Let's see Patriot Act, Wire Tapping, unlawful Firings, Indictments, dodging subpoenas, I think that our leaders should be responsible for their action do you not agree?

I agree completely. But, sadly, anybody that believes obama will not continue to trample over civil liberties is quite misinformed.

Check up on obama's voting record... you might see that his voting differs quite a bit from the empty rhetoric he spews

o yea i was just thinking, maybe this bluntsnbisco character just was getting a kick off his reputation of saying stupid stuff, i truly beleive that no person is as stupid and ignorant as that cat made himself seem. just saying its a hypothesis, i mean he did manage to annoy people, some people get a kick out of that stuff

Dudes,

Anybody on this board that does not agree w/ Phil, Bobby,Mickey and Bill should shut the F. up! You don't think they thought about this endorsment..?

This is the 2nd F.'n reunion they are doing for Obama. WAKE UP! Get on board or get out of the way. We dont need you "negative nellies" voting or going to any G.D. related shows for that matter.

Yea!!! That Just got me super HAPPY!!! DEER CREEK, Alpine. Omg if PHISH gets on a summer tour this will be INTENSE!

please no joan osborne and hopefully jackie is involed in this.....

unlawful firings...bill clinton(among others), wire tapping......jfk (among others), indicments....any/every administration, dodging subpeonas...any/every admin, and last but not least patriot act (or even more severe consequences that were in place during war time)....try lincoln and WWI/WWII presidents for starters......

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS....RAINKING, THE ELECTION WILL BE LONG GONE BY THE TIME THE TOUR ROLLS AROUND (APRIL-MAY). I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DOING IT FOR ARTISTIC MERIT. I PERSONALLY VOTE FOR WARREN TO JOIN UP. AND ABSOLUTELY PLEASE, NO SUSAN TEDESHI. PLEASE, PLEASE, NO, NO. IF WERE GONNA GET A LADY MAKE IT JOAN OSBOURNE.

ON A TRAIN TO TULSA

Why does there have to be new music? shouldn't they keep playing while they still can? the fans obviously still love it- maybe this tour is for the true deadheads out there.... and as for a guitarist, they should try out John Kadlecik from DSO for a bit, I don't think anyone else out there sounds more like Jerry or knows his style better than him.

Summertime just doesn't get it. To me, a new show is just as good as a new album. A whole new tour though… that's a good reason to make travel plans.

How about comming to Soldier Field agiag

12-2 Cornmeal

3-5 Family Groove Company

6-8 Umphreys Mcgee

9-12 The Dead !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Virtuous dead fans are the worst kind of fans in the World, they belive because theyve seen 100 plus shows or because they lived through the 60s,70s,80s so on that they hear the real sound and that anyone who has fun or can enjoy the dead with out having seen the Grateful dead is a fool !!!! Well sorry that i was born in the 90s bitches but the sound is still there and so is the vibe. Feel it, breath it and Live it!!!!! If you call yourself a deadhead get your head out of your ass and start living the dream !

Dead youth for Jackie Greene !!!!

Gas 100 dollars Tickets 100 dollars Veggie Burrito and a lot shirt 25 dollars....seeing the dead reunite ...PRICELESS....(please dont make it unaffordable)

sahagian what I do not "get" is why some cannot provide valid reasons to support their argument and valid evidence to support those reasons.

seeee ya'll in april. i got hibernate for the winter so i can some outwith a big blast of red white n blue BLUES!!!

shit yeah hippy! i couldnt get enough of the last two tours and looks like my calendar is free april-may.

Matt and Trey of South Park said it best in there episode where the kids vote between a giant douche and a turd sandwich. Sure, it is obvious that Obama is the lesser or two evils, but I am really fucking sick of choosing between a douche and a turd. Give me someone who is going to make REAL change (Ron Paul!!), not more of the same demopublican politicians who are going to spend billions we don't have to make government even bigger on programs that don't work.

Awesome on the Dead Tour, but don't support the dude who isn't McCain because he isn't McCain. These 3rd party politicians who are not bound by the demo vs. repub banter really need your support, need some celebrity support to get their word out, and to let people know it is OK to vote 3rd party if we want REAL change.

Smashy Smashy - I used to share your sentiments. I voted for Nader 8 years ago. Guess what? It's a wasted vote. I don't see any change to the 2-party political system coming any time soon. There is no perfect candidate...especially not Ron Paul. I typically find that Ron paul supporters are rather eccentric conspiracy theorists without any empirical data to support their positions.

only one place for this type of gig sweet home chicago

this is great news! please come to philadelphia or other surrounding cities! John Kadlecik, MarK Karen, and Jimmy Herring would be some fine choices to handle the axe. why not all three?

I will go for the music, as for Obama- no thanks.

LOL at the guy who said this would be at the TLA in Philly. Were you really serious about that??????????

and also, i'm hoping the oct 13 show will be at the SPECTRUM..it would be great to see the dead close the spectrum out

Baruch Hashem

Sorry to break everyone's heart on this thread but, as much as i love the dead, supporting obama or mccain for that matter is absolutely rediculous. Obama is going to destroy this country justs bush has done and just mccain would as well. They are both bought and paid for by the military industrial complex, ie the bilderberg group and other globalist think tanks like the CFR and trilateral commission. I just want everyone out there to ask Bob Wier, WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING AT BOHEMIAN GROVE!!! As much as i love the guy and his music, that question is too important in light of the fact that they are tossing support to a mainstream puppet candidate. BTW HoodooVoodoo, not to call you out but that conclussion that you just expressed is the conclussion that you have been herded too. This might be hard for you to accept but the reason why they give you two of the same candidates and call one democrat and one republican is so you either decide between a douche and a cunt or just say fuck it and not vote. So dont go saying a vote for ron paul or a vote for nader is a waste of time. In a constituitionalist republic(thats right, america is and never was a democracy, see thomas jefferson) we arent supposed to ahve to choose between twocandidatesthat teh elite choose for us. Stop being a fucking pussy, grow a set and start voting for people who make sense, instead of the scum bag dictators who are going to carry out the new world order agenda. Call me eccentric all you want, at least im not a fucking sheep like your dumbass. Look up these words on youtube, bilderberg, endgame, jordan maxwell, building 7, arron russo, america freedom to fascism, fabled enemies... Stop being so fucking stupid BTW, if you see the media creating a major candidate you can assume they are bad. Trust me, this assumption is always true... all of you out there who cant understand whatim talking about should think about jumping into the ocean, your too stupid to survive...

Soldier's Field tries VERY hard to not have concerts anymore, which is why most acts get sent to Northerly Island (which I once loved,but my last few trips there have been far less than a "fun time"). I'm guessing that if it's April and May, either Allstate Arena or perhaps even the Auditorium Theatre. I wouldn't doubt A Rothbury spot(if they Do have the fest again), or maybe a 2 or 3 night run at either Alpine or Deer Creek. Just hope it comes within a 2 hour drive to chicago.

Great. Another Dead incarnate tour for us Canadians to miss out on.

^^^Verbal delaneyiahrrea strikes again.

All the water molecules in my body just turned into exclamation points!

^that was a positive statement :)

Folks claiming that the lack of new music will equate to a "grab the money" tour apparantly know nothing about the development of material by the Grateful Dead. Since the beginning, studio albums were made up, primarily, of songs the group "worked out" live over the course of several years before releasing. This would not be possible in the context of a single planned spring tour. I wouldn't be surprised at all to hear a debut or two of a Hunter or Bobby song, but it's silly to think these guys who haven't even been in a room together for more than a half hour in the past four years would want to release an entire album of untested material.

What's with the Obama hate, and as for that douche who likes Ron Paul, we might as well be 50 seperate nations if that's who you wanna vote for, Ron Paul despite his beleifs against the war was the worst candidate there was

I don't care if they endorse Mickey Mouse... They are going to tour again!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO... GOIN' TO A SHOW!!!!

no new album/material,then I guess the Grateful Dead should not have toured from 1980 to 87. lol

whats with every thread online combining music and politics becoming war between everyone, voice your opinion awesome, attack other people for their opinion.. no bueno :) i'd love to see the dead, for or against obama

fuck yea.

rehsyyrtert

Sorry smashy smashy, Ron Paul is a tool. And delaneyira, i understand your sentiment on everything in the world is fucking evil blah blah blah, BUT if you don't believe that votes for Nader were wasted votes and that we havn't been worse off having Bush in office vs. Gore or Kerry then you have missed the last 8 years. I agree that the 2-party system is fucked BUT to believe that it won't matter if Obama or Mccain is president is crazy. Obama is clearly standing for stopping the war and pulling troops unlike Mccain. That alone is reason enough in my book to support him. But if you are happier surfing youtube and wallowing in how the world is a helpless mess, have fun with that.

oo-de-lolly. I guess the KY is probably out, but somewhere within driving distance would be grately appreciated. can't wait

oh yea, this will be great. Obama can kiss my ass.

I love the dead but do deadheads give a shit about obama??? last I heard hippies were part of a counter culture against the establishment.....a harvard grad who is well connected with many shady folks in illinois is hardly in the spirit of the dead....if the dead played to support a third party canidate to help raise money and awareness and to show the 2 party system is screwing our country up bigtime...that would be cool...wherever this is I feel the bad vibes already...sorry but obama sucks hairy balls...

DEAD TOUR WILL BE A BLAST!!

oh man, this just made my day....my lease is up in april and i couldnt think of a better reason to take a month or 2 off of work and travel around with the dead, seeing as how im 26 and never got to experience it back in the day.

Guys if you don't support the message than Do Not Go! You are not needed or wanted! You will only be taking up space from someone whom "Gets it". Please go ruin someone else's environment.

delaneyira - I came to the CONCLUSION that you were a fucking idiot after the fifth misspelled word in 2 sentences. Calm down, just because people don't share the same political view as you doesn't mean that they 'cant survive in life'. Get a grip, asshole.. go contribute to a political blog somewhere if you feel that strongly about your views.

p.s.

Thanks

Just because the Grateful Dead in their heyday were against the establishment doesn't mean that they can't vote of support a person who they seem to think is a figure that can do a lot of good, and is going to try and bring america back on course to drive towards the vision it once was. It's not like they support every dem candidate, not like they toured for gore or kerry or the re election of clinton, but they see this dude as different. all people who are apathetic towards politics should just leave the country because they are not doing their duty as a person and citizen of the united states.

Like I said "These shows are not for you guys". Mindless Losers.

P.S. Leave tour and don't come back.

Thanks

Asswipe (You know who you are)!

I don't if anyone caught it, but in the recent Rolling Stone interview with Obama on the cover he cites the Grateful Dead as a band that he likes when asked about what is on his ipod. Probably the first possible president that would ever say they actually like the Grateful Dead.

WAHOO! YEAH! OH YEAH! SHAZZAM! HOT DAMN! SON OF A GUN! CA-RAAAAZY! YEAH!

i think that pretty covers my initial reaction to this vague, but INCREDIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT!

what a great fucking birthday present to me today...all smiles here, but can we leave the political shit out of jambase, jesus christ...

iwantstogetfunked up, Bill Clinton was a dead head...and oh yeah, this will be an amazing experience considerin this as close as I'm ever going to get to a grateful dead show with all original members. A true grateful dead family reunion, and I can't wait to be a part of it.

Lord have mercy! this should be fun for everyone. really really looking foward to 2009 now. Obama, dead, lets add a long shot in there too phish? wishful thinking cant wait til the dates to be announced. never thought id be excited for winter months but i must say i am a wee bit. enjoy everybody and a good show to one and all

If the republicans were smart they would have a big crowd try and crash the gates causing the entire event to backfire thus showing the country the bad choices Obama makes by hanging with a band that is well know for drugs and anti- establishment types....

Jerry must hate these other tools he made famous - There is no way They should pick a side - it's gay!!!!!!! And the only way I would go to a 2009 tour is if derek is willing to tour as the only guitar player not named bob. PEACE BITCHES

What about WIDESPREAD PANIC?? They're the ones that bring on the REAL HEAT. There music could change generations and influence us all to vote for whoever THEY like. I vote for j.Bell!!!!!!!!!

Its going to be at PSUs Bryce Jordan Center.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm there!

the show will be at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA on oct 13th

DEAD TOUR, yes please. POLITICS, no thanks.

I dont mean to downplay the importance of politics in today's society...your involvement will undoubtedly determine the condition of our nation for (at least) the next four years to come...however, in regards to this article, i feel the focus should be more heavily directed towards the INCREDIBLE news that the DEAD will once again be hitting the road; and bringing along with them an allstar lineup that we should all be grateful to have the opportunity to see...thats just my opinion...............

"WHY I AM VOTING DEMOCRAT "

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

*I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

*I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq , I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.

*I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy-headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the voters.

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there and come over here, I don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with.

*I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my horse.

*I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 10% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 18.75% isn't.

*Makes you wonder why anyone would EVER vote Republican, now doesn't it?

NOBAMA

SUUHHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETT!!!!

The Obama show ought to be in the Birthplace of freedom:Philadelphia! remember you heard it here first,he show will be at the soon to be torn down Spectrum.the Grateful Dead did 53 shows there,the Dead did 2 more in 2001.Where ever it's held it's gonna be a HARD ticket 2 get.Peace.

just an additional tidbit of info i though i could fill ya'll in with....

From jambands.com:

Some additional information has been released regarding the Dead reunion performance we reported this past Friday. On October 13, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart will indeed reunite along with Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti for a benefit concert in support of for the Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Allman Brothers Band also will appear on the bill, with a third band to participate as well. The show will take place at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA with ticket information yet to be announced.

thank goodness!!!!!!!!!okay...

so who's coming on tour? :)

as a late answer to BGsteveBG...you probably watch FOX news which is THE single worst place to get truthful news. FOX news is Rupert Murderass's own personal news station. If he wants the news presented in a certain way, so it is, with his own spin on things. If you have to watch regular news than CNN is probably the best way to go. BUT...I believe the most unbiased and truthful news can be gotten at Comedy Central. Yes, Comedy Central. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report offer the most unobstructed insight into exactly whats going on in the world IF YOU CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES. Trust me. Watch faithfully for a whole week and tell me you didn't learn stuff even CNN doesn't report. They have no agenda except comedy and thats why it's the most unfiltered news source out there. Please folks...I know FOX has the Simpsons and all those good TV shows...BUT their News is the most lopsided news out there. JUST SAY NO TO FOX NEWS!

hahaha i guess people will put negative comments about anything on jambase. The Dead are touring! The Dead are touring! let's go!

DJ Saturday- That is all a crock of shit. Are you really worried about being able to fight terrorists with a gun in your house?! That is the kind of retarded fucking shit Republicans try to scare people with. And your argument on gas is ridiculous! A single company making obscene profit and a country raising money through taxes is not even the same concept. You would probably say the country is running perfectly on Republican leadership huh?

MADE MY YEAR!!! So...whos read to go on tour for two months?!?!?

Yes.

Let me first say this! The dead live in Marin Co. as a past resident myself i can tell you it is extremly republican!!! secondly leave the music and the politics in their own separate places. The gRateful dead were anything but Political I bet jerry could be nothing but ashamed of this so-called stand!!! And really the best these guys can do is a dead cove band albeit the best dead cover band ever but still... I would go see em as I did when they played alpine and they ripped the wholy shiite out of the place!! But this political tour makes me ill! I dig the donor rap that phil has cause its a great cause having family that needed donation but this is a wreck! I fthey only knew what Obama was really about! Being originally from CHicago I can answer all your questions about who THE man reallyis! Try this on fer size. He was the lawyer to the slumlord of Chi-town !Obama was the lawyer that helped destroy then relocate all the projects in the south side and them distributed them among cities they never had a place in! Hows that for you? The man they are trying to elect is just another face-man. And let's not confuse the fact of how he became a Senator!! Thats even better. Go do your research and realize that hea and McCain arent that far apart! Blues for allah inshallah!!! Whatever will be , will be!!

Batteries Sold Separately!@

did someone say f' the religious right?

This is the best news I've heard in MONTHS!

you haters act like some of our most revered living icons just attach themselves to a political event cause they wanna be popular or something. they have never played such events ever before, and possibly, never will again. However, they have seen something in this (less then perfect human being, who isn't?) man that most Obama supporters have glimpsed. a chance. A chance to take just one little step away from business as usaual in washington. and little steps are all you can take in this day and age of politics. that's why 3rd party votes are just wasted at this point in time and only serve to elect the definately wrong guy.

washington is so very f'ed by the last administration, I don't envy anyone who has the task ahead of them.

If you consider yourself a fan of this music that is called jam, you must know that bashing Obama is like bashing the Grateful Dead. We trusted them all these years...why stop now?

Whoops..forgot to say...JOAN OSBOURNE ROCKS....down with the Joan haters

Dead + Tour = ( O Y O )

*it sounds like theres alot of "College know it all" hippies on here

-watch BBC - thats where its at!

dead spring tour + phish summer tour= me broke/happiest man on earth

High Stepping into town... Rainbows full of sound... Crazy Roosters... Balls of Lightning...

*EVERYBODY'S DANCIN'!*

....The Music Never Stopped.

It's about time...the boys are getting back together...i can't wait for next year's tour, i hope they will bring what these past 4 years has been missing. i do love phil lesh and friends and ratdog, but i'd rather see the boys all together. i really do wish that they get someone as great as jimmy herring to play lead, i know that many of you would love to have trey, which would be cool, but i think he's got a Phish reunion of his own to deal with. And no offense to those who love him, but if Jackie Greene takes the lead, i will definitely pass. Mark Karan can outplay Jackie Greene anyday, so maybe they should take him...it'll be interesting to see...as for the Obama thing, well, NO TALKING POLITICS ON THE FIRST DATE!

dead=good

obama=phoney deceiver

Good luck Jimmy Herring in TOO or TD or whatver they call it this week is about as likely as you encountering Tooth Fairy. Jimmys gig *IS* WSP now. It is his to lose. Jimmy lives in GA. WSP is based in GA. Much simpler than flying out to SFO for rehearsals or whatever with TOO or TD or PL&F or whatever.

OVERALL:

First is there a single planned tour? Dead.net the official source for GD, TOO, TD news makes no such specific mention, yet Faux news, jambands.com, jambase.com, etc speculate that there is in fact one? We'll see.

Second, the development of material by the gd and too or td are two seperate things.

because they are two seperate bands.

not the same at all.

the grateful dead actually *released* brand new albums with new material regularly.

whereas the other ones, the dead, etc have never released an album because they have not developed new material even though they have had the chance over the course of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, & 2004. yet they did not TAKE the chance over the course of opportunties they had during all of those years.

A song or two debut does not/would not creativity make. 10-12 songs then maybe we're talking.

And what it is even sillier is to think that these guys who haven't even been in a room together for more than a half hour in the past four years let alone rehearsed for that amount of time would decide to do a full blown tour.

Lead guitarness for the Dead(kind of) SCOTT MURAWSKI.....period.

+1 for KIMOCK - really the only logical choice IMO. Not a big fan of the politics and music AT ALL though. Obama can go fly a kite.

" will join together again on October 13 to perform a benefit concert for the Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, "- Jambase

Hence if you buy a ticket, you will be donating to Obama's campaign.

Either support Barack or please stay home. Maybe Lynard Skynard will do something for John McSame that day so you morons can all get together for that.

I 2nd that Scotttty!!!!!

futhepharmer = dumbest person on jambase.

obama is cool. the dead is cool. i don't get my political information from message boards on jambase. soooorry.

BgsteveBg=Mindless Asswipe

Obama benefit is going down on Oct 13th in State College PA.

Bob, Phil, Bill and Mickey to Play Obama Benefit on October 13th (UPDATE)

For Immediate Release

September 2nd, 2008

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart announced today that they will join together again on October 13th to headline a benefit concert for the Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA. Also appearing will be the Allman Brothers Band, plus opening act to be determined.

Last February, Weir, Lesh and Hart performed together for the first time since 2004 at the hugely successful "Deadheads for Obama" show at The Warfield in San Francisco. Now founding Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann joins his musical brethren in service of this historic cause, with Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti rounding out the band.

http://www.dead.net/features/news/bob-phil-bill-and-mickey-play-obama-benefit-october-13th-update

"Republicans ass blastes me", "Guys talk about how their gonna blast me in the ass" Charlie- ( It's just a bunch of ass blastin) HAHAHAH I love it's always Sunny in PA.

To all of you kids out there who havent put the pipe down or stopped doing E long enough to get a grip on what is really going on in the world, please do the rest of us a favor and stay on election day. If you love the music as much as I do, then go to the show for the music. Dont sit here an make baseless accusations & comments about politics you dont understand. To everyone here who cites "CHANGE", could you please provide some details as to what this change is? No one in this campaign spewing this rubbish seems to be able to say what they plan on changing or how...maybe some of you smart people know something O doesnt...

I've been waiting on this since the '03 and '04 Dead Tours. Those were two great tours with some awesome music. YES YES YES

this could be the last chance to see a good protion of the band that started it all -- if you take the politicos out of it, it should be a real good time -- hopefully we'll not see the same prices of some of the other nostalgia type acts -- but if you're a head, how can you pass this up -- the last chance?, who knows, maybe!!!!

Orpheus are you serious?? I am the opposite of 'mindless'. I, unlike 99% of obama's supporters, am cursed with too much common sense. Somebody says they will 'change' things, and...hah... for SOME reason, i look to see what exactly they will 'change'...how they will 'change' it... and obama offers none of that information. he. is. a. fraud.

I love how everyone is saying this will be great if the politics stay out of it. Well, this is a show in support of Obama like it or not. Politics will be a huge part of this particular show. And like someone said above, a ticket bought is supporting Obama's cause so if you feel that strongly stay home and pray for Mccain.

A Dead tour would be cool but supporting a candidate who supports the institutionalized racism that is affirmative action is retarded. Maybe some of you like to be blatently discriminated against but I don't. Musicians and actors all support Obama because they don't live in the real world. Apparently many of you don't either but when Mommy and Daddy stop paying your bills you will want a fair shake in the workplace. With Obama in charge-not happening.

How dare you not believe the empty rhetoric of a candidate offering the illusion of a solution because he wants your vote??? How dare you get your news from anyone other than some guy in a basement on youtube????? Anyone who disagrees with me is a serial rapist and should rot in hell!!!!!!!!

-Hippie who takes himself way too seriously

Woot! I've been waiting for this for a while. PLEASE...Hornsby on keys and lead vocals and Kimock on Lead Guitar!!! That's about as close to good OG Dead as its gonna get.

As far as Obama. YES! Obama 08!!!

BUT - I do agree that politics and music should remain separate, like church and state (though this seldom ever happens).

BGsteveBG,

I am very serious. Don't you trust the guys that have been bringing you LSD and killer music for decades? Don't you feel like you owe them the respect to at least keep your mouth shut if you can't do them the favor of helping to get their Man elected?

p.s. sorry for the insults, I'm very amped up about this.

Peace

WSP is staying off the road for most of 2009 freeing up jimmy's schedule

We needed a miracle!

Orpheus.. Do you always vote for who "brings you LSD and music" wants you to vote for? All we are saying is someone should tell us how Obama is going to make change and what exactly is he planning on doing. And if an artist supports him, I think it is appropriate that they know this too. So far everything he has suggested is old news, makes the fed. government even bigger and wastes plenty more money we don't have. It's what Bush and McCain do minus the war in Iraq, but just watch it will be a new war somewhere else. It always is with these same old politicians.

Orpheus.....you'll do a little more for your cause if you give reasons why YOU want obama elected, all i can see from reading through your posts is "GD likes him so we should all like him"....that's pretty mindless support....i'm sure you have legitimite reasons for backing obama, but mindsets on both sides of the aisle that just support someone without any real thought or reasons that they can articulate is what has gotten politics to the state its in now

happy-happy joy-joy ! smells like Bonnaroo ! so the old men have beaten the boys on the reunion -

How about naming some Roo headliners ?

Dead

Phish

Zep ?

What does "the Word on the Web is" mean?? There is no mention of it on dead.net???

I checked back several hours later expecting to be flamed but I've actually got three thumbs up. Wow. Apparently I'm not the only one who doesn't give a ratdog's ass who Bobby votes for.

Wow wow wow, this is awesome!!! Wouldn't mind hearing Page take a solo during a Sugaree and hands down Kimock is my choice to play lead...he's the only guy I know who can come close to Jerry's notes...no if only Phil would pay him cash...off the books :)

Hey Summertime...is the tooth fairy coming to your house tonight..? WSP is on hiatus in 2009 after NYE.....pretty much frees up Herring doesn't it? It is amazing how 'in the know' you are on whatever GD related musicians are or are not doing. You must work for Monterey.

I think the members of GD should spend a shitload of cash sitting in the studio to release new material....with record sales declining year after year as well as our ability to listen to over produced studio CRAP I pray for new material and a studio release....something like Go To Heaven or Built to Last would be killer!! (joking) Why in the world are you hanging your hat on 'new material'? Get over it. Hey folks....don't look for Summertime on Spring Tour he is not going. He is going to stay home and listen to other bands that have released new studio albums this summer.

Wow...some of you guys are so smart! All these examples of how Obama has done shady things that I've never heard of. And I've read up on the man. You really smart folks should become investigative reporters! It's amazing how the examples you've shown us have slipped right by the McCain camp. Oh, what's that? the McCain camp did investigate said examples and found them to mistruths and rumour, cause they sure would have used them in the campaign if they could've, you bet your big ole smart asses!

Thanks for the support Orpheus! I sure as hell am not dumb. I speak very well for a human being of my age, thank you very MUCH!

To all the people hating on Obama in this thread, don't worry, it sounds like when election day rolls around, he'll probably lose anyway. It's all a bunch of bull shit spin doctoring, and most people don't even understand the issues. Its just that republicans tend to be more aggressive and better at the spin. That being said, it is amazing to me that SINCE most people don't understand the issues, the guy who most closely resembles GWB is going to win, boggles the mind. Since both candidates are essentially the same aside from the normal bullshit talking points that only come up in campaign season, I would think that people would vote for Obama just b/c he's a dem and that is the closest we'll get to "change" in this country. Oh well, I guess having a 78 yr-old shell-shocked multi-millionaire and the mayor of a 6,000 pop. town in alaska as the no. 1 and 2 in charge won't be so bad. sigh. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be american.

^^^^yeah, but you trust CNN....read up more and use many many other sources because CNN is totally biased

I like how if I dont want to vote for Obama then I'm a racist... Cause that what democracy is all about. Apparently if I'm not a huge liberal then I shouldnt like the dead? Music transcends.

No Jeremy myths don't enter my mind or home.

Jimmy would have to have an olive branch extended to him as well by Phil or vice versa. He didn't leave PL&F's on the best terms.

Jimmy also has a brand new solo album(his first) coming out here in a month and a half which he has hinted will result in a supporting tour. He has a wife, 2 children, a motorcycle, fishing, & WSP to take up his time next year. If he gets really antsy maybe some ARU gigs.

Apparently the composers of the articles on www.jambase.com news section have visions of the tooth fairy(myths) because neither www.dead.net nor www.widespreadpanic.com(the one and only news item dated today has no mention whatsoever right now) mention anything about what has been reported here recently. And jambands.com for that matter.

http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2008_03_24.00.phtml

Jimmy says this:

"Well, you probably know this about me Dean, I may have even talked to you about this before. I’m just not any good at spreading myself thin. Something’s gonna suffer if you try to do too much at one time, you’re gonna hit that syndrome: jack of all trades master of none. I like to do one thing at a time and this is the exception, even me doing this record during Panic’s time off, I normally wouldn’t be doing something like that."

I'll believe it when I see it on wsp.com only.

the problem bowlegged texan is not that you shouldn't be a dead fan if your not extremely liberal, it is more simply that if you enjoy the way in which the grateful dead approached music, and this is the way that they approached many other things as well. If you enjoy the logic behind the culture of the grateful dead, then it is not being liberal it is simply being free to do whatever, free form, improvisation, these are brought about by not having restrictions. Just lift the veils of ignorance, and you get the release of the burden of restriction. but what the hell did i just say?

Brethren, let us not forget that........Michelle Obama is hot.

Well guys, this is coming from someone who sees the Grateful Dead as one of the biggest musical inspirations in his life and who believes that they should be the band that unites all of us purely out of the goodness that is live music! I must say that after learning that Barak Obama (three days after Russia decided to invade Georgia) said that the United Nations should be the decision makers on how to deal with this conflict, even though Russia has the veto power in the UN, I now believe that Barak is completely incapable of having the intelligence to run this country! In fact, I doubt in his ability to be a Senator! I have been waiting for another tour for so long and I am heartbroken about this! But, I will not be giving any of my money in support for this media tool. All of you can say what you will but that is my stance.

hell yes i can' freakin wait...summertime slapyourself

Anyone see Obama's proposed gun control policy...guess home defense and going to the range is out of the question

community organizer?!! that is not much experience at all. nobama!

i live in pittsburgh anybody know when tix go on sale got to be ready!

Maybe the money I donated to Obama will help me here. I'm going to my local Obama office today to volunteer with some stuff and I'm asking for some favors! I figure people who have supported the campaign with money and labor should be rewarded! They did give me first dibs at Stevie Wonder and DMB tickets which I didn't take because of work so....

noapollyon: the thug oil barons running Georgia would like the US to step in. It's all about Caspian Sea oil rights. Vote for McCain, just dont complain if you or your friends have to go die for the elitists who control America!

I think that keeping those oil rights out of the hands of Russia is the biggest priority of the issue. Russia already controls most of the oil that is going into Europe and that is the main reason that the EU has not proposed sanctions against Russia over this conflict. After Russia's continued support for barbaric dictatorships like Iran and Venezuela, the World does not need a European monopoly on oil from the likes of Putin's puppet, Medvedev.

I'm alarmed that anyone would call Cesar Chavez a barbaric dictator. It is obvious to me that whoever believes this just listens to the biased American Media rather than the real poor people of Venezuela. Venezuela has over 80% of its population that is extremely poor (our standards of poor in the US don't even compare) and Chavez has done more for these people and his country than anyone else! That is why he is democratically elected by an over 80% of the population, quite different than the US where a 55% victory is considered a landslide.

weird chavez is only pulling in 80% of the votes....most dictators get closer to 100%.....just try forming a 3rd (or even 2nd) party in venezuela and see how great chavez is....

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.and your point about our "poverty" in the US not even comparing to poverty across the rest of the world is SO TRUE...so very very true

thats the sexiest thing ive heard all day!

the funny thing is half these poeple find 1 fault in a human being and WHOOOA FUCK THEY CANT BE PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-THE GUYS FUCKIN HUMAN AND DOING SOMTHING W/ HIS LIFE OUTSIDE OF SITTING ON JAMBASE PRETENDING HE KNOWS POLICTICS.....

im all for good conversation but most of you are full of shit, saying shit that you heard from a friend or co-worker

Hell Yeah!

I've been in need of a Dead show.

My best friend works at the Wachovia center, I asked him Tues. if he heard about dates being held for the Dead.He asked his contact in the front office-the guy looked suprised and said it was the first he heard about it.The guy called hinm Thurs.and said the Dead put a hold on the Spectrum for 2 nights, my buddy asked if they were in April,he said "no,in October" I see someone gave me a thumbs down vote on my last post.Hey don't shoot the piano player!Stay tuned.............

Missed their show in Feb at the Warfield (RIP) but i heard it was absolutely phenomenal! They should keep Jackie Greene and Molitz then add kimock who is a true master on the guitar. But for me being 18 this is so incredible because not only is it THE DEAD, but its also a cultural movement with Barak.

After watchin McCain's terrible speech tonight. no wonder the Dead likes Obama!