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.
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. The tour was extended to include a total of 21 dates on September 10. 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. Additional tickets were also given away by John Mayer's fan forum and by HeadCount outside of Madison Square Garden at the band's November 1 show.
Reception The tour was very well-received, with The New York Times referring to its "tremendous success" and Billboard calling the shows "magical". Mayer's playing was particularly praised; 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".
Tour dates The band performed 22 concerts in sixteen cities. Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / Available RevenueOctober 29, 2015AlbanyUnited StatesTimes Union Center12,648 / 15,258$999,667 October 31, 2015New York CityMadison Square Garden rowspan="2" rowspan="2" November 1, 2015November 5, 2015PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center17,863 / 17,863$1,461,285 November 6, 2015Washington, D.C.Verizon Center November 7, 2015New York CityMadison Square Garden(free show) —November 10, 2015WorcesterDCU Center13,942 / 13,942$1,042,557 November 11, 2015BuffaloFirst Niagara Center rowspan="3" rowspan="3" November 13, 2015ColumbusNationwide ArenaNovember 14, 2015GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumNovember 17, 2015AtlantaPhilips Arena12,037 / 12,783$953,506 November 18, 2015NashvilleBridgestone Arena10,082 / 11,760$690,524 November 20, 2015St. LouisScottrade Center 11,066 / 13,706 $953,560 November 21, 2015MinneapolisTarget Center 8,222 / 11,896 $715,125 November 24, 2015Broomfield1stBank Center rowspan="4" rowspan="4" November 25, 2015November 27, 2015ParadiseMGM Grand Garden ArenaNovember 28, 2015December 27, 2015San FranciscoBill Graham Civic Auditorium 17,032 / 17,032 $1,277,400 December 28, 2015December 30, 2015InglewoodThe Forum 30,852 / 30,852 $2,850,192 December 31, 2015
Musicians Mickey Hart – drums, percussion Bill Kreutzmann – drums John Mayer – lead guitar, lead/backing vocals Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, lead/backing vocals Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals Jeff Chimenti – keyboards, backing vocals
References
External links Dead & Company official website