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Key FactsGrateful Dead mark 60 years with 60-CD archive
May 12, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theguardian.com
  • In 2025, the band is marking its 60th anniversary with a 60-CD box set.

  • In June, Weir’s Wolf Bros are scheduled to perform with a full orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

  • Dead & Company’s 2023 tour grossed $115 million; the band recently completed a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere.

  • The original lineup ended with Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, followed by numerous Dead-related projects.
  • I don’t think drugs had all that much to do with our development, actually.
    — Bobby Weir, guitarist and founder member of the Grateful Dead, in a Guardian interview.
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