Grateful Dead Spring 2000 News

06/07/00 - Furthur 2000 tour dates are announced: (also see PollStar and TicketMaster - also here and here)
(Some links were updated after later venue/date changes)
8/23 Coors Amphitheatre, San Diego
8/24 Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA
8/25 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
8/27 The Gorge, George, Washington
8/29 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Denver
8/31 Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio
9/1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, E. Troy, Wisconsin
9/3 Darien Lake Amphitheatre, Buffalo, NY
9/4 Pine Knob Music Center, Detroit
9/7 Blossom Music Center, Cleveland
9/8 Coors Light Amphitheatre, Scranton, PA
9/9 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
9/10 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
9/12 On Center, Syracuse, NY
9/14 Nissan Pavilion, Washington, DC
9/15 Fleet Center, Boston
9/16 Sony Entertainment Center, Camden, NJ (Philadelphia)
9/17 Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA
9/20 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
9/21 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
9/23 Suwanee Music Park, Live Oak, Florida
9/24 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta

06/03/00 - A private performance (06/12/00) by Phil Lesh and Friends will be broadcast on the radio and the internet by KFOG-FM San Francisco.

05/21/00 - The Mickey Hart Band at the Chicgo HOB 05/20/00 will be webcast on the House of Blues site 06/08/00.

05/16/00 - The Marin Music Festival in San Rafael, CA 8/5/00 will feature the Mickey Hart Band, Weir/Wasserman, and the Steve Kimock Band.

04/27/00 - A brief Mickey Hart Band performance and Hart interview will be webcast on the House of Blues site 05/05/00. Also, Dick's Picks Vol. 17 (Boston Garden 09/25/91) has been released.

04/21/00 - Furthur 2000 lineup is announced: The Other Ones (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Steve Kimock, Mark Karan, John Molo, and Alphonso Johnson), preceded by: Ziggy Marley, ??? - tour will run 08-25-00 thru 09-25-00? (Update: Molo will not be playing with the Other Ones on Furthur 2000.)

04/20/00 - Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, and others will play a concert to celebrate the Library of Congress' bicentennial Monday 04/24/00 in Washington, D.C. (Update: Reports).

04/14/00 - Pine Knob Music Theatre in Michigan has announced Furthur in September. (Update: shows have also been announced for Fiddler's Green, Alpine Valley, and Montage Mountain).

04/05/00 - The Mickey Hart Band will tour not only this summer (05-09 through 07-29), but also in the Fall after Furthur 2000.

03/31/00 - According to the Wall Street Journal------ In the fight for Congress, two members of the former Grateful Dead band will perform at a $1 million Democratic fund-raiser Clinton will host next month [April] in Silicon Valley. (Update: Weir and Hart guested with the Flying Other Brothers Band 04/02/00.)

03/30/00 - Phil and Friends will headline Mountain Aire 2000 05/27/00.

03/19/00 - Vince Welnick will join the Mickey Hart Band.