Launching Tonite - Dead Tour 2009

Greensboro NC is the home of the tour opener. I'm counting the days till my show on Friday night. There is some awesome historical venue by venue coverage over on Deadnet.com by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux. Click here for his recap on the bands history with the Tarheel State.

All shows of the tour will be available for download to MP3 or FLAC format normally within 24 hours of show date. Prices are $14.50 for MP3 and $16.50 for FLAC. Preorders are being taken at the Grateful Dead Store. Deadnet will post the setlists to see if you really really really want that show. Also available are the complete tour recordings for $269.95 MP3 or $309.95 FLAC.

For a grate NY Times article on the Dead click here.

For those with a Sirius XM radio subscription you will be able to catch the live broadcast of some select shows on the Grateful Dead Channel. The first show available with be Saturday April 18th's DCU Center show from Worcester.