GRATEFUL DEAD – ‘FARE THEE WELL: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD’ TO BE SCREENED IN UK CINEMAS

GRATEFUL DEAD – ‘FARE THEE WELL: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD’ TO BE SCREENED IN UK CINEMAS Tickets to go on sale on 13th May for ‘Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 years of Grateful Dead’ Broadcast via satellite from Soldier Field, Chicago to cinemas worldwide on Monday 6th July

Concert to feature original four members of the Grateful Dead – Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir – Performing together for the final time – Plus special guests Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti and Bruce Hornsby

London, UK – 5TH May 2015 – CinemaLive, Peter Shapiro and Madison House are pleased to announce that ‘Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead’ featuring the reunion of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir at Chicago’s Soldier Field will be broadcast to cinemas worldwide.

This special celebration will be broadcast via satellite to over 250 cinemas in the UK on Monday 6th July, nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia, which took place at the same venue in 1995. The 5th July concert will be the last time the band will play together. The Solider Field concerts received overwhelming fan response with more than 500,000 mailer order ticket requests received earlier this year.

Fans can purchase cinema tickets for the screenings from Wednesday 13th May and should visit
HERE for more information.

The four original members – Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh and Weir – will be joined by renowned musicians Trey Anastasio (Phish and the Trey Anastasio band), Jeff Chimenti (Ratdog, The Dead and Furthur), and multiple GRAMMY-winner Bruce Hornsby. The group will perform two sets of music.