Weekly Encore

From Dave Matthew’s surprise sit in with the Daze Between Band to Phish’s surreal Seinfeld spoof, here’s a look at some of this week’s biggest (and most unexpected) news bits.

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Carter Norfleet, Carly Field & Corinne Guglielmo
May 03, 2025

May 3, 2025

WEEKLY ENCORE

From Dave Matthew’s surprise sit in with the Daze Between Band to Phish’s surreal Seinfeld spoof, here’s a look at some of this week’s biggest (and most unexpected) news bits. 

NEWS

On Tuesday, April 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act–or TICKET Act–for a second time.

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The Preservation Hall Foundation’s annual benefit series, dubbed Midnight Preserves, returned to Preservation Hall’s Big Easy location for the onset of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and subsequent musical offerings, from Thursday, April 24, through Sunday, April 27.

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Grateful Shred have announced the forthcoming release of their debut album, an eight-track collection of Grateful Dead deep cuts and originals, Might As Well, set to arrive on June 6 via their own Liberty Hair Farm Records in both vinyl and digital formats.

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Last night, the All-Star Daze Between Band brought select songs to Tipitina’s. The New Orleans venue was treated to a guest-heavy performance that centered around a core group of musicians, including Eric Krasno, George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Skerik, Jennifer Hartswick, Nicki Bluhm, Alex Wasily, and Raymond Weber, and an impeccable arrival of guests, including Mike Gordon, Dave Matthews, Duane Betts, G. Love, Jeff Coffin, and Neal Francis.

NEWS

Ohana Festival has revealed the artist lineup for its 2025 event, set to return to Dana Point, Calif.’s Doheny State Beach from Sept. 26-29. The Eddie Vedder-founded oceanfront festival will once feature a headline set from his Earthlings side outfit on night one, followed by top-ranked performances from Hozier and Green Day on Saturday and Sunday that lead a bill of 32 acclaimed acts

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Woodsist Festival has unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2025 return on September 20 and 21. Fifteen years after its 2009 debut, the vaunted indie label’s annual get-together will welcome fourteen Woodsist artists and friends upstate for a serene weekend of music and community at Accord, N.Y.’s Arrowood Farms.

WATCH

John Mulaney has shared a new clip from his Netflix variety show, Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney. The latest episode features guests, jam aficionados, also known as the Vermont quartet Phish. In the video, which can be viewed below, the artists each take on a character from the beloved television sitcom Seinfeld.