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Relix Daily
October 25, 2025
October 25, 2025
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The University of Oregon’s football team is flexing their connection to the Grateful Dead, and revealing the uniforms that were designed for their upcoming game against the University of Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, October 25, which has been deemed a “tie-dye out” for fans and players alike. Previously the athletic department announced its intent to commemorate Eugene, Ore. and the university’s connection to the San Francisco jamband, who performed at Autzen Stadium 10 times between 1974 and 1994.
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As the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit proceeds, Ticketmaster has alerted regulators in Congress to major changes in the company’s resale policies.
After turning in the final performance during the European/UK leg of his Fall Tour on Sunday, October 12, at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, Billy Strings has partnered with nugs.net once again. The bluegrass musician and his band will livestream imminent concerts, starting with his three-night run at the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Ala., on October 23 through 25. Included in the livestream offer will be Strings’ highly anticipated Halloween gig, and subsequent Nov. 1 follow-up, both of which will occur at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. Night one has been dubbed “Meet Me at the Crypt,” and will see each band member take on the persona of a different Universal monster.
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Carlos Santana has issued an official statement on a false story claiming that he criticized the NFL’s decision to book Bad Bunny for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. In a statement, the guitarist says: “I congratulate and celebrate Bad Bunny’s success and his position right now with the world and with the Super Bowl. I feel total oneness with what he’s doing because we are here to utilize art to complement and bring the world closer to harmony and oneness.”
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These concerts and this tour, 50 years later, are still considered one of the highest of high points in The Grateful Dead's performing career. In an era whena double album was rare enough, the Dead outdid even their own lofty standards by producing a 3 LP masterpiece that to this day is considered one of the finest live albums ever produced. Remastered from the original analog tapes, the album has never sounded better.
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Album Premiere: Luther Dickinson Baptizes Songs the Grateful Dead Covered in the Mississippi River on New Record Dead Blues Vol. I
Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) shared his new Grateful Dead-inspired album, Dead Blues Vol. 1, in its entirety with Relix.
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Leftover Salmon is looking ahead and mapping their forthcoming live schedule. The Boulder, Colo. band and 35-year jam institution will embark on a new series of Winter and Spring 2026 Tour dates, commencing over two nights, January 9 and 10, at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska. The freshly dropped dates will linger into April and take the group to the Lone Star State, before the band’s destination concert event in Hawaii.
