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Phish Expand “Tweezer Reprise” into Six-Part, Two-Set Exploration at Summer Tour Closer

Phish’s 2025 Summer Tour was an inexhaustible testament to their sustained courage and creativity. Through 23 stops across the country, the foundational jamband continued to embrace fresh challenges and perspectives, taking a left turn from previous 4.0 era runs with a renewed commitment to reinventing the classics and unfolding massive jams. The many unforgettable highlights they dosed out along the journey included record-breaking treatments of “Carini,” “Down with Disease,” “What’s Going Through Your Mind” and “Sand” and the full-set “Tweezer” medley that capped off their tour opening series in New Hampshire and has since been termed “Tweezerfest.” Indeed, night after night, this Summer Tour affirmed that we are living in a golden age of Phish, four decades after they first stepped into the spotlight.

ALSO READ: Phish Push “Bathtub Gin” and “Chalk Dust Torture” Past 20 Minutes at SPAC Opener, Tease Black Sabbath’s “N.I.B.” During Night Two Follow-up

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Billy Strings Returns to The Shire, Brings Hobbiton to Spark Arena in Auckland

Billy Strings arrived at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, for his fourth and final show in the Oceania region on Tuesday night. The performance followed the band’s visit to J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world, where they explored The Hobbiton Movie Set, the location used for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the inspiration behind the group’s 2022 Halloween performance in Asheville, N.C., dubbed “Away from the Shire.” During the concert that ensued, the group worked through two sets of music that evoked themes of existential pondering and nostalgia, classic motifs of the bluegrass catalog that also apply to Frodo Baggins’ own range of feeling.

Steal Your Treats, Not Just Your Face

If your four-legged friend is part of your Deadhead family, it’s time they dressed the part. Our new Grateful Dead Pets Collection features officially licensed collars, leashes, and toys decked out in iconic imagery, from the classic Steal Your Face to those ever-loving Dancing Bears.

Whether you're taking your dog on tour (or just around the block), this gear brings style to every walk, wag, and woof. It’s a match made in heaven for Dead-loving pet parents, and their good boys and girls.

FEATURE

The Brent Mydland Years: An Appreciation of the Grateful Dead in the 1980s

On July 26, 1990 Brent Mydland passed away. With the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary in mind, we look back on his contributions to the group, as well as the band’s music from this era with this piece that originally ran in our August 2005 issue. For more on Brent, you can also read our article on his unreleased solo record.

Bid Now: Historic Grateful Dead Radio City 1980 Poster

This VERY RARE original 1980 Radio City Music Hall poster, designed and hand-signed by acclaimed artist Dennis Larkins, commemorates the Grateful Dead’s legendary acoustic and electric performances during their eight-night residency in New York City. These October shows, paired with a run at the Warfield in San Francisco, formed the basis of the beloved Reckoning and Dead Set live albums.

Our From The Vault auction featuring a trove of vintage and rare Grateful Dead concert posters is LIVE. Bidding ends Friday, August 8th at 5 PM EDT.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Announce Sun, Sand and Soul 2026: Jason Isbell, Taj Mahal, Drive-By Truckers and More

Tedeschi Trucks Band have officially announced their third-annual Sun, Sand and Soul Beach Weekend, returning to Miramar Beach, Fla., from April 23-25, 2026. The torch-bearing Southern rock ensemble’s next destination event with Topeka will maintain their high standard for action-packed music programming against stunning Gulf Coast views, featuring a stacked lineup of their peers in blues, roots rock, Southern soul and broader Americana.

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Meyer Sound Explores Grateful Dead History in New Short Film, A Legacy in Live Sound

The sonic integrity of a Grateful Dead concert has long been a pull for frequency seekers. During the onset of the psychedelic ‘70s, the band’s fathom audio engineer, Owsley Stanley, recruited John Meyer to assist in actualizing the Wall of Sound. This first-of-its-kind high-fidelity system would ultimately change the course of live music, and still inspires a partnership between the modern iteration of select players, Dead & Company, and Meyer Sound, resulting in a new short film, A Legacy in Live Sound.

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Led Zeppelin Celebrate 50 Years of Physical Graffiti with New Live EP

50 years after issuing their triumphant sixth studio album, Led Zeppelin have unveiled their plans to celebrate a half-century of Physical Graffiti with a new Live EP. Arriving on Sept. 16 via Rhino alongside a deluxe repressing of the immortal 1975 record, the four-track collection features concert recordings of “In My Time of Dying,” “Trampled Under Foot,” “Sick Again” and “Kashmir,” capturing the on-stage energy of the creatively invigorated and pivotal era.