It appears the Dead will rise again at Folsom Field next summer, as the University of Colorado let the cat out of the bag on Dead & Company’s plans to play Boulder for the fourth straight year.
The band — featuring John Mayer and three of the four surviving members of the Grateful Dead — has not announced details of a summer 2019 tour. But CU’s Athletic Department posted event and ticketing information online last week for a pair of Folsom Field concerts, scheduled for July 5 and 6, to be co-presented by promoters AEG Live and Live Nation.
The was posted sometime last week, according to Google search results, and was still visible on Sunday before being taken offline.
Tickets for Dead & Company’s Folsom Field dates were listed at $60.50 to $150.50 on CU’s website, with a series of pre-sales beginning Dec. 4 leading up to the public on-sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 8.
When asked about the Dead & Company concerts, CU spokesman Ryan Huff said in an email, “We plan to host concerts in summer 2019, but we are not ready to announce anything yet on bands or dates.”
Dead & Company has played two-night stands at Folsom Field each summer since 2016, when the band . Through the 1970s and early ’80s, Folsom Field had been a major concert venue, hosting the likes of the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Van Halen and, on several occasions, the original Grateful Dead.
Since CU resumed allowing live music at Folsom Field in 2016, no other band has been booked to play the campus stadium. Dead & Company last played there .
The presumed 2019 Dead & Company shows are set for the Friday and Saturday nights of the long Fourth of July weekend, which means Colorado rock fans can and spend a long Independence Day weekend with the Dead.
Dead & Company features singer-guitarist Bob Weir and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, all of the Grateful Dead, plus singer-guitarist Mayer — a pop star in his own right — as well as bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.
