Tonight’s “Don’s Pick” Radio Show Preview! There are Grateful Dead shows—and then there are the moments etched permanently into the mythology of live music. Halloween 1980 at Radio City Music Hall sits high on that mountain. A venue as grand as New York’s iconic musical palace became the playground for a band that lived and […]

The Grateful Dead Live There’s nothing quite like experiencing the Grateful Dead live—and at Dead Set Live, every song played is the live version. No studio polish, no edits, just the raw, improvisational magic that defined one of the most influential bands in rock history. Tonight, we spotlight a rare and unforgettable performance: the Grateful

In the long, winding history of the Grateful Dead, a few shows stand apart—not just as great performances, but as moments where the legend deepened and the unexpected unfolded in real time. October 8, 1989, at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, is one of those shows. Billed cryptically as “Formerly the Warlocks,” the band’s return