Dead & Company tickets now on sale for Cornell show: What to know about Barton Hall concert
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Dead & Company announced Wednesday that tickets for the upcoming benefit concert at Cornell University are available through an exclusive ticket lottery. The lottery will close at 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 10.
The May 8 show will be on the 46th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's legendary 1977 concert at Barton Hall.
All proceeds for the May 8 show will benefit MusiCares and The Cornell 2030 Project.
Fans can enter the lottery at cornell23.com, and it includes a link for discounted tickets for students. Tickets for alumni, staff and the general public will be released via lottery and will range from $300-$750, with VIP tickets available for $1,500.
Travel packages, which include tickets and hotel stays, are also available. The travel packages start at $760 and go on sale at 1 p.m. EST on Friday, March 10.
Dead & Company first teased a Cornell show in late February with a social media post that included “5.8.23” and a graphic that resembled Cornell branding and a design similar to the illustration on the Dead's live release of the May 8, 1977 concert.
On March 2, Dead & Company confirmed the show via social media. The Final Tour 2023 kicks off May 6 in New Orleans, with stops in Saratoga Springs and New York City.
Dead & Company includes Grateful Dead drummers Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir. John Mayer helps front the band as guitarist and vocalist, along with bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Jay Lane has helped fill in as a percussionist during Kreutzmann's recent health issues.
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46 years to the day…on May 8th Dead & Company will perform a special benefit concert at Barton Hall in Ithaca, New York. Proceeds from #Cornell23 will benefit @MusiCares & @Cornell University’s 2030 Project. pic.twitter.com/Oo7cUuAB8j
— Dead & Company (@deadandcompany) March 8, 2023
“Cornell 1977 holds a special place in Grateful Dead lore. That magical night lives forever and will always link Cornell and the Grateful Dead,” said drummer Mickey Hart. “On that fateful night in 1977, my wife Caryl was a student at Cornell but missed that performance. Many twists and turns later, we wind up once again at Cornell to celebrate that 1977 performance with a benefit concert at Barton Hall. If anyone finds some of my old brain cells that I lost back in ’77 in Barton Hall, please advise.”
The Dead also played Barton Hall in 1980 and 1981, but the 1977 show is considered one of the band's best. The show was attended by about 8,500 fans and was later archived in the Library of Congress.
In honor of the show's 40th anniversary in 2017, the Tompkins County legislature issued a proclamation declaring May 8 as Grateful Dead Day in the county. Commemorations of the show include a book published by Cornell University Press and an annual Cornell Chimemasters concert of Dead songs.
Another Grateful Dead offshoot, Furthur, which featured Weir and original bassist Phil Lesh, played at Barton Hall in 2010.
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