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The Grateful Dead are the latest band to officially join TikTok, with their first video appearing last week.According to a press release, The Grateful Dead’s TikTok account “will serve as an outlet to celebrate the decades of music, generations of community, and endless array of creativity that has woven the band and its fans into every new era of the world’s counterculture and consciousness.”The band’s first video on the platform was a 30-second compilation of archival concert footage, artwork, interviews and more from the late ’60s to their final shows in 1995.At the beginning, an interviewer asks Jerry Garcia: “People are crazy about The Grateful Dead. How can you account for that?” with Garcia responding at the end, “What’s the question? Say it again, real slow.”The clip is soundtracked by a remastered 1969 live recording of their song ‘St.

Essra Mohawk, who recorded a dozen albums and saw Cyndi Lauper’s cover of her “Change of Heart” hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, died on Dec. 11 at her home in Nashville from cancer. She was 75.

Bob Dylan voiced his support for Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner at a show in New York, amid a series of controversies surrounding the writer.Wenner was in attendance at the gig on Thursday (November 16) and Dylan, who doesn’t frequently speak between songs at his shows, took a moment to shout him out towards the end of the performance.“All right, l’d like to say hello to Jann Wenner, who’s in the house. Jann Wenner, surely everybody’s heard of him,” Dylan said.“Anyway, he just got booted out of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame – and we don’t think that’s right.

Rolling Stone magazine has issued a statement following the recent controversial comments made by its founder Jann Wenner.The founder faced a wave of backlash last week after an interview for his new book titled The Masters saw him conduct discussions with seven “philosophers of rock”, all of whom were white and male.These included Bono, Bob Dylan, the late Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, the late John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend, and when interviewed by David Marchese of The New York Times, Wenner stated:“Joni [Mitchell] was not a philosopher of rock’n’roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test.

Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians. He apologized within hours.

The New York Times this week, Wenner said female and black artists aren’t “intellectual enough” to be interviewed for his new book, The Masters.In response, the Hall Of Fame decided to remove Wenner from the board, and the Rolling Stone founder shared a statement of apology.Shared via the publisher of his book, Wenner said: “In my interview with The New York Times I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists and I apologise wholeheartedly for those remarks.“The Masters is a collection of interviews I’ve done over the years that seemed to me to best represent an idea of rock ’n’ roll’s impact on my world; they were not meant to represent the whole of music and its diverse and important originators but to reflect the high points of my career and interviews I felt illustrated the breadth and experience in that career.”He added: “They don’t reflect my appreciation and admiration for myriad totemic, world-changing artists whose music and ideas I revere and will celebrate and promote as long as I live. I totally understand the inflammatory nature of badly chosen words and deeply apologise and accept the consequences.”Within his new book, Wenner asks questions of seven “philosophers of rock”, notably all white men – Bono, Bob Dylan, the late Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, the late John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Pete Townshend.In the introduction of the book, Wenner writes that women and artists of colour were not in his zeitgeist.

Just hours after he was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation board of directors, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner issued an apology for saying he chose interviews with a pantheon of white male musicians who he dubs the “philosophers of rock” because Black and female musicians were not “articulate at that level.”

NEW YORK — Jann Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians.“Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” the hall said Saturday, a day after Wenner’s comments were published in a New York Times interview.A representative for Wenner, 77, did not immediately respond for a comment.Wenner created a firestorm doing publicity for his new book “The Masters,” which features interviews with musicians Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend and U2’s Bono — all white and male.Asked why he didn’t interview women or Black musicians, Wenner responded: “It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music A day after the publication of a New York Times interview in which Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner said that Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level” of the white musicians featured in his new book of interviews, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that he has been removed from its board of directors. “Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” a terse statement from a rep reads in full; contacted by Variety, a rep for the Hall had no further comment. Wenner is a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which was launched in 1987, and had served as its chairman until 2020.

Rolling Stone and co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, has said female and black artists aren’t “intellectual enough” to be interviewed for his new book, The Masters.Within the book, Wenner asks questions of seven “philosophers of rock”, notably all white men – Bono, Bob Dylan, the late Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, the late John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Pete Townshend.In the introduction of the book, Wenner writes that women and artists of colour were not in his zeitgeist. He faced questions about this in an interview with David Marchese of The New York Times, and argued it wasn’t a “deliberate selection”.“It was kind of intuitive over the years; it just fell together that way. The people had to meet a couple criteria, but it was just kind of my personal interest and love of them.

Andy Cohen is mourning the loss of a friend. The Bravo star shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram for his late pal, George Kolasa, a luxury fashion executive who died on Wednesday after suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer. He was 57.

long strange trip made its final stop.Deadheads from all corners of the world flocked to San Francisco’s Oracle Park Sunday night to see iconic jam band the Grateful Dead’s successor, Dead & Company, play the last show of their ‘Final Tour.’Two of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart — along with singer-songwriter John Mayer, ex-Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and newly added drummer Jay Lane (who replaced one of the band’s original drummers, Bill Kreutzmann, for the final tour) — thrilled fans in the town where the original Dead was formed in 1965.Kicking off the three nights of their final tour on Friday, over 40,000 fans packed into the ballpark each night, with all three shows sold out. Deadheads were treated to some of the band’s more popular but cherished tunes, like “Bertha” and “Althea” during their first set, and after the intermission, heard Mayer slide on the guitar and bop around on stage to the likes of “Help on the Way” and “Cumberland Blues.”The band’s encore and final performance ever ended with “Truckin’,” “Brokedown Palace” and final send-off “Not Fade Away” — accompanied by a dazzling drone performance above the stadium — before Dead & Company gave their last bow to the audience as a band.For Deadheads tuning in via live stream through Nug.net — a live concert streaming service that had the exclusive rights to broadcast the show — the experience was less than ideal, with many missing segments of the show due to login issues or not being able to access their accounts in altogether for the final hurrah.‘The Final Tour’ started in Los Angeles on May 19, spanning to major US cities like New York and Chicago.Showing love from the Big

Carlos Santana's career-launching performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival almost didn't happen because he had a little too much fun before taking the stage. The guitarist, 75, recently revealed that Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia offered him hallucinogens right before he took the stage on the second day of the festival. "It was a real test, and the test was, 'You are higher than an astronaut's butt right now with whatever Jerry Garcia shared with me,'" Santana told People magazine.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Dead and Company’s summer tour — the group’s last ever, at least in its current incarnation — had its official kick-off on Friday, May 19, at Los Angeles’ Forum. The first of a two-night stand, the band — featuring original members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane (sitting in for Bill Kreutzmann who had to sit the 2023 trek out) — was in top form musically, playing for nearly four hours and spanning the Grateful Dead catalog from early studio cuts (“St. Stephen,” “The Eleven”) to Jerry Garcia solo songs (“Deal,” “The Wheel”) to fan favorites (“Eyes of the World,” “Wharf Rat”). The show’s arena-sized production complemented the grandness of the moment, the video screens cycling through psychedelic colors and imagery to match the lighting, which felt more Phish-like than previous outings. The L.A. crowd soaked — and smoked — it up in a warm collective embrace.

When Dead & Company returns to the road this summer for the band’s final tour, it will be without original Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman.

post on the band’s Instagram Saturday, Kreutzmann, along with bandmates Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and John Mayer, said the drummer will sit out their final summer tour. “Every day, things change,” the band said. “After many long discussions and some good old-fashioned soul searching, we are letting you know that our brother Bill Kreutzmann will not be joining us on our final summer tour.”A post shared by Dead & Company (@deadandcompany)A founding member of The Grateful Dead, Kreutzmann formed the group alongside Weir, Jerry Garcia, Dana Morgan Jr.

Keanu Reeves will be shifting gears to star in a new comedy alongside Jonah Hill, who will also be co-writing and directing.

somewhat controversial “You People” earlier this year and in 2021 co-starred in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated disaster movie “Don’t Look Up.” He also recently announced that he wouldn’t be promoting his own movies anymore.Hill is also collaborating with Apple Original Films on an upcoming Grateful Dead biopic directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk, where Hill would play Jerry Garcia and produce the film with Dines. (It’s unclear whether this will be Scorsese’s next movie after “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonard DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, also for Apple.)Reeves, of course, is enjoying the enormous success of “John Wick: Chapter 4.” He’ll appear as the character, at least one more time, in next year’s spinoff “Ballerina.” Apple Original Films have been on quite the roll lately; they won the Best Picture Oscar for “CODA,” have just released the terrific “Tetris,” and have some exciting projects coming this year (not just “Killers of the Floor Moon”), including Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” Michael J.

Ben & Jerry’s will be giving away unlimited free ice cream all day today to celebrate its birthday. The annual ‘free cone day’ happens every year, with the worldwide ice cream giant letting fans loose on their favourite flavours.

everybody, to help me on this one,” Weir told the crowd, “We’re gonna sing Happy Birthday to a guy named John Mayer.”The crowd erupted into cheers when hearing Mayers name, followed by a singing heartfelt Happy Birthday that left the venue shaking. In 2015, Mayer joined Dead & Company, filling the role of rock music icon Jerry Garcia, who died in 1994.

Noah Eckstein At the tail end of a light-hearted interview with Anthony Mason for “CBS Saturday Morning,” the concert promoter Peter Shapiro said he “might be holding” Chicago’s Soldier Field for GD 60 in 2025. “Just in case,” Shapiro added, as the video interview concluded, spurring awkward speculative banter among Mason and the anchors of the program.When I heard this, my first thought manifested as a bewildered utterance: Gee Dee Sixty? The moniker felt foreign spoken out loud. It also felt like something too good to be true, a pipe dream that Shapiro might have plans for but that ultimately would never come to fruition. But, amid a sea of things to worry about in 2022, a little speculation is like an oasis where Deadheads can ponder the epic-ness of a second Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Tour.  So, if GD 60 does becomes official, I think the band would have to bring back Trey Anastasio to play lead guitar.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicPeter Shapiro is a concert promoter, venue owner, magazine publisher and has just added author to his resume, with the Aug. 2 release of his book “The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Magic” (written with Dean Budnick).Based on 50 pivotal shows which helped define Shapiro’s life and guide his businesses, the book chronicles a career lived at maximum volume, starting with his 1997 purchase of the Wetlands, a New York City club that catered to fans of the Grateful Dead and Phish and incorporated social activism into its programming, his later purchase of Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theatre and the 2009 launch of Brooklyn Bowl, the first of five combination concert halls-bowling alleys-restaurants, which has hosted giants (like Robert Plant), rarely-seen legends (Ms.

San Francisco on this day in history, Aug. 1, 1942. Garcia is best known as the prolific songwriter, lead guitarist and most visible face of The Grateful Dead.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterApple Original Films has emerged as the highest bidder for Brad Pitt’s upcoming movie about Formula One racing.Joseph Kosinski, who just steered “Top Gun: Maverick” to blockbuster success, is directing the yet-to-be-titled film, which will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton.Brad Pitt is playing a driver who comes out of retirement to compete alongside a rookie driver and the titans of the sport. Ehren Kruger, one of the three screenwriters on “Top Gun: Maverick,” is responsible for penning the screenplay.Additional producers are Kosinski and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

EXCLUSIVE: A podcast about the disappearance and murder of a number of Grateful Dead fans is the latest audio series to be adapted for television.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOutsider music and outsider art have been bedfellows in just about every sense since the two art forms have existed, and that collaboration is celebrated and explored in the Outsider Art Fair, taking place at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York this weekend.The exhibit — which is celebrating its 30 th year and is billed “the only fair dedicated to showcasing self-taught art, art brut and outsider art from around the world” — features more than 60 international exhibitors, including works from the Michael Stipe Collection as well as an exhibition of psychedelic art curated by Fred Tomaselli called “Field Trip: Psychedelic Solution, 1986 – 1995.”The latter is filled with work from the likes of pioneering underground cartoonist/Zap Comix artist Spain Rodriguez, R Crumb, Robert Williams, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson along with original artwork related to artists like Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and the Who — there’s even the original drawing that spawned the Grateful Dead’s logo along with the origin story as well as preparatory drawings for the Jerry Garcia solo album “Compliments Of” from 1974 by artist Victor Moscoso.

Jonathan Cohen On the basis of his solo show at New York’s Beacon Theater on Friday night, Eddie Vedder hasn’t lost his sense of spontaneity. Since last May, the Pearl Jam frontman unexpectedly recorded an album with a new group of musicians and is now on the road with them for his first performances in indoor venues since July 2018.“We had some difficult times getting here, and if you feel the same, now is all that we have worked for,” he told the crowd during the second of two sold-out shows to start the three-week run.For some, it may seem a bit strange seeing an Eddie Vedder-led rock show without his Pearl Jam bandmates.

EXCLUSIVE: RadicalMedia is teaming with the Jerry Garcia Family LLC and Red Light Management on the Jerry Garcia feature documentary, directed by Jerry Garcia’s longtime collaborator, Justin Kreutzmann (Let There Be Drums!)  The announcement comes on the heels of RadicalMedia producing the critically-acclaimed, SUMMER OF SOUL edited by RadicalMedia’s Josh Pearson who joins the filmmaking team. 

Jonah Hill, 37, is gearing up to take on the incredible role of Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead on the small screen and is already looking the part! The actor was photographed walking around the set of the upcoming biopic about the band, which is directed by Martin Scorsese, in West Hollywood, CA on Nov. 30, and looked a lot like the late singer with a bushy beard and long hair.

Jonah Hill's been wanting to team up again with Martin Scorsese ever since The Wolf of Wall Street. Nearly a decade later, the duo’s found the perfect project.

Martin Scorsese is reportedly on board to direct a new Grateful Dead biopic for Apple TV+, starring Jonah Hill as band leader Jerry Garcia.According to Deadline, Scorsese will also produce the movie, alongside Hill and writers of the screenplay Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski – best known for writing ‘The People v OJ Simpson’.

Martin Scorsese just nabbed his leading man for a film centered on the life of Grateful Dead frontman, the late Jerry Garcia. Jonah Hill will star in "The Irishman" director’s untitled biopic and will also serve as a producer on the film through his Strong Baby production arm, Deadline reported on Thursday.

Apple TV+ with Hill, 37, starring as band leader Jerry Garcia, according to Deadline.Grateful Dead band members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce along with Garcia’s daughter, Trixie. Due to the rock group’s heavy involvement, Apple will be able to use the band’s music in the film.The group’s origins go back to 1965 in San Francisco’s Bay Area.

Jonah Hill is taking on a legendary role.

Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia in a biopic about the band, directed by Martin Scorsese.As reported by Deadline, Scorsese will direct and produce the untitled biopic with Apple. Hill will also serve as a producer alongside producing partner Matt Dines.The script comes from Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who wrote the critically acclaimed American Crime Story: The People vs.

Jonah Hill has nabbed himself a new role.