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5 Best New Moments as Dead & Company Resurrects Las Vegas Sphere Residency
What's new at 2025 Dead & Company Sphere residency? Below, find our five favorite new moments from opening night of their return to Las Vegas.
The band – a Grateful Dead offshoot that includes original members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane – seemed more comfortable than ever in the supersize venue, given both their decade of history playing together and a summer of Sphere shows under their belts. Last year’s May 16 opening night ( reviewed by Billboard here) included far more static shots of the band on giant video screens; this time around, every moment on the 240-foot-tall curved display served an aesthetic purpose beyond what any other concert venue can even attempt to provide. That made the show-closing “Touch of Grey” – the Dead’s lone top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 – especially poignant, as everyone left the striking orb singing along together: “ We will survive” and “ We will get by.” As ever, the Deadheads are a key component of everything the impactful group has accomplished in its 60 years.
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