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Dead & Company at Sphere, Night 2: What Was the Same, What Was Different
The second night of Dead and Company's residency at Sphere in Las Vegas showed some things will be standard nightly, others completely different.
But most fans probably don’t even count that as repeated content, since those two titles represent an opportunity for veteran Dead drummer Mickey Hart and assorted members to do their thing with an all-percussion instrumental, followed by a bit of jamming to segue back into the more intellectually comprehensible part of the show. While there might have been a bit of disappointment among some repeat customers who thought they might come back and have their minds blown in a wholly different way, it’s doubtful that many or any returnees were sorry they got a second look at the already-classic A/V spectacle that has the camera zooming out from Haight-Ashbury into a position hovering over the earth during the second number. One other minor difference from night 1: The segment that sees the entire screen filled with historical Dead poster art, backstage passes and ticket stubs remains intact… but it was absent the moment from Thursday’s show in which a switch was flipped and everything was suddenly seen as if under a massive black light.
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