Music : Grateful Dead’s Bobby Weir announces first London show in 22 years at Royal Albert Hall with Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Aneesa Ahmed April 04, 2025

The Grateful Dead‘s Bobby Weir has announced his first show in London in over two decades, set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

Set to take place on Saturday, June 21, the show will mark Weir’s first appearance in London in 22 years. He will be joined by Wolf Bros bandmates Don Was and Dead & Company bandmates Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane.

The orchestral night will feature two full sets of music, including reimagined Grateful Dead classics and hits from Weir’s own catalogue. This will be the first time it is performed in London, with a full 68-piece orchestra.

Tickets for the Royal Albert Hall performance will be available through a series of presales beginning Wednesday, April 2 at 2pm BST and the general on sale will follow on Friday, April 4 at 4pm BST. You can find tickets here.

Grateful Dead’s Bobby Weir. Credit: Steve Jennings/Getty Images

Last month Weir revealed that he’s open to the “possibility” of the band reuniting as a trio for their 60th anniversary.

This year, The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary. Back in November, the band revealed that they had plans for a reunion featuring its four core members to celebrate the milestone, though that was abruptly put on ice due to the passing of co-founder and bassist Phil Lesh in October.

Lesh died back in October at the age of 84. A statement shared on social media at the time said that he “passed peacefully” and was “surrounded by his family and full of love”.

Weir has opened up on the chances of the Grateful Dead reuniting without Lesh later this year for the 60th anniversary in an interview with Rolling Stone: “I suppose I could go back out. I wouldn’t put anybody in his place, so it would be a trio at this point. It’d be me and two drummers. I’d have to think about that. I haven’t thought about it — it’s just now occurring to me that it’s a possibility that we could do that, since you asked.… I guess we’ll just see what the three of us can pull together.”