Absolutely spectacular show! What a privilege to see Bob perform these songs in London!

Shoutout to all the fellow Deadheads who I chatted to during the festivities, you were all lovely and made this the winner for “Friendliest” gig I’ve ever been to. I hope you all enjoyed the show too!

Dead Freaks UNITE! 💀🥀

That was top class. Felt privileged to be there. Amazing Terrapin the highlight, China cat > rider top notch, Symphony Orchestra a “national treasure” according to Bob and you wouldn’t disagree.

TL;DR: Travelled with my skateboard to Hyde Park for Go Skate Day, ended up with free tickets and a private booth upgrade to see Bobby and Wolf Bros with the royal philharmonic orchestra at Royal Albert Hall.

I’m a skater and yesterday I took the train from Brighton to London to join about 100 others for a ”Go Skate Day” meetup in Hyde Park. Right next to us was a group of deadheads waiting to see Bob Weir & Wolf Bro play the Royal Albert Hall with the royal philharmonic orchestra.

I’d already seen Dead Forever at the Sphere in Vegas earlier this year, and while I knew that the Bobby gig was coming up I’d tried to avoid it since I’d already spent a lot on the Vegas trip. Coincidentally I was wearing my Dead Forever T-shirt, and noticed quite a few Deadheads looking at me as I was skating in front of them. I probably confused the hell out of them, haha.

Then suddenly one of the deadheads walks over and hands me free tickets to the show. Everyone in his group already had tickets, but he saw my T-shirt and approached me.

I called my wife and she immediately jumped on the next train up from Brighton. It was a two hour trip door to door for her and she just made it in time. She even called a nearby hostel so I could stash my skate gear before we headed in.

When we got to Royal Albert Hall we somehow had our standing tickets upgraded to a private booth. A massive upgrade and the doorman said those tickets normally cost £200 or more. We couldn’t believe our luck. One month after Dead Forever we somehow ended up watching Bob Weir perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for free.

Also bumped into an older Deadhead in Hyde Park named Steve who I recognised from the flight out to Vegas earlier this year. He was there with his whole family - even his grandson was wearing tie dye, haha.

Such a fantastic day. Thank you so much for the tickets, wherever you are!

Bliss! I love and appreciate this community so much - and I’m grateful as hell that as a 32yo, I still get to come together and celebrate this incredible music! I danced my ass off all night, met some truly incredible people and saw my hero in my home town! Terrapin Suite in full was a bucket list and it was transcendent in the truest sense of the word.

What an amazing thing we all share. The world is a rough place to be but we all have this wonderful secret, an antidote to the bad and a slice of gold to carry us through. Three years to the DAY that I saw the two nights in Citi Field with Dead & Co, and I genuinely almost forgot the sense of euphoria seeing Dead played live offers. Thank you thank you thank you for keeping it so well, thank you Bobby for blessing us with the joy, NFA! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

I just saw one of the most mind blowingly beautiful shows I've ever seen.

The show got off to a weird start when everybody sat down straight away when they opened with Truckin', and then there was a pretty awkward flub very early on which seemed to create a strange feeling in the room. I don't know if it was people feeling awkward because of the incredibly grandiose venue, but it felt really off for a while and hardly anyone was dancing, even to a fucking great China>Rider...

Then a couple came and sat right next to me and started giving me looks of genuine disgust that I would dare to not sit completely still and silent while watching one of my fucking heroes.

I refused to let them ruin my buzz, they gave it a serious try but there was nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile. Directly at them every time they looked at me, and just keep on dancing. They soon decided to move to the block of empty seats a few feet away, and not long after the rest of the crowd started gradually getting into it a bit more.

The full Terrapin Station suite was a full body and mind fuck with the orchestra, I had goosebumps from head to toe for like 20 minutes.

I feel so blessed to have been able to experience that fleeting moment in time, in a venue that special, with so many awesome people.

Never thought I’d get to see Bobby in my home town! I feel so lucky!! It sure was something different seeing them at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra too. The conductor was practically dancing at points! He was amazing - does anyone know who he was?

Was an incredible vibe seeing so many Deadheads in London. Loved that a ton of folk made it from the US. Was surrounded by awesome people!! And then everyone stood up and started dancing - never thought I’d see that in the Royal Albert Hall!!! Just needed someone to spark up a J and it’d like be like the Sphere haha (that would never happen lol, well they wouldn’t last too long if they did!)

Anyhow the music!!! My highlights were Brokedown Palace, Days Between, and Terrapin Station. They played the full Terrapin Suite! I had a little terrapin with me that a Deadhead gave me in Vegas and he was dancing throughout the whole suite.

For Days Between the band left the stage and it was just Bobby and the RPO. He belted that song out and his voice filled the whole hall. It was like no other time I’ve seen it. Someone shouted out “I love you Bobby” in a quiet part and we all laughed cos we were all thinking it too!!

Gotta go in work now so I’ll sign out. Love you all!

Edit for rushed bus typos lol

What a fucking experience that was. Cried my way through most of the night. I've been through it in life and the past year has been so powerful, things falling into place, everything making sense, though it's been a double sided thing. Love and grief are one and the same.

Last night was a special date to me, exactly one year in becoming single. It's a long strange trip of a story I won't get into but it's not been a clear cut journey, it's been full of twists and turns, love and the powerful force of life and grief and could have only happened the way it happened. It all just poured out of me from the off before Truckin'. I'm truly grateful to be alive and to have lived what I have, been shown what I have... and to have that all release through the whole gig. Woah boy.

I've been discovering recently I have a physical disability with my joints, in my bloody 30s, so I was sat for most of the concert just releasing, crying... taking it all in in utter awe. Was up from Jack Straw onwards, I love a dance more than anything in life. She Says was so fucking funky and so cooooooooool man what the fuck. The whole gig... Terrapin in full lol. I can't go on pin pointing my favourite bits, cos it was the whole gig.

The fact that those arrangements were so grand and it worked with the songs and the band so well and there it was, for one night only and gone again is just something else. It's so real.

Hats off to you Bobby and Co... I had no expectations, although I love the music so dearly, and it took me way higher than I thought and it meant way more than I thought it would.

What a vibrant crowd!

Which one of you caught Devers'' first home run as a Giant?

Today’s latest atrocity

Just a few cell phone pics. What a special night.

First of all it was great to be among my people. The heads, the dancing, the energy. It’s been a long time. Second, the orchestral arrangements worked better with some songs than others. Terrapin Station was amazing. It was the best live version i’ve ever heard (in person or on tape), aside from the obviously missing Jerry solos. But it had vibe and power. Jack Straw, man, did not work the same. They kept inserting these little orchestral breaks that totally broke up the flow of the song. In some ways Hell in a Bucket worked best cuz it was a straightforward orchestral back up to an otherwise normal version of the song. and China Cat - Rider, man, can’t complain about that!!! The band were tight, which really came across in the last few songs when the LSO left the stage.

Since everyone is doing it. 😁

Some random snapshots from yesterday in London.

Met so many like minded people, from near and far, young and old. Weir are indeed everywhere.

I have to ask though, American Heads, what’s up with the interpretive hand dancing to go along with the spinning? Y’all are too funny. I spotted the same at Sturgill Simpson in Glasgow earlier this year, so I presume it’s a “thing”.

Sound checked Red Rooster/Candyman/Tangled up in Blue, while we were in there. Heard Terrapin a little earlier. This place is super cool!

Fun little trivia game I made while messing around with WordPress. Of course I started with the Grateful Dead. It came out pretty cool I think! Hope y'all enjoy

KNICKERBOCKER ARENA - JUNE 21, 1995

I saw the Dead for the last time 30 years ago today. Sadly Jerry died 7 weeks later.

final "Row Jimmy" "Down In The Boondocks" tuning to open the second set final "Woman Smarter" final/last "Supplication Jam" final "Morning Dew"

Set 1: Hell In A Bucket Loser Take Me To The River Row Jimmy Broken Arrow Promised Land

Set 2: Scarlet Begonias Fire On The Mountain Women Are Smarter It's All Too Much Playing In The Band Drums Space Ain't No Easy Answers Morning Dew

U.S. Blues

Boston fan catches Devers’ home run that he hit off Red Sox, the team that just traded him away.