This weekend, the Grateful Dead played their first performance together in 20 years. The band played two warm up shows in Northern California over the weekend, this in advance of a massive 50th anniversary celebration coming up in Chicago.
Billboard Music Director and Take Two contributor Shirley Halperin is going to be traveling with the band and joins Alex Cohen to talk about the weekend shows.
The Grateful Dead wrap up their first weekend of reunion shows
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