The Grateful Dead will reunite for a 50th anniversary concert series in Chicago July 3-5,Billboard magazine reported.The iconic 60s rock band,known for its endless touring and improvisational style,will share the stage with guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish.The concerts will take place nearly 20 years to the day after frontman Jerry Garcia last performed with the band on 9 July,1995,shortly before his death from complications of diabetes.The four surviving members of the Dead are Bob Weir;Phil Lesh;Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann.The shows will be held at Soldiers Field,the home of the NFL's Chicago Bears and site of Garcia's last performance with his bandmates.
The three concerts could draw an estimated 50 million dollars of business into Chicagoland.Bob Weir,74,said the four surviving members will likely never play as a group again following the windy city shows.*
At the European Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in the UAE,German Martin Kaymer topped the leaderboard Friday with his second round 13 under par 67.Thomas Pieters of Belgium was second with a 12 under par 67;while Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy,the World Number One,came in third with an eleven under par 66.Australian Richard Green,American Peter Uihlein and France's Alexander Levy were tied for fifth at -8.McIlroy made the first hole in one of his professional career at the fifteenth.The tournament is taking place at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
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