Grateful fans: Dead and John Mayer to give away 10,000 tickets to NY show

Members of the Grateful Dead and John Mayer are giving away 10,000 free tickets to a concert next month. The veteran band and Mayer, who joined forces for the supergroup Dead & Company this summer, announced Monday that 5,000 fans will have a chance to win two tickets each to their November 7 show in New York City.

People who want to hear the music get to hear it for free and we get to promote our music and share it with people.

Bob Weir

Fans can enter to win tickets Monday through Thursday on Dead & Company’s website. No tickets for the show will go on sale. Grateful Dead’s Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann are part of Dead & Company with Mayer; Phil Lesh is not involved. They group is performing a string of U.S. dates on a fall tour, which kicks off Oct. 29 in Albany, New York.

We’re about halfway in and rehearsals are going well, if I may say.

Weir said.