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Reunited Grateful Dead to launch tour in spring

After reuniting to support the presidential run of Barack Obama, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have decided to launch their first tour in five years this spring.

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart will tour as The Dead starting April 12 in Greensboro, N.C., and running through May 10 in San Francisco. The tour stops at Nassau Coliseum on April 24, Madison Square...

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