Um, are you aware that the Dead are touring again?!?!? Are you irrationally excited by this?!?!?

Last week, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead — Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann — announced that they were re-embarking on their long, strange trip with a 19-date tour, set to kick off April 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina. And we here in the Newsroom are beyond pumped.

See, even though the four have played together sporadically since the 1995 death of Dead mastermind Jerry Garcia, they always struggled with personal and artistic differences (just what part of the stage encompasses "The Phil Zone," how long "Terrapin Station" should be). But now — thanks to an October fundraiser they played for Barack Obama — they claim they've worked those problems out and are ready to bring the Dead back to life. Which is awesome. Read more...