Much to the excitement of Grateful Dead fans everywhere, the wildly successful Dead and Company has announced the extension of their tour into the summer. What originally began as a single show scheduled at New York's Madison Square Garden, quickly turned into three nights at Madison Square Garden and then a full blown tour, which took the band to all corners of the country.

Dead and Company was the result of the Grateful Dead's "Fare Thee Well," a three night stand at Chicago's Soldier Field commemorating 50 years of The Dead and offering the fans a supposed final chance to see the four original members perform together.

However, it quickly became clear that the fans wanted more and Dead and Company was born. The band features the talents of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Bob Weir, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and most interestingly John Mayer, who has provided the jam band with incredible guitar solos and amazing lead vocals.

Below is a clip of the band playing, "He's Gone," filmed live for the American Express UNSTAGED concert. Entire concerts are available online as well.

There is simply no experience comparable to hearing the music of the Grateful Dead live and no band has a greater fan following. Dead and Company has been making stops in major cities all around the country, providing "dead heads" everywhere a once in a lifetime experience to hear the music they live by and live for. The band has also cultivated a new generation of Dead followers, allowing younger fans to see their music live for the first time. As someone who was lucky enough to see Dead and Company live, I promise, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity no one should miss out on; there is simply nothing like it in the world.

Dead and Company will begin their summer headlining two sets at the Bonnaroo Music festival and then embark on a tour, which takes them all over the country and finishes up with two nights at Boston's Fenway Park, July 15th and 16th. Tour dates are listed below:

June 10 - Charlotte, NC ~ PNC Music Pavilion
June 16 - Cincinnati, OH ~ Riverbend Music Center
June 17 - Noblesville, IN ~ Klipsch Music Center
June 20 - Camden, NJ ~ BB&T Pavilion
June 21 - Saratoga Springs, NY ~ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 23 - Bristow, VA ~ Jiffy Lube Live
June 25/26 - Flushing, NY ~ Citi Field
June 28 - Hartford, CT ~ Xfinity Theatre
July 2/3 - Boulder, CO ~ Folsom Field
July 7 - Detroit, MI ~ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 9/10 - East Troy, WI ~ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 13 - Pittsburgh, PA ~ First Niagara Pavilion
July 15/16 - Boston, MA ~ Fenway Park

For tickets and more information, check out: http://www.deadandcompany.com/