Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead was a series of concerts which were performed by most of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The performances took place at Santa Clara's Levi Stadium on June 27 and 28, 2015 and Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3, 4 and 5, 2015. These performances marked the first time Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart had performed together since the Dead's 2009 tour and was publicized as the final time the musicians would all perform together.
The three shows in Chicago were initially announced on January 16, 2015 as the only three Fare Thee Well performances. Due to the high demand for the Chicago concerts, concert promoter Peter Shapiro announced two more concerts in Santa Clara, California on June 27 and 28, 2015.
- Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
- Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
with
- Trey Anastasio – guitar, vocals
- Jeff Chimenti – keyboards, vocals
- Bruce Hornsby – piano, vocals
The Chicago "Fare Thee Well" concerts were released as a live album on November 20, 2015.
Fare Thee Well: Complete Box Set, a 12-CD and seven-DVD or Blu-ray box set that includes the complete audio and video of all three Chicago concerts.
June 27 – Santa Clara, California
First set: "Truckin'", "Uncle John's Band", "Alligator" → "Cumberland Blues", "Born Cross-Eyed" → "Cream Puff War", "Viola Lee Blues"
Second set: "Cryptical Envelopment" → "Dark Star" → "St. Stephen" → "The Eleven" → "Turn On Your Love Light" → "Drums" → "Space" → "What's Become of the Baby" → "The Other One" → "Morning Dew"
Encore: "Casey Jones"
June 28 – Santa Clara, California
First set: "Feel Like a Stranger", "New Minglewood Blues", "Brown-Eyed Women", "Loose Lucy", "Loser", "Row Jimmy", "Alabama Getaway", "Black Peter", "Hell in a Bucket"
Second set: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" → "Wharf Rat" → "Eyes of the World" → "He's Gone" → "Drums" → "Space" → "I Need a Miracle" → "Death Don't Have No Mercy" → "Sugar Magnolia"
Encore: "Brokedown Palace"
July 3 – Chicago, Illinois
First set: "Box of Rain", "Jack Straw", "Bertha" → "Passenger", "The Wheel" → "Crazy Fingers" → "The Music Never Stopped"
Second set: "Mason's Children" → "Scarlet Begonias" → "Fire on the Mountain" → "Drums" → "Space" → "New Potato Caboose" → "Playing in the Band" → "Let It Grow" → "Help on the Way" → "Slipknot!" → "Franklin's Tower"
Encore: "Ripple"
July 4 – Chicago, Illinois
First set: "Shakedown Street", "Liberty", "Standing on the Moon", "Me and My Uncle", "Tennessee Jed", "Cumberland Blues", "Little Red Rooster", "Friend of the Devil", "Deal"
Second set: "Bird Song", "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)", "Lost Sailor" → "Saint of Circumstance", "West L.A. Fadeaway", "Foolish Heart", "Drums" → "Space" → "Stella Blue" → "One More Saturday Night"
Encore: "U.S. Blues"
July 5 – Chicago, Illinois
First set: "China Cat Sunflower" → "I Know You Rider", "Estimated Prophet", "Built to Last", "Samson and Delilah", "Mountains of the Moon" → "Throwing Stones"
Second set: "Truckin'", "Cassidy", "Althea", "Terrapin Station" → "Drums" → "Space" → "Unbroken Chain", "Days Between" → "Not Fade Away"
Encore: "Touch of Grey", "Attics of My Life"
