Just last weekend, a video of Sammy Hagar joining Dead & Company at a rehearsal session circulated from an Oteil Burbridge social media post. It seems the session wasn’t just the meeting of old friends (Hagar and Bob Weir are neighbors and buddies), but an actual practice for tonight’s show.
Last week, Dead & Company announced a surprise free performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, scheduled for tonight (May 23rd). Conveniently, the show will be held in the Bay Area, right near where Weir and Hagar live.
Last night, Hagar posted on his personal website saying that he was invited to sit-in at the free show. He writes:
Tonight, Monday May 23rd, Dead & Company will be playing a free concert at The Fillmore and a few days ago Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann invited me to come down to rehearsal.
We played a few songs together and they asked me to sit in at the show, which is gonna be a blast! I’ll sing a song or two (probably including Loose Lucy) and this is going to be big!!
Who is coming to the Dead show? Redhead Dead Heads represent!
The show is set to start around 8 PM Pacific time, and there’s been quite the demand for tickets in the area. Have fun out there!