Fans of the Grateful Dead will be Truckin’ in style on the open road in April. From April 1 through April 30, listeners can tune in to the Grateful Dead Channel (Ch. 23) on SiriusXM car radios for FREE! No subscription necessary. Learn more here.
The long, strange trip features a treasure trove of exclusive content — including a new John Mayer Guest DJ special — in celebration of Dead & Company’s shows at Sphere Las Vegas. Plus, the channel airs your favorite Grateful Dead concerts spanning the band’s entire career, as voted by the fans, and so much more.
Grateful Dead Channel April Specials
How to Listen
Tune in on satellite channel 23, available without a subscription in cars all month long, or on the SiriusXM app and web player.
Free listening is available on inactive satellite radios. Some older Sirius satellite radios may not be capable of receiving the free listening channels.
Broadcast Schedule
John Mayer Guest DJ
John Mayer shares the Dead songs he listens to before going on stage with Dead & Company.
| Monday, April 7 | 5pm ET |
| Tuesday, April 8 | 10am ET |
| Wednesday, April 9 | 4pm ET |
| Thursday, April 10 | 8am ET |
| Friday, April 11 | 12am ET |
| Saturday, April 12 | 3pm ET |
| Sunday, April 13 | 9am ET |
Luke Wilson Guest DJ
Luke Wilson shares his favorite Dead recordings.
| Tuesday, April 1 | 10am ET |
| Wednesday, April 2 | 5pm ET |
| Friday, April 4 | 12am and 3pm ET |
| Saturday, April 5 | 4pm ET |
| Sunday, April 6 | 9am ET |
Grahame Lesh & Friends 3/15/25 Capitol Theatre Encore
An encore of “Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of The Life and Music of Phil Lesh” featuring Grahame Lesh & Friends, recorded on Phil’s 85th birthday at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.
| Tuesday, April 1 | 3pm ET |
| Thursday, April 3 | 8am ET |
| Saturday, April 5 | 8am ET |
Grateful Dead Record Store Day Special – 6/14/76 Beacon Theatre Vinyl
David Lemieux shares highlights from the Grateful Dead’s upcoming vinyl release for Record Store Day.
| Tuesday, April 8 | 5pm ET |
| Wednesday, April 9 | 9am ET |
| Thursday, April 10 | 1am ET |
| Friday, April 11 | 3pm ET |
| Saturday, April 12 | 10am ET |
Top 30 Grateful Dead Concerts
Every day at 12pm ET, hear the show the fans voted in as one of the top 30 concerts of all time. Encores at 9pm and 3am ET.
Dead & Company: Dead Forever
Live at Sphere Las Vegas
Now through May 17, 2025
Following their highly successful 30-show Dead Forever – Live At Sphere residency, Dead & Company are set to return to Sphere in Las Vegas this spring for an 18-show residency celebrating the band’s 10-year anniversary. Fans can look forward to another incredible series of performances, featuring updated visuals that, with the unparalleled immersive experience of Sphere, will offer a unique experience representing the latest chapter in Dead & Company’s musical and experiential journey.
Each of the band’s immersive four-hour concerts at Sphere delivered a perfect blend of stimulating music and expansive visuals, transforming every performance into an unforgettable celebration of the Grateful Dead’s unparalleled 60-year legacy. The 2025 Sphere concerts promise to take the experience to even greater heights.
These will be the only Dead & Company concerts at Sphere in 2025.
For more information and tickets, visit TheSphere.com.
Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Boxed Sets
The Grateful Dead celebrates its diamond 60th anniversary this year with “ENJOYING THE RIDE,” a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Grateful Dead reliably converged.
Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive collection spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights — Winterland, Frost Amphitheatre, Madison Square Garden, and Hampton Coliseum among them. Whether playing the intimate confines of Fillmore West or beneath the open skies at Red Rocks, the Grateful Dead never played the same show twice. “ENJOYING THE RIDE” is a thrilling testament to that adventurous spirit.
“ENJOYING THE RIDE” will be available exclusively from Dead.net on May 30. This 60-CD boxed set is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies. ALAC and high-res FLAC downloads will also be available on the same day. Pre-orders are open now.
Unreleased versions of “Scarlet Begonias,” “Touch Of Grey,” and “Fire On The Mountain,” recorded live at the Greek Theatre on July 13, 1984, are available today digitally. Listen now.
For those seeking a concise itinerary, “THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED” distills “ENJOYING THE RIDE” into a shorter route through the band’s diamond anniversary celebration. Featuring at least one song from every venue in the deluxe set, it offers a briefer — but no less illuminating — journey through the music that shaped the Grateful Dead’s live legacy. It will be available on May 30 from Rhino.com on 3CDs, 6LPs, and digitally. Pre-orders are open now.
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