Surviving members of Grateful Dead To Tour for first time in 5 years

They may be ‘The Dead’ but they’re ready to keep on Truckin.

Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they’ll regroup for a 19-city tour, their first since 2004, beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.C.

The group, which now just calls itself The Dead, announced its plans Thursday.

This incarnation includes original Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, along with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes. Chimenti and Haynes played with the Dead last October at the “Change Rocks” concert in Pennsylvania in support of Barack Obama.

We also hear The Allman Brothers Band will return to the Beacon Theater in New York for 10 shows from March 9 through March 21. The band’s annual run was canceled last year because Gregg Allman was ill.