$3.1 million was raised for MusiCares & Cornell 2030 Project
Dead & Company continued the Grateful Dead’s storied legacy at Cornell University and its famed Barton Hall when the band performed an intimate benefit concert for nearly five thousand fans on May 8th, the same date and venue as the Grateful Dead’s highly acclaimed performance at Cornell in 1977.
Proceeds from the show, $3.1 million, will be donated to the Recording Academy’s MusiCares organization, which provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music industry, and the Cornell 2030 Project, in which researchers combine science, scholarship, and innovation to develop climate-change solutions. Each non-profit will receive nearly $1.5 million to advance their respective missions.
The benefit concert was produced by Dan Berkowitz, Jon Fordin, and Olivia Miller for 100X Hospitality in conjunction with Activist Artists Management, Mark Dowley, and Rob Klein.
The Spring Tour of 1977 is often considered one of the best in the Grateful Dead’s entire 30-year performing career. Barton Hall at Cornell University on May 8, 1977, is considered by many fans to be not only the best show of this magnificent tour but quite possibly the best show the Grateful Dead ever played. The original concert was later released as a three CD box set and five disc LP in May 2017.
Dead & Company is currently on their sold out Final Tour that will wrap up eight years of touring this weekend with three shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
