World famous Grateful Dead drummer mickey hart is gearing up for the Dead & Company Summer Tour which kicks off June 11 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. One of the busiest musicians around, Hart is also currently preparing the release of In the groove, the first album by pioneering world music supergroup Planet Drum in 15 years. On In the groove, Hart reunites with rhythm brothers Zakir Hussain (India), Giovanni Hidalgo (Puerto Rico) and Sikiru Adepoju (Nigeria) to continue the legacy the band forged in 1991 with the monumental self-titled original release Planet Drum. Planet Drum remains one of the most successful percussion recordings of all time, topping the Billboard Charts for 26 weeks and winning the first-ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Pre-order In the groove and listen to the new track “Tides” HERE.

Hart has always been celebrated for his experimental innovations and vision of the endless possibilities of drumming that crosses boundaries and expands musical horizons. As one of the drummers of Grateful Dead and currently Dead & Company, Hart (along with drummer Bill Kreutzmann) leads the highly anticipated and ever-illuminating portion of the show titled Drums & Space, where drumming creativity and ambient experimentation. Hart has incorporated his lengthy summary of international beats into this section since the 1980s, with the 2021 Dead & Company Tour featuring footage from Dr. Steven Feld’s album Voices of the Rainforest from the Mickey Hart Collection (Smithsonian Folkways). At this year’s run, Hart creates Sequences, also known as “Zones,” from the latest Planet Drum material. These overarching rhythms from the masters are once again reinvented, transcending space and time within the set.

A full list of Dead & Company dates is below. Planet Drum will celebrate the release of In the groove with two performances on August 5 and 6 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY. Go to the Capitol Theater to purchase tickets.

DEAD & COMPANY 2022 SUMMER TOUR DATES
June 11 – Los Angeles, California – Dodger Stadium
June 13 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater
June 14 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater
June 17 – Boulder, CO – Folsom Field
June 18 – Boulder, CO – Folsom Field
June 21 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
June 22 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
June 24 – Chicago, Illinois – Wrigley Field
June 25 – Chicago, Illinois – Wrigley Field
June 28 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
June 29 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Musical Theater
July 1 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
July 2 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
July 5 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theater
July 6 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 8 – Bristow, Virginia – Jiffy Lube Live
July 10 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Citizens Band Park
July 12 – Burgettstown, PA – Pavilion at Star Lake
July 15 – New York, NY – Citi Field
July 16 – New York, NY – Citi Field

PLANET DRUM 2022 TOUR DATES
August 5 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theater
August 6 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theater