Well we are not really DEAD heads. Hell Ma and Pa Wettner weren't dead heads either. But some of you might be, so saddle up the brown acid because the remaining members of The Dead are going to tour in 2009.

Posted from www.dead.net:

Happy New Year, everybody!! Hope and change are in the air! So what better way to kick off 2009 than to confirm what’s been buzzing in the rumor mill for some time: The Dead will be touring for the first time in more than four years, with nearly twenty shows spread across a month from mid-April through mid-May! Details will be announced here soon, so keep your eyes on dead.net!

The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour). The mood of the band for this Spring Fling is way up, so it’s sure to be a great tour!

Dead.net will be your official hub for ALL news about the tour, including dates and ticket info... and perhaps even a few surprises along the way!

So gas up the Tourmobile, get out that really wild tie-dye—you know, the one with the red spiral melting into the purple and green that’s in a heap of clothes in the back of your closet—and start getting into Show Shape!

You know it’s gonna get stranger, so let’s get on with the show...

There will be an exclusive presale starting next Tuesday through www.dead.net. There will definitely be two shows in Philadelphia to close down the legendary Spectrum. That will make the total Dead shows at the Spectrum 55. Simply amazing.