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Dead & Company to Continue Touring in 2016, John Mayer Announces at New Year's Eve Show - A two-night New Year's celebration at Los Angeles' The Forum was supposed to cap off Dead & Company's first and perhaps only tour. But 19 dates after launching at New York's Madison Square Garden, it looks like the trek will continue into 2016, John Mayer revealed from the stage on New Year's Eve (Dec. 31).

The Grammy-winning guitarist and singer, who guest-turns in the Grateful Dead-spawned supergroup featuring original members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman (along with Oteil Burbridge on bass and Jeff Chimenti on keyboards), made the announcement at the end of the three-set show, telling the capacity crowd, "At the risk of rocking any boats -- known and unknown -- we'll see you next year."

The reveal, greeted with resounding cheers, followed several more New Year's surprises. Chief among them: a giant flying joint that crisscrossed the arena with Jerry Garcia's daughter Trixie and longtime Dead representative Bernie Cahill at the steer and the Star Wars theme as its soundtrack. The faux-burning lit end, fashioned in the shape of a rose (a key image in Dead iconography), landed on the stage with a cloud of smoke, where it was greeted by former NBA star and longtime Deadhead Bill Walton -- dressed as Father Time and brandishing a light saber -- along with friends and extended family members in costume. (According to an insider, Hart worked up the idea.) The chaotically colorful scene even had Mayer craning his iPhone to capture the moment, just one of many during what he described as a "musical experience [that] has changed my life forever."