On March 13, 14 and 15, Phil Lesh will celebrate his birthday at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., along with a surprise roster of Friends. Who will join Lesh on stage for his birthday will not be revealed until the curtain rises for each show.
“The best things in life seem to happen when you don’t expect them to happen. So, we thought it would be fun to have a Phil & Friends show where you don’t find out who is in the band until the show actually starts,” said Peter Shapiro, who is presenting the show (and is also the publisher of Relix).
“You couldn’t really do this for most ticketed shows given that people usually like to know who they are buying a ticket for, which does make sense [laughs],” he continued. “But, Phil can pull it off and we felt his 80th Birthday at The Cap was as good a moment as we will probably ever have to put on a show where the band isn’t announced. We’re excited to reveal the surprise ‘friends’ each night featuring a mix of first timers and familiar faces.”
Lesh recently recovered from back surgery, but the bassist is already back on the horse, as he’s with two shows in the Bay Area on Jan. 1 and 2.
Tickets to Lesh’s 80th birthday celebration will go on sale on Jan 3 at 12 p.m. ET. Additionally, everyone who held onto their Philoween tickets will be able to use them for these shows, in order of date (for example, night 1 from Philoween can use their tickets for night 1 of the birthday shows). For more information, visit thecapitoltheatre.com.
11 Comments comments associated with this post
Dave the Slave
December 31, 2019 at 6:06 pmStill way better than Phish.
Daniel Carver
January 1, 2020 at 11:52 amI agree with that!
Merchant Peddler
December 31, 2019 at 2:41 pmPhil & Phamily not gong to half fill MSG, this latest Phil & $happy swindle might fill & phool 1,900 people thrice at the Cap. Further would done his 80th at MSG with justice. Sad that the Dead & Slow nostalgia act fills MSG routinely killing the legacy one show at a time…
MarZaPhiGar
December 31, 2019 at 11:49 amThis seems like a fucking joke. Ummmmm i WANT TO KNOW WHO IM PAYING TO SEE. Three straight nites of the curtain rising on the fam…pass.
Shineymetalass
December 31, 2019 at 11:00 amThanks merchant for the old rumor mill news of nothing that never materialized dates due to msg schedule conflicts, with some anti semitic connotations. Not a fan a shapiro,but im a fan of decency and community, ya loser.
Merchant
December 31, 2019 at 9:02 amThis didn’t go as (((Shappy))) wanted. This was supposed to be at MSG if you’ll recall. A show where you could pull his kids and cousins and not talented musicians is a disgrace and so is Phil. Rub…Rub…Rub….sheckeles
Shineymetalass
December 31, 2019 at 11:03 amDamn your a loser merchant. Thanks for the lack of community and decency in an era when its needed the most ya prick
Jim
December 31, 2019 at 11:52 amanti-Semite how long? All bands, all promoters do what? Try to make money.
Steve’s just a troll...
December 31, 2019 at 5:46 am…And he got you to bite.
Ignore the hate and haters.
Who cares?????
December 30, 2019 at 7:46 pmA lot of people care, if you don’t, shut up and go away.
Steve Zygmont
December 30, 2019 at 4:57 pmWho cares?