Grateful Dead tour Europe for the first time – a classic feature from the vaults

In April 1972, the Grateful Dead visited Europe for the first time, playing two dates at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Mick Farren reported on the freak flagbearers' visit for the International Times, revisited here on our latest trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism"The trouble with a lot of kids who come to our concerts is that they can't see beyond the drugs. They get so ripped that the music doesn't really matter" – PigpenFor six years the legend ...

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