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Deadheads converge on Wis. town©Associated PressAugust 4, 2002 EAST TROY, Wis. -- Some came for the atmosphere, but most came for the music. Thousands of tie-dyed, long-skirted, tattooed Deadheads descended on this tiny town Saturday, where the surviving members of the Grateful Dead were to reunite for a two-day concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater It's the first time the original band members -- Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir -- have joined forces for a major concert since the death of band founder and lead singer Jerry Garcia in 1995. "It's a landmark event, plus, it was so impossible to get tickets, that if you got one you had to go," said Steve Larson, 29, of Chicago. The band sold out all 35,000 seats each day at about $60 a ticket. Walworth County officials originally denied a permit for the concert in June, fearing authorities couldn't handle the estimated 200,000 people it might draw for a venue that can only hold about 35,000. The promoter, Clear Channel Entertainment, submitted a new plan with tighter security and emergency procedures. Band publicist Dennis McNally said security officials told him Saturday afternoon things were going beautifully. "Other than a little backed-up traffic ... as far as I can tell, everything is going exactly the way we wanted it to," he said.
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