Following the initial sellout of these concerts, seats were made available behind the stage, and prices on secondary ticket sites such as StubHub averaged $2,000 each.

[6] Tickets to the Santa Clara shows were initially sold at very high prices on StubHub but ended up dropping as low as $19 by the week before the concerts.

[10] Satellite radio service Sirius played the concerts, with a slight delay, on their Grateful Dead channel.

[13] President Obama acknowledged the band in a special message that appeared in the official program for the event on July 3, 2015.

'"[15]Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart (as The Dead) had previously reunited to perform a concert at Penn State University called Change Rocks on October 12, 2008, in support of Obama's campaign.

Most media outlets, including Rolling Stone, and Ticketmaster have referred to these concerts as being performed by the Grateful Dead.

[18] The band has also been called simply "Fare Thee Well", e.g. on The Grateful Dead Channel and music trading site etree.