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Over the last few weeks, Uncut has been streaming tracks from the Grateful Dead's forthcoming 23-disc boxed set. The set commemorates the band's three week tour across North America in 1990 to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The tour has already been partly documented in the 2012 box set, Spring 1990. Now the band are releasing a 23-disc boxed set that covers eight complete shows, all previously unreleased, from this historic tour, titled Spring 1990 (The Other One).

Following our exclusive stream last week of the Grateful Dead and Branford Marsalis playing "Bird Song" live at Nassau Coliseum in 1990, we're delighted to be able to present another track from that show. Scroll down to hear the Dead - once again joined by Marsalis - perform "The Wheel".

In 1990, the Grateful Dead began their 25th anniversary celebrations with a three-week tour through North America’s east coast. The tour has already been partly documented in the 2012 box set, Spring 1990. Now the band are releasing a 23-disc boxed set that covers eight complete shows, all previously unreleased, from this historic tour, titled Spring 1990 (The Other One).

The Grateful Dead have announced details of a new box set, Spring 1990 (The Other One). The release is a companion to the sold-out Spring 1990 boxed set from 2012. The 23-disc set covers eight complete shows, all previously unreleased, and will be available from September 9. The collection will be limited to 9,000 individually numbered copies and is currently available for pre-order exclusively from the band's website, Dead.net. It will also be released as an HD digital download on the same date.

It’s not a situation I could have predicted 20 years ago, I’ll admit, but there’s a point I reach quite often on Friday afternoons when all I really want to hear is The Grateful Dead. As default, I’ll cue up something from 1972 – the Wembley Empire Pool set from that year, say – mention it on Twitter, then receive a lot of static from my Dead friends who see me as something of a lightweight for clinging so conservatively to that year.

The Grateful Dead are releasing their own craft beer. Called American Beauty, the pale ale has been developed with Delaware brewery Dogfish Head. The brewery and the band asked fans to help decide on one ingredient to add to the recipe that would complement the pale ale base. They received more than 1,500 entries, before settling on granola - an idea submitted by Thomas Butler, a 39-year-old chemist and homebrewer who saw his first Dead show when he was nine.

The National were joined onstage by Grateful Dead's Bob Weir at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco – you can watch footage below. The band performed the track, which appeared on their High Violet album, with Weir on Friday (August 9). Last year, Weir covered Cass McCombs' "Love Thine Enemy" with members of the band during a 'Bridge Sessions webcast.

The National are planning on recording a Grateful Dead covers album in collaborations with the likes of Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver and Kurt Vile.