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The Grateful Dead Launches Play Dead Streaming Platform: ‘We Want to Melt Your Faces’
The app opens with 422 full shows and 20 unreleased recordings, with two new vault releases added each week.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, streaming platform Nugs launched Play Dead, a dedicated app offering 422 Grateful Dead live concert recordings in high-resolution audio.
- Authorized by Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment, the project provides fans access to the band's vault, which archivists have worked to preserve and digitize for decades.
- Listeners can purchase a $9.99 monthly standalone subscription; the app features 24-bit mastering that exceeds standard CD audio quality, ensuring pristine playback.
- The service debuted with 20 previously unreleased vault shows and plans to add two new performances every Tuesday, totaling 100 new additions annually, according to longtime Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux.
- Nugs CEO Brad Serling, who conceived the digitization project in 2000, called Play Dead the culmination of efforts to bring the band's live legacy to global fans.
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Grateful Dead launches its first official streaming app
Photo of Grateful Dead (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Grateful Dead has given their fans a new way to enjoy their music. The band has partnered with nugs.net to launch Play Dead, the first official Grateful Dead streaming app, featuring newly transferred and mastered recordings from the band’s vault, all in high-resolution audio. The available music includes CD-only releases, like all currently released Dave’s Picks, that are gett…
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