50 years ago today, Grateful Dead took the stage at London's Wembley Empire Pool (today known as the OVO Arena Wembley).  The concert inaugurated the Dead's thrilling run of European shows which were immortalized on the triple-album release Europe '72 and then in 2011 on the expansive 73-CD box set Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.  Now, Rhino has announced a host of releases from the final stand of the European tour.

Lyceum 1972: The Complete Recordings, due on July 29, will be the Dead's largest vinyl box to date.  The 24-LP set contains the last four shows of the tour from London's Lyceum Theatre (since 1999, the home of the West End production of The Lion King).  The box boasts new artwork from Brian Blomerth and liner notes by Dead historian Nicholas Meriwether.  Each of the four shows is presented in its own clamshell box adorned with the Scott McDougal cover art created for each concert in the 2011 complete box set.  It's all pressed on 180-gram vinyl and available exclusively from Dead.net for $549.98.

For fans looking for a more compact option, the Dead's ongoing 50th anniversary reissue series continues with a newly remastered version of Europe '72, also due on July 29 in 2-CD, 3-LP, streaming, and digital download versions (including Apple Lossless and high-resolution FLAC).  Dead.net will carry a limited "Bozo or Bolo" 3-LP version which will ship earlier, on June 3 and feature the LPs pressed on psychedelic rainbow vinyl.  Each LP features a 50/50 color split with alternating transparent and neon colors of a rainbow: the first platter is transparent red and neon orange; the second is transparent yellow and neon green; the third is transparent indigo and neon violet.  The CD, vinyl, and digital iterations have all been remastered by David Glasser with audio restored using Plangent Processes.

Lastly, the 4-CD set Lyceum Theatre: May 26, 1972 breaks out the final Lyceum show from the Complete box set.  This landmark show was notably the second-to-last performance to feature founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan who passed away on March 8, 1973.  Pigpen highlights of the concert include the Dead's cover of The Rascals' "Good Lovin'," "Chinatown Shuffle," and his own "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)."

Grateful Dead legacy manager and archivist David Lemieux comments in the press release, "Throughout the Grateful Dead's 30 years of touring, every year, and every tour, had exceptional moments and monumental shows. Only a few tours, though, can be said to have an exceptional night of music at every single show. Europe '72 is one of the tours that can objectively and definitively said to include A+ performances on every stop.  The Dead's momentum had been gaining steam during the past couple of years of non-stop touring, leading up to a peak in the Dead's performing career: the Europe '72 tour. From opening night on April 7 to the final show on May 26, the Grateful Dead made sure they were making fans for life, and the recordings don't lie. Every show was truly an event, and we're all so fortunate to be able to hear the tour's music 50 years later, sounding better than ever."

Fans eager to learn more about the European tour should tune into The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast.  The podcast is beginning its fifth season, with the first two episodes available now; future episodes arrive each Thursday for the next eight weeks.  Guests this season include travelers from the band and family including tour architect Sam Cutler, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Steve Parish, and special visitors such as Elvis Costello, who recalls that seeing the Dead in 1972 at the Bickershaw Festival was "a revelation."  That's not all.  Tomorrow, the Dead's YouTube channel will stream the event "Dead Studies: The Wonders of Dark Star," hosted by Ohio State University professor of musicology Dr. Graeme M. Boone.  He will analyze the first "Dark Star" of the European tour, performed 50 years ago to the day at Wembley Empire Pool.  His lecture will be accompanied by a 30+ minute planetarium show synced to the performance.

Look for this array of Dead releases - most of which hit stores on July 29 - at the links below!

Europe '72 (50th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (originally released as Warner Bros. Records 3WX 2668, 1972 - reissued Grateful Dead/Rhino, 2022)

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
3LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
3LP ("Bozo or Bolo" rainbow): Dead.net

LP 1

1. Cumberland Blues
2. He's Gone
3. One More Saturday Night
4. Jack Straw
5. You Win Again
6. China Cat Sunflower
7. I Know You Rider

LP 2

1. Brown-Eyed Woman
2. Hurts Me Too
3. Ramble on Rose
4. Sugar Magnolia
5. Mr. Charlie
6. Tennessee Jed

LP 3

1. Truckin'
2. Epilog
3. Prelude
4. Morning Dew

LP 1, Track 1 recorded at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England - 4/8/1972
LP 1, Track 2 recorded at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 5/10/1972
LP 1, Track 3; LP 2, Track 3 and LP 3 recorded at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/26/1972
LP 1, Track 4 and 6-7 and LP 2, Track 6 recorded at L'Olymia, Paris, France - 5/3/1972
LP 1, Track 5 and LP 2, Track 2 recorded at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/24/1972
LP 2, Track 1 recorded at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark - 4/14/1972
LP 2, Track 4 recorded at L'Olymia, Paris, France - 5/4/1972
LP 2, Track 5 recorded at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/23/1972

Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings (Grateful Dead/Rhino, 2022) (Dead.net)

LP 1-6: Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/23/72

1. Promised Land
2. Sugaree
3. Mr. Charlie
4. Black-Throated Wind
5. Tennessee Jed
6. Next Time You See Me
7. Jack Straw

1. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
2. Me and My Uncle
3. Chinatown Shuffle
4. Big Railroad Blues
5. The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
6. Playing in the Band

1. Sitting on Top of the World
2. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
3. Mexicali Blues
4. Good Lovin'
5. Casey Jones
6. Ramble on Rose

1. Dark Star > Morning Dew

1. He's Gone
2. Sugar Magnolia
3. Comes a Time
4. Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
5. Not Fade Away
6. Hey Bo Diddley
7. Not Fade Away

1. Uncle John's Band (etching on Side B)

LP 7-11: Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/24/1972

1. Cold Rain and Snow
2. Beat It On Down the Line
3. Mr. Charlie
4. Deal
5. Me and My Uncle
6. Hurts Me Too
7. Dire Wolf
8. Black-Throated Wind
9. Chinatown Shuffle

1. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
2. Playing in the Band
3. You Win Again
4. Jack Straw
5. Casey Jones
6. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

1. Mexicali Blues
2. Black Peter
3. Mexican Hat Dance
4. Truckin' > Drums > The Other One (Part One)

1. The Other One (Part Two)
2. Sing Me Back Home
3. Sugar Magnolia

1. Turn On Your Lovelight > The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
2. One More Saturday Night

LP 12-17: Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/25/1972

1. Promised Land
2. Brown-Eyed Women
3. Big Boss Man
4. Black-Throated Wind
5. Tennessee Jed
6. Mr. Charlie
7. Jack Straw

1. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
2. Me and Bobby McGee
3. Good Lovin'

1. Playing in the Band
2. Brokedown Palace
3. Casey Jones
4. Me and My Uncle

1. Big Railroad Blues
2. Chinatown Shuffle
3. Ramble on Rose
4. Uncle John's Band > Wharf Rat

1. Dark Star > Sugar Magnolia

1. Comes a Time
2. El Paso
3. Sitting on Top of the World
4. Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
5. One More Saturday Night

LP 18-24: Lyceum Theatre, London, England - 5/26/1972 (also 4CD:

1. Promised Land
2. Sugaree
3. Mr. Charlie
4. Black-Throated Wind
5. Loser
6. Next Time You See Me
7. El Paso

1. Dire Wolf
2. The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
3. Playing in the Band

1. He's Gone
2. Cumberland Blues
3. Jack Straw
4. Chinatown Shuffle
5. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider

1. Not Fade Away > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away
2. Truckin'

1. The Other One
2. Drums
3. The Other One
4. The Other One > Morning Dew

1. The Other One > Sing Me Back Home
2. Me and My Uncle
3. Ramble On Rose
4. Sugar Magnolia

1. Casey Jones
2. One More Saturday Night (etching on Side B)