Bob Weir Cancels All Upcoming RatDog Performances Through 2015

Former Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his band, RatDog, have canceled all of their upcoming tour dates, citing unnamed "circumstances" as the reason, according to a Facebook post by Weir's other group, Furthur. The news affects his U.S. tour, which was set to begin in Boston this week, and an appearance in Jamaica that was set for January 2015.

Ratdog played a run of U.S. shows earlier this year and, prior to that, Weir played a run of dates with Furthur. But the new cancellations recall April of 2013, when the guitarist had to be......