After four full years plus, Furthur is officially on hiatus following last night’s Paradise Waits finale at the Hard Rock in Riviera Maya, Mexico. As expected, the band bid fans farewell with a “Brokedown Palace” encore.

[Photo by Dave Vann]

In addition to Furthur’s two sets, attendees were treated to a surprise acoustic set from Bob Weir on the beach that included takes on “Peggy-O,” “Easy To Slip,” “Not Fade Away” and more. Later on Phil, Bob and Co. opened up with “The Music Never Stopped,” perhaps a statement on their future. The first set contained a couple of Built To Last gems in both the title track and “Foolish Heart,” as well as the “I Know You Rider” fans were waiting for after “China Cat” was performed earlier in the run. For their final set for some time, Furthur started off with one of the Grateful Dead’s earliest originals -“The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)” and continued with an intriguing “Dark Star” > “Morning Dew” > “Dark Star” sequence. The band tipped their hat to the Live/Dead era by seguing “Dark Star” into “Saint Stephen” and then “The Eleven.” Up next was part of the full “Terrapin Station” suite and the fitting “Not Fade Away.” (the second of the day!) Furthur has no future plans at the moment.

Check out a full gallery of amazing snaps from Dave Vann:

Set One: The Music Never Stopped, Built To Last, Estimated Prophet > Foolish Heart, Sugaree, Mountain Song, I Know You Rider

Set Two: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) > Dark Star > Morning Dew > Dark Star > Saint Stephen > The Eleven > Death Don’t Have No Mercy > Terrapin Transit > At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer > Terrapin Station (Instrumental) > Not Fade Away

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Encore: Brokedown Palace

[Setlist via PhilZone.org]

Watch fan-shot footage of the surprise Bob Weir set thanks to velvethammer2000: