Ween will reunite for a series of shows next year. Their first confirmed performances will take place at Broomfield, CO’s 1stBank Center on February 12 and 13. The group officially parted ways in 2012.

New Hope, PA guitarist Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo and singer Aaron “Gene Ween” Freeman formed the project in 1984, and Ween nurtured a dedicated alt-rock following the late ‘80s and ‘90s. After Phish started covering their then-rarely played song “Roses Are Free” in 1997, Ween found a new audience on the jamband and festival circuits. Though they had several lulls in activity, Ween stayed together into the new millennium and recruited a steady live band that included bassist Dave Dreiwitz, drummer Claude Coleman, Jr. and keyboardist Glenn McClelland. Ween released their most recent album, La Cucaracha, in 2007.

Freeman, in particular, battled substance abuse issues over the years and infamously suffered an onstage breakdown in Vancouver in early 2011. Ween continued to tour through a three-night run at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium from December 29–31, 2011. A few months later, Freeman announced that he was retiring the Gene Ween name and effectively broke up the long-running band. After sobering up, he toured under his given name and with the group Freeman until earlier this year, when he reclaimed the Gene Ween moniker.

Melchiondo has divided his time between outside work as a fisherman and various solo projects during the past four years. He released an album with his other band the Moistboyz and, recently, has toured with the other members of the Ween live band as The Dean Ween Group.

The band has been rumored to reunite for the past few weeks. This summer Trey Anastasio also called for the group to reunite while onstage with Phish.