Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
Artist:Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead
Location:North America
Start Date:July 4, 1987
End Date:July 26, 1987
Number Of Legs:1
Number Of Shows:6

The Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour was a concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead taking place in the summer of 1987 and consisting of six concerts.[1] [2] Each concert began with one or two lengthy sets by the Grateful Dead of their own material (sometime broken into a first and second set, per the Dead's usual practice), followed by a roughly 90-minute set of the Dead acting as Dylan's backup band.

Tour dates

Date
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CityCountryVenueAttendanceGross
July 4FoxboroughUnited StatesSullivan Stadium61,000 / 61,000$1,266,111[3]
July 10PhiladelphiaJohn F. Kennedy Stadium71,097 / 90,000$1,493,037[4]
July 12East RutherfordGiants Stadium71,598 / 71,598$1,478,350
July 19EugeneAutzen Stadium40,470 / 40,470$809,400[5]
July 24OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum53,354 / 55,000$1,067,800[6]
July 26AnaheimAnaheim Stadium47,449 / 50,000$948,980
TOTAL344,968 / 368,068 (94%)$7,063,679

Personnel

Recordings

Dylan & the Dead is a live album released by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead in February 1989 by Columbia Records. It consists of seven songs written and sung by Dylan, with the Dead providing accompaniment taken from the Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour.[7] The Grateful Dead's July 24 and 26 performances were released on the 2003 album View from the Vault, Volume Four, while their July 12 performance was released on 2019's Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1987 Tour with The Grateful Dead . Bjorner . January 3, 2013.
  2. Web site: Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987 . Open Culture . January 3, 2013.
  3. Billboard. Top Box Office. 25. 99. 29. July 18, 1987. 0006-2510.
  4. Billboard. Top Box Office. 25. 99. 30. July 25, 1987. 0006-2510.
  5. Billboard. Top Box Office. 39. 99. 31. August 1, 1987. 0006-2510.
  6. Billboard. Top Box Office. 23. 99. 32. August 8, 1987. 0006-2510.
  7. Web site: Dylan & the Dead . Bob Dylan . January 3, 2013.
  8. Web site: View From The Vault Vol. 4: Anaheim Stadium 7/26/87 . DeadNet . January 3, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204221612/http://www.dead.net/store/1980s/view-vault-vol-4-anaheim-stadium-72687-cd . February 4, 2013 .
  9. Web site: Grateful Dead boxed set will document five Giants Stadium shows. . November 29, 2023.