Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour

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.[3][4] 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.

Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
Tour by Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead
Start dateJuly 4, 1987
End dateJuly 26, 1987
Legs1
No. of shows6
Bob Dylan tour chronology
True Confessions Tour
(1986)		 Dylan & the Dead Tour
(1987)		 Temples in Flames Tour
(1987)
Grateful Dead tour chronology
1987 Summer Tour
(June 12 - July 2, July 6-8, August 11 - August 23, 1987)[1]
Dylan & the Dead Tour
(July 4 & July 10–26, 1987)		 1987 Fall Tour
(September 30 - October 4, 1987)[2]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
July 4, 1987 Foxborough United States Sullivan Stadium
July 10, 1987 Philadelphia John F. Kennedy Stadium
July 12, 1987 East Rutherford Giants Stadium
July 19, 1987 Eugene Autzen Stadium
July 24, 1987 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
July 26, 1987 Anaheim Anaheim Stadium

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.[5] Songs from two of the Grateful Dead performances were released on their album View from the Vault, Volume Four.[6]

References
  1. "Search for setlists: tour:(Summer Tour 1987) - setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
  2. "Search for setlists: tour:(Fall Tour 1987) - setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
  3. "1987 Tour with The Grateful Dead". Bjorner. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. "Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987". Open Culture. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. "Dylan & the Dead". Bob Dylan. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. "View From The Vault Vol. 4: Anaheim Stadium 7/26/87". DeadNet. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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