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Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour

1987 concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead

Field	Value
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
Misc	{{Extra tour chronology
group	Bob Dylan
type	tour
last_tour	True Confessions Tour
(1986)
this_tour	Dylan & the Dead Tour
(1987)
next_tour	Temples in Flames Tour
(1987)
group	Grateful Dead
type	tour
last_tour	1987 Summer Tour
(June 12 – July 2, July 6–8, August 11 – 23, 1987)

this_tour	Dylan & the Dead Tour
(July 4 & July 10–26, 1987)
next_tour	1987 Fall Tour
(September 30 – October 4, 1987)
image	Bob Dylan-1987-Oakland.jpg
caption	Poster to the concert in Oakland

(1986) (1987) (1987) (June 12 – July 2, July 6–8, August 11 – 23, 1987)

(July 4 & July 10–26, 1987) (September 30 – October 4, 1987) 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. 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
(1987)	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
July 4	Foxborough	United States	Sullivan Stadium	61,000 / 61,000	$1,266,111
July 10	Philadelphia	John F. Kennedy Stadium	71,097 / 90,000	$1,493,037	magazine=Billboard	url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-07-25.pdf	title=Top Box Office	page=25	volume=99	issue=30	date=July 25, 1987	issn=0006-2510}}
July 12	East Rutherford	Giants Stadium	71,598 / 71,598	$1,478,350
July 19	Eugene	Autzen Stadium	40,470 / 40,470	$809,400
July 24	Oakland	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	53,354 / 55,000	$1,067,800	magazine=Billboard	url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-08-08.pdf	title=Top Box Office	page=23	volume=99	issue=32	date=August 8, 1987	issn=0006-2510}}
July 26	Anaheim	Anaheim Stadium	47,449 / 50,000	$948,980
TOTAL	344,968 / 368,068 (94%)	$7,063,679

Personnel

Bob Dylan — vocals, guitar
Jerry Garcia — lead guitar, backing vocals
Bob Weir — guitar, backing vocals
Brent Mydland — keyboards, backing vocals
Phil Lesh — bass, backing vocals
Mickey Hart — drums
Bill Kreutzmann —drums

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. 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.

References

"Search for setlists: tour:(Summer Tour 1987) – setlist.fm".
"Search for setlists: tour:(Fall Tour 1987) – setlist.fm".
"1987 Tour with The Grateful Dead". Bjorner.
"Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987". Open Culture.
(July 18, 1987). "Top Box Office".
(July 25, 1987). "Top Box Office".
(August 1, 1987). "Top Box Office".
(August 8, 1987). "Top Box Office".
"Dylan & the Dead". Bob Dylan.
"View From The Vault Vol. 4: Anaheim Stadium 7/26/87". DeadNet.
(August 2, 2019). "Grateful Dead boxed set will document five Giants Stadium shows".

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