Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
1987 concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead
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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.
| Tour by Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead | |||||||||||||
Poster to the concert in Oakland | |||||||||||||
| Location | North America | ||||||||||||
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| Start date | July 4, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| End date | July 26, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
| No. of shows | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 344,968 | ||||||||||||
| Box office | $7.063 million ($20.02 million in 2025 dollars) | ||||||||||||
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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 | [5] |
| July 10 | Philadelphia | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 71,097 / 90,000 | $1,493,037 | [6] | |
| July 12 | East Rutherford | Giants Stadium | 71,598 / 71,598 | $1,478,350 | [6] | |
| July 19 | Eugene | Autzen Stadium | 40,470 / 40,470 | $809,400 | [7] | |
| July 24 | Oakland | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 53,354 / 55,000 | $1,067,800 | [8] | |
| July 26 | Anaheim | Anaheim Stadium | 47,449 / 50,000 | $948,980 | [8] | |
| 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.[9] 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.[10][11]
