Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour

{{Short description|1987 concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead}}

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| 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)

}}

{{Extra tour chronology

| Group = Grateful Dead

| Type = tour

| Last tour = 1987 Summer Tour
(June 12 – July 2, July 6–8, August 11 – 23, 1987){{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=bd6ad4a&query=tour:(Summer+Tour+1987)|title=Search for setlists: tour:(Summer Tour 1987) – setlist.fm|website=www.setlist.fm}}

| This tour = Dylan & the Dead Tour
(July 4 & July 10–26, 1987)

| Next tour = 1987 Fall Tour
(September 30 – October 4, 1987){{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=bd6ad4a&query=tour:(Fall+Tour+1987)|title=Search for setlists: tour:(Fall Tour 1987) – setlist.fm|website=www.setlist.fm}}

}}}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://bjorner.com/DSN08630%20-%201987%20Dylan-Dead%20Tour.htm |title=1987 Tour with The Grateful Dead |publisher=Bjorner |access-date=January 3, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/bob_dylan_and_the_grateful_dead_rehearse_together_in_summer_1987_listen_to_74_tracks.html |title=Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987 |publisher=Open Culture |access-date=January 3, 2013}} 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

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|+List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue, attendance, gross, references

! scope="col" style="width:7em;"|Date
(1987)

! scope="col" style="width:13em;"|City

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Country

! scope="col" style="width:17em;"|Venue

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Attendance

! scope="col" style="width:7em;"|Gross

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}

July 4

|Foxborough

|rowspan="6"|United States

|Sullivan Stadium

|61,000 / 61,000

|$1,266,111

|{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-07-18.pdf|title=Top Box Office|page=25|volume=99|issue=29|date=July 18, 1987|issn=0006-2510}}

July 10

|Philadelphia

|John F. Kennedy Stadium

|71,097 / 90,000

|$1,493,037

|{{cite magazine|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

|{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-08-01.pdf|title=Top Box Office|page=39|volume=99|issue=31|date=August 1, 1987|issn=0006-2510}}

July 24

|Oakland

|Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

|53,354 / 55,000

|$1,067,800

|{{cite magazine|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

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|colspan="4"|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/music/dylan-and-the-dead |title=Dylan & the Dead |publisher=Bob Dylan |access-date=January 3, 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dead.net/store/1980s/view-vault-vol-4-anaheim-stadium-72687-cd |title=View From The Vault Vol. 4: Anaheim Stadium 7/26/87 |publisher=DeadNet |access-date=January 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204221612/http://www.dead.net/store/1980s/view-vault-vol-4-anaheim-stadium-72687-cd |archive-date=February 4, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.njarts.net/grateful-dead-boxed-set-will-document-five-giants-stadium-shows/ |title=Grateful Dead boxed set will document five Giants Stadium shows|website=Njarts.net |date=August 2, 2019 |access-date=November 29, 2023}}

References

Category:1987 concert tours

Category:Bob Dylan concert tours

Category:Co-headlining concert tours