RANK
6
Hampton Coliseum - October 9, 1989
Hampton, VA US
1037 total votes
Set List
Feel Like a Stranger
Built to Last
Little Red Rooster
Ramble on Rose
We Can Run But We Can't Hide
Jack-a-Roe
Stuck Inside of Mobile
Row Jimmy
Music Never Stopped
Playin' in the Band
Uncle John's Band
Playin' Reprise
Dark Star
drums
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Hey Jude Reprise
Throwin' Stones
Good Lovin'
Attics of My Life
Built to Last
Little Red Rooster
Ramble on Rose
We Can Run But We Can't Hide
Jack-a-Roe
Stuck Inside of Mobile
Row Jimmy
Music Never Stopped
Playin' in the Band
Uncle John's Band
Playin' Reprise
Dark Star
drums
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Hey Jude Reprise
Throwin' Stones
Good Lovin'
Attics of My Life
Show Notes
"Stranger" appears on "Without A Net" - last "Dark Star": 07-13-84 [359] - last "Attics": 10-28-72 [1082] - Show billed as "Formerly The Warlocks"
For the 1989 Hampton Coliseum shows, the band wanted to maintain a low profile, so the venue was not included as part of the regular ticket sale for the East Coast fall tour. Instead, tickets went on sale at local outlets ten days before the concerts, with the band billed as "Formerly the Warlocks" instead of the Grateful Dead. When the band came to town, the marquee of the Coliseum read "The Warlocks", which had been the Grateful Dead's original name for a few months in 1965.
The two concerts featured several songs that the band had not played live for some time. They had not performed "Help on the Way" since 1985, "Dark Star" since 1984, and "Attics of My Life" since 1972.
In a 1993 poll of Grateful Dead tape traders, the October 9, 1989 show was ranked number 4 on the list of all-time favorite Dead concert tapes, and the October 8 show also appeared on the list.
