The 2019 installment of the Grateful Dead‘s annual “Meet-Up At The Movies” event will give Deadheads the chance to relive the band’s 1991 performance at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium when the concert film arrives in cinemas around the country—even around the globe for the first time—later this summer.
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On Wednesday, the Dead annonuced that the band’s June 17th, 1991 performance at “The Meadowlands” is this year’s show for the one-night movie event, which takes place on Jerry Garcia‘s birthday, August 1st. Last year’s event featured the cinema broadcast of the Dead’s July 7th, 1989 performance at J.F.K. Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. This year’s film will shine a light on the famous rock band a few years later during the final run in their career with pianists Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick now featured in the band’s lineup.
The band released a note looking back on the 1990s-era performance go with Thursday’s announcement:
“Sure to be a crowd pleaser, 6/17/91 is one of only two shows in the Grateful Dead’s archive recorded to 48-track analog tape, providing spectacular and unprecedented audio quality. The show features fan favorites such as “Eyes Of The World,” “Truckin’,” “Uncle John’s Band,” along with Grateful Dead rarities including “Saint Of Circumstance,” “Might As Well,” “New Speedway Boogie,” and much more. Mixed by Jeffrey Norman in glorious surround sound at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios, mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, with video from the multi-camera live edit, this will be the first time the Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick line-up has ever appeared on the big screen.”
The announcement also informed attendees that they should plan to arrive to the event early as the pre-show trailers will include an exclusive look at the band’s soon-to-be-announced 2019 boxed set, personally hosted by archivist David Lemieux.
Grateful Dead – Meet Up At The Movies 2019
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For tickets and information on which cinemas this year’s “Meet-Up At The Movies” will take place, click here.
