Grateful Dead Selects Radio City 1980 Concerts For ‘Shakedown Stream’ Broadcast

The Grateful Dead‘s Shakedown Stream live archival video series returns on Friday, October 30. An airing of the Dead Ahead concert film featuring footage from the band’s October 30 and 31, 1980 shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City is planned.

Dead Ahead captures the end of the Grateful Dead’s lengthy run of three-set shows that included 15 nights at The Warfield in San Francisco, two performances at New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre and eight concerts at Radio City. Each night of the run, which came in celebration of the band’s 15th anniversary, began with an acoustic set.

The concert film also featured vignettes starring Al Franken and Tom Davis. Franken will be the special guest of co-hosts David Lemieux and Gary Lambert for the pre-show next Friday.

Past installments of Shakedown Stream have started with a pre-show at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT followed by the concert footage around 8:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT.