East Rutherford – October 16, 1989

The Grateful Dead

October 16, 1989

Brendan Byrne Arena > East Rutherford > New Jersey > United States

Fall Tour 1989

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Released on CD as NIGHTFALL OF DIAMONDS in 2001 and 4 lp vinyl in 2024.

Setlist Insights

Songs played

Gap in tour

1 day

Shows in state

116

New Jersey

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Shows in city

East Rutherford

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Shows at venue

Brendan Byrne Arena

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Also on this date

Other concerts on October 16

Tour debuts

Picasso Moon, Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo, Never Trust a Woman

Tour stats

Fall Tour 1989 — Song counts across 30 shows with data in this tour.

Drums 17
Space 17
Deal 12
Waiting for a Miracle 12
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) 9
The Harder They Come 9
Stop That Train 8
Run for the Roses 8
Think 8
My Sisters and Brothers (In Christ) 7
Mission in the Rain 7
Evangeline 7
I Second That Emotion 7
Like a Road Leading Home 6
That Lucky Old Sun 6
Cats Under the Stars 6
Tangled Up in Blue 5
That’s What Love Will Make You Do 5
And It Stoned Me 5
When I Paint My Masterpiece 5
Franklin’s Tower 5
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again 5
Bird Song 5
Blow Away 5
Queen Jane Approximately 5
Estimated Prophet 5
The Wheel 5
Just a Little Light 5
Mississippi Moon 4
They Love Each Other 4
Forever Young 4
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 4
I Shall Be Released 4
Feel Like a Stranger 4
We Can Run 4
Playing in the Band 4
Terrapin Station 4
I Need a Miracle 4
Sugar Magnolia 4
Truckin’ 4
I Will Take You Home 4
All Along the Watchtower 4
Touch of Grey 4
Walkin’ Blues 4
Built to Last 4
Don’t Ease Me In 4
Hell in a Bucket 4
Wharf Rat 4
Turn On Your Lovelight 4
Foolish Heart 4
Help on the Way 4
Slipknot! 4
Victim or the Crime 4
Get Out of My Life, Woman 3
I’ll Take a Melody 3
Simple Twist of Fate 3
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 3
Dear Prudence 3
Let It Rock 3
Good Times 3
Promised Land 3
China Cat Sunflower 3
I Know You Rider 3
Death Don’t Have No Mercy 3
Bertha 3
Greatest Story Ever Told 3
Row Jimmy 3
Let It Grow 3
U.S. Blues 3
Ramble On Rose 3
Cassidy 3
Scarlet Begonias 3
Man Smart, Woman Smarter 3
The Other One 3
Stagger Lee 3
Eyes of the World 3
Gimme Some Lovin 3
And We Bid You Goodnight 3
The Little Red Rooster 3
Uncle John’s Band 3
Dark Star 3
Throwing Stones 3
Attics of My Life 3
Tennessee Jed 3
Standing on the Moon 3
Stella Blue 3
Not Fade Away 3
Picasso Moon 3
Midnight Moonlight 2
Jack-A-Roe 2
West L.A. Fadeaway 2
Iko Iko 2
Jack Straw 2
He’s Gone 2
Candyman 2
Me & My Uncle 2
Big River 2
The Music Never Stopped 2
Dear Mr. Fantasy 2
Hey Jude 2
Good Lovin’ 2
Loser 2
Black Peter 2
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 2
Sugaree 2
Hey Pocky A-Way 2
Cumberland Blues 2
Looks Like Rain 2
Brokedown Palace 2
Minglewood Blues 2
Friend of the Devil 2
Black Muddy River 2
Samson and Delilah 2
Crazy Fingers 2
Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo 2
Gomorrah 1
Let’s Spend the Night Together 1
Wang Dang Doodle 1
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 1
Smokestack Lightning 1
Morning Dew 1
Althea 1
Mama Tried 1
Mexicali Blues 1
China Doll 1
One More Saturday Night 1
Far From Me 1
Box of Rain 1
Never Trust a Woman 1
Shakedown Street 1
Peggy-O 1
Ship of Fools 1
Around and Around 1
Fire on the Mountain 1
Beat It on Down the Line 1
Johnny B. Goode 1
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 1
Cold Rain and Snow 1
Brown-Eyed Women 1
Werewolves of London 1

Others (88.2%)

Covers (11.8%)

Others 15

Covers 2

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Rarities more unique to this show

Picasso Moon, Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo, Feel Like a Stranger, Never Trust a Woman, Built to Last, Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again, Let It Grow, Dark Star, Playing in the Band, Uncle John’s Band, I Will Take You Home, I Need a Miracle, Attics of My Life, And We Bid You Goodnight

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