Friend of the Devils: April 1978
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| Released | September 20, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | April 6–16, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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Friend of the Devils: April 1978 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains eight complete concerts on 19 CDs. It was released on September 20, 2024, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.
Friend of the Devils: April 1978 contains recordings of these concerts:
- April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida
- April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida
- April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida
- April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
- April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
- April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
- April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, West Virginia
The box set also includes a 48-page booklet of liner notes and photos, as well as a wave drum.
The April 12 concert was also released on September 20, 2024, as a separate album called Duke '78, as a three-disc CD, a four-disc LP, and a digital download.
The April 15, 1978 concert, which is not included in Friend of the Devils, was released in 2021 as Dave's Picks Volume 37.