Song

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Times played

First

1986

Last

2025

Avg length

8:17

from 26 timed

The longest it ever went missing

342 shows without it, ending 1994-05-28.

Where it sits

65opened a set
70encore

Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

10:542021-08-25Performing Arts Center
10:311994-05-28Websters Lake
9:532024-05-16Sphere
9:532017-06-13Lakewood Amphitheatre
9:352025-05-17Sphere

Across the decades

3980s
3790s
510s
1620s

Segues

Goes into

Nothing on file.

Comes out of

Counted only where the setlist records the join. Every segue in the archive.

Every performance

Played by yearMost in 1988: 16

19862025

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1986-01-01	WSP	Unknown venue, Athens	4:29
1986-06-23	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens	6:24
1987-01-05	WSP	Uptown Lounge, Athens	7:48
1987-07-06	GD	Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh	—
1987-08-13	GD	Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison	—
1987-09-07	GD	Providence Civic Center, Providence	—
1987-09-13	GD	Capital Centre, Landover	—
1987-09-18	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—
1987-09-24	GD	Spectrum, Philadelphia	—
1987-11-07	GD	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland	—
1987-11-13	GD	Long Beach Arena, Long Beach	—
1987-12-31	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1988-03-26	GD	Hampton Coliseum, Hampton	—
1988-03-31	GD	Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford	—
1988-04-05	GD	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford	—
1988-04-15	GD	Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont	—
1988-04-23	GD	Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine	—
1988-05-01	GD	Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto	—
1988-06-19	GD	Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy	—
1988-06-25	GD	Buckeye Lake Music Center, Thornville	—
1988-06-28	GD	Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs	—
1988-07-16	GD	William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley, Berkeley	—
1988-07-30	GD	Laguna Seca Raceway, Salinas	—
1988-08-28	GD	Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon, Eugene	—
1988-09-12	GD	Spectrum, Philadelphia	—
1988-09-24	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—
1988-10-18	GD	Kiefer Lakefront Arena, University of New Orleans, New Orleans	—
1988-12-10	GD	Long Beach Arena, Long Beach	—
1989-02-07	GD	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland	—
1989-02-12	GD	Great Western Forum, Inglewood	—
1989-03-30	GD	Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro	—
1989-04-09	GD	Freedom Hall, Louisville	—
1989-04-17	GD	Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington	—
1989-05-07	GD	Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto	—
1989-06-19	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1989-07-07	GD	John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia	—
1989-07-10	GD	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford	—
1989-08-07	WSP	The Ketch, Beach Haven	5:55
1989-10-01	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1989-12-09	GD	Great Western Forum, Inglewood	—
1990-02-25	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1990-03-21	GD	Copps Coliseum, Hamilton	—
1990-03-29	GD	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale	—
1990-06-15	GD	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View	—
1990-07-08	GD	Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh	—
1990-07-22	GD	World Music Theatre, Tinley Park	—
1990-09-07	GD	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield	—
1990-09-11	GD	Spectrum, Philadelphia	—
1990-09-18	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—
1990-10-17	GD	Grugahalle, Essen	—
1990-10-28	GD	Zénith Paris, Paris	—
1990-12-14	GD	McNichols Sports Arena, Denver	—
1991-02-21	GD	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland	—
1991-03-23	GD	Knickerbocker Arena, Albany	—
1991-03-31	GD	Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro	—
1991-05-05	GD	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento	—
1991-06-09	GD	Buckeye Lake Music Center, Thornville	—
1991-08-14	GD	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento	—
1991-09-06	GD	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield	—
1991-09-13	GD	Madison Square Garden, New York	—