Grateful Dead Agrees to Postpone Concerts

The Grateful Dead has agreed to postpone three concerts at the Forum in February to give authorities more time to improve security there because of the death of a college student at the group’s concert last month in the Inglewood facility.

The number of police officers and security guards will be increased outside the Forum at future Grateful Dead concerts. Officials also said restrictions on camping and selling merchandise in the parking lot will be more stringently enforced.

No dates have been set for future concerts. The Grateful Dead received a city permit to perform at the Forum Feb. 9 to 11 but delayed confirming the concert series when a Fountain Valley teen-ager died after a struggle with Inglewood police outside the venue at a Dec. 10 concert. Investigations into Patrick Shanahan’s death are being conducted by the FBI, the district attorney’s office and the Inglewood Police Department.