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Bob Dylan performance database: quick and easy searches for songs, locations, musicians, etc. bobserve.com blog.bobserve.com (This acct mostly for site announcements and support, operated by the bobserve team)

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Black and white photograph of Bob Dylan in the studio posing with a bass guitar. There is a Getty images label crediting Bettmann.
Date Fav Location Venue Type Name 2026-03-21 Omaha, NE Orpheum Theater Concert 2026-03-22 Sioux Falls, SD Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion Concert 2026-03-24 Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center Concert 2026-03-25 Iowa City, IA Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium Concert 2026-03-27 3 La Crosse, WI La Crosse Center Concert 2026-03-28 Rockford, IL Coronado Theatre Concert 2026-03-30 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre Concert 2026-03-31 Muncie, IN Emens Auditorium, Ball State University Concert 2026-04-02 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall Concert 2026-04-03 Saginaw, MI The Theater, Dow Event Center Concert 2026-04-04 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre Concert 2026-04-06 Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace Concert 2026-04-09 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre Concert 2026-04-10 Cleveland, OH KeyBank State Theatre Concert 2026-04-12 Dayton, OH Winsupply Theatre, Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center Concert 2026-04-14 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium Concert 2026-04-16 Bowling Green, KY Rita & Jim Scott Concert Hall, SKYPAC Concert 2026-04-17 Chattanooga, TN Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Concert 2026-04-19 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Harrah's Cherokee Center Concert 2026-04-20 Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Concert 2026-04-22 Macon, GA Macon City Auditorium Concert 2026-04-23 Dothan, AL Dothan Civic Center Concert 2026-04-25 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall Concert 2026-04-27 Baton Rouge, LA River Center Theatre for Performing Arts Concert 2026-04-28 Shreveport, LA Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium Concert 2026-04-29 Tyler, TX Cowan Center, University of Texas at Tyler Concert 2026-05-01 Abilene, TX Abilene Auditorium, Abilene Convention Center Concert 2026-06-04 Troutdale, OR McMen…
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Tour Concert 749 of 4166 Never Ending Tour 1 of 3059 1988 Tour 1 of 71 Leg 1 - USA (Jun-Aug) 1 of 40
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Venue info page for The Louisville Palace showing wikipedia and official site links, street address, and map pin icon to click to show map
First drilldown report page showing: Report located in the Dylanytics section of bobserve, under Other/Location Drilldown. Arrows pointing to: - Concert dropdown filter where can choose event types to filter by. By default, shows only Concert event types - USA - click on this to get to the next screenshot showing USA states
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Bill Pagel Re: Rochester, Minnesota – 24 March 2026 – ‘Live’ SET LIST Post Tue March 24th, 2026, 23:16 EDT www.boblinks.com Changed the song order on songs 12 & 13 tonight Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Civic Center Arena March 24, 2026 1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on electric keyboard) 2. Man In The Long Black Coat (Bob on electric keyboard) 3. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on electric keyboard) 4. I Contain Multitudes (Bob on electric keyboard) 5. False Prophet (Bob on electric keyboard) 6. Black Rider (Bob on electric keyboard) 7. Love Sick (Bob on electric keyboard) 8. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob on electric keyboard) 9. I Can Tell (song by Samuel Smith) (Bob on electric keyboard) 10. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (Bob on electric keyboard) 11. Crossing The Rubicon (Bob on electric keyboard) 12. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on electric keyboard) 13. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on electric keyboard)
Samesets Concerts with this identical setlist March 22, 2026 Sioux Falls, SD Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion Concert 2026-03-21 Omaha 2026-03-22 Sioux Falls
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Tapping "Search" menu item calls up a full screen width menu with several search boxes and links Bobserve The Bob Dylan performance database
Search for bobtalk "Iran" with several examples in the search results, all from 1979
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Sample listing of the most frequently performed songs in 2025 with Desolation Row at the top at 79 performances.
14. Positively 4th Street I didn't really write that song about, uh, anybody. I just wrote it to write one.
Bill Pagel announces the 30th anniversary of his web site.
AL BAKKE September 1ly 1965 Gentlemen: A new Bob Dylan record titled "ositively th Street," Columbia 1-43389, has o not progron 1t. thie reeord, been mailed several radio stations. If'you received The rong song was inadvertently pressed on thie record and it is not licensed For broadcast. Please destroy this record. In the near future we shall send you the correct record of "Positively 4th Street," by Bob Dylan. Sincerely, COLMRTA RECORD DISTRTROURORS AA Sarn Kal Pakke Promotion Manager S Tht reord ve ask you to destroy begins with these lyries: "Be sts in his rocm - he'e tued with a fist-tul1 of tacks." The second record you will receive vill have the same title and number and is licensed for broadcast. It begins with theee lyrics: "You gotta' a lot of nerve to say you are my friend." HB/as COLUMBIA RECORD DISTRIBUTORS- 8808 EMPRES ROW - DALLAS 47, TEXAS
Mostheard originalsongs Song Times AllAlong The Watchtower 12506 Highway61 Revisited 12363 LikeARollingStone 11304 TangledUpInBlue 9922 Blowin In TheWind 9072 Things HaveChanged 8410 Love Sick 6850 Summer Days 6475 BalladOfAThin Man 6335 Honest WithMe 6239
bobserve August 1, 2025 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach Theater Concert- Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour Source Title boblinks.com Fan review(s) (link works only if review is available) Adam Chicago Bob Dylan at Jones Beach 2025 Bawker Lknow.you're dissatisfied with your_ position and your place..don't.you understand it's not my problem? (Last night at Jones Beach) Expecting Rain Live Setlist Thread Tour Forum Flagging Down Last Night at Jones Beach The Double ES (by.Jesse Jarnow) HenryJ. Bernstein Friday_ Night at Jones Beach -BOB DYLAN! Rolling Stone Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson,
Bobtalk Bob Dylan's spoken words at concerts. July 5, 2025 Dallas, Texas Dos Equis Pavilion Concert - Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour 1. Gotta Serve Somebody 2. I Can Tell (Samuel Smith, Ellas McDaniel) 3. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 4. Axe And The Wind (Willie Dixon) 5. To Ramona *** Thank you. *** 6. Early Roman Kings 7. Under The Red Sky 8. I'll Make It All Up To You (Charlie Rich) 9. All Along The Watchtower 10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You 11. Desolation Row 12. Love Sick 13. Share Your Love With Me (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone) 14. Blind Willie McTell 15. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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Bob Dylan performs All Along The Watchtower, footage playing the instrumental break only, with the caption "Bob Dylan - Hurricane"
June 22, 2025 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center Concert - Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour 1. Gotta Serve Somebody 2. Simple Twist Of Fate 3. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 4. Axe And The Wind (Willie Dixon) 5. To Ramona 6. Early Roman Kings 7. Under The Red Sky 8. I'll Make It All Up To You (Charlie Rich) 9. All Along The Watchtower 10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You 11. Desolation Row 12. Love Sick 13. Share Your Love With Me (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone) 14. Blind Willie McTell 15. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4764
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Bobtalk July 17, 1986 New York, New York Madison Square Garden Concert I wanna play a real special song here in this special place. This is the very stage where Ricky Nelson got booed off for singing Garden Party, this is the one, the very one. Anyway, it gives me a real great pleasure to sing one of Ricky's songs in this place. This is one that <inaudible> when I was growing up, called Lonesome Town.
Report listing song changes from previous concert two days ago
Early Roman kings song performance count chart
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Dear Sir I write to express my outrage at the most recent change to your otherwise groovy bobserve site. Adding hackneyed expressions such as "Early one morning the sun was rising" and "Once upon a time you dressed so fine" to set lists is a wholly retrograde step. In the interests of additional spice and whimsy (of which I am all in favour), why not list LAST LINES instead? The only problem is that, in the above examples, this would yield "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Like a Rolling Stone", which rather defeats the object of the exercise. I am left to conclude, therefore, that listing songs by their MIDDLE LINE is the only viable option to pursue. I will leave you to work out what each one is. Keep up the good work! Yours truly Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells
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Bob Dylan account posting Happy birthday, Tracy. Hope to see you again sometime.
March 25, 2025 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Theater Concert 1. All Along The Watchtower 2. It Ain't Me, Babe 3. I Contain Multitudes 4. False Prophet 5. When I Paint My Masterpiece 6. Black Rider 7. My Own Version Of You 8. To Be Alone With You 9. Crossing The Rubicon 10. Desolation Row 11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) 12. Watching The River Flow 13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 14. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You 15. Mother Of Muses 16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed 17. Every Grain Of Sand via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4750
November 14, 2024 London, England Royal Albert Hall Concert 1. All Along The Watchtower 2. It Ain't Me, Babe 3. I Contain Multitudes 4. False Prophet 5. When I Paint My Masterpiece 6. Black Rider 7. My Own Version Of You 8. To Be Alone With You 9. Crossing The Rubicon 10. Desolation Row 11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) 12. Watching The River Flow 13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 14. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You 15. Mother Of Muses 16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed 17. Every Grain Of Sand via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4566
7.7.4 Comments Back in the States the Never-Ending tour continues with yet another 15 gigs structured as the late European shows. Dylan's singing gets worse during the summer and many shows are lacklustre to say the least. Recommended shows NONE
7.5.4 Comments César Diaz has now left the band, which is consequently sounding thinner and rougher than ever. Add to this Dylan's listless and toneless singing mumbled and garbled lyrics and it adds up to one of the worst tours ever in his career. Chaotic! Recommended shows NONE!! Songs The real surprise this time is around is that New Morning, never before played live, now becomes the regular opener. The rendition has however little to do with the original song and lots of people don't even recognize it.
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Bobserve song info page for Born in Time
Newspaper headline Dylan plans on being around a long time Dylan relaxed and talked for nearly an hour after he had completed sound checks for his show, He had taken off the heavy black boots he wore while inging Ballad of a Thin Man" and a few other songs to try out his sound system before 18,000 empty seats but still wore a white T-shirt emblazoned with the name of Bequia, a small Caribbean island, and black leather trousers. He slumped way down in a soft, beige sectional sofa, his bare feet on a coffee table, getting up just twice to light cigarettes. Outside, Hank Williams Gospel records reminded the crowd drifting-in of Dylan's early influences and his present objective
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November 6, 1978 Denver, Colorado McNichols Arena Concert 1. My Back Pages 2. Mr. Tambourine Man 3. Shelter From The Storm 4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 5. Tangled Up In Blue 6. Maggie's Farm 7. Like A Rolling Stone 8. The Times They Are A-Changin' 9. It Ain't Me, Babe 10. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) 11. Blowin' In The Wind 12. Masters Of War 13. Just Like A Woman 14. All Along The Watchtower 15. All I Really Want To Do 16. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 17. Forever Young 18. Changing Of The Guards via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=406
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Sample of the new setlist page layout. Sidebar to the left with various options (e.g. first/next/last stats, samesets, original albums, recordings). Setlist in the middle. On the right: musicians and instrumentation.
world of research Bob Dylan has played Going, _Going, Gone in concert 81 times. He's performed 5 concerts in Fargo, North Dakota Adrian Vecchiola has performed publicly with Bob Dylan 1 time
Pancho & Lefty (Townes van Zandt) 7 performances: Tribute: 1 Concert: 6
The great thing about Salt Lake City - it was a much better show than Fort Collins which was filmed, that was a mediocre show.in fact, the Fort Collins rehearsal the day before was a much better show than the Fort Collins show itself! Anyway, Salt Lake City was the only show that I recall that Bob and Joan did Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts together. The song has something like 18 verses, and Bob wrote the first lines down on the back of his hand, on his cuff, on his sleeve... They did a very good version of it, really good. It was a very spirited show, perhaps because it was the last show. People knew that it wouldn't happen again.