Never Ending Tour 1994

Never Ending Tour 1994
Tour by Bob Dylan
Start dateFebruary 5, 1994
End dateNovember 13, 1994
Legs5
No. of shows104
Bob Dylan concert chronology

The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.[1][2]

Background

The Never Ending Tour 1994 started with eleven concerts in Japan. Two days later Dylan performed in Malaysia, his first and to date, only concert there to date. Dylan then went on to perform concerts in Singapore and Hong Kong.[3]

On April 5 Dylan started a twenty-five stop date of North America starting in Springfield, Illinois and coming to an end just over a month later in Memphis, Tennessee.[4]

Prior to continuing to tour in Europe, he returned to Japan, performing at The Great Music Experience from May 20–22.

Dylan travelled to Europe in midsummer to perform seventeen concerts in Europe, his only performances there of 1994.[5]

Sixteen days after completing his European tour Dylan returned to the United States to perform fifteen concerts including his triumph performance at Woodstock '94.[6] After being injured in a traffic accident in 1966, and his subsequent disappearance from the popular music scene, Dylan declined to go to the original Woodstock Festival of 1969, even though he lived in the area at the time and the festival had been put in his backyard to try to get him to come out and play. He set off for the Isle of Wight Festival the day the Woodstock festival started, and performed at Woodside Bay on 31 August 1969. Dylan, however, did accept an invitation to perform at Woodstock '94, and was introduced with the phrase: "We waited twenty-five years to hear this, Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bob Dylan!"[7] According to various critics, Dylan's performance was one of the greater moments of the festival, and represented the beginning of another one of the new phases in his lengthy career.[8]

Dylan continued his United States Tour on October 1 in Ithaca, New York. The tour continued through the fall in the eastern United States ending on November 13 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[9] Inspired by the success of his appearance at Woodstock ’94 Dylan performed on MTV Unplugged which resulted in the live album "MTV Unplugged"[10]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venues.
Date City Country Venue
Asia
February 5, 1994 Sendai Japan Sendai Sun Plaza
February 7, 1994 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
February 8, 1994 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
February 9, 1994
February 11, 1994 Nagoya Century Hall
February 12, 1994 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
February 14, 1994 Kokura Kyushu Koseinenkin Kaikan
February 15, 1994
February 16, 1994 Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center
February 18, 1994 Urawa Urawa-Shi Bunka Center
February 20, 1994 Tokyo NHK Hall
February 22, 1994 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Merdeka Hall
February 24, 1994 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
February 25, 1994 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum
North America
April 5, 1994 Springfield United States Sangamon Auditorium
April 6, 1994 Davenport Adler Theater
April 7, 1994 Ames C.Y. Stephens Auditorium
April 9, 1994 Lawrence Lied Center of Kansas
April 10, 1994 St. Louis Fox Theatre
April 12, 1994 Rockford Coronado Theatre
April 13, 1994 Peoria Peoria Civic Center Theater
April 15, 1994 Ashwaubenon Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
April 16, 1994 Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center
April 17, 1994 Chicago Riviera Theatre
April 18, 1994
April 20, 1994 Champaign Assembly Hall
April 22, 1994 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
April 23, 1994 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
April 24, 1994 Rochester Mayo Civic Center
April 26, 1994 Sioux City Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
April 27, 1994 Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts
April 28, 1994 Topeka Topeka Performing Arts Center
April 30, 1994 Springfield Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
May 1, 1994 Columbia Jesse Auditorium
May 3, 1994 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
May 5, 1994 Bristol Viking Hall
May 6, 1994 Spartanburg Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
May 7, 1994 Chattanooga Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
May 8, 1994[a] Memphis Tom Lee Park
Europe
July 3, 1994[b] Paris France Parc Departemental du Bourget
July 4, 1994 Besançon Palais Des Sports de Besançon
July 5, 1994 Lyon Ancient Theatre of Fourvière
July 7, 1994 Sanremo Italy Stadio Comunale di Sanremo
July 8, 1994[c] Milan Parco Acquatico Milano
July 9, 1994 Balingen Germany Messegelände Balingen
July 10, 1994 Cologne Tanzbrunnen
July 12, 1994[d] Montreux Switzerland Stravinsky Hall
July 14, 1994 Graz Austria Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum
July 15, 1994[e] Vienna Hohe Warte
July 16, 1994 Prague Czech Republic Sportovni Hala
July 17, 1994[f] Kraków Poland Stadion Miejski Cracovii
July 19, 1994 Warsaw Congress Hall
July 21, 1994 Dresden Germany Großer Garten
July 23, 1994 Halle Freilichtbühne Peißnitz
July 24, 1994 Gotha Friedenstein Palace
July 25, 1994 Kiel Ostseehalle
North America
August 10, 1994 Portland United States State Theatre
August 11, 1994 Patterson Big Birch Concert Pavilion
August 12, 1994 Stratton Mountain Ski Resort
August 14, 1994[g] Saugerties Saugerties Field
August 16, 1994 Lewiston Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park
August 17, 1994 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
August 19, 1994 Pittsburgh Station Square
August 20, 1994 Cleveland Nautica Stage
August 21, 1994[h] Columbus Celeste Center
August 23, 1994 Louisville Palace Theatre
August 24, 1994 South Bend Morris Performing Arts Center
August 26, 1994 Merrillville Star Plaza Theatre
August 27, 1994 Kalamazoo State Theatre
August 28, 1994
August 29, 1994[i] Detroit Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
October 1, 1994 Ithaca Ben Light Gymnasium
October 2, 1994 Amherst LeFrak Gymnasium
October 4, 1994 Portland State Theatre
October 5, 1994
October 7, 1994 Boston The Orpheum
October 8, 1994
October 9, 1994
October 11, 1994 Burlington Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
October 12, 1994 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
October 14, 1994 Albany Palace Theatre
October 15, 1994 West Point Eisenhower Hall Theatre
October 16, 1994 New Haven Palace Theatre
October 18, 1994 New York City Roseland Ballroom
October 19, 1994
October 20, 1994
October 22, 1994 Rochester Auditorium Theatre
October 23, 1994 Syracuse Landmark Theatre
October 25, 1994 Wilkes-Barre F.M. Kirby Center
October 26, 1994 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
October 27, 1994 Upper Darby Township The Tower Theater
October 28, 1994
October 30, 1994 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
October 31, 1994
November 1, 1994 Norfolk Chrysler Hall
November 2, 1994 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center Auditorium
November 4, 1994 Gainesville Georgia Mountains Center
November 5, 1994 Knoxville Tennessee Theatre
November 6, 1994 Asheville Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
November 8, 1994 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
November 9, 1994
November 10, 1994 Jackson Oman Arena
November 12, 1994 New Orleans House of Blues
November 13, 1994

Notes

  1. ^ The May 8, 1994 concert in Memphis was part of Memphis in May.
  2. ^ The July 3, 1994 concert in Paris was part of La Fête de la Fraternité.
  3. ^ The July 8, 1994 concert in Milan was part of Sonoria Festival.
  4. ^ The July 12, 1994 concert in Montreux was part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
  5. ^ The July 15, 1994 concert in Vienna was part of Jazz Fest Wien.
  6. ^ The July 17, 1994 concert in Kraków was ended after one hour due to heavy rain.
  7. ^ The August 14, 1994 concert in Saugerties was part of Woodstock '94.
  8. ^ The August 21, 1994 concert in Columbus was part of Ohio State Fair.
  9. ^ The August 29, 1994 concert in Detroit was part of Michigan State Fair.

References

  1. ^ "Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour". The Guardian. 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  2. ^ "The Evolution of Bob Dylan". Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  3. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 Far East Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 US Spring Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  5. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 Europe Summer Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  6. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 US Summer Tour". Bjorner. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  7. ^ "Bob Dylan Woodstock '94". Veoh.com. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  8. ^ "Woodstock 1994". Ram.org. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  9. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 US Fall Tour". Bjorner. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  10. ^ "Still On The Road: 1994 MTV Unplugged Sessions". Bjorner. Retrieved 2011-12-27.