Never Ending Tour 2019

Never Ending Tour 2019
Tour by Bob Dylan
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Start dateMarch 31, 2019
End dateDecember 8, 2019
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 38 in Europe
  • 39 in North America
  • 77 in total
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][3]

Background

The first concert of 2019 was announced on November 27, 2018. Taking place in Hyde Park, London, Dylan and his band appeared alongside Neil Young and Promise of the Real. The event was originally scheduled to be part of the British Summer Time concert series. However Barclaycard's sponsorship of the event was removed at Young's insistence.[4][5][6] Also on November 27, concerts in Finland, Sweden and Norway were confirmed by local news outlets.[7]

On April 16 in Vienna Dylan spoke to the audience for the first time in over three years. He aborted "Blowin' in the Wind" before addressing an audience member taking photographs. He stated: "Take pictures or don’t take pictures. We can either play or we can pose. Okay?"[8]

The concert on April 19 in Innsbruck was the 3,000th show of the Never Ending Tour.[9]

At the concert in Nowlan Park, Ireland, Dylan performed a duet of the song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" with Neil Young.

A twenty-six date tour of North America was announced on September 9, 2019. These shows were mainly scheduled for College and University venues with Dylan also returning to the Met Philadelphia for the second year running.[10][11][12] On September 23, a ten-date residency was announced for New York City's Beacon Theatre starting on November 23 and coming to an end on December 6, 2019.[13][14]

On October 11, the first show of the North American leg of the tour, Dylan introduced two new members of the touring band: drummer Matt Chamberlain, replacing George Receli, and additional guitarist Bob Britt, who had previously played on Time Out of Mind.[15] The tour received extremely positive reviews with several critics describing the shows, and Dylan's singing in particular, as his best in years.[16][17][18]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on April 4, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Things Have Changed"
  2. "It Ain't Me Babe"
  3. "Highway 61 Revisited"
  4. "Simple Twist of Fate"
  5. "Cry A While"
  6. "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
  7. "Honest with Me"
  8. "Tryin' to Get to Heaven"
  9. "Scarlet Town"
  10. "Make You Feel My Love"
  11. "Pay in Blood"
  12. "Like a Rolling Stone"
  13. "Early Roman Kings"
  14. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
  15. "Love Sick"
  16. "Thunder on the Mountain"
  17. "Soon After Midnight"
  18. "Gotta Serve Somebody"
Encore
  2. "Blowin' in the Wind"
  3. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"
Songs performed

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin'

Another Side of Bob Dylan

Bringing It All Back Home

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II

Blood on the Tracks

Slow Train Coming

Shot of Love

  • "Lenny Bruce"

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3

Time Out of Mind

"Love and Theft"

  • "Honest with Me"
  • "Cry A While"

Modern Times

Together Through Life

Tempest (Bob Dylan album)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete

Non-album songs

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
Europe
March 31, 2019 Düsseldorf Germany Mitsubishi Electric Halle — —
April 2, 2019 Würzburg s.Oliver Arena — —
April 4, 2019 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 6,800 / 7,520 $576,599
April 5, 2019 Magdeburg GETEC Arena — —
April 7, 2019 Prague Czech Republic Lucerna Great Hall — —
April 8, 2019
April 9, 2019
April 11, 2019 Paris France Grand Rex — —
April 12, 2019
April 13, 2019
April 16, 2019 Vienna Austria Konzerthaus — —
April 17, 2019
April 19, 2019 Innsbruck Olympiahalle — —
April 20, 2019 Augsburg Germany Schwabenhalle — —
April 22, 2019 Locarno Switzerland Palexpo Locarno — —
April 25, 2019 Pamplona Spain Navarra Arena — —
April 26, 2019 Bilbao Bizkaia Arena — —
April 28, 2019 Gijón Palacio de Deportes de Gijon — —
April 29, 2019 Santiago Pavillón Multiusos Fontes do Sar — —
May 1, 2019 Porto Portugal Coliseu do Porto — —
May 3, 2019 Seville Spain Fibes Sevilla Auditorio — —
May 4, 2019 Málaga Marenostrum Castle Park — —
May 5, 2019 Murcia Plaza de Toros de Murcia — —
May 7, 2019 Valencia Plaza de Toros de Valencia — —
June 21, 2019 Bergen Norway Koengen — —
June 24, 2019 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena — —
June 26, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe — —
June 28, 2019 Gothenburg Scandinavium — —
June 29, 2019 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
June 30, 2019 Karlstad Sweden Karlstad CCC — —
July 3, 2019[a] Roskilde Denmark Darupvej — —
July 5, 2019 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena — —
July 6, 2019 Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle — —
July 7, 2019 Mainz Volkspark — —
July 9, 2019 Erfurt Messe Erfurt — —
July 10, 2019[b] Stuttgart Schlossplatz — —
July 12, 2019[c] London England Hyde Park — —
July 14, 2019[c] Kilkenny Ireland Nowlan Park — —
North America
October 11, 2019 Irvine United States Bren Events Center — —
October 12, 2019 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl — —
October 14, 2019 Palo Alto Frost Amphitheater — —
October 17, 2019 Denver Mission Ballroom — —
October 19, 2019 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena — —
October 20, 2019 Kansas City Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland — —
October 22, 2019 St. Louis Stifel Theatre — —
October 23, 2019 Ames Stephens Auditorium — —
October 24, 2019 Mankato Mankato Civic Center — —
October 26, 2019 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom — —
October 27, 2019 Bloomington Indiana University Auditorium — —
October 29, 2019 Normal Braden Auditorium — —
October 30, 2019 Chicago Credit Union 1 Arena — —
November 1, 2019 South Bend Morris Performing Arts Center — —
November 2, 2019 Muncie Emens Auditorium — —
November 4, 2019 Columbus Mershon Auditorium — —
November 5, 2019 East Lansing Wharton Center for the Performing Arts — —
November 6, 2019 Ann Arbor Hill Auditorium — —
November 8, 2019 Highland Heights BB&T Arena — —
November 9, 2019 Akron E. J. Thomas Hall — —
November 10, 2019 Moon UPMC Events Center — —
November 12, 2019 Baltimore UMBC Event Center — —
November 13, 2019 Petersburg VSU Multipurpose Center — —
November 15, 2019 University Park Eisenhower Auditorium — —
November 17, 2019 Ithaca IC Athletics and Events Center — —
November 19, 2019 Lowell Tsongas Center — —
November 20, 2019 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center — —
November 21, 2019 Philadelphia The Met Philadelphia — —
November 23, 2019 New York City Beacon Theatre 27,198 / 27,474 $2,942,740
November 24, 2019
November 26, 2019
November 27, 2019
November 29, 2019
November 30, 2019
December 2, 2019
December 3, 2019
December 5, 2019
December 6, 2019
December 8, 2019 Washington, D.C. The Anthem — —
Total 33,998 / 34,994
(97%) 		$3,519,339

Notes

  1. ^ The July 3, 2019 concert in Roskilde is part of the Roskilde Festival.
  2. ^ The July 10, 2019 concert in Stuttgart was part of the Jazzopen Stuttgart.
  3. ^ a b The July 12 concert in London and the July 14, 2019 concert in Kilkenny were co-headlining concerts with Neil Young and Promise of the Real.

References

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  3. ^ "Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour Keeps on Trucking". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Bob Dylan and Neil Young to headline British Summer Time festival". The Guardian. November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bob Dylan and Neil Young co-headline UK festival". BBC. November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Already Great: Bob Dylan and Neil Young to co-headline huge 2019 show at BST Hyde Park". NME. November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "Ikonen Bob Dylan spelar i Finland". Vasabladet. November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "Greene, Andy, "Bob Dylan Is Not a Fan of You Taking His Photo Onstage"". Rolling Stone. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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  13. ^ Bernstein, Scott. "Bob Dylan Announces Beacon Theatre Residency 2019". JamBase. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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