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so far..............more to follow

Fri 24 Apr Sheffield Arena
Sat 25 Apr London The O2
Cardiff CIA 28th April 2009
Wed 29 Apr Birmingham National Indoor Arena
Fri 01 May Liverpool Echo Arena
Sat 02 May SECC Glasgow

Not sure I want to go this time.  Last time he said three or four words the whole gig - no big screen, for all I could tell from my seat towards the back of NIA I was watching Frogcrutches in a white stetson doing a pretty average Dylan impression.

Cheeky git. >:(
You know I can't sing. >:(

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ::)

I thought you'd be flattered ;D

Most people want me to be flattened. >:(
Bastards. >:(

What's with all this fluffy angel wings? >:(
Bastards. >:(
I'm going to cause trouble. >:(
I'm not happy. >:(

Consider yourself blessed. That's about 3 or 4 words more than he normally says.

but nor can Dylan! heh heh heh

The sainted Steve Gibbons makes a good job of it though!!

Bob’s Touring Plans for Europe next Spring


What we know so far -
  
March 23rd,Stockholm, Globe Arena, Capacity 13,850
March 25th, Oslo, Spektrum
March 27th, Jönköping, Kinnarps Arena, Capacity 8,150
March 28th, Malmo, Malmo Arena, Capacity 15,000
March 29th, Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen, Capacity 8,000
March 31, Hannover, AWD Arena

April 1, Berlin, Max Schmeling Halle
April 2, Erfurt, Messehalle
April 4, München, Zenith
April 5, Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle
April 10th, Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall
April 11th, Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall
April 12th, Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall
April 14th, Basel, St. Jakobshalle
April 16th, Milan – unconfirmed, Mediolanum Forum
April 17th, Rome, Pala Lottomatica
April 19th, Florence, Mandela Forum
April 20th, Geneva, Geneva Arena
April 21st, Strasbourg,
April 22nd, Brussels, Forest National
April 24th, Sheffield, Hallam Arena, Capacity 12,500
April 25th, London, O2 Arena, Capacity 20,000
April 28th, Cardiff, International Arena, Capacity 5,000
April 29th, Birmingham, NIA, Capacity 13,000

May 1st, Liverpool, Echo Arena, Capacity 7,500
May 2nd, Glasgow, SECC, Main Hall, Capacity 8,500
May 3rd, Edinburgh Playhouse – to be confirmed
May 5th, O2 Arena, Dublin (formerly The Point Depot), Capacity, 9,300
May 6th, O2 Arena, Dublin (formerly The Point Depot), Capacity, 9,300

I tend to agree with you here. I've had a couple of great Bob live experiences in the last decade but he is woefully inconsistent these days. I'd prefer to preserve the memories. He's going through a purple patch on record though.

The prospect of seeing the Great Man at the wonderful Edinburgh Playhouse is simply too good an opportunity to pass up.

I didn't know frogcrutches did Dylan impressions. I'll look forward to that at the next Cropredy  ;D

Does he need to take the Chinese Drain Cleaner first?

APR 26th - LONDON, ENGLAND - THE FORUM

Have the Dylan Project got any dates yet? They will be a lot better value. And more fun, not that I have ever seen his Bobness.

I saw Bob Dylan at Wembley Arena in the mid eighties. The support acts were Roger McGuin and then Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They both then formed part of Bob's backing band. Bob was on great form if I remember correctly and I can still remember the sensation of hearing those classic songs sung by the man himself. Don't know if he spoke much in that concert but I've such good memories of that night I've decided not to chance another Dylan show.

ronnie  

It was 1987

He is my god; I've seen him many many times, first was 1965. Around 6 years ago I swore never again, and then couldn't resist Brixton Academy a couple of years ago.

The songs were almost unrecognisable, he was playing a keyboard sideways on to the audience and never once looked round at us, let alone spoke.  I really got the impression he was taking the p***.

And yet, and yet...

 :-\

I've seen him 120 odd times but i'm cutting down this year mainly due to the samey sets and ludicrous singing "style" on certain songs.I normally do all the UK shows but this time i'm doing  just Cardiff,Birmingham and London.

the latest................

I'm back from my winter holidays and back in touch with the Promoters. The rumour of a show at the London Forum (HMV Forum) is untrue. There will be a second London show on the 26th. I do not yet know the venue but have every  reason to believe that it will be mixed seating and standing. Details of the show - venue, costs of tickets, seating/GA arrangements - will be made available when the "boss-man" promoter returns from his Winter holiday on Wednesday. They will contact me then and I'll pass info on to you as soon as I receive it.

just in case anyone is interested.

Yes I'm interested.

My son works at HMV's head office, and I've been having a battle royal with him this weekend...

"I'm sorry, Mum, but it's not true"

"Yes it is 'cos Billy on TAW says so"

  :-[

But don't think twice, it's alright  ;D

Brixton, do you think?

Sorry about that ! The  message i posted today is from a very reliable chap who actually gets us good tickets for UK Dylan shows.It seems somebody else jumped the gun.I'll post it here if i hear first.

Update...........


Another UK Show?

 

The promoter is still not ready to release the details of the venue and there will definitely be no information this week. What I do know is -

1. There will definitely be one extra London show,

2. It will not be at the Forum as rumoured on some of the Dylan boards,

3. It will be on Sunday 26th,

4. It looks very much as if this show will have reserved seating and standing. I guess the standing would be on the floor at the front with seating in the balcony(ies),

5. There will be no support act for this or for any other UK show,

6. Tickets will be made available for fans – how many depends on the size of the venue.

Academy or SB Empire then?

I could have written that myself. Apart from the 1965 bit. I was 1!



I saw him on that tour but I think it must have been a different night. It was one of the two worst Bob shows I have been to. It was the night after the hurricane and I had to move heaven and earth to get there from the coast as there was no public transport and most of the roads were blocked with fallen trees and debris. Roger was good.  Tom was good. Bob was grumpy and disdainful and only played for 50 minutes. As I recall, he didn't play Hurricane, Shelter From The Storm or Blowin' In The Wind which would at least have been appropriate! AND my T Shirt went all baggy and mis-shapen first time I washed it.

And yet, and yet...

Not sure if I  would go..although if he was to play S.Bush or Brixton in London, I might be tempted. Used to love him, but his shambolic and disrespectful performance at Live Aid in '85 turned me against him for a long time.
Seen him only 5 times in total- Blackbush Aerodrome in 1978, (fantastic, and he was in a really good mood for once- actually joked with the 200,000 audience); Earls Court- I think later in that same year, (good but not as great  as Blackbush); Wembley Stadium, I think 1985, (with a band which included ex-Stone Mick Taylor, and support from Santana, maybe also UB40? - memories start to fade a little- whole day somwhat spoilt for me by being stupid enough to get caught trying to evade a fare on the train getting there- but I think it was a good concert!); the old London Fleadh- sometime in the early 90's- (no song sounded anything like it's original version, which maybe some people may think is a good thing but it did little for me, but worst of all was the rain that day in open-air Finsbury Park..it poured and it poured and it poured...); finally caught the tail end of his performance at the Princes Trust Hyde Park concert in 1996, playing with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood (dreadfull, echoes of Live Aid 11 years before- they sounded terrible). I do know that a lot of people say some of his more recent concerts have been some of the best ever- so who knows??

Earl's Court was before Blackbushe,Wembley was in 1984,The Fleadh was in 1993 and Keith Richards did not play with Dylan at Hyde Park in 1996.

The best year's of the so called Never Ending Tour in my humble opinion are 1988 (the first year)
1995 and 2000.

The trouble with Bob Dylan is that almost every time someone opens their gob about him they get it all wrong.

Fleadh Festival
 
 
 Finsbury Park
 
 
 London, England
 
 
 12 June 1993
 

 

 

                         1.  Hard Times (Stephen Foster)

                         2.  Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

                         3.  All Along The Watchtower

                         4.  You're A Big Girl Now

                         5.  Tangled Up In Blue

                         6.  One Irish Rover (Van Morrison)

                         7.  Watching The River Flow

 

                         8.  Jim Jones (trad. arr. by Bob Dylan)

                         9.  Mr. Tambourine Man

 

                       10.  Maggie's Farm

 

—

 

                       11.  It Ain't Me, Babe

It was a GREAT concert. Made more so by the contrast with how dull Santana & UB40 had been beforehand!

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Earl's Court was before Blackbushe,Wembley was in 1984,The Fleadh was in 1993 and Keith Richards did not play with Dylan at Hyde Park in 1996.

The best year's of the so called Never Ending Tour in my humble opinion are 1988 (the first year)
1995 and 2000.

The trouble with Bob Dylan is that almost every time someone opens their gob about him they get it all wrong.

Fleadh Festival
 
 
 Finsbury Park
 
 
 London, England
 
 
 12 June 1993
 

 

 

            


Allright, fair enough, sorry for opening my "gob"- I did say I wasn't sure about what year Wembley was, etc.- but not wanting to get into an "anorak" argument, the Earls court concert was definetly after Blackbush. Not sure now, who played with him at Hyde Park in 1996, but Ronnie Wood was at least, I'm sure one of them, can anybody clarify this?
Sorry again for "opening my gob", but all memories are of special times, and sometimes they do get distorted with those times.

I was at that one too but I have no memory of who was in the band. It wasn't one of Bob's better days from what I recall.

Sorry mate that was not aimed at you specifically just in general.Everything you read about the bloke seems to be full of mistakes.Ronnie Wood did indeed play at Hyde Park in 1996.

In 1978 Dylan played these  shows in England.

Earl's Court,London..................15,16,17,18,19 and 20 June

Blackbushe Aerodrome,Camberley...........15 July

Hyde Park
London, England
29 June 1996



 Concert # 338 with the 9th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar), John Jackson (guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), Winston Watson (drums & percussion).

Guests were Ronnie Wood and Al kooper.Kooper had played shortly before at two concerts in Liverpool.
 
 
 

If it's any help, he played at Earls Court again in 1981, in the days when his visits to the UK were still relatively rare. I was at one of those gigs too.

Then it was 1981 when I must have seen him at Earl's Court; certainly after Blackbush. Agree with you about Santana and UB40  in 1984- particularly Santana. I was always very fond of them and was looking forward to seeing them- then I get virtually arrested for not buying a ticket to Wembley on the train from Hackney where I then lived, (eventually being fined £75- lot of money in those days!), and Santana played a set of jazz/funk, not what we were expecting, and none of the "Abraxas", "Caravanserai" albums we were so familiar with.

Do you still try to jib it on the trains ?

No! Those days of minor criminality are long gone; as are the days when I used to hitchhike to gigs and festivals- does anyone hitch anywhere these days? It's one of those "pastimes"/modes of travel that seemed to have disappeared as the times have changed. It was virtually an essential component of an "alternative"-type culture. Which reminds me, that as I travelled with friends by car from London to that memorable Blackbushe concert in 1978, (as well Dylan, Clapton played, and several big names of the time, including, I think, Joan Armadrading?), we were amused that someone had written "Hippies Graveyard" on virtually every signpost between London and the festival site in Surrey/Hampshire.

Was this with the Who doing Quadrophenia or am I getting Hyde Park gigs confused?  If so, I was at this.  Didn't EC also come on stage with him (he'd played earlier as well hadn't he?)....There...I've probably confused 3 gigs into 1 imaginery one!

That is certainly the gig I am thinking of. I don't remember Clapton playing with him but actually i don't remember very much about the day other tha Quadrophenia being excellent and Clapton being dreadfully dull on a very cold evening so we left early and went to the pub. The only thing I can recall about Bob's set was that he played a great version of Silvio but I think the rest was pretty ordinary.

Clapton being dreadfully dull doesn't exactly register as a surprise in my neck of the woods I'm afraid  ::)

No, I tend to agree. I don't really do Clapton after about 1974.

The only time as far as i can remember that i saw Clapton on stage with Dylan was Wembley 1984.Clapton and The Who were on after Bob at Hyde Park 1996 but i left after Dylan,too many people for me.I didn't go to Blackbushe,just three at Earl's Court.

Hyde Park set...........


Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
All Along The Watchtower
Positively 4th Street
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Tangled Up In Blue (acoustic)
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic)
Silvio
Seven Days (Ron Wood on vocals)
(encore)

Highway 61 Revisited

I'm pretty sure Clapton came on for an encore with Dylan at Blackbushe, but don't remember them playing together at that Hyde Park concert. I thought Clapton was pretty good that day. That was also only the second time I'd ever seen the Who play, (the first being in the early 70's at the Valley, Charlton's football ground). I also think they weren't actually calling themselves the Who that day at Hyde Park, as they had several other guest musicians on stage- one who I've got a vague memory of being pulled out at the last minute, was I think, the awful Paul Gadd, (aka Gary Glitter), as this was when his liking for young girls was first coming to light.

I too was at the Hyde Park bash.
Pretty sure that Clapton didn't join Dylan on stage.

No, Glitter wasn't pulled. He was there. Famously he hit Roger Daltrey in the eye with a microphone (accidentally) the day before the gig and Daltrey had to play the show wearing an eye patch.

He didn't,the band was Dylan,Jackson,Baxter,Garnier and Watson.The guests were Wood and Al Kooper (as already posted)

SILVIO

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lujQqh0gOX8

Another UK Show?

No more news at the moment.

Another Studio Album?

Again, no more news at the moment.

Another Sell-Out – and More Besides?

Reuters January 30th –

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bob Dylan and will.i.am: Together at last? The musicians both appear in a Pepsi commercial that is being considered for placement during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast, singing a song written specifically for the ad. Further details on the ad were unavailable, but Pepsi Co. North America executives said they also are considering selling the song on iTunes. The company has two or three minutes of total advertising time during the February 1 game.

It’s actually not a song written specifically for the ad – it’s a take of Forever Young, not the album version but one I recognise from somewhere or other. Watch it here:

http://video.mediapost.com/index.cfm?clientfile=PepsiRefreshAnthemSuperBowl.mov

Sell out?  To whom?  It's his stuff, he can do what he wants with it.  I rather like the fact he doesn't give a monkey's about all the stuff and nonsense about him any more.....

I agree with you,i'm just posting information from my friendly ticket supplier...........here is some more.

Desolation Row Information Service
February 10th 2009

Another UK Show?

No more news at the moment. I do expect an announcement very soon

Another Studio Album?

Contacts in the music industry have told me that they will be attending a listening session of the new album at Sony headquarters in London on the 10th. It is likely that there will be other sessions in other countries as well as listening sessions for the music press over the coming week or two.

Ticket Orders
I’ve now received the tickets that  I ordered for all shows except London O2 and Edinburgh – these are on their way – and we’re starting to pull orders together and will continue to do so over the next few weeks. There are around 450 individual orders and I won’t send any out until the last is complete and I’m satisfied that I haven’t made any mistakes. They should be with you by the end of the month.

The Dylan Watch by Oris

In my last email, I mentioned the following -
As a tribute to Bob Dylan, Oris has created a special edition Rectangular model, limited to just 3000 pieces worldwide. The stainless steel cased watches carry Bob Dylan’s signature on the finely patterned dial. His portrait is engraved on the case back along with the limited edition number of the watch. A small glass window offers a glimpse of the complex mechanical movement with the famous Oris red rotor.

Here’s some additional information that I’ve garnered.

The steel edition described above will be released in April. As yet, I don’t have a price. There will also be a more prestigious gold edition released in August. As mentioned earlier, these watches come with a Hohner harmonica – for the gold edition, the harmonica will bear the Bob Dylan engraved signature.

So long as I’ve remembered, I’ve attached 3 files showing the presentation box with harmonica, the face of the gold watch and the rear of the steel edition.

A good UK outlet for this watch is Jura Watches of Mayfair who, possibly, are the only authorised source for internet sales that can provide a guarantee of authenticity. More about them later when they send me further info.

On BBC TV & Radio This Week

Thursday 12th February,          
23:00 - Bob Dylan, Theme Time Radio Hour – BBC Radio 2
Friday 13th February,                
20:00 - Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Sound Of The Sixties - BBC4
20:10 - Festival (Newport Folk, 1963-6) - BBC4
21:40 - Sings Dylan (cover versions) - BBC4
22:30 - Roger McGuinn et al, Folk America At The Barbican – BBC4
Saturday 14th February,
22:00 - Bob Dylan, Theme Time Radio Hour - BBC Radio 2
Sunday 15th February,
24:00 - Bob Dylan, Theme Time Radio Hour - BBC 6 Music

from ISIS magazine...............

Additional Rumours About The New Album
There are several additional pieces of information about the new album. One is that Dylan recorded thirteen songs in all, of which ten are expected to be on this release. Speculatively, this would leave out-takes for use in “My Own Love Song”, but nothing more has been heard regarding Dylan’s involvement with this film.

Another strong rumour is that Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) are amongst the musicians on the new album. These two guitarists are said to have worked with what has been described as the nucleus of Dylan’s tour band. The Heartbreakers’ keyboard player Benmont Tench is also said to have played on the album.  

There is also speculation of a video to go with the album release, but there are no details as yet. Of course, that rumoured animation-video prepared for ‘Mississippi’ (from “Tell Tale Signs”) never saw the light of day, so perhaps that could be used – who knows?

 

DYLAN RECORDS SURPRISE 'MODERN TIMES' FOLLOW-UP
Dark new disc with a bluesy border-town feel arrives in April
By David Fricke

I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver/And I'm reading James Joyce/Some people tell me I got the blood of the land in my voice," Bob Dylan sings in a leathery growl, capturing the essence of his forthcoming studio album - raw-country love songs, sly wordplay and the wounded state of the nation - in "I Feel a Change Coming On," one of the record's 10 new originals.

Set for late April,the as-yet-untitled album arrives a few months after Dylan's outtakes collection Tell Tale Signs nad it "came as a surprise," says a source close to Dylan's camp. Last year, filmmaker Olivier Dahan, who directed the 2007 Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie en Rose, approached Dylan about writing songs for his next feature. Dylan responded with "Life Is Hard," a bleak ballad with mandolin, pedal steel and him singing in a dark, crystal clear voice, "The evening winds are still/I've lost the way and will." (The song appears in the film My Own Love Song, starring Renee Zellweger.)

Inspired, Dylan kept writing and recording songs with his road band and guests, with Los Lobos' David Hidalgo rumored on the accordion. Dylan produce the album under his usual pseudonym, Jack Frost.
The disc has the live-in-the-studio feel of Dylan's last two studio records, 2001's Love & Theft and 2006's Modern Times, but with the seductive border-cafe feel (courtesy of the accordion on every track) and an emphasis on struggling-love songs. The effect - in the opening shuffle, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," the Texas-dance-hall jump of "If You Ever Go To Houston" and the waltz "This Dream of You" - is a gnarly turn on early-1970's records like New Morning and Planet Waves.

Dylan makes references to the national chaos, as on the viciously funny slow blues "My Wife's Home Town" ("State gone broke, the county's dry/Don't me lookin' at me with that evil eye"), culminating in the deceptive rolling rock of "It's All Good." Against East L.A. accordion and a snake's nest of guitars, Dylan tells you how bad things are - "Brick by brick they tear you down/A teacup of water is enough to drown" - then ices each verse with the title line, a pithy shot of sneering irony and calming promise. "You would never expect the record after Modern Times to sound like this", the source says. "Bob takes all of those disparate elements you hear and puts them into a track. But you can't put your finger on it - 'It sounds exactly like that.' That's why he's so original."

If I remember rightly, the eye patch was designed like the Who red, white and blue target logo.

Whilst nothing seems to ever go the way one expects – look how long it’s taken for any real news of the new album to surface – Sony’s current intention is to issue a press release about the new album this coming Monday. Once that is out, the UK Promoters will be able to release information about the extra London show to be held on April 26th. Not long to wait. I understand that the bonus DVD will contain some previously unreleased tracks that are unconnected with the studio sessions for this album or the previous album plus something else a little more out of the usual for an official Dylan release. Sony will let us know more in due course.

From Mojo online on March 12th –

 

YESTERDAY, MOJO HEARD seven of what may turn out to be ten or eleven Bob Dylan originals to be released by Columbia Records in April, possibly the week of the 27th in the U.S. and Europe. The album is not yet titled and final track selection, sequence and artwork are still being finalized. Sources confirm what many have already heard: French filmmaker Olivier Dahan, who directed La Vie En Rose, the blood-on-the-tracks biopic of Edith Piaf, asked Dylan to contribute something to My Own Love Song, a road movie starring Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger about a wheelchaired singer and pal who travel cross-country to Memphis. Bob offered up Life Is Hard, a gorgeous ballad with a descending melody line that is reminiscent of the Bing Crosbyish, early 20th Century pop that Bob displayed on both "Love And Theft" and Modern Times.

 

Although the facts remain a mystery, evidently Dylan had more to say, more to write, or simply had accumulated enough songs for a new album. It took him four years to follow 1997's Time Out Of Mind with 2001's "Love And Theft", and five twixt Love... and '06's Modern Times, so no-one expected a new one so quickly. Details are sketchy about precise recording dates and personnel but sources say that Jack Frost (Dylan's nom de studio) produced and the line-up features Bob on guitar and keys as well as his road band and David Hidalgo from Los Lobos on accordion. Other possible contributors have been floated but have not been confirmed.

 

Your correspondent first heard of the possible existence of an album of new material on Dylan encyclopaedist Michael Gray's blog on January 22. The rumour quickly made the rounds of Bobsites, forcing sceptics to point to the alleged April release date as proof that this was an April Fool's joke. As recently as March 10, one naysayer posted on the New Yorker website that guesswork about the album's title was "the strongest evidence there won't be an album." After checking with a friend of Bob's who confirmed the rumour, arrangements were made with the appropriate gatekeepers. Drugged, blindfolded, and forced to switch transportation periodically, I awoke on a tropical island in a bamboo hut, sparsely outfitted with a lone stereo. Here's what I heard:

 

1) Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - A minor chord mid-tempo rocker. Like all the tracks and like Bob's last two albums, it's got a big, full, raucous, rocking sound, making the case that Jack Frost is indeed Bob Dylan's finest producer since the '60s and '70s. Likewise, his voice packs a punch; not the thin, reedy instrument that occasionally detracts during live sets. He's enunciating the lyrics with a fire and intensity we didn't hear on Modern Times. Hidalgo's soulful squeezebox is omnipresent here - and everywhere else.

2) Life Is Hard - The song that possibly buzzed his muse and encouraged him to write the others. "I need strength to fight that world outside," and "I'm on my guard / Admitting life is hard / Without you baby" are lines that leapt out in a paean to the notion that two are better equipped to weather tragedy than one. A forlorn twinkling mandolin and mournful pedal steel accentuate the deep blue lyrics.

3) My Wife's Hometown - Chicago blues has always been a huge influence on Dylan. From Bringing It All Back Home up through his most recent work, the ghosts of Chess Studios lurk inside the man from Minnesota. This one's reminiscent of Muddy Waters' I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love. Job loss is referenced (a topical theme, you may have heard), but Bob's black humour is in cheeky abundance: "I just want to say that hell's my wife's hometown" and "I'm pretty sure she'll make me kill someone," Bob sings and then laughs demonically at the end. Man, he's enjoying himself.

 

4) Forgetful Heart - Lots of tunes in minor keys on this record, including this one. A neat banjo barely audible in the mix and one of The Master's best lines ever: "The door is closed for evermore / If indeed there ever was a door."

5) Shake Shake Mama - More Chi-town chugga-lugga. Some artists retreat to servile reasonableness and bourgeois banality as they get older. Not Bob. He got Las Vegas out of his system at Budokan. "I'm motherless / I'm fatherless / Almost friendless too," he growls and you believe him.

6) I Feel A Change Coming On - Like Spirit On the Water from Modern Times, this one possesses a blithe jaunt and gorgeous melody. As in all his recent work, there are intimations of mortality ("And the last part of the day is already gone") but there's a devil-may-care wistfulness and a frisky sexuality in both lyrics and phrasing. Best lines: "I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver / I'm reading James Joyce / Some people they tell me / I've got the blood of the land in my voice."

 

7) It's All Good - Propelled by a John Lee Hooker boogie rhythm with a stinging slide guitar, here's Dylan taking on human woes: social, political, personal. He itemizes crimes ranging from "politicians tellin' lies" to environmental illness ("a teacup of water is enough to drown"), urban degradation, murder and adultery and sarcastically and scathingly responds to each in the chorus with that hideous New Age cliché referenced in the title. More proof that Bob never really stopped writing "protest songs".

 

Other song titles that I didn't hear but have been mentioned elsewhere include If You Ever Go To Houston and This Dream Of You. Yet what I heard offered ample proof of an artist steeped in the past but thoroughly living in the present, cognizant of everything, not afraid to point fingers or laugh at fools or fall in love.

 

It's a powerful personal work by a man who still thinks for himself in an era of fear, conformity, and dehumanization. That it rocks mightily makes the message even more compelling. Whatever the hell it gets called, it'll be in the running for Best Album Of 2009.

Michael Simmons

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/conversation

In the unlikely event of anyone being interested Bob Dylan performed "Billy" tonight in Stockholm.There were no Modern Times songs in the set.

Extra Show
The Roundhouse
26/4/2009

Just listening to Stockholm from t'weekend.  Although I tried, it's really nothing to get that excited about...same tired band, same tired setlists, same old (but maybe just a little stronger) singing.  He's in a (live) rut, and has, to these ears, been in the same one for at least 3 years, maybe more....

I think that is probably right, though I haven't heard anything from the most recent live shows. That is why I have decided to give this latest tour a miss, especially given the plethora of other great live music out there this year.

What I can't understand is how he has hit this purple patch in the studio and is making these great albums but continues to dish out seemingly jaded greatest hits perfomances on stage with little post 60s material making it into the set list.

This is the setlist from Stockholm..

1.    Intro
2.      Most Likely You Go Your Way
3.    Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
4.    I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
5.    Stuck Inside Of Mobile
6.    Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7.    Things Have Changed
8.    Watching The River Flow
9.    Blind Willie McTell
10.    I Don't Believe You
11.    I Believe In You
12.    Honest With Me

1.    Billy
2.    Summer Days
3.    All Along The Watchtower
4.     (encore)
5.    Cry A While
6.    Like A Rolling Stone
7.    Band intros
8.      Forever Young

So 9 songs from the period 1964 - 1973. 5 from the last 10 years. Only 3 from the 26 years in between! Nothing from Blood On The Tracks, Desire or Oh Mercy (though I would certainly love to see him play Senor!)

Until last night he has been playing around 5 per show from Modern Times.His singing "style" on songs such as Cry Awhile is beyond awful.I'm going to at least 4 shows this time as much to meet up with friends as anything else.That could well be my lot unless he plays at Sutton United football club.

I'm going to see him in Liverpool on 1st May - I've never seen him live, although I've got numerous live recordings, so I've an idea what to expect. Thought it was as well to see Dylan live at least once in my lifetime.

Instead of going to see him 4 times, you could just about have afforded to buy Sutton United football club in the current climate....

I've seen Mick Taylor,Stackridge and The Yardbirds round there recently.I've also seen the last 20 Ryman League games after not going for about 10 years.I won't be going for another 10 - the standard is abysmal.

There's a track from the new album for download from the web site (today only i think)

http://www.bobdylan.com/

My ticket for Liverpool arrived at the weekend. Yippee - can't wait.

I hope he doesn't play "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" (sic)....  ;)

Why? Is it pretty grim? I haven't heard it yet. Will give it a listen tonight.

It's 21st century Dylan by numbers, i'm afraid....does nothing for me...but I've heard people raving about it elsewhere, so I wouldn't worry too much!

It's looking promising.................Bob has performed 8 concerts and sung/played 136 songs of which 62 have been different.

played tonight in Paris...............

The Times We've Known (Bob on keyboard) (song by Charles Aznavour)

He did it once before about 10 years ago,perhaps we will get Any Old Iron in London.

Songs Sung So Far on This Tour

 

Bob has performed 13 concerts and sung/played 223 songs of which 71 have been different. 1 song that is new to the tour has been performed since the last update. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once.

 

All Along The Watchtower (13)
Like A Rolling Stone (13)

Spirit On The Water (11)
Blowin' In The Wind  (11)

Highway 61 Revisited (11)
Thunder On The Mountain  (10)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (10)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum  (7)

Beyond The Horizon  (6)

The Levee's Gonna Break  (5)

Honest With Me (5)

Watching The River Flow  (4)

When I Paint My Masterpiece (4)
Just Like A Woman (4)

Summer Days (4)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (4)

Things Have Changed  (4)
Sugar Baby  (4)
When The Deal Goes Down  (3)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)  (3)

High Water (For Charley Patton)  (3)

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3)

I Believe In You  (3)
Chimes Of Freedom (3)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  (3)

Rollin' And Tumblin'  (3)

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  (3)

Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)  (3)
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (2)
Make You Feel My Love  (2)

Tryin' To Get To Heaven (2)
Desolation Row  (2)
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat  (2)

The Man In Me (2)

Love Sick (2)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  (2)
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)  (2)

Maggie's Farm (2)
Ballad Of Hollis Brown  (2)
Workingman's Blues #2  (2)

Gotta Serve Somebody  (2)

John Brown (2)
Masters Of War  (2)
Cat's In The Well (2)
Po' Boy  (2)

Til I Fell In Love With You  (2)

The Wicked Messenger  (2)

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Blind Willie McTell
Billy
Cry A While
Forever Young

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Tangled Up In Blue
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Million Miles
This Wheel's On Fire

Simple Twist Of Fate

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Shooting Star
Nettie Moore

Dignity

My Back Pages

Man In The Long Black Coat
Can't Wait

Girl Of The North Country

Ain't Talkin'
Every Grain Of Sand

The Times They Are A-Changin'

The Times We've Known  

 

Bob sang Return To Me in Rome tonight........the mind boggles,i bet he slaughtered it.i don't know who wrote it but i have it here somewhere by Dean Martin.i don't suppose Martin's version is under threat.

blimey billy this is a pretty comrehensive thread, much respect!!!

( do you work for him or are you stalking him ::))

 ;D

Just a fan.A casual observer compared to some ! Going to see him 4 times starting next Saturday.

I've just discovered most of the new album is a co-write with Robert Hunter.  Might have to give it a listen after all....

Video for 'Beyond Here Lies Nothing' -


http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=oWWhtLlY_2GTPeYNnmt8C_inKnjoCI6p&UserName=Unknown

It's abysmal................absolutely dreadful. I wouldn't bother.

Oh dear.

Noooooo! Don't tell me that. I've lovedthe last three and was getting excited about this one. On the other hand, when was the last time that Bob made four great albums in a row?

1966?  Can I claim my prize?   :)

The 8 albums from Freewheelin to Nashville Skyline are surely the greatest run of albums ever by anyone.There have also been many more since those days.

Come to think of it when was the last time anyone made four great albums in a row................

Ryan Adams...last two with Whiskeytown and first two solos....?

Can I lose every ounce of non-existent credibility I have left and suggest Coldplay?  No?  Ok then.....  ;D

stop it...................


you could  stick the Basement Tapes in with those 8 although it wasn't officially released until a few years later.

They were more than just great albums!

I think, for me, the last run of at least four was from Planet Waves to Slow Train Coming but both albums have their detractors so you have to decide where to start and stop. Either way you pick up Blood On The Tracks, Desire and Street Legal.

The string of releases from  Time Out Of Mind onwards has certainly been Bob's most consistent since then.

When i say it's abysmal................absolutely dreadful. I wouldn't bother,i am talking in terms of Bob Dylan albums.

I will still take Bob being sick in a bucket over Ryan Adams and a host of others................ ;D

What was the Roundhouse show like?  Two friends of mine on Facebook express thoughts that it was embarassingly awful....?  I hope not...

Incidentally, it's really bugging me that none of the reviews of the new album seem to mention the fact that the lyrics are co-written by Robert Hunter, which surely is one of the more salient points to mention, isn't it?  I guess I'm going to have to take the plunge and give the whole thing a listen....not looking forward to it, mind...

Well by the wonders of technology I shall shortly be listening to the Roundhouse gig, to see for myself...  All I can say is I hope it's better than the album.  I lasted up to track 7, and I want those 30 minutes back.  Excreble.

Bob Dylan
The Roundhouse
London
UK
26 April 2009

Disc 1
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Tangled Up In Blue
4. Million Miles
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Sugar Baby
9. High Water (for Charlie Patton)

Disc 2
1. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. Po' Boy
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. Ain't Talkin'
5. Summer Days
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Blowin' In The Wind

Why then is it getting such good reviews everywhere? I haven't heard it yet but nobody had any trouble (rightly) saying Bob's albums were sh1t in the 80s so I don't see why this should be any different if that is the case.

I was at the O2 on Saturday and The Roundhouse last night.I went home last night during I Don't Believe You.First time i've left a Dylan show early and it was the 124th i've attended.

I couldn't get a seat so had to stand downstairs amongst a bunch of idiots most of whom seemed to have no interest whatsoever in what was happening on stage.

Bob's position (now stage right) makes sure that half the audience can't see him anyway.He came centre stage once at the O2 and that was it.

We were forced to get over there early to obtain a wristband and then join a mile long queue to get in.All this for one of the most mundane sets of all time with most of the renditions resembling a train wreck.

I will be going to Cardiff and Birmingham  rather than let others down but am not bothered anymore one way or the other.I have good seats but no doubt will be forced to stand anyway.

I have no idea....but not one of the reviews by even serious bobheads seems to mention the fact that Hunter is co-writer on the vast majority of the material which I find very odd.  I want to like this.  I don't.  I guess they just do...c'est la vie  :)

I actually passed up the chance to go to the Roundhouse last night, for a variety of reasons...so thank you Billy, you've helped convince me that I did the right thing.

Did you hear Gavin Martin talking about it on the Today Programme this morning?  What a pretentious t***.

Not everyone things the Roundhouse was awful apparently...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/27/bob-dylan-review-the-rock-veteran-plays-a-stormer-at-the-london-roundhouse-115875-21312256/

Perhaps thats what counts for a review these days....

That's the same chap, David.

Oh yes.  D'oh!

We were at the O2 Saturday night.  I've never been to a concert before where the singer sings for two solid hours without a break or speaking at all.  We were so high up in the venue that Bob was a tiny speck on the stage...he could have been anyone.  But me and the boys  can now say we've seen Bob Dylan, though I don't think we shall bother again.

I much prefer those Fairport Chaps.

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At least you were on the right side ! The people on the other side probably didn't see him at all except when he came centre stage for one song.It's unbelievable really.

We were in row 5 as i get the tickets from a fan allocation that has been running for a few years.I've just realised that Glamorgan are playing at home tomorrow so that will do me nicely for a couple of hours before the Cardiff show.

I wonder why he carries on?  It can't be very enjoyable from his point of view either, having no rapport with the audience.

It's almost like a game... How much scorn and contempt can I pour upon people before they finally give up coming? Perhaps next tour I'll stay backstage and play the new CD from there.  

Just back from visiting a friend (I went out!) who saw him in Florence a couple of weeks ago.  She described it as worst gig ever :-\

The Roundhouse.  Another journalist, another 4-star review...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/28/bob-dylan-review

I'm going to see him on Friday, but have been listening to the album today and I must say I'm really impressed. I thought that there was some good stuff on it.
 I've never seen Dylan live, so am looking forwards to Friday - I know live reviews have been 'mixed', but I think that if you know what to expect from a live Dylan show these days ( ie have heard the bootlegs) and don't expect versions of songs that sound much like the recorded ones, you won't be disappointed. After all, it is Dylan!!

Just got home from Birmingham.I almost stayed in the pub to watch the match as Cardiff last night was nothing special.Glad i didn't it was a very good show.

Bob played "Something" tonight in Liverpool


Liverpool, England
Echo Arena
May 1, 2009

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard)
4. Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob on guitar)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Sugar Baby (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8. Po' Boy (Bob on keyboard)
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
10. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Something (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

Just got back from the show at the Liverpool Arena and was going to post about Bob playing 'Something'. I thought he was great - his voice was in far better shape than I'd expected and the sound was pretty good. A really good show. Someone got on the stage during 'Blowin' in the wind' but just gave Bob a hug before being 'escorted' off. Bob seemed unworried by it.

12. Something (Bob on keyboard)

It's already on youtube Shanks

The Times We've Known in Paris
Return To Me in Rome
Something in Liverpool


Why no Any Old Iron or Knees Up Mother Brown in London ?

Yes, I've seen it - 'Boots of Spanish leather' is there too.

I expect you've seen this but just in case.

review from the Liverpool "Echo"..................a bit strange   ???

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/05/02/review-bob-dylan-echo-arena-liverpool-100252-23524102/

Thanks Billy - I haven't seen it - we don't usually get the Echo. AFAIK, he didn't play any tracks off the new album did he, let alone 'tracks' - I suspect the reviewer isn't au fait with Dylan's recent stuff and mistook the likes of 'Things have changed' and 'Sugar baby' as being from the new album. Still - I'm glad to see he liked it and didn't fall into the 'didn't sound like the album' category.

First song (and possibly the worst on it if not ever) from the new album tonight in Dublin.


Dublin, Ireland
The O2
May 5, 2009

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on keyboard)
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on guitar)
3. Lonesome Day Blues (Bob on keyboard)
4. Just Like A Woman (Bob on Keyboard)
5. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Bob on keyboard)
6. John Brown (Bob on keyboard)
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard)
8. Under The Red Sky (Bob on guitar)
9. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
10. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Ain't Talkin' (Bob on keyboard)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)

15. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
16. If You Ever Go To Houston (Bob on keyboard)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on keyboard)

This is Britain's Number One album you're talking about here, Billy.  It is surely now beyond criticism.  ;)

I genuinely can't see the problem with it. I'll accept that it is not a masterpiece but it is a wholly enjoyable, relaxed and sunny record. There is nothing I dislike on there and certainly nothing to compete with Wiggle Wiggle as Bob's worst song of all time!

I have listened to it several times now and I do not feel in any way disappointed. It makes me smile and that was certainly not true of anything he put out between Empire Burlesque and Oh Mercy (the occasional song excepted).

I enjoyed Wiggle Wiggle live at the time.  I can think of 50 songs of Bob's I'd less like to hear again.  At least 5 of them are on the new record.  Sorry....

Wiggle wiggle wiggle like a bowl of soup?

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I find almost all of Under The Red Sky unlistenable, along with Knocked Out Loaded (Brownsville Girl aside) and Down In The Groove.

Stuff the meaningless child-like lyrics....live it was a corking little rocker....always reminded me of Neil circa 'T-Bone'.  Don't know why I'm getting so upset with the latest album, but suspect it is because I think Robert Hunter is a genius lyricist, and the lyrics on this are rubbish.  That's probably it....

That's a fair point. I wouldn't say rubbish but they obviously deliberately don't aspire to poetry and are simple and direct. Oddly (or maybe not) the best lyric on the album is the one that Robert Hunter did not write, This Dream Of You, which is a lovely song.

Wiggle wiggle wiggle like a bowl of soup?

Great line,great album.If memory serves he played that song every night at Hammersmith in an eight show run in 1991.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

OK mate.I will of course persevere with it but can't find much to like at the moment.

That's ok. I've spent nearly 20 years taking the same approach with Under The Red Sky!  ;D

Bob Dylan's new album, Together Through Life, has entered both the U.S. and UK album charts at #1, marking the artist’s second consecutive U.S. #1 debut and his first chart-topping release in the UK since New Morning in 1970. Together Through Life is a true international hit, as well, achieving #1 debuts in Austria and Denmark, Top 5 entries in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden and New Zealand, and Top 10 rankings in Italy, France and Belgium.

"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," the first track on Together Through Life, is serving as the soundtrack for a series of on-air and online promotional spots for the second season of True Blood, the smash hit HBO vampire series.

A short film for "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" has been lensed by AFI and Sundance Film Festival award winning director Nash Edgerton, and will be seen on the IFC Channel and on IFC.com, beginning Tuesday, May 12.

Together Through Life is available everywhere in multiple formats: standard and deluxe CD packages, vinyl, and digital download. Give it a spin!

Given your personal views on the album Billy, I'm guessing this should all be in quotation marks!  ;D

Met a chap in Tesco's t'other day, sporting a fab Dylan T-shirt (black with postage stamp of Bob 1965) - asked him where he'd got it, and he proceeded to tell me he'd bought it at one of the gigs in Brum. He then told me that he was unbelievably bad, and it was his worst experience of seeing Bob - he'd seen him four times apparently. Didn't recognise the songs - only by the words!! Bob never spoke much, only to introduce the band; and that he'd only really gone cos his ticket was a present and that Dylan would probably never come to UK again. Mind you he agreed with me re the T-shirt and said that was worth the admission alone!! Told him to go see the Dylan Project - at least Steve sounds like Bob in his heyday . . .

Mark   8) 8)

The first time I heard somebody say this was at Wembley in '84.  He's been back virtually every other year since.  I can't see him stopping now.  People still turn up. They always will.

Bob Dylan now will never sound like Bob in his heyday - he's a 67 year old man, and sings like one. I'd have thought that anyone who is familiar with Bob Dylan gigs over the last few years would be aware that he hardly ever speaks to the audience, and he has always experimented with the arrangements of his songs live, so they seldom sound like they do on the CDs - this is surely a good thing - you can always listen to the CDs at home. I thought he put on a great show when I saw him in Liverpool. I don't think that it will be his last UK gigs. The 'never ending tour' has been rolling since 1988 and is showing no signs of stopping yet - I'll certainly go to see him next time around.

So that proves that this was Bob Dylan

Saw him in his sparkly suited Elvis period at Earls Court in 78, he didn't speak, the music bore little resemblance to the original but the gig was brilliant. Think "Live at Budakan" and you get the idea.

And Blackbushe. Oh my lost youth!

Oh dear! I see Mark has trodden on sacred ground to some :o Those that worship of the god of Bob, I will make sure he keeps away from the computer. Mind you he does own nearly every albun that Mr Zimmerman has done :-X

C x

Don't worry,  even Bobcats take the peas out of the old Geezer sometimes. He deserves it too.

Would any of you like to buy an anorak  :D

C xx

I've seen Dylan every year of the last twenty except 1992,1999 and 2008 when he didn't come to the UK.The strange singing "style" adopted over the last couple of years is cringeworthy and downright embarrassing.

I'm not clever enough to find an appropriate name for it but i'm sure everyone has heard it at regular intervals in recent years.One name for it on the old "Dylanpool" was "upsinging" with his continued use of that awful organ i keep expecting him to shout out "roll up,roll up,three goes for a pound"

One show only for me next time around as long as it's in the London area.Steeleye Span was the best concert i saw during the week of four Bob shows.

There was gig at the Brixton Academy a few years ago where his hands seemed to be controlled by invisible strings from above, we have called it "the Captain Scarlet Gig" ever since. I don't know what goes on in that peculiar brain, he's probably a bit bored apart from anything else, but when he hits the spot I get that "all I ever want to do for the rest of my life is sit here and listen to this very strange man" feeling. Was it really bad Billy?

I have not seen him for many many years but the recordings of the Brixton Academy week of gigs a few years ago are amongst the most amazing gigs I have ever heard. Great (or original singers) like Sinatra or Bobby Darin or even Morrisey change and become more idiosyncratic as the years go by. Like the jazz greats this is part of the pleasure of growing old-as we become older and our tastes change so our idols change.
Couldn't get to these gigs but look forward to hearing them.

Bob Dylan - If You Ever Go To Houston - Live in Dublin 5th May 2009


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0KRdH1l8PY

Bob Dylan - Highway61 Revisited - Live in Glasgow 2nd May 2009


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vohiy0BCZs&feature=related

Thanks Billy.  That is spectacularly, car-crashingly, awful. I just sent it to a friend who went who replied...."great, thanks, reminds me what a fantastic gig it was".  I was momentarily speechless.

I thought the Liverpool gig was pretty good: Dylan did what Dylan does.  His voice is old and knackered and he copes as best he can, but then it never was a thing of beauty.  And here's an artist who was part of a whole new agenda back then and has constantly reinvented his approach over a period of nearly 50 years.  That's what we go for, not in the expectation of hearing the latest endlessly-polished version of a well trodden arrangement.  And the band are perfect - the arrangements are basic but they just play them so well, they get a great feel,  and adapt to whatever curved balls the boss throws on the night.  

I quite liked it...........funny old world innit?

I love his voice mate,always have done,still do.I just can't stand that weird slant he puts on in so many of the songs nowadays.I also can't stand the way half the population talk in that Aussie quizzical talk where they keep emphasising words as if you are an idiot.Perhaps it's just me.

 
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I'm with you on that one!

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I'm with you on that one!
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Final tour stats for Europe (from Desolation Row/Expecting Rain) :
 
Bob performed 33 concerts and sung/played 573 songs of which 82 have been different. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once.  
 
 
 
All Along The Watchtower (33)
Like A Rolling Stone (33)  
 
Blowin' In The Wind  (31)  
 
Spirit On The Water (29)
Highway 61 Revisited (29)
Thunder On The Mountain  (26)  
 
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (20)  
 
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum  (15)  
 
Honest With Me (13)  
 
Sugar Baby  (12)  
 
Rollin' And Tumblin'  (12)  
 
Beyond The Horizon  (11)  
 
The Levee's Gonna Break  (11)  
 
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (10)  
 
Just Like A Woman (10)  
 
Po' Boy  (10)  
 
Things Have Changed  (9)  
 
Summer Days (9)  
 
Ain't Talkin' (9)  
 
When The Deal Goes Down  (8)  
 
Workingman's Blues #2  (8)  
 
High Water (For Charley Patton)  (8)  
 
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (8)  
 
Watching The River Flow  (7)  
 
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  (7)  
 
Desolation Row  (7)  
 
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (7)  
 
Cat's In The Well (6)  
 
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)  (6)  
 
Maggie's Farm (6)  
 
John Brown (6)
Masters Of War  (6)  
 
The Wicked Messenger  (6)  
 
Man In The Long Black Coat  (6)  
 
Ballad Of A Thin Man  (6)  
 
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat  (6)  
 
When I Paint My Masterpiece (5)  
 
Love Sick (5)  
 
Ballad Of Hollis Brown  (5)
Til I Fell In Love With You  (5)  
 
Tryin' To Get To Heaven (5)  
 
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  (4)  
 
Make You Feel My Love  (4)  
 
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue  (4)  
 
Chimes Of Freedom (4)  
 
Nettie Moore  (4)  
 
Million Miles (4)  
 
Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)  (4)  
 
Boots Of Spanish Leather  (4)  
 
Tangled Up In Blue  (4)  
 
Blind Willie McTell  (4)  
 
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3)  
 
I Believe In You  (3)
Gotta Serve Somebody  (3)  
 
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  (3)
Tough Mama  (3)  
 
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues  (3)  
 
Mr. Tambourine Man  (3)  
 
Girl Of The North Country  (3)  
 
Lonesome Day Blues  (3)
Under The Red Sky  (3)  
 
The Man In Me (2)  
 
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)  (2)  
 
Return To Me  (2)  
 
This Wheel's On Fire  (2)  
 
The Times They Are A-Changin'  (2)  
 
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35  (2)
Every Grain Of Sand  (2)  
 
Visions Of Johanna (2)  
 
If You Ever Go To Houston  (2)  
 
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)  
Billy  
Cry A While  
Forever Young  
 
Simple Twist Of Fate  
 
Shooting Star
Dignity  
 
My Back Pages  
 
Can't Wait  
 
The Times We've Known    
 
It Ain't Me, Babe  
 
Something  

Seems that Bob had a good time in Liverpool  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8046278.stm

He actually spoke quite a lot at all 6 shows of that run.Not that i'm one for hearing chit chat,i'd rather hear extra songs than loads of waffle.

Bob Dylan Pretty Boy Floyd1988


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD5qNL4uFZI&feature=related

Shows to Come

 

Summer in the US. All minor league baseball park shows co-headlining with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp unless otherwise stated:

 

July 1st, Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (with Willie Nelson only)

July 2nd, GCS Ballpark, Sauget, Illinois

July 4th, Coveleski Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
July 5th, Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury, Michigan – A festival; not a part of the Ballpark tour

July 8th, Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, Kentucky

July 10th, Fifth Third Field, Dayton, Ohio

July 11th, Classic Park, Eastlake, Ohio

July 13th, Consol Energy Park, Washington, Pennsylvania

July 14th, Coca Cola Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania

July 15th, New Britain Stadium, New Britain, Connecticut

July 17th, Centennial Field, Essex Junction, Vermont

July 18th, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel Woods, New York

July 19th, Alliance Bank Stadium, Syracuse, New York

July 21st, McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

July 23rd, First Energy Park, Lakewood, New Jersey

July 24th, Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen ,Maryland

July 25, Harbor Park, Norfolk, Virginia

July 28th, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, North Carolina

July 29th, Heritage Park Amphitheatre, Simpsonville, South Carolina

July 30th, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, Georgia

July 31st, The Amphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach, Alabama
August 2nd, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas
August 4th,The Dell Diamond, Round Rock, Texas

August 5th, Whataburger Field, Corpus Christi, Texas

August 7th, Quik Trip Park, Grand Prairie, Texas

August 8th, Jones AT & T Stadium, Lubbock. Texas

August 9th, Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 11th, Camelback Ranch, Glendale, Arizona

August 12th, The Diamond, Lake Elsinore California
August 14th, Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California

August 15th, Banner Island Ballpark, Stockton, California

August 16th, Harveys, Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Possibly just with Willie Nelson.

That was certainly the case at the show I saw during that stint.

That was the first time i saw him.I had tickets for all six shows but as our oldest son (31 today) was born the day after the first show i only made it to three.

Do you like Bob, Billy?
You should have mentioned it before. ::)

I don't mind a bit of Bob but i prefer the incomparable Sandy Denny.

I haven't noticed you posting much about her.
Mind you, I'm very slow.

I try and stay in this thread as much as possible to keep out of trouble.   ;)

Backstage with Bob Dylan



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ4ZXsyqsWo

that is quite funny ;)

South Bend, Indiana
Coveleski Stadium
July 4, 2009

1. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Bob on guitar) (song by George M. Cohan)
2. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on guitar)
3. If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob on guitar then keyboard)
4. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
5. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob on keyboard)
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on keyboard)
7. Beyond The Horizon (Bob on keyboard)
8. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
9. Just Like A Woman (Bob on keyboard)
10. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
11. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
12. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Bob Dylan Musical Performance
Bob Dylan performs 'Things Have Changed' from the 'Wonder Boys' soundtrack.

Michael Douglas bash...................


http://www.tvland.com/prime/shows/afi/michael_douglas/videos.jhtml?v=music

 ???

My wife bought the latest..as a fairweather Bob listener it sounds pretty good and not much different from the last few albums.  It isn't breaking new ground, but as a folk/country/blues/rock album there are worse ones out there..

Bob Dylan Christmas Songbook


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aos4EnQCu58

You wouldn't chuckle...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/07/bob-dylan-Christmas-album

Stateline, Nevada
Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 16, 2009

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on guitar)
4. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on guitar then keyboard)
5. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
6. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on keyboard)
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard)
8. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard)
9. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
10. Not Dark Yet (Bob on keyboard)
11. Summer Days (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
13. Heartbreak Hotel (Bob on keyboard)
14. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Songs Sung So Far on This Tour

 

Bob has performed 31 concerts and sung/played 437 songs of which 68 have been different. 6 songs that are new to the tour have been performed since the last update. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once. There are no more concerts to come on this tour.

 

Highway 61 Revisited (31)
Like A Rolling Stone (31)
All Along The Watchtower (31)

Jolene (27)
Thunder On The Mountain (21)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (15)

Spirit On The Water (13)

The Levee's Gonna Break  (13)

Nettie Moore  (12)

If You Ever Go To Houston (11)

Rollin' And Tumblin’  (11)

Honest With Me (11)

Workingman's Blues #2  (11)

Summer Days (11)

Po' Boy  (10)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (9)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)  (9)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (8)

Ballad Of A Thin Man  (8)

Forgetful Heart (7)

Ain't Talkin'  (7)

High Water (For Charlie Patton) (7)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again  (7)

It Ain't Me, Babe (6)

Watching The River Flow (6)

I Feel A Change Comin' On  (6)

Things Have Changed (6)

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (5)

Love Sick  (5)

Beyond The Horizon  (5)

When The Deal Goes Down  (5)

Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (5)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (4)
Cat's In The Well  (4)

Lonesome Day Blues  (4)

Lay, Lady, Lay (4)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (3)

Just Like A Woman (3)

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (3)

This Wheel's On Fire (3)

Blind Willie McTell  (3)

Make You Feel My Love (2)

Man In The Long Black Coat  (2)
Tryin' To Get To Heaven (2)

'Til I Fell In Love With You (2)

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  (2)

The Times They Are A-Changin'  (2)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)  (2)
Desolation Row
This Dream Of You
The Yankee Doodle Boy
If You See Her, Say Hello

Tangled Up In Blue

Blowin' In The Wind

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Gotta Serve Somebody

Million Miles

Masters Of War

Girl Of The North Country

Chimes Of Freedom

Maggie's Farm

Not Fade Away

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Forever Young

To Ramona

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Visions Of Johanna

Not Dark Yet

Heartbreak Hotel

Christmas In The Heart



 

The track listing will be:

 

1 Here Comes Santa Claus

2 Do You Hear What I Hear?

3 Winter Wonderland

4 Hark The Herald Angels Sing

5 I'll Be Home For Christmas

6 Little Drummer Boy

7 The Christmas Blues

8 O' Come All Ye Faithful

9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

10 Must Be Santa

11 Silver Bells

12 The First Noel

13 Christmas Island

14 The Christmas Song

15 O' Little Town Of Bethlehem

Christmas album samples


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-In-The-Heart/dp/B002P6S22K/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1253119404&sr=8-8

Isn't that the very worst thing you have ever heard in your life?  Hell, someone should have had the nerve to say 'No, Bob' to that particular brainstorm...!

Is he covering Hawkwind next  ;D

Paul

Is he covering Hawkwind next  ;D

Paul

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That could be a vast improvement (am I the only person that sings other people's songs in a Dylan stylie....Dylan singing Bowie hits is always quite good fun).  Hopefully it will be in the spirit of James Last's superlative version of 'Silver Machine'.

i went ,with some trepidation, to listen to the samples and found they have been removed
the Zims loyal fans have rallied behind the auld fraud though.
this is one of the posts on amazon I quote
" Okay
Bob is donating his royalties to charity from this cd. I think it would have been a better seller if Amazon did not post the sound clips so the album sells more copies. I still don't think this is a bad as his latest studio record Together Through Life."

which to me reads, OK , look he's doing it for cherrydee,and it is remorselessly grim, please take the preview samples down so some fool will buy this old claptrap.


 

That could be a vast improvement (am I the only person that sings other people's songs in a Dylan stylie....Dylan singing Bowie hits is always quite good fun).  Hopefully it will be in the spirit of James Last's superlative version of 'Silver Machine'.
[/quote]

Or Phil Cool singing Brain Fury sings Dylan. :D

This does seem like a mistake of gargantuan proportions and lawd knows I have supported the man through most of his madder exploits. And what is with releasing a Christmas album at the beginning of October?

"Dylan sings Hawkwind" would be a winner -

I'vvvvvvvvve got a silvah macheeeeeeeeeeeeeen...it fliesss SIDEWAYS thru timmmmmmmme..

Oh yes! :D

Bob Dylan : Catskill Serenade


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZngYw5nKU7I

great song,Billy. thanks for that post

It's the best of the four songs that emerged from the David Bromberg sessions of 1992.The others are Polly Vaughan,Miss the Mississippi and Sloppy Drunk.

A fifth,Duncan & Brady,turned up recently on Tell Tale Signs.

Martin Simpson does a pretty decent job with that one on Prodigal Son.

I'll have a look for it.Dylan opened with a brilliant version of  it around 2000.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5zPna0GN0

Bob Dylan Dharma & Greg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJg92CV3SF8&feature=related

Video Premiere: Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa"


http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/30942364

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone - Philadelphia 11/9/09


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kep-jG_8wWE

Is there meant to be some kind of theme or homage going on here?  Why does a fight break out?  Why are the reindeer named after various US Presidents??

best thing he's done in years, he really suits the syrup

Have to agree, it's bloomin wonderful ;D


C x

Bob Dylan-The Time They Are A-Changin' live at the White House


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC4Ovz3733o

The video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpXInu0d8w

What a tragic trainwreck of a performer Bob has become these days.  Quite awful.  Did someone mention the Who?   ;D

It's all very sad although that's quite good compared to some of the stuff i've heard in the last few years.I actually walked out during the 2009 Roundhouse show,though to be fair that was more to do with being surrounded by idiots.

Dylan at the Whitehouse

 

You can now watch the performance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpXInu0d8w

Thanks for letting me know Tom.

 

Ian Woodward sent a different video feed offering a tantalizingly alternative perspective. Ian says:

 

“This is an oddity. I'm not sure what to think. At first you think it might be from a mobile phone, as you get an angle not seen on the PBS version or the live White House version, but, later, as it cuts back and forth, you realise that it can't be, because it involves multiple angles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc50j76XDTU

It is the end of the song and what you also get what's not in the PBS version but was in the White House streamed-live on-the-night version, that is a clear indication (to me, anyway) that Dylan expected to sing a second song (Blowin' In The Wind, I suspect).  Someone came up to him and said something. I guess something like, "Sorry, Bob, but we have to go straight to the finale". Just my view - no proof or confirmation.”

 

However, The Examiner states, “According to various spokespersons at WETA (a Washington entertainment channel), Bob Dylan was only scheduled to perform one song.  There was speculation that Dylan expected to sing another song, but, as one person said, "the show was scripted to a 'T' ".

 

Looking at Ian’s video, I’m tempted to go along with him.

 

And for some additional videos and further perspective on the event, have a look at

Bob Dylan's White House Performance: The Inside Story (Plus Video) - Speakeasy - WSJ

 

Here we are told, “Luckily for Bob Dylan fans, he was already in the capitol and was able to record “The Times They Are a-Changin’” — not that Ehrlich (the organizer) knew in advance what song the musician was going to play. “You can’t second guess Bob,” said Ehrlich, who added that Dylan had told him he wasn’t going to decide on his song choice until he got to DC. “We had heard it was between ‘Blowing in the Wind,’ ‘The Times They are a-Changin’ and possibly ‘Chimes of Freedom,’” he said. “But he literally didn’t tell me what he was going to sing until about 20 minutes before he went on stage. And even then he was reluctant.”

 

And, from the Press, regarding Bob’s performance:

 

From the Washington Post:

 

“Onstage, no one seemed rushed -- especially not Dylan. Giving his first performance at the White House, America's most iconic pop songwriter ambled onstage and dragged his wonderful, weather-beaten voice over a handsome piano and bass arrangement of "The Times They Are A-Changin'." After the song, there was an awkward pause, a handshake with the president and a hasty exit.”

 

From the Wall Street Journal:

 

“The highlight of the evening may have been the brief appearance by Dylan, who sang an arrangement of his song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” that featured piano, stand up bass, and acoustic guitar.”

 

There have been quite a few negative comments on the Expecting Rain bulletin board about this performance. I don’t know why, because I really enjoyed it. The feedback I’ve had directly has all been positive too. Take for example the following email from John Owens:

 

“Sounds a very good performance - quite affecting in a sad reflective sort of way. Surely this is how Bob needs to be performing in concert these days – guitar, bass, piano - so many of his songs will suit this treatment and given what's left of his voice - this could be the future. Would need smaller venues though - so don't know how the economics would work out. I hope Bob sees it this way but knowing Bob......”

 

But perhaps you feel different. Let us know.

Only a year out of date, this thread, but not sure it really warrants a new one...

Looks like Bob is playing some European festivals this year...only British appearance appears to be this year's Hop Fair Festival in Kent...on Friday 3rd July...details still to be confirmed.

Can't see that on their website, they give dates of 4th and 5th. Not on Bob's site either. Is it Hop Farm as in Paddock Wood?

That's because that's last year's dates on the website.  As i say, details still to be confirmed....watch that space, as they say. And yes, Paddock Wood.

I wasn't trying to be smart just wondering where you got your info. 3rd July ain't a friday this year either. It was last year.

Courtesy of John Baldwin.................



The European agents tell me that the tour is almost finalised but Bob’s people have still to sign the contracts for a number of essential phases of the tour, so nothing further can be announced as yet. I am privy to some of the info and, if it comes to pass, it’s rather exciting. I can confirm that there will be no UK shows but, and this is the only bit of info I’m allowed to pass on at present, Bob will be appearing at one UK festival. It’s the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, which takes place on July 3rd to 5th. Bob will be appearing on the 3rd. Tickets are not yet on sale. They will cost £125 for the weekend to include parking and camping; last year, day tickets were available at £65 and I should find out by the middle of next week whether they will be available this year. Tickets are restricted to 20,000 total. I will have access to tickets at cost but have yet to find out whether this is for day tickets only or just for the weekend. Let me know if you are interested.

Look at last year’s festival arrangements and get a feel of how things should be this year by visiting www.hopfarmfestival.com

John

 Bob Dylan - Get Out Of Denver

 Bob Dylan treats the crowd to a rocking version of Bob Seger's Get Out Of Denver  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOQ2T5ZOL4

John Baldwin again.............



The European Tour
 
Bob will appear at the festival in Limerick on July 4th, the day after the Hop Farm Festival in Kent. I’ve known about this for a while but have been unable to say anything about this openly. Some of you from Ireland who registered interest in the Kent festival have received cryptic messages from me telling them not to make any firm plans as something was afoot – that’s the most I dared do. It’s now out in the open. See the following press article>
 
THE LIMERICK Leader can exclusively reveal that the legendary Bob Dylan is to play in Thomond Park this July 4. It will be the only date that Dylan will play in Ireland this summer and tickets are to go on sale this coming Monday. Speaking exclusively to the Limerick Leader this Wednesday afternoon, promoter Peter Aiken said securing Dylan's services for a large outdoor summer show was "massive", but said the concert was going to be "all about the music". "It is going to be big, but it is going to be about the music - people will come from all over to see him," said Peter. The promoter also confirmed that up to four other acts are going to share the bill with Dylan, with doors opening on the day at 2pm. "We are going to have another four acts on the same day, it will be a really good day of good music - three of the acts will be very well-known, household names and people should be very impressed with what we are going to do," said Mr Aiken.

So,
 
July 4th, Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick City, Eire.
Tickets on sale to general public from Monday 15/03/10, 09:00 at €60,00 - €81,25.
There will be a presale, whatever that means or however it is achieved, starting Thursday 11/03/10 at 10:00  and ending Monday 15/03/10 at 08:00.
 
There has been a lot of interest in the Hop Farm festival, mainly for day tickets (understandably). Now you know what’s happening the day after, that might help firm up your decision; I am now trying to find out what’s happening the day or two before as well, plus what time Bob is expected to be on stage at Hop Farm. Once I have full details, I’ll let you all know.

   
Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka
March 11, 2010

1. Watching The River Flow (Bob on keyboard)
2. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on guitar)
3. Things Have Changed (Bob on guitar)
4. To Ramona (Bob on keyboard)
5. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on banjo)
6. Spirit On The Water (Bob on keyboard)
7. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
8. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard)
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob on keyboard and harp)
10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob on keyboard)
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
12. Can't Wait (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard at the end)
13. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob on keyboard)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
16. Jolene (Bob on keyboard and harp)
17. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)

Must have been near a river..........................

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 ::)

Oh God, he's taken his themed Radio shows out on the road now  ;D

 ;D

Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka
March 11, 2010

12. Can't Wait (Bob center stage on harp then keyboard at the end)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhVVa9IZlY

More details on the Hop farm gig Sat 3rd Jul (now confirmed)...

http://www.nme.com/news/bob-dylan/50384

Dylan, Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve, Pete Doherty....

Foy Vance – 12:00 – 12:30

The Magic Numbers – 12:40 – 13:10

Johnny Flynn – 13:20 – 13:50

Laura Marling – 14:05 – 14:55

Pete Doherty – 15:10 – 16:00

Seasick Steve – 16:20 – 17:10

Mumford & Sons – 17:30 – 18:30

Ray Davies – 18:55 – 19:55

Bob Dylan – 20:40 – 22:40

Where did you find the running times? Can't see them on the Hop Farm Website.

When was the last time Bob managed 2 hours?

St. Herblain, France
Zenith Nantes Metropole
July 1, 2010

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on guitar)
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Visions Of Johanna (Bob on guitar)
7. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob on harp, Donie on banjo)
8. What Good Am I?
9. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
10. Love Sick
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Shelter From The Storm
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. Blowin' In The Wind

Paddock Wood, United Kingdom
Hop Farm Festival
July 3, 2010

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Honest With Me
6. Simple Twist Of Fate
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Workingman's Blues #2
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
13. Like A Rolling Stone
14. Forever Young

But was it any good?

All decades represented I see but it looks like quite a short set.

No,it was flipping brilliant!

See my post on "festivals" on Hop Farm, but basically it didn't seem too short- for me it was a good choice of "best of" type of material; the band themselves played well, but his voice is just awful now. I've certainly seen him worse (Hyde Park, 1996) but also a lot better when he (and I ) were a lot younger- e.g. Blackbush, 1978.
The encores numbers were well chosen, and quite "stirring" although that was more about the crowd's reaction then Bob's singing. What I found particularly uplifting last night, was how many young people were there, and obviously enjoying his music and lyrics. Reminded me of when I first got into Dylan, in the early 70's.......

Limerick City, Ireland
Thomond Park Stadium
July 4, 2010

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
6. Tangled Up In Blue
7. Rollin' And Tumblin'
8. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
9. Cold Irons Bound
10. Love Sick
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Workingman's Blues #2
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. I Feel A Change Comin' On
17. Jolene
18. Blowin' In The Wind

Bob Dylan at the Hop Farm Festival 2010


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVmMGlhL-xQ

The New Album Collections – Official News

 

Bobdylan.com in conjunction with Sony Columbia have formally announced the release of the new albums that we knew about some while back. For those of you who haven’t seen this, here’s the formal announcement:

 

Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos will be released on Tuesday, October 19th, in conjunction with the re-release of the artist's first eight long-playing albums in a box set titled Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings. Both sets have been long sought-after by collectors and fans worldwide, with The Witmark Demos seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded, and The Original Mono Recordings returning to the marketplace for the first time ever on CD as well as on fully analogue 180-gram vinyl. Both are now available for pre-sale with an exclusive t-shirt and limited edition 18x24" Bob Dylan poster at SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan. You can also pre-order the CD or vinyl sets at Amazon.

 

The Witmark Demos features 47 Bob Dylan songs recorded by the artist accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica and occasionally piano on 2 CD or 4 LP 180-gram vinyl. All of these songs were written – and their subsequent demos recorded – before Bob Dylan turned 24 years old.

Among the many gems are 15 Bob Dylan songs that were recorded by the artist only for these sessions, and which have never been officially released to the public until now. These include the plaintive "Ballad For A Friend," the civil rights era-inspired "Long Ago, Far Away" and "The Death Of Emmett Till," and the poignant "Guess I'm Doing Fine."

The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of Bob Dylan's first eight long-playing albums, painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard. These eight albums – spanning the artist's self-titled debut in March 1962, through John Wesley Harding released on December 27, 1967 – are universally regarded as some of the most important works in the history of recorded music.

Together with The Witmark Demos, they provide the public with a wide-ranging view of Bob Dylan's work during the 1960s, and chronicle his amazing evolution from fledgling songwriter to one of the world's most inventive and singular recording artists.

Not any more! Yesterday i watched Sutton win 4-1 and then Fairport at Farnham.Normality has returned!