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5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.7       Europe Fall Tour

5.7.1        Dates and venues

5.7.2        The songs

5.7.3        Statistics

5.7.4        Comments

5.7.5        Shows in Europe 1966-2000

 

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5.7          Europe Fall Tour

5.7.1                       Dates and venues

 

SEPTEMBER

 

13

Dublin, Ireland

Vicar Street

14

Dublin, Ireland

The Point Theatre

16

Aberdeen, Scotland

Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre

17

Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre

19

Newcastle, England

Telewest Arena

20

Birmingham, England

National Exhibition Centre Arena

22

Sheffield, England

Sheffield Arena

23

Cardiff, Wales

International Arena

24

Portsmouth, England

Guildhall

25

Portsmouth, England

Guildhall

27

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sportpaleis Ahoy

28

Hamburg, Germany

Alsterdorfer Sporthalle

29

Frankfurt, Germany

Menuhin Saal, Jahrhunderthalle

 

OCTOBER

 

  1

Münster, Germany

Halle Münsterland

  2

Brussels, Belgium

Vorst Nationaal

  3

Paris, France

The Zenith

  5

London, England

Wembley Arena

  6

London, England

Wembley Arena

 

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5.7.2                       The songs

AB  acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

 

September

October

13

14

16

17

19

20

22

23

24

25

27

28

29

1

2

3

5

6

S

Duncan And Brady

AB

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

To Ramona

AB

2

2

2

4

2

2

2

7

Desolation Row

AB

3

3

3

3

3

5

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

4

4

2

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

18

Ring Them Bells

AB

6

1

Country Pie

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

18

Can't Wait

8

8

2

Maggie's Farm

9

9

9

3

Just Like A Woman

10

8

11

3

Drifter's Escape

11

11

11

11

12

5

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

12

13

12

12

15

Things Have Changed

13

13

13

13

13

16

13

13

13

13

13

17

13

14

13

13

16

Like A Rolling Stone

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

14

15

14

14

18

Girl From The North Country

AB

15

4

2

Highway 61 Revisited

16

16

16

16

18

16

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

18

19

18

18

18

Blowin' In The Wind

AB

17

17

17

17

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

19

20

19

19

18

'Til I Fell In Love With You

18

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

19

18

12

12

4

I Am The Man, Thomas

AB

1

1

1

1

1

5

Song To Woody

AB

2

2

2

3

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

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

10

My Back Pages

AB

4

2

2

3

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

AB

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

16

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

8

10

10

10

8

10

10

7

Tombstone Blues

9

9

9

9

9

9

6

Simple Twist Of Fate

10

1

The Wicked Messenger

11

11

11

11

11

11

6

Love Sick

13

13

13

14

4

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

15

15

15

15

4

5

Forever Young

AB

19

19

19

17

17

17

17

17

17

9

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go

AB

1

1

1

3

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

2

2

2

2

2

5

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

4

1

Under The Red Sky

8

1

All Along The Watchtower

9

9

16

9

17

16

16

7

Not Dark Yet

10

10

10

10

4

Cold Irons Bound

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

7

Cat's In The Well

18

1

Somebody Touched Me

AB

1

1

2

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

4

1

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

6

1

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

9

1

Highlands

10

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

15

15

15

3

To Be Alone With You

18

1

Delia

AB

4

1

Standing In The Doorway

8

8

8

8

8

8

10

7

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues

9

9

9

3

Tell Me That It Isn't True

10

10

2

Man Of Peace

16

1

One Too Many Mornings

AB

4

4

2

Ballad Of A Thin Man

8

1

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

9

1

Everything Is Broken

18

12

2

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

4

4

4

3

Dignity

8

10

8

10

4

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

15

2

2

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

AB

4

4

2

Blind Willie McTell

8

8

2

Watching The River Flow

16

16

16

3

Visions Of Johanna

AB

3

3

2

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AB

4

1

Gotta Serve Somebody

9

1

If Not For You

10

1

Fourth Time Around

AB

15

15

15

15

4

5

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

16

1

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AB

3

1

She Belongs To Me

8

1

I Shall Be Released

AB

17

17

17

18

17

18

17

17

8

Seeing The Real You At Last

16

16

2

John Brown

AB

2

1

If Dogs Run Free

AB

16

15

16

15

15

5

Make You Feel My Love

12

1

Total # of songs

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

19

20

19

19

344

 

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

 

September

October

13

14

16

17

19

20

22

23

24

25

27

28

29

1

2

3

5

6

S

All Along The Watchtower

9

9

16

9

17

16

16

7

Ballad Of A Thin Man

8

1

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

AB

4

4

2

Blind Willie McTell

8

8

2

Blowin' In The Wind

AB

17

17

17

17

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

19

20

19

19

18

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

4

1

Can't Wait

8

8

2

Cat's In The Well

18

1

Cold Irons Bound

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

7

Country Pie

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

18

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

9

1

Delia

AB

4

1

Desolation Row

AB

3

3

3

3

3

5

Dignity

8

10

8

10

4

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

15

15

15

15

4

5

Drifter's Escape

11

11

11

11

12

5

Duncan And Brady

AB

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Everything Is Broken

18

12

2

Forever Young

AB

19

19

19

17

17

17

17

17

17

9

Fourth Time Around

AB

15

15

15

15

4

5

Girl From The North Country

AB

15

4

2

Gotta Serve Somebody

9

1

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go

AB

1

1

1

3

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AB

3

1

Highlands

10

1

Highway 61 Revisited

16

16

16

16

18

16

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

18

19

18

18

18

I Am The Man, Thomas

AB

1

1

1

1

1

5

I Shall Be Released

AB

17

17

17

18

17

18

17

17

8

If Dogs Run Free

AB

16

15

16

15

15

5

If Not For You

10

1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

16

1

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

15

15

15

3

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

4

1

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

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

10

John Brown

AB

2

1

Just Like A Woman

10

8

11

3

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

12

13

12

12

15

Like A Rolling Stone

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

14

15

14

14

18

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

4

4

4

3

Love Sick

13

13

13

14

4

Maggie's Farm

9

9

9

3

Make You Feel My Love

12

1

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AB

4

1

Man Of Peace

16

1

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

9

1

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

15

2

2

My Back Pages

AB

4

2

2

3

Not Dark Yet

10

10

10

10

4

One Too Many Mornings

AB

4

4

2

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

19

18

12

12

4

Ring Them Bells

AB

6

1

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

AB

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

16

Seeing The Real You At Last

16

16

2

She Belongs To Me

8

1

Simple Twist Of Fate

10

1

Somebody Touched Me

AB

1

1

2

Song To Woody

AB

2

2

2

3

Standing In The Doorway

8

8

8

8

8

8

10

7

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues

9

9

9

3

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

18

Tell Me That It Isn't True

10

10

2

Things Have Changed

13

13

13

13

13

16

13

13

13

13

13

17

13

14

13

13

16

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

6

1

'Til I Fell In Love With You

18

1

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

2

2

2

2

2

5

To Be Alone With You

18

1

To Ramona

AB

2

2

2

4

2

2

2

7

Tombstone Blues

9

9

9

9

9

9

6

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

4

4

2

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

8

10

10

10

8

10

10

7

Under The Red Sky

8

1

Watching The River Flow

16

16

16

3

The Wicked Messenger

11

11

11

11

11

11

6

Visions Of Johanna

AB

3

3

2

Total # of songs

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

19

20

19

19

344

 

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5.7.3                       Statistics

Shows:

 

Number of shows

18

Number of circulating shows

Number of circulating & complete shows

Number of unique shows[1]

18

Number of different shows[2]

18

Number of different songs[3]

74

Number of unique songs[4]

74

Number of performed songs

344

Mean number of performed songs

19

Variation[5]

3.9

Songs:

 

# of

# of

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

40

 54.1

183

 53.2

Acoustic w band

34

 45.9

161

 46.8

Albums

66

 89.2

291

 84.6

Singles

0

  0.0

0

  0.0

Outtakes

2

  2.7

18

  5.2

Covers

6

  8.1

35

 10.2

 

5.7.4                       Comments

Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
27 September

First acoustic version of I Shall Be Released since New York City 8 December 1975!

Münster, Germany, 1 October

Live debut of If Dogs Run Free.

 

Recommended shows

Cardiff, Wales, 23 September and London, England, 5 October.

 

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5.7.5                       Shows in Europe 1966-2000

Bob Dylan has played 428 shows in 29 different countries since 1966:

Country \          Yr

65

66

78

81

84

87

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

Total

Austria

 

 

1

1

 

2

2

 

1

 

4

11

Belgium

 

 

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

 

1

1

10

Czech Republic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

3

 

 

 

 

 

4

Denmark

 

 

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

3

 

2

1

12

East Germany

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

England

8

9

7

8

2

7

2

6

8

 

7

 

9

3

3

6

 

7

92

Finland

 

 

1

1

1

 

 

1

 

1

5

France

 

1

5

3

4

1

1

4

 

4

3

3

4

 

2

1

1

37

Greece

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Germany

 

 

 

2

6

2

6

10

9

 

8

1

10

54

Hungary

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Iceland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ireland

 

1

 

1

2

1

2

1

 

2

10

Israel

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

5

Italy

 

 

 

 

6

5

4

 

3

4

3

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

39

Luxembourg

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

2

The Netherlands

 

1

2

1

1

1

3

3

2

 

1

1

16

Northern Ireland

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

5

Norway

 

 

2

 

1

1

1

2

 

1

1

9

Poland

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Portugal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

4

Scotland

 

2

 

1

2

3

 

1

2

11

Slovenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Spain

 

 

 

 

2

 

3

 

 

 

6

 

6

 

 

1

11

 

29

Sweden

 

1

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

 

2

 

3

3

21

Switzerland

 

 

1

1

2

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

14

Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wales

 

1

 

 

 

1

1

1

4

West Germany

 

4

6

5

6

 

 

 

 

21

Yugoslavia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

8

16

19

23

27

30

21

19

33

11

36

17

45

28

4

33

21

37

428

 

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order;

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order

[3] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed

[5] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs