My Heart Is Not Weary – Bob Dylan 2001

 

5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1       Introduction

5.2       The musicians

5.3       The show

5.4       Tour of Japan

5.4.1    Dates and venues

5.4.2    The songs

5.4.3    Statistics

5.4.4    Comments

 

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5       THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1                                Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 106 new shows. This year there were six "legs":

 

February – March

Tour of Japan

13 shows

March

Australian Tour

  9

April – May

US Spring Tour

14

June – July

Europe Summer Tour

22

August

US Summer Tour

13

October – November

US Fall Tour

35

 

5.2                                The musicians

The band was the same as in 2000:

Larry Campbell

electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, bouzouki, mandolin.

Charlie Sexton

electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal.

Tony Garnier

bass

David Kemper

drums

 

5.3                                The show

Format 1 (first three concerts only):

Main set:        5-6 acoustic songs

                      5-6 electric

Encores:         2-4 acoustic

1-3 electric

Format 2 (from Yokohama 2 March onwards):

Main set:        4 acoustic songs

                      4 electric

                      3 acoustic

Encores:         2 electric

                      1 acoustic

                      1 electric

                      1 acoustic

                      1 electric (some shows)

                      1 acoustic  (some shows)

 

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5.4                                Tour of Japan

5.4.1                            Dates and venues

 

FEBRUARY                

 

25

Omiya, Japan

Main Hall, Sonic City

27

Sendai, Japan

Sun Plaza

28

Akita, Japan

Prefectural Hall

 

MARCH

 

  2

Yokohama, Japan

Pacifico-Yokohama

  3

Tokyo, Japan

Hall “A”, Tokyo International Forum

  4

Tokyo, Japan

Hall “A”, Tokyo International Forum

  6

Osaka, Japan

Kosei Nenkin Kaikan

  7

Osaka, Japan

Kosei Nenkin Kaikan

  9

Fukuoka, Japan

Sun Palace

10

Hiroshima, Japan

Kosei Nenkin Kaikan

12

Nagoya, Japan

Civic Assembly Hall

13

Hamamatsu, Japan

Act City Hamamatsu

14

Tokyo, Japan

Nippon Budokan

 

 

5.4.2                            The songs

AB      acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

 

 

 

February

March

 

 

 

25

27

28

2

3

4

6

7

9

10

12

13

14

S

Roving Gambler

AB

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

5

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

2

 

2

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

4

Desolation Row

AB

3

 

3

 

3

3

 

3

3

 

 

 

3

7

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

4

4

 

8

4

9

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

6

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

5

5

5

 

 

 

9

9

 

9

9

9

9

9

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

6

6

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Country Pie

 

7

7

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Positively 4th Street

 

8