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										5				2
Maggie's Farm			9								4			4			3
Just Like A Woman			10									5					2
Drifter's Escape			11				10					11			11		4
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat			12	12	12		12		12				12				6
Love Sick			13	13	13		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Like A Rolling Stone			14	14	14		14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
If Dogs Run Free	AB		15	15	15		15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13
All Along The Watchtower			16		16		16	16	16	16		16	16	16		16	10
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		17					17				17					3
Highway 61 Revisited			18	16	18		18	18	18	18	16	18	18	18	16	18	13
Blowin' In The Wind	AB		19	18	19		19	19	19	19	17	19	19	19	17	19	13
To Ramona	AB			2			2			2			2				4
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB			3			3			3			3				4
Shelter From The Storm				8													1
Silvio				9	9		6										3
Tryin' To Get To Heaven				10	10						10					5	4
The Wicked Messenger				11				11		11			11				4
Forever Young	AB			17			17		17								3
Duncan And Brady	AB				1		1	1	1							1	5
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB				4					8				3		7	4
Tell Me That It Isn't True					8												1
Cold Irons Bound					11				11		11			11		11	5
Girl From The North Country	AB				17					17					7		3
If You See Her, Say Hello							4										1
Simple Twist Of Fate							5										1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB						7								8		2
Lay Lady Lay							9										1
One Too Many Mornings	AB						11							8			2
Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)								5									1
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You								6									1
Tombstone Blues								7									1
Make You Feel My Love								8									1
Masters Of War	AB							9				7	7		3		4
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB							10			7						2
Everything Is Broken								12									1
Song To Woody	AB								2								1
Absolutely Sweet Marie									4								1
Can't Wait									5								1
Seeing The Real You At Last									6				6				2
Visions Of Johanna	AB								7					7			2
John Brown	AB								8								1
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again									10			6			4	4	4
Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie	AB									1							1
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues										4							1
Tears Of Rage										5							1
Watching The River Flow										6							1
My Back Pages	AB									7					2		2
Standing In The Doorway										10							1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35										12	12	12		12	12	12	6
If Not For You											5						1
'Til I Fell In Love With You											6		4		6	6	4
Gates Of Eden	AB										8						1
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB											1					1
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB											2				2	2
To Be Alone With You												4					1
Ring Them Bells	AB											8					1
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)												10					1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB												8				1
You're A Big Girl Now													10