7 the never-ending tour CONTINUES

7.1 Introduction

For the eight year in a row Bob Dylan spent a good deal of his time on the road. This is also the sixth year of the Never-Ending Tour. Rumours in late 1992 had it that Dylan would take a long break. In the end he decided to give it another year. This year he played 80 concerts that up till the joint tour with Santana in the Fall kept getting longer and longer, some over 2 1/2 hours.

The artistic quality from 1992 was maintained and in general the shows got better and better during the year. Seasoned Dylan followers characterized the last show of the year at The Supper Club as Dylan's best show ever!

The 1993 part of The Never-Ending Tour consisted of five new "legs":

1	February	Europe	15 shows
2	April	US	9 shows
3	June-July	Europe	21 shows
4	August-October	US and Canada	31 shows
5	November	New York City	4 shows

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7.2 The Musicians

The drummer Ian Wallace left after the New York rehearsals in January, leaving the following band to back Dylan during all the shows in 1993:

John Jackson	electric and acoustic guitar, banjo
Bucky Baxter	pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, electric mandolin
Tony Garnier	bass
Winston Watson	drums

7.3 The show

The shows were structured as follows:

Main set: 6-7 electric songs

3-4 acoustic with the band

2-4 electric

Encores: 1-2 electric

1 acoustic with the band

The lower figures apply the shorter sets played during the fall tour with Santana.

7.4 Europe Winter Tour

7.4.1 The dates

FEBRUARY

5	Dublin, Ireland	The Point Depot
7	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
8	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
9	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
11	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
12	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
13	London, England	Hammersmith Apollo
15	Utrecht, The Netherlands	Vredenburg
16	Utrecht, The Netherlands	Vredenburg
17	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
18	Hannover, Germany	Musik Halle
20	Wiesbaden, Germany	Rhein-Main-Halle
21	Petange, Luxembourg	Centre Sportif
23	Paris, France	Le Zenith
25	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Maysfield Leisure Center

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7.4.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

							February
	5	7	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	20	21	23	25
Maggie's Farm	1	1	1	1		1									17	7
Lenny Bruce	2	2														2
All Along The Watchtower	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	15
Tangled Up In Blue	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	15
Positively 4th Street	5	5													2	3
Stuck Inside Of Mobile	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15
She Belongs To Me	7	7	7	7	7	7