Never Ending Tour 1998

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Never Ending Tour 1998
Tour by Bob Dylan
Start dateJanuary 13, 1998
End dateNovember 7, 1998
Legs7
No. of shows56 in North America
6 in South America
33 in Europe
15 in Oceania
110 in Total
Bob Dylan concert chronology

The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988. [1] [2]

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Background information

The Never Ending Tour 1998 started in North America with two performances in New London, Connecticut and five concerts at the Madison Square Theatre. Dylan continued to tour the North-East states until the tour came to a close on February 22 in Fairfax, Virginia. [3]

After finishing the North American winter tour, Dylan performed two concerts in Miami, Florida, before flying to South America to support The Rolling Stones as well as performing several South American concerts without them. [4]

Dylan returned to the United States to perform eight concerts with Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison. [5] Shortly after finishing this tour Dylan travelled to Europe to perform a 33 date concert tour with several major festival appearances, including Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, Norwegian Wood Festival, Roskilde Festival and Glastonbury Festival. [6]

In August Dylan travelled to Australia to perform his first tour there since 1992. The tour started off with a performance at the Mercury Lounge. Dylan performed another ten concerts in Australia before travelling to New Zealand, where he performed four concerts, two of which were in Auckland. [7]

After finishing his Oceania tour Dylan flew from Australia to Hawaii. He also performed a further six concerts in the United States all of which were dual concerts with Van Morrison. [8]

In October Dylan toured North America without support from any other major act. He performed seven concerts in Canada and ten in the United States. The tour came to an end on November 7 in Atlanta, Georgia after one hundred and ten concerts. [9]

Shows

DateCityCountryVenueTickets Sold/AvailableBox Office
North America
January 13, 1998 New London United States Garde Arts Center
January 14, 1998
January 16, 1998New York City Madison Square Garden Theater
January 17, 1998
January 18, 1998
January 20, 1998
January 21, 1998
January 23, 1998 Boston Fleet Center 28,800 / 28,800 (100%)$1,454,860
January 24, 1998
January 27, 1998 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
January 28, 1998 Syracuse Landmark Theatre
January 30, 1998 Brookville Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
January 31, 1998 Atlantic City Etess Arena 4,764 / 4,764 (100%)$155,200
February 1, 1998 Newark Prudential Hall
February 2, 1998 Springfield Symphony Hall
February 14, 1998 Cleveland Public Auditorium
February 15, 1998 Toledo John F. Savage Hall
February 17, 1998 St. Louis Fox Theatre
February 19, 1998 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens 4,410 / 7,310 (60%)$124,852
February 20, 1998 Bristol Viking Hall
February 22, 1998 Fairfax Patriot Center
March 30, 1998 Miami Beach Cameo Theater
March 31, 1998
South America
April 4, 1998 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
April 5, 1998
April 7, 1998 Porto Alegre Brazil Bar Opinião
April 11, 1998 Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose
April 13, 1998 São Paulo Ibirapuera Sporting Complex
April 15, 1998 Santiago Chile Teatro Monumental
North America
May 14, 1998 Vancouver Canada General Motors Arena
May 16, 1998 George United States The Gorge Amphitheatre
May 17, 1998
May 19, 1998 San Jose San Jose Arena 14,185 / 14,185 (100%)$865,425
May 21, 1998Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion
May 22, 1998
May 23, 1998 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond Arena 12,329 / 12,329 (100%)$802,580
Europe
May 30, 1998 [A] Nürburg Germany Nürburgring
May 31, 1998 [B] Nuremberg Frankenstadion
June 2, 1998 Leipzig Messehalle Leipzig
June 3, 1998Berlin Waldbühne
June 4, 1998 Rostock Stadthalle Rostock
June 6, 1998 [C] Malmö Sweden Sibbarps Strand
June 7, 1998 [D] Oslo Norway Frognerbadet
June 9, 1998 Stockholm Sweden Globe Arena
June 10, 1998 Gothenburg Scandinavium
June 11, 1998 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
June 12, 1998 Hamburg Germany Hamburg Stadtpark
June 14, 1998 Bremen Stadthalle
June 15, 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
June 16, 1998 Essen Germany Grugahalle
June 17, 1998 Brussels Belgium Forest National
June 19, 1998 Belfast Northern Ireland Belfast Botanic Gardens
June 20, 1998 Newcastle England Telewest Arena
June 21, 1998 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
June 23, 1998 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
June 24, 1998 Birmingham NEC LG Arena
June 25, 1998 Manchester NYNEX Arena
June 26, 1998 [E] Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Dyrskueplads
June 27, 1998LondonEngland Wembley Arena
June 28, 1998 [F] Pilton Worthy Farm
June 30, 1998ParisFrance Zénith de Paris
July 1, 1998 Dijon Palais des Sports de Dijon
July 3, 1998 [G] Montreux SwitzerlandStravinsky Hall
July 4, 1998 Villafranca Italy Castello Scaligero
July 5, 1998Rome Piazza di Spagna
July 6, 1998 Lucca Piazza Napoleone
July 9, 1998 [H] Turin Collegno Torino
July 11, 1998 [I] Escalante Spain La Guingueta d'Àneu
July 12, 1998 [J] Frauenfeld Switzerland Openair Frauenfeld
Oceania
August 19, 1998 Melbourne AustraliaMercury Lounge
August 21, 1998 Rod Laver Arena
August 22, 1998
August 24, 1998 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
August 26, 1998 Perth Burswood Dome
August 28, 1998 Darwin Darwin Amphitheatre
August 30, 1998 Townsville Townsville Entertainment Centre
September 1, 1998 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
September 3, 1998 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
September 4, 1998
September 5, 1998 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre
September 7, 1998 Auckland New Zealand North Shore Events Centre
September 8, 1998
September 10, 1998 Wellington Queens Wharf Events Centre
September 12, 1998 Christchurch Christchurch Entertainment Centre

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