Never Ending Tour 2003

Never Ending Tour 2003

Tour by Bob Dylan
Dylan performing on tour in 2003
Start date	February 6, 2003
End date	November 25, 2003
Legs	4
No. of shows	11 in Oceania 54 in North America 33 in Europe 98 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology
Never Ending Tour 2002 (2002) Never Ending Tour 2003 (2003) Never Ending Tour 2004 (2004)

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

Tour

The 2003 tour started with eleven concerts in Oceania, seven being in Australia and four being in New Zealand. ^[3] The concert in Melbourne on February 8 was part of the 'Melbourne International Music & Blues Festival'. ^[4] The concert in Perth was part of the 'Moonlight, Music & Wine Festival'. ^[5] This leg of the tour came to an end twenty one days after the first concert on February 26. ^[6] There were originally plans to continue this tour into Japan but these plans were abandoned. ^[7]

Dylan then went on to tour the Central and Western United States, starting on April 18 in Dallas. ^[8] Dylan performed two shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 25 & 26. Then on May 2 Dylan and his band performed at the '10th Annual Music Midtown Festival'. ^[9] Two days later he performed at 'SunFest 2003' in West Palm Beach, Florida and then later on in the month on May 17 he performed at the '2003 Jubilee! Jam'. ^[10]

After finishing the spring tour Dylan returned to the road in mid-July to perform another tour of the United States. The tour started on July 12 at Winter Park, Colorado with a performance at the 'Winter Park Festival 2003'. Dylan opened for The Dead in Sunrise, Florida on July 29. Dylan continued to open for The Dead until August 8. Then he performed two double bill concerts with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on August 9 & 10. Dylan then completed the rest of the tour with just himself and his band. ^[11]

On October 9 Dylan embarked on a thirty-three date European tour covering fifteen countries and twenty-nine cities. The tour came to an end in London, England at the Brixton Academy. He had also performed in London the previous two nights at the Shepherd's Bush Empire and the Hammersmith Apollo. ^[12]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Oceania
February 6, 2003	Canberra	Australia	AIS Arena	—	—
February 8, 2003 [lower-alpha 1]	Melbourne		Melbourne Exhibition Centre Blue Stage	—	—
February 11, 2003	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	—	—
February 13, 2003	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	—	—
February 15, 2003 [lower-alpha 2]	Perth		Claremont Showground	—	—
February 17, 2003	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre	—	—
February 18, 2003	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre	—	—
February 21, 2003	Auckland	New Zealand	North Shore Events Centre	—	—
February 22, 2003
February 24, 2003	Wellington		Queens Wharf Events Centre Arena	—	—
February 26, 2003	Christchurch		WestpacTrust Centre	3,498 / 4,530	$153,824
North America
April 18, 2003	Dallas	United States	Granada Theater	—	—
April 19, 2003	Austin		The Backyard	6,684 / 10,000	$247,626
April 20, 2003
April 22, 2003	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater	—	—
April 23, 2003
April 25, 2003 [lower-alpha 3]	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course	—	—
April 26, 2003 [lower-alpha 3]			Municipal Auditorium	—	—
April 27, 2003	Tunica		Harrah's Grand Event Centre	—	—
April 29, 2003	Nashville		The Trap	—	—
April 30, 2003	Louisville		Jillian's Parking Lot	7,500 / 7,500	$225,000
May 2, 2003 [lower-alpha 4]	Atlanta		Piedmont Park	—	—
May 4, 2003 [lower-alpha 5]	West Palm Beach		West Palm Beach Waterfront	—	—
May 5, 2003	Orlando		Hard Rock Live	—	—
May 6, 2003	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum	—	—
May 8, 2003	Portsmouth		nTelos Pavilion	—	—
May 9, 2003	Atlantic City		Hilton Hotel Grand Theatre	—	—
May 10, 2003
May 11, 2003	Solomons		Washington Gas Pavilion	—	—
May 13, 2003	Cary		The Amphitheatre at Regency Park	—	—
May 14, 2003	Asheville		Asheville Civic Center	—	—
May 16, 2003 [lower-alpha 6]	Birmingham		Linn Park	—	—
May 17, 2003 [lower-alpha 7]	Jackson		Capitol Street Downtown Jackson	—	—
May 17, 2003 [lower-alpha 8]	Little Rock		Nitelife Rocks	—	—
July 12, 2003 [lower-alpha 9]	Winter Park		Winter Park Resort	—	—
July 13, 2003	Casper		Casper Events Center	—	—
July 15, 2003	Jackson		Snow King Mountain Resort	—	—
July 16, 2003	Big Sky		Meadow Village Pavilion	—	—
July 17, 2003	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre	—	—
July 19, 2003	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Outdoor Amphitheater	—	—
July 21, 2003	Ketchum		Ketchum Park & Ride Lot	—	—
July 22, 2003	Nampa		Idaho Center Amphitheater	—	—
July 23, 2003	Bend		Les Schwab Amphitheater	—	—
July 25, 2003	Kelseyville		Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa Amphitheatre	—	—
July 26, 2003 [lower-alpha 10]	Paso Robles		Paso Robles Event Center Grandstand	—	—
July 27, 2003 [lower-alpha 11]	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre	—	—
July 29, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Sunrise		Office Depot Center	—	—
July 30, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	—	—
July 31, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Atlanta		HiFi Buys Amphitheatre	—	—
August 2, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Joliet		Route 66 Raceway	—	—
August 3, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Somerset		Float Rite Amphitheater	—	—
August 5, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center	—	—
August 6, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Columbus		Germain Amphitheater	—	—
August 8, 2003 [lower-alpha 12]	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	—	—
August 9, 2003 [lower-alpha 13]	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center	26,827 / 33,888	$1,388,954
August 10, 2003 [lower-alpha 13]
August 12, 2003	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom	9,009 / 10,202	$696,925 [lower-alpha 14]
August 13, 2003
August 16, 2003	Bushkill		Tom Ridge Pavilion	—	—
August 17, 2003	Wallingford		careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theatre	—	—
August 19, 2003	Northhampton		Pines Theater	—	—
August 20, 2003 [lower-alpha 15]	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom	— [lower-alpha 14]	— [lower-alpha 14]
August 21, 2003	Gilford		Meadowbrook Music Arts Center Pavilion	—	—
August 22, 2003 [lower-alpha 16]	Syracuse		New York State Fair Grandstand	—	—
August 23, 2003	Niagara Falls	Canada	Oakes Garden Theatre	—	—
Europe
October 9, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	—	—
October 11, 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	Globe Arena	—	—
October 12, 2003	Karlstad		Löfbergs Lila Arena	—	—
October 13, 2003	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	—
October 15, 2003	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	—	—
October 16, 2003	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	—	—
October 17, 2003	Hamburg	Germany	Docks	—	—
October 18, 2003
October 20, 2003	Berlin		Berlin Arena	—	—
October 22, 2003	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig	—	—
October 23, 2003	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobile Arena	—	—
October 24, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	—	—
October 26, 2003	Graz	Austria	Eisstadion Liebenau	—	—
October 27, 2003	Vienna		Wiener Stadthalle Halle D	—	—
October 29, 2003	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	—	—
October 30, 2003	Bolzano	Italy	PalaOnda	—	—
November 1, 2003	Rome		Palazzo dello Sport	—	—
November 2, 2003	Milan		FilaForum	—	—
November 3, 2003	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	—	—
November 5, 2003	Freiburg	Germany	Stadthalle Freiburg	—	—
November 6, 2003	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle	—	—
November 8, 2003	Düsseldorf		Philips Halle	—	—
November 10, 2003	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	—	—
November 11, 2003
November 12, 2003	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	—	—
November 13, 2003	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	—	—
November 15, 2003	London	England	Wembley Arena	—	—
November 17, 2003	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre	—	—
November 20, 2003	Sheffield	England	Hallam FM Arena	—	—
November 21, 2003	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre Arena	—	—
November 23, 2003	London		Shepherd's Bush Empire	—	—
November 24, 2003			Carling Apollo Hammersmith	—	—
November 25, 2003			Brixton Academy	—	—

Cancelled shows

November 18, 2003	Millstreet, Ireland	Green Glens Arena	Cancelled.

Notes

1. The February 8, 2003 concert in Melbourne was part of the Melbourne International Music and Blues Festival. ^[13]
2. The February 15, 2003 concert in Perth was part of the Moonlight Music & Wine Festival.
3. The April 25 and 26, 2003 concerts in New Orleans were part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. ^[14]
4. The May 2, 2003 concert in Atlanta was part of Music Midtown. ^[15]
5. The May 4, 2003 concert in West Palm Beach was part of SunFest.
6. The May 16, 2003 concert in Birmingham was part of City Stages.
7. The May 16, 2003 concert in Birmingham was part of Jubilee Jam.
8. The May 17, 2003 concert in Little Rock was originally scheduled to take place at Alltel Arena.
9. The July 12, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the Winter Park Festival.
10. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the California Mid-State Fair.
11. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the range County Fair.
12. From July 29, 2003 to August 8, 2003 Dylan and his Band were the opening act for The Dead.
13. The August 9 and 10, 2003 shows in Holmdel were co-headlining concerts between Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
14. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 12, 13 and 20, 2003.
15. The August 20, 2003 concert in New York City was originally scheduled to take place on August 14. It was then rescheduled to August 15 before being rescheduled a third time to August 20.
16. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the Great New York State Fair.

References

1. "Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour". The Guardian. 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
2. "The Evolution of Bob Dylan". Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
3. "Bob Dylan Spring 2003 Tour Guide". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
4. "Bob Dylan Rocks Melbourne Festival". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
5. "Reviews: Perth, Australia". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
6. "Still On The Road: 2003 Tour Down Under". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
7. "Concert: March 2003". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
8. "Still On The Road: 2003 US Spring Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
9. "Lineup Set For 10th Music Midtown". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
10. "Jackson, Mississippi: Jubilee Jam". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
11. "Bob Dylan 2003 Summer/Fall Tour Guide". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
12. "Still On The Road: 2003 Europe Fall Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
13. "Fine performers overcome festival's blues". The Age. February 10, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
14. "Eight Days of Jazz Fest 2003". The Best of New Orleans. February 18, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
15. "Lineup Set For 10th Music Midtown". Billboard. March 12, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.

External links

• BobLinks  – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists
• Bjorner's Still on the Road  – Information on recording sessions and performances