Never Ending Tour 2009

Never Ending Tour 2009

Tour by Bob Dylan
Start date	March 22, 2009
End date	November 19, 2009
Legs	3
No. of shows	33 in Europe 64 in North America 97 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology
Never Ending Tour 2008 (2008) Never Ending Tour 2009 (2009) Never Ending Tour 2010 (2010)

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

Information

The tour started in Stockholm, Sweden at an intimate concert at Berns Salonger. ^[3] Dylan performed five concerts in England. One of which was at the Roundhouse in London which was a concert especially for the members of the BobDylan.com fan club. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Dylan also performed at the Edinburgh Playhouse, the first time he had performed in the city since April 1995. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

After completing the 33 date European tour Dylan returned to the United States to perform a summer ballpark tour. ^[11] He was joined on the tour by Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. ^[12] The tour consisted of 31 dates. Dylan performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee ^{[13] [14]} and Rothbury Festival in Rothbury, Michigan. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

After the summer tour Dylan and the band toured the States again in the fall starting in Seattle. During the fall tour Dylan and his band performed three concerts at several venues during the tour including the Hollywood Palladium, Aragon Ballroom, Wang Theatre and United Palace Theater where the tour ended on November 19.

Opening acts

• Willie Nelson (July 1 – July 4, July 8 – August 16)
• The Wiyos (July 2 & July 4, July 8 – July 13, August 16)
• John Mellencamp (July 2 & July 4, July 8 – August 16)
• The Two Man Gentlemen Band (July 10 & 11)
• Johnny Rivers (October 13)
• John Doe (October 14)
• George Thorogood (October 15)
• Dion (November 17 – November 19)

Band

• Bob Dylan – Vocals, harmonica, organ, guitar
• Denny Freeman – Guitar (Until 16 August 2009)
• Charlie Sexton – Guitar (From 4 October 2009)
• Stu Kimball – Rhythm guitar
• George Recelli – Drums, percussion
• Tony Garnier – Bass

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold/available	Box office
Europe [18]
March 22, 2009	Stockholm	Sweden	Berns Salonger	—	—
March 23, 2009			Globe Arena	10,736 / 11,321 (95%)	$741,280
March 25, 2009	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	7,684 / 7,782 (99%)	$702,767
March 27, 2009	Jönköping	Sweden	Kinnarps Arena	4,453 / 4,453 (100%)	$314,871
March 28, 2009	Malmö		Malmö Arena	8,590 / 8,590 (100%)	$591,637
March 29, 2009	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	6,207 / 8,393 (74%)	$656,674
March 31, 2009	Hanover	Germany	AWD Hall	—	—
April 1, 2009	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle	—	—
April 2, 2009	Erfurt		Messehalle	—	—
April 4, 2009	Munich		Zenith	—	—
April 5, 2009	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle	—	—
April 7, 2009	Paris	France	Palais des congrès de Paris	7,113 / 7,113 (100%)	$710,935
April 8, 2009
April 10, 2009	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	14,928 / 16,500 (90%)	$1,156,562
April 11, 2009
April 12, 2009
April 14, 2009	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle	—	—
April 15, 2009	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	—	—
April 17, 2009	Rome		PalaLottomatica	—	—
April 18, 2009	Florence		Nelson Mandela Forum	—	—
April 20, 2009	Geneva	Switzerland	SEG Geneva Arena	—	—
April 21, 2009	Strasbourg	France	Zénith de Strasbourg	4,553 / 5,365 (85%)	$331,049
April 22, 2009	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	—	—
April 24, 2009	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena	—	—
April 25, 2009	London		The O2 Arena	17,873 / 17,905 (99%)	$1,031,037
April 26, 2009			The Roundhouse	—	—
April 28, 2009	Cardiff	Wales	International Arena	—	—
April 29, 2009	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena	—	—
May 1, 2009	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool	—	—
May 2, 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	—	—
May 3, 2009	Edinburgh		Edinburgh Playhouse	—	—
May 5, 2009	Dublin	Ireland	The O2	—	—
May 6, 2009				—	—
North America (With Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp) [19]
July 1, 2009 [A]	Milwaukee	United States	Marcus Amphitheater	— [lower-alpha 1]
July 2, 2009	Sauget		GCS Ballpark	5,340 / 7,500 (71%)	$360,450
July 4, 2009	South Bend		Coveleski Stadium	7,590 / 8,000 (95%)	$512,235
July 5, 2009 [B]	Rothbury		Double JJ Resort	— [lower-alpha 2]
July 8, 2009	Louisville		Louisville Slugger Field	6,225 / 7,500 (83%)	$420,188
July 10, 2009	Dayton		Fifth Third Field	7,883 / 7,883 (100%)	$532,103
July 11, 2009	Eastlake		Classic Park	7,010 / 8,000 (88%)	$473,175
July 13, 2009	Washington		Consol Energy Park	5,600 / 7,000 (80%)	$378,000
July 14, 2009	Allentown		Coca-Cola Park	10,000 / 10,000 (100%)	$675,000
July 15, 2009	New Britain		New Britain Stadium	6,753 / 7,500 (90%)	$455,828
July 17, 2009	Essex Junction		The Champlain Valley Expo	—	—
July 18, 2009	Bethel		Bethel Woods Center for the Arts	14,084 / 17,357 (81%)	$707,560
July 19, 2009	Syracuse		Alliance Bank Stadium	6,651 / 7,500 (100%)	$448,943
July 21, 2009	Pawtucket		McCoy Stadium	7,642 / 10,000 (76%)	$515,835
July 23, 2009	Lakewood		FirstEnergy Park	8,456 / 8,456 (100%)	$570,780
July 24, 2009	Aberdeen		Ripken Stadium	6,994 / 8,000 (87%)	$472,095
July 25, 2009	Norfolk		Harbor Park	4,836 / 7,500 (64%)	$326,430
July 27, 2009	Durham		Durham Bulls Athletic Park	8,086 / 8,086 (100%)	$545,805
July 28, 2009	Simpsonville		Heritage Park Amphitheater	—	—
July 30, 2009	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	—	—
July 31, 2009	Orange Beach		The Amphitheater at the Wharf	—	—
August 2, 2009	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	10,955 / 16,027 (68%)	$567,883
August 4, 2009	Round Rock		Dell Diamond	8,825 / 8,825 (100%)	$595,688
August 5, 2009	Corpus Christi		Whataburger Field	5,082 / 6,000 (85%)	$342,035
August 7, 2009	Grand Prairie		QuikTrip Park	4,724 / 7,500 (63%)	$318,870
August 8, 2009	Lubbock		Jones AT&T Stadium	—	—
August 9, 2009	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion	8,156 / 15,000 (54%)	$316,134
August 12, 2009	Lake Elsinore		Lake Elsinore Diamond	5,500 / 7,000 (79%)	$371,250
August 14, 2009	Fresno		Chukchansi Park	5,676 / 6,500 (87%)	$383,130
August 15, 2009	Stockton		Banner Island Ballpark	7,536 / 7,536 (100%)	$508,608
August 16, 2009	Stateline		Harveys Outdoor Arena	—	—
North America [20]
October 4, 2009	Seattle	United States	Moore Theatre	—	—
October 5, 2009			WaMu Theater	—	—
October 7, 2009	Portland		Memorial Coliseum	—	—
October 8, 2009	Eugene		McArthur Court	—	—
October 10, 2009	Berkeley		Greek Theatre	—	—
October 11, 2009				—	—
October 13, 2009	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium	9,705 / 11,548 (84%)	$506,153
October 14, 2009
October 15, 2009
October 17, 2009	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	—	—
October 18, 2009	Paradise		The Joint	—	—
October 19, 2009	Salt Lake City		Saltair	—	—
October 21, 2009	Denver		Magness Arena	—	—
October 23, 2009	Salina		Bicentennial Center	—	—
October 24, 2009	Tulsa		Brady Theater	—	—
October 25, 2009	Springfield		Shrine Mosque	—	—
October 27, 2009	Rockford		Rockford Metrocentre	—	—
October 29, 2009	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom	9,451 / 10,500 (90%)	$473,529
October 30, 2009
October 31, 2009
November 2, 2009	Bloomington		IU Auditorium	2,949 / 2,949 (100%)	$165,435
November 3, 2009	Columbus		Lifestyle Communities Pavilion	1,892 / 2,000 (95%)	$89,870
November 5, 2009	Canton		Canton Memorial Civic Center	3,956 / 4,693 (84%)	$189,887
November 6, 2009	Detroit		Fox Theatre	—	—
November 7, 2009	Kitchener	Canada	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	5,633 / 5,633 (100%)	$333,564
November 9, 2009	Philadelphia	United States	Liacouras Center	—	—
November 11, 2009	Fairfax		Patriot Center	3,785 / 8,000 (47%)	$179,788
November 13, 2009	Boston		Wang Theatre	7,629 / 10,344 (74%)	$532,433
November 14, 2009
November 15, 2009
November 17, 2009	New York City		United Palace Theater	9,621 / 9,960 (97%)	$908,242
November 18, 2009
November 19, 2009
Total				306,362 / 357,719 (86%)	$20,413,738

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

July 29, 2009	Sevierville, Tennessee	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Cancelled before official announcement. [21]
August 11, 2009	Phoenix, Arizona	Camelback Ranch	Cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. [22]
August 12, 2009	Las Vegas	Cashman Field	Rescheduled to August 16, 2009 and moved to Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline. [23]

Notes

1. The July 1, 2009 concert in Milwaukee is a part of Summerfest.
2. The July 5, 2009 concert in Rothbury is a part of Rothbury Festival.

Set lists

First leg (Europe)

This set list is representative of the performance on April 25, 2009 in London, England. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Maggie's Farm"
2. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
3. "Things Have Changed"
4. "Chimes of Freedom"
5. "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
6. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
7. "'Til I Fell in Love with You"
8. "Workingman's Blues #2"
9. "Highway 61 Revisited"
10. "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
11. "Po' Boy"
12. "Honest With Me"
13. "When the Deal Goes Down"
14. "Thunder on the Mountain"
15. "Like a Rolling Stone"

Encore

16. "All Along the Watchtower"
17. "Spirit on the Water"
18. "Blowin' in the Wind"

Second leg (North America)

This set list is representative of the performance on August 4, 2009 in Round Rock, Texas. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"
2. "This Wheel's on Fire"
3. "The Levee's Gonna Break"
4. "Spirit on the Water"
5. "Honest With Me"
6. "Forgetful Heart"
7. "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum"
8. "I Feel a Change Comin' On"
9. "Highway 61 Revisited"
10. "Ain't Talkin'"
11. "Thunder on the Mountain"

Encore

12. "Like a Rolling Stone"
13. "Jolene"
14. "All Along the Watchtower"

Third leg (North America)

This set list is representative of the performance on October 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
2. "The Man in Me"
3. "High Water (For Charley Patton)"
4. "Sugar Baby"
5. "Rollin' And Tumblin'"
6. "Every Grain of Sand"
7. "Cold Irons Bound
8. "Spirit on the Water"
9. "Honest With Me"
10. "Po' Boy"
11. "Highway 61 Revisited"
12. "Nettie Moore"
13. "Thunder on the Mountain"
14. "Ballad of a Thin Man"

Encore

15. "Like a Rolling Stone"
16. "Jolene"
17. "All Along the Watchtower"

References

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External links

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