Never Ending Tour 2016

Never Ending Tour 2016

Tour by Bob Dylan
Location	Asia, North America
Start date	April 4, 2016
End date	November 23, 2016
Legs	3
No. of shows	16 in Asia 59 in North America 75 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology
Never Ending Tour 2015 (2015) Never Ending Tour 2016 (2016) Never Ending Tour 2017 (2017)

The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

Bob Dylan's eighth tour of Japan was announced via his official website on December 22, 2015. The tour was slated to take place throughout April covering several major Japanese cities including Tokyo and Osaka.

On March 22, 2016, it was announced that Dylan, among others, would headline the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, during the summer. ^{[4] [5]} A full U.S. summer tour was announced on Dylan's official website on March 7, 2016, beginning in Woodinville, Washington, on June 4 and ending in Guilford, New Hampshire, on July 17, in support of Dylan's upcoming album Fallen Angels. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

On May 3, 2016, it was officially confirmed that Dylan, with his band, would perform at Desert Trip, a festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring performers from the 1960s and 1970s. Dylan was to share the bill with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who. ^[9] Following the two Desert Trip performances, Dylan and his band will embark on a complete twenty-seven date tour, throughout the Eastern, Southern and Western United States; this was announced via Dylan's official website on August 8, 2016. ^[10]

The 2016 tour comprises seventy-five concerts, the fewest concerts Dylan has performed in a year since the Never Ending Tour's début in 1988, when he also performed seventy-five concerts.

Support acts

• Mavis Staples: North America (June 4 – July 17, 2016) ^[6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on November 23, 2016 at the Au-Rene Theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"Things Have Changed" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Highway 61 Revisited" "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" "Full Moon and Empty Arms" "High Water (For Charley Patton)" "Melancholy Mood" "Duquesne Whistle" "Love Sick" "Tangled Up in Blue" "Pay in Blood"

"Why Try to Change Me Now" "Scarlet Town" "I Could Have Told You" "Desolation Row" "Soon After Midnight" "All or Nothing at All" "Long and Wasted Years" "Autumn Leaves" Encore "Blowin' in the Wind" "Stay With Me"

Desert Trip set lists

October 7 "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Highway 61 Revisited" "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "High Water (For Charley Patton)" "Simple Twist of Fate" "Early Roman Kings" "Love Sick" "Tangled Up in Blue" "Lonesome Day Blues" "Make You Feel My Love" "Pay in Blood" "Desolation Row" "Soon after Midnight" "Ballad of a Thin Man" Encore "Masters of War"

October 14 "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Highway 61 Revisited" "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "High Water (For Charley Patton)" "Simple Twist of Fate" "Early Roman Kings" "Love Sick" "Tangled Up in Blue" "Lonesome Day Blues" "Make You Feel My Love" "Pay in Blood" "Desolation Row" "Soon after Midnight" "Ballad of a Thin Man" Encore "Like a Rolling Stone" "Why Try to Change Me Now"

Songs performed

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind Masters of War Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bringing It All Back Home She Belongs to Me It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Highway 61 Revisited Like a Rolling Stone Ballad of a Thin Man Highway 61 Revisited Desolation Row Blonde on Blonde Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 Blood on the Tracks Tangled Up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate Time Out of Mind Love Sick Make You Feel My Love "Love and Theft" Lonesome Day Blues High Water (For Charley Patton) Modern Times Spirit on the Water Together Through Life Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Tempest Duquesne Whistle Soon after Midnight Long and Wasted Years Pay in Blood Scarlet Town Early Roman Kings Shadows in the Night I'm a Fool to Want You The Night We Called It a Day Stay With Me Autumn Leaves Why Try to Change Me Now Full Moon and Empty Arms What'll I Do That Lucky Old Sun Fallen Angels All or Nothing at All Melancholy Mood That Old Black Magic Non-album songs Things Have Changed Non-album cover songs I Could Have Told You (Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen) Free Bird [Short Instrumental] (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) How Deep Is the Ocean? (Irving Berlin) That Old Feeling (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Asia
April 4, 2016	Tokyo	Japan	Orchard Hall	—	—
April 5, 2016
April 6, 2016
April 9, 2016	Sendai		Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi	—	—
April 11, 2016	Osaka		Festival Hall, Osaka	—	—
April 12, 2016
April 13, 2016
April 15, 2016	Nagoya		Century Hall	—	—
April 18, 2016	Tokyo		Orchard Hall	—	—
April 19, 2016
April 21, 2016
April 22, 2016
April 23, 2016			Tokyo Dome City Hall	—	—
April 25, 2016			Orchard Hall	—	—
April 26, 2016
April 28, 2016	Yokohama		Pacifico Yokohama	—	—
Fallen Angels Tour
June 4, 2016	Woodinville	United States	Chateau Ste. Michelle	8,581 / 8,600	$675,491
June 5, 2016
June 7, 2016	Eugene		Cuthbert Amphitheater	—	—
June 9, 2016	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	9,730 / 12,054	$914,970
June 10, 2016
June 11, 2016	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	—	—
June 13, 2016	San Diego		Humphreys Concerts By the Bay	—	—
June 14, 2016
June 16, 2016	Los Angeles		Shrine Auditorium	6,354 / 6,354	$676,071
June 19, 2016	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	—	—
June 21, 2016	Kansas City		Starlight Theatre	—	—
June 22, 2016	Lincoln		Pinewood Bowl Theater	—	—
June 24, 2016	Highland Park		Ravinia Park	— [lower-alpha 1]
June 25, 2016	Indianapolis		Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn	—	—
June 26, 2016	Nashville		Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheater	—	—
June 28, 2016	Kettering		Fraze Pavilion	—	—
June 29, 2016	Toledo		Toledo Zoo Amphitheater	—	—
June 30, 2016	Lewiston		Lewiston Artpark	—	—
July 2, 2016	Lenox		Koussevitzky Music Shed	—	—
July 3, 2016	Ledyard		The Grand Theater	—	—
July 5, 2016	Vienna		Filene Center	—	—
July 6, 2016
July 8, 2016	New York City		Forest Hills Stadium	12,013 / 12,013	$1,187,995
July 9, 2016	Bethlehem		Sands Bethlehem Events Center	—	—
July 10, 2016	Atlantic City		The Borgata Events Center	—	—
July 12, 2016	Hopewell		Constellation Brands Marvin Sands PAC	—	—
July 13, 2016	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts	—	—
July 14, 2016	Boston		Leader Bank Pavilion	4,208 / 5,165	$376,448
July 16, 2016	Portland		Thompson's Point	—	—
July 17, 2016	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion	—	—
North America
October 7, 2016	Indio	United States	Empire Polo Club	— [lower-alpha 2]
October 13, 2016	Las Vegas		The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan	—	—
October 14, 2016	Indio		Empire Polo Club	— [lower-alpha 2]
October 16, 2016	Phoenix		Comerica Theatre	—	—
October 18, 2016	Albuquerque		Kiva Auditorium	—	—
October 19, 2016	El Paso		Abraham Chavez Theatre	—	—
October 22, 2016	Thackerville		Global Events Centre	—	—
October 23, 2016	Tulsa		Brady Theater	2,369 / 2,707	$218,210
October 25, 2016	Shreveport		Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium	—	—
October 26, 2016	Baton Rouge		River Center Theater for Performing Arts	—	—
October 27, 2016	Jackson		Thalia Mara Hall	—	—
October 29, 2016	Huntsville		Von Braun Center Concert Hall	—	—
October 30, 2016	Paducah		The Carson Center	—	—
November 1, 2016	Louisville		Robert S. Whitney Hall	2,399 / 2,399	$173,182
November 2, 2016	Charleston		Maier Foundation Performance Hall	—	—
November 4, 2016	Durham		Durham Performing Arts Center	2,701 / 2,701	$237,884
November 5, 2016	Roanoke		Berglund Performing Arts Theatre	—	—
November 6, 2016	Charlotte		Belk Theater	2,118 / 2,118	$192,735
November 9, 2016	Knoxville		Tennessee Theatre	—	—
November 10, 2016	Columbia		Columbia Township Auditorium	2,806 / 2,806	$216,862
November 12, 2016	Asheville		Thomas Wolfe Auditorium	—	—
November 13, 2016	Chattanooga		Tivoli Theatre	—	—
November 15, 2016	Birmingham		BJCC Concert Hall	—	—
November 16, 2016	Mobile		Saenger Theatre	1,940 / 1,940	$168,809
November 18, 2016	Jacksonville		Moran Theater	—	—
November 19, 2016	Clearwater		Ruth Eckerd Hall	2,122 / 2,122	$254,001
November 20, 2016	Fort Myers		Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall	—	—
November 22, 2016	Orlando		Walt Disney Theater	—	—
November 23, 2016	Fort Lauderdale		Au-Rene Theater	—	—
TOTAL				57,331 / 60,969 (94%)	$5,292,658

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 20, 2016	Lubbock	City Bank Auditorium	Cancelled due to logistical issues. [13]

Notes

1. The June 24, 2016 concert at the Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois is part of the Ravinia Festival. ^[11]
2. The October 7 and 14, 2016 concerts at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California are part of Desert Trip. ^[12]

Personnel

• Bob Dylan – Vocals, Piano, Harmonica, Guitar
• Tony Garnier – Electric bass, Double bass
• Donnie Herron – Lap steel, Pedal steel, Banjo, Mandolin
• Stu Kimball – Rhythm guitar
• George Receli – Drums, Percussion
• Charlie Sexton – Lead guitar

References

1. "Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour". The Guardian . June 12, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
2. "The Evolution of Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Tour Begins". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
3. "Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour Keeps on Trucking". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
4. "Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Diana Ross lead Ravinia's summer music lineup". Chicago Tribune . March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
5. "Bob Dylan Announces New Album 'Fallen Angels,' Summer Tour With Mavis Staples". Billboard. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
6. "Bob Dylan Sets Summer Tour in Support of New LP 'Fallen Angels'". Rolling Stone. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
7. "Bob Dylan announces new album 'Fallen Angels' and tour". NME. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
8. "Bob Dylan Announces New Album and Tour". Pitchfork Media. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
9. "Desert Trip: Tickets details announced for Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones 'mega-festival'". NME. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
10. "Bob Dylan Sets Fall Tour Following Desert Trip Mega-Fest". Rolling Stone. August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
11. "Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Diana Ross lead Ravinia's summer music lineup". Chicago Tribune . March 2, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
12. "Desert Trip lineup: Rock legends confirmed for Desert Trip mega festival and the ticket prices are eye-watering" . The Independent . May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
13. "Bob Dylan's Lubbock, Texas Show Has Been Canceled". KFYO. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

External links

• BobLinks  – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists
• BobDylan.com  – Bob Dylan's Official Website Tour Page
• Bjorner's Still on the Road  – Information on recording sessions and performances