Never Ending Tour 2018

Never Ending Tour 2018

Tour by Bob Dylan
Location	Europe Asia Oceania North America
Start date	March 22, 2018
End date	December 3, 2018
Legs	3
No. of shows	26 in Europe 5 in Asia 11 in Oceania 42 in North America 84 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology
Never Ending Tour 2017 (2017) Never Ending Tour 2018 (2018) Never Ending Tour 2019 (2019)

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

Background

Six concerts taking place in Italy were announced by ticketone.it on November 7, 2017. Further concerts in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic were released over the following week. ^[4]

On March 15 it was announced by Billboard that Dylan and his band would be headlining the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. ^[5] Almost two months later further dates in Asia were announced along with a tour of Australia and New Zealand. ^[6] On August 3 a final show in Sydney was scheduled to take place at the Enmore Theatre, his first performance at the venue. ^[7]

On May 25 a single concert was announced at Thackerville's WinStar World Casino Global Event Center ^[8] and on August 3 a further four concerts were added to Dylan's Fall touring schedule. ^[9] A further twenty-three concerts were announced on August 6. ^{[10] [11]}

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on April 16, 2018, in Vienna, Austria. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Things Have Changed"
2. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
3. "Highway 61 Revisited"
4. "Simple Twist of Fate"
5. "Duquesne Whistle"
6. "Melancholy Mood"
7. "Honest With Me"
8. "Tryin' to Get to Heaven"
9. "Come Rain or Come Shine"
10. "Pay in Blood"
11. "Tangled Up in Blue"
12. "Early Roman Kings"
13. "Desolation Row"
14. "Love Sick"
15. "Autumn Leaves"
16. "Thunder on the Mountain"
17. "Soon After Midnight"
18. "Long and Wasted Years"

Encore

19. "Blowin' in the Wind"
20. "Ballad of a Thin Man"

Songs performed

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Another Side of Bob Dylan It Ain't Me Babe Highway 61 Revisited Like a Rolling Stone Ballad of a Thin Man It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Highway 61 Revisited Desolation Row Blonde on Blonde Visions of Johanna John Wesley Harding All Along the Watchtower Blood on the Tracks Tangled Up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate Slow Train Coming Gotta Serve Somebody Time Out of Mind Love Sick Tryin' to Get to Heaven Make You Feel My Love "Love and Theft" Summer Days High Water (For Charley Patton) Honest with Me Cry A While

Modern Times Thunder on the Mountain Spirit on the Water Workingman's Blues #2 Tempest Duquesne Whistle Soon After Midnight Long and Wasted Years Pay in Blood Early Roman Kings Scarlet Town Shadows in the Night Autumn Leaves Why Try to Change Me Now Full Moon and Empty Arms Fallen Angels Melancholy Mood Come Rain or Come Shine Triplicate The September of My Years Once Upon a Time Non-album songs Things Have Changed When I Paint My Masterpiece It's a Man's World San-Hoz-Say Moon River

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Europe
March 22, 2018	Lisbon	Portugal	Altice Arena	—	—
March 24, 2018	Salamanca	Spain	Pabellón Multiusos Sánchez Paraíso	—	—
March 26, 2018	Madrid		Sala Sinfónica	—	—
March 27, 2018
March 28, 2018
March 30, 2018	Barcelona		Gran Teatre del Liceu	—	—
March 31, 2018
April 3, 2018	Rome	Italy	Auditorium Parco della Musica	—	—
April 4, 2018
April 5, 2018
April 7, 2018	Florence		Nelson Mandela Forum	—	—
April 8, 2018	Mantua		PalaBam	—	—
April 9, 2018	Milan		Teatro degli Arcimboldi	—	—
April 11, 2018	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	5,685 / 5,685	$720,269
April 12, 2018	Neu-Ulm	Germany	Ratiopharm Arena	—	—
April 13, 2018	Salzburg	Austria	Salzburgarena	—	—
April 15, 2018	Brno	Czech Republic	Hala Vodova	—	—
April 16, 2018	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	—	—
April 18, 2018	Leipzig	Germany	Arena Leipzig	—	—
April 19, 2018	Krefeld		König Palast	—	—
April 21, 2018	Bielefeld		Seidensticker Halle	—	—
April 22, 2018	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle	—	—
April 23, 2018	Baden-Baden		Festspielhaus Baden-Baden	—	—
April 25, 2018	Genoa	Italy	RDS Stadium	—	—
April 26, 2018	Lido di Jesolo		Pala Arrex	—	—
April 27, 2018	Verona		Verona Arena	—	—
Asia
July 27, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	—	—
July 29, 2018 [lower-alpha 1]	Yuzawa	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort	—	—
August 2, 2018	Taipei	Taiwan	Taipei International Convention Center	—	—
August 4, 2018	Wan Chai	Hong Kong	HKCEC Hall 5BC	—	—
August 6, 2018	Dover	Singapore	Star Theatre	—	—
Oceania
August 8, 2018	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	5,176 / 5,376	$587,136
August 11, 2018 [lower-alpha 2]	Adelaide		Bonython Park	—	—
August 13, 2018	Melbourne		Margaret Court Arena	—	—
August 14, 2018
August 18, 2018	Sydney		ICC Sydney Theatre	—	—
August 19, 2018			Enmore Theatre	—	—
August 20, 2018	Wollongong		WIN Entertainment Centre	—	—
August 22, 2018	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre	—	—
August 24, 2018	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	—	—
August 26, 2018	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena	—	—
August 28, 2018	Christchurch		Horncastle Arena	—	—
North America
October 4, 2018	Phoenix	United States	Comerica Theatre	—	—
October 5, 2018	Tucson		Tucson Music Hall	—	—
October 7, 2018	Albuquerque		Kiva Auditorium	—	—
October 9, 2018	Midland		Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center	—	—
October 10, 2018	Irving		Toyota Music Factory	—	—
October 12, 2018	Tulsa		River Spirit Casino	—	—
October 13, 2018	Thackerville		Global Event Center	—	—
October 14, 2018	Sugar Land		Smart Financial Centre	—	—
October 16, 2018	Lafayette		Heymann Performing Arts Center	—	—
October 17, 2018	Mobile		Saenger Theatre	—	—
October 19, 2018	St. Augustine		St. Augustine Amphitheatre	—	—
October 20, 2018	Clearwater		Ruth Eckerd Hall	—	—
October 21, 2018	Sarasota		Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall	—	—
October 23, 2018	Fort Myers		Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall	—	—
October 24, 2018	Fort Lauderdale		Au-Rene Theater	—	—
October 26, 2018	Orlando		Walt Disney Theater	—	—
October 27, 2018	Macon		Macon City Auditorium	—	—
October 28, 2018	Chattanooga		Tivoli Theatre	—	—
October 30, 2018	Huntsville		Mark C. Smith Concert Hall	—	—
October 31, 2018	Knoxville		Tennessee Theatre	—	—
November 2, 2018	Asheville		Thomas Wolfe Auditorium	—	—
November 3, 2018	Durham		Durham Performing Arts Center	2,688 / 2,704	$244,267
November 4, 2018	North Charleston		North Charleston Performing Arts Center	—	—
November 6, 2018	Savannah		Johnny Mercer Theater	—	—
November 7, 2018	Augusta		The Bell Auditorium	—	—
November 9, 2018	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium	2,409 / 2,447	$228,527
November 10, 2018	Roanoke		Berglund Performing Arts Theatre	1,463 / 1,953	$146,113
November 11, 2018	Richmond		EKU Center for the Arts	—	—
November 13, 2018	Youngstown		Covelli Centre	—	—
November 14, 2018	Rochester		Auditorium Theatre	—	—
November 15, 2018	Utica		Stanley Theater	—	—
November 17, 2018	Atlantic City		Etess Arena	—	—
November 18, 2018	Springfield		Symphony Hall	—	—
November 20, 2018	Waterbury		Palace Theatre	—	—
November 23, 2018	New York City		Beacon Theatre	19,402 / 19,402	$2,181,154
November 24, 2018
November 26, 2018
November 27, 2018
November 29, 2018
November 30, 2018
December 1, 2018
December 3, 2018	Philadelphia		Metropolitan Opera House	—	—
TOTAL				36,823 / 37,567 (98%)	$4,107,466

Notes

1. The July 29, 2018 concert in Yuzawa is part of Fuji Rock Festival. ^[12]
2. The August 11, 2018 concert in Adelaide was originally scheduled to take place at the Adelaide Botanic Park however was moved to Bonython Park due to Production Logistics. ^[13]

References

1. "Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour". The Guardian . June 12, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
2. "The Evolution of Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Tour Begins". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
3. "Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour Keeps on Trucking". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. "Bob Dylan to Perform in Salamanca, Madrid and Barcelona in March 2018". Turkey Telegraph. December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
5. "Bob Dylan Added to Japan's Fuji Rock Festival Lineup". Billboard. March 15, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
6. "Bob Dylan set to return to Australia in August". News AU. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
7. "Bob Dylan To Play Sydney's Historic Enmore Theatre". The Music. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
8. "Norman's Jazz In June celebrating 35 years, Bob Dylan traveling to WinStar World Casino, Tower Theatre welcoming Mavericks, more". News OK. May 25, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
9. "Bob Dylan to play Durham this fall". News Observer. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
10. "Bob Dylan announces U.S. Fall Tour". Ultimate Classic Rock. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
11. "Bob Dylan Sets First 2018 U.S. Tour Dates". Rolling Stone. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
12. "Bob Dylan Added to Japan's Fuji Rock Festival Lineup". Billboard. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
13. "Bob Dylan Concert Relocated". Department for Environment and Water. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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