Seven Days: Mar 24 - 30, 2025

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Details, News, and Reviews of Bob Dylan Live In Concert

NEW Spring & Summer Tours

• Rough and Rowdy Ways (2025)

  • 20 Shows: March 25 - April 22 (details)

  • Midwest USA: 14 States from Tulsa to Minnesota to Pennsylvania

  • Last Week: Tulsa OK, Little Rock AR, Springfiled MO, Wichita KS (setlists)

  • Next Week: Topeka KS, Omaha NB, Sioux City IA, Mankato MN, Green Bay WI

• Outlaw Music Festival (2025) (tour info)

  • 38 Shows: May 13 - Sept 19 (details)

  • Across the USA: 21 States in the West, Midwest, and East

Recordings

• Every Grain of Sand Tulsa 3/25 (Video)

• When I Paint My Masterpiece Tulsa 3/25 (Audio)

• Full Show Tulsa OK 3/25 (Audio)

• Full Show Little Rock 3/26 (Audio)

• Full Show Springfield MO 3/28 (Audio)

Articles

• Last Night in Tulsa (In 15 Snapshots) (Flagging Down) [8]

  • “Bob Dylan continues his Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour with a vibrant performance that captivated fans in Tulsa.”

• Bob Dylan Live In Tulsa Reviewed: A Magnificent Resumption Of The Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour (mojo4music.com) [8]

  • “Dylan’s using his harmonica much more these days, creating an intimacy that he clearly appreciates as much as the audience.”

• Show Review: Bob Dylan In Tulsa (Americana Highways) [5]

  • “Bob Dylan kicked off the first date of his 2025 Rough & Rowdy Ways/Never Ending Tour smack dab in the middle of the American Heartland.”

• Listen: Bob Dylan Welcomes New Drummer During 2025 Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour Opener in Tulsa (relix.com) [5]

  • “On Tuesday, March 25, Bob Dylan commenced the latest leg of his ongoing Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour at the 2,800-capacity Tulsa Theatre in Tulsa, Okla.”

• Bob Dylan Stuns At 2025 ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour’ Kickoff (Rolling Stone) [5]

  • “Dylan never made a single public appearance during the months leading up to the tour, but he surprised fans with a reinvigorated performance kickoff.”

• Bob Dylan Kicks Tour Off In Tulsa With Wacky Samba, Folk Noir Spookiness (The Pickup) [5]

  • “Ghosts haunt downtown Tulsa, and I think Bob was talking to them.”

• Bob Dylan Delivered An Intense, Stripped-Down And Mesmerizing Show At Robinson Center (Arkansas Times) [5]

  • “Dylan was all business, taking his audience on a tour of both the back catalogue and a healthy helping of tracks from his latest album.”

• Bob Dylan Fans React To Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour As Legend Returns To Stage (express.co.uk) [5]

  • “Bob Dylan returns to the stage in 2025, sparking excitement among his fans.”

Our favorite stories and links from the past week

• The Time George Foreman Sang Me Some Bob Dylan (thenation.com) [8]

  • “George Foreman shared how Dylan’s ‘Rainy Day Women’ opened his eyes to the world.”

• Dylan And The Kennedy Assassination (Shadow Chasing) [8]

  • “Dylan earned a reputation as the “voice of his generation” by writing and playing songs that commented on headline events of the era.”

• Dylan And The Kennedy Assassination Pt.2 (Shadow Chasing) [8]

  • “Dylan shockingly expressed empathy instead for Oswald.”

• Bob Dylan’s Instagram Posts Part 7 (Steven’s Substack) [5]

  • “Dylan’s post of Cash and the Carter Sisters confirmed my thoughts about the Frank James clip, but more importantly, offered yet another mirror on Chapter Six.”

• Bob Dylan - Tempest (Lloyd Cole) [8]

  • “Bob Dylan just made me cry. Twice. I don’t know if I can listen to Long and Wasted Years again today.”

The latest streaming Dylan shows. Most links to Apple Podcasts

• MAR-28 | David Letterman (The Adam Buxton Podcast)

• MAR-28 | Allison Russell On Jamming With Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Hozier And More; And Lucy Sante's Six Sermons For Bob Dylan (The Music Show)

• MAR-28 | Dylan’s Endless Evolution (The Daily Grateful with Michael Crose)

• MAR-27 | Bonus Episode: F#ck, Marry, Kill With Your Favorite Seattle Bands (DISGRACELAND)

• MAR-26 | Adam MacDougall / Steve Kimock / Giulio Xavier Cetto (The Gifts of Improvising)

• MAR-26 | NES 060: Bob Dylan Live, 3/25/25 (TEASER) (Never Ending Stories: Bob Dylan & the Never Ending Tour)

• MAR-26 | Bob Dylan Live At Friends Of Salvador Allende 1974 (TEASER) (Never Ending Stories: Bob Dylan & the Never Ending Tour)

• MAR-25 | Masters Of War (Hitchhiking Highway 61: A Bob Dylan Inspired Podcast)

• MAR-25 | Random Thoughts And A Complete Unknown (The Renderos Brothers)

• MAR-24 | A Complete Unknown And I'm Not There Can Coexist (Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast)

• MAR-24 | Bob Dylan Walks Out! The Ed Sullivan Show Controversy (Nothing Is Revealed)

• The Dylan Hours

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Bob Dylan Related Events in the next few months.

• MAR-30 / SEP-27 | UK Various: Hallelujah on Desolation Row / Barb Junger Tour (Concert)

• MAR-30 | New York, NY: The Songs Of Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell (Concert)

• MAR-31 | OKC, OK: Stepping into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Archive w/Steven Jenkins (Movie)

• APR-01 | A Store Near You: A Complete Unknown (Blu-Ray RELEASE US) (Movie)

• APR-04 | Streaming: 'To Make You Feel My Love' - Bob Dylan (Event)

• APR-04 | Sebastopol, CA: Bob Dylan Sing Along (Concert)

• APR-04 | St. Peter, MN: Tangled Up in Brews Bob Dylan Tribute (Concert)

• APR-05 | Newport, IW, UK: When I Paint My Masterpiece (Concert)

• APR-05 | Detroit, MI: Don Dylan - Bob Dylan Tribute (Concert)

• APR-05 | Nashville, TN: Stepping into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Archive w/Steven Jenkins, Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift (Movie)

• APR-06 | New York, NY: Bob Dylan Walking Tour (Event)

• APR-09 | Amarillo, TX: Creative Mind Lecture Series: Bob Dylan (Event)

• APR-09 | Boise, ID: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Illustrated Talk by Ross Schnioffsky (Event)

• APR-10 / AUG-09 | US Various: Joan Osborne Dylanology Tour (Concert)

• APR-11 | Tysons, VA: Mr. Tambourine Man: A Symphonic Electric Tribute (Concert)

• APR-12 | Barre, VT: Great Green Mountain Bob Dylan Wannabe Contest (Event)

• APR-18 | Minneapolis, MN: STAGE FRIGHT: A Tribute To Bob Dylan & The Band (Concert)

• APR-18 | Newfoundland, CA: Tribute to Dylan (Concert)

• APR-19 | Richmond, VA: Corey Axt Bob Dylan Night (Concert)

• APR-19 | Shrewsbury, ENG, GB: The Bob Dylan Story (Concert)

• APR-19 | Vienna, VA: The Big Lebowski Experience (Event)

• APR-25 / MAY-30 | Toronto, ON, CA: Bob Dylan: Words and Music (Class)

• APR-27 | Norfolk, UK: Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell Tribute – The Big Yellow Tambourine Band Man (Concert)

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