Never Ending Tour 2017

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

Never Ending Tour 2017

Tour by Bob Dylan
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Triplicate
Start date	April 1, 2017
End date	November 25, 2017
Legs	3
No. of shows	28 in Europe 56 in North America 84 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology
Never Ending Tour 2016 (2016) Never Ending Tour 2017 (2017) Never Ending Tour 2018 (2018)

Background

Six concerts taking place in the United Kingdom,^[4] across May 2017 were announced at BobDylan.com on December 8, 2016.^[5][6][7] The following day a concert at the 3Arena in Dublin was announced for May 11.^[8] Further mainland Europe concerts including Stockholm and Antwerp were announced on December 12.^[9]

On January 27, 2017, it was announced that Dylan would be performing at the fan-curated Firefly Music Festival, taking place at The Woodlands at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.^[10][11] On March 20, 2017, a further five concerts in the United States were announced, along with eighteen concerts taking place in Canada during the summer of 2017.^[12][13] These concerts include the first ever concert to take place at The Hutton Brickyards in Kingston, New York^[14] and Dylan's first concert appearance at Edmonton's new Rogers Place arena.

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on July 25, 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia. 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. "Why Try to Change Me Now"
5. "Summer Days"
6. "Make You Feel My Love"
7. "Duquesne Whistle"
8. "Melancholy Mood"
9. "Stormy Weather"
10. "Pay in Blood"
11. "Once Upon a Time"
12. "Tangled Up in Blue"
13. "Early Roman Kings"
14. "Desolation Row"
15. "Soon After Midnight"
16. "That Old Black Magic"
17. "Long and Wasted Years"
18. "Autumn Leaves"

Encore

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

Songs performed

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Another Side of Bob Dylan To Ramona It Ain't Me Babe Bringing It All Back Home It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Highway 61 Revisited Ballad of a Thin Man Highway 61 Revisited Desolation Row Blood on the Tracks Tangled Up in Blue Simple Twist of Fate The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Blind Willie McTell Time Out of Mind Standing in the Doorway Love Sick Make You Feel My Love "Love and Theft" Summer Days 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 Autumn Leaves Why Try to Change Me Now Full Moon and Empty Arms Fallen Angels All or Nothing at All Melancholy Mood That Old Black Magic Triplicate I Could Have Told You Once Upon a Time Stormy Weather This Nearly Was Mine Non-album songs Things Have Changed

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Europe
April 1, 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Waterfront Congress Centre	—	—
April 2, 2017
April 4, 2017	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	—
April 6, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Copenhagen Opera House	—	—
April 7, 2017
April 9, 2017	Lund	Sweden	Sparbanken Skåne Arena	—	—
April 11, 2017	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena	7,022 / 8,150	$537,147
April 12, 2017	Lingen		EmslandArena	—	—
April 13, 2017	Düsseldorf		Mitsubishi Electric Halle	—	—
April 16, 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	AFAS Live	—	—
April 17, 2017
April 18, 2017
April 20, 2017	Paris	France	Zénith Paris	—	—
April 21, 2017			Grande Seine	—	—
April 22, 2017	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal	—	—
April 24, 2017	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena	5,146 / 5,580	$457,587
April 25, 2017	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt	—	—
April 26, 2017	Hanover		Swiss Life Hall	—	—
April 28, 2017	London	England	London Palladium	—	—
April 29, 2017
April 30, 2017
May 3, 2017	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff	—	—
May 4, 2017	Bournemouth	England	Windsor Hall	—	—
May 5, 2017	Nottingham		Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	—	—
May 7, 2017	Glasgow	Scotland	SEC Armadillo	—	—
May 8, 2017	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena Liverpool	—	—
May 9, 2017	London		SSE Arena Wembley	—	—
May 11, 2017	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	—	—
North America (Summer)
June 13, 2017	Port Chester	United States	Capitol Theatre	—	—
June 14, 2017
June 15, 2017
June 17, 2017^[a]	Dover		The Woodlands of D.I.S.	—	—
June 18, 2017	Wallingford		Toyota Oakdale Theatre	—	—
June 20, 2017	Shelburne		The Green at the Shelburne Museum	3,043 / 3,043	$228,225
June 21, 2017	Providence		Providence Performing Arts Center	—	—
June 23, 2017	Kingston		The Hutton Brickyards	—	—
June 24, 2017
June 25, 2017	Syracuse		Lakeview Amphitheater	3,054 / 4,724	$244,931
June 27, 2017	Kingston	Canada	Rogers K-Rock Centre	—	—
June 29, 2017	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre	—	—
June 30, 2017^[b]	Montreal		Bell Centre	7,330 / 7,330	$470,060
July 2, 2017	Barrie		Barrie Molson Centre	—	—
July 4, 2017	Oshawa		Tribute Communities Centre	—	—
July 5, 2017	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	—	—
July 6, 2017	London		Budweiser Gardens	4,150 / 4,481	$257,325
July 8, 2017^[c]	Detroit	United States	Joe Louis Arena	—	—
July 9, 2017^[d]^[c]	Milwaukee		American Family Insurance Amphitheater	—	—
July 12, 2017	Winnipeg	Canada	Bell MTS Place	—	—
July 14, 2017	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre	—	—
July 15, 2017	Moose Jaw		Mosaic Place	—	—
July 16, 2017	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium	—	—
July 19, 2017	Edmonton		Rogers Place	—	—
July 21, 2017	Dawson Creek		EnCana Events Centre	—	—
July 22, 2017	Prince George		CN Centre	—	—
July 24, 2017	Kelowna		Prospera Place	—	—
July 25, 2017	Vancouver		Rogers Arena	—	—
North America (Fall)
October 13, 2017	Valley Center	United States	Harrah's Resort SoCal Events Center	2,105 / 2,220	$302,885
October 14, 2017	Las Vegas		The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan	—	—
October 17, 2017	Salt Lake City		Delta Performance Hall	—	—
October 18, 2017
October 21, 2017	Broomfield		1stBank Center	—	—
October 23, 2017	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha	—	—
October 24, 2017	Ames		Stephens Auditorium	—	—
October 25, 2017	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center	—	—
October 27, 2017	Chicago		Wintrust Arena	4,177 / 7,147	$371,725
October 28, 2017	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	—	—
October 29, 2017	Bloomington		IU Auditorium	—	—
November 1, 2017	Detroit		Fox Theatre	—	—
November 3, 2017	Akron		E.J. Thomas Hall	—	—
November 5, 2017	Columbus		Palace Theatre	—	—
November 6, 2017	Pittsburgh		Heinz Hall	—	—
November 8, 2017	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	4,195 / 5,514	$255,605
November 10, 2017	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum	2,779 / 4,354	$206,891
November 11, 2017	Upper Darby		Tower Theater	—	—
November 12, 2017
November 14, 2017	Washington, D.C.		The Anthem	4,245 / 4,245	$355,690
November 16, 2017	Boston		Agganis Arena	—	—
November 17, 2017	Albany		Palace Theatre	—	—
November 18, 2017	Buffalo		Shea's Performing Arts Center	—	—
November 20, 2017	New York City		Beacon Theatre	13,806 / 13,806	$1,534,236
November 21, 2017
November 22, 2017
November 24, 2017
November 25, 2017
TOTAL				61,052 / 70,594 (86%)	$5,222,307

Cancelled shows

July 18, 2017	Medicine Hat	Canalta Centre	Cancelled due to logistical issues.^[19]
July 27, 2017	Victoria	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	Cancelled due to scheduling issues.^[20]

Personnel

• Bob Dylan — Vocals, Piano
• Tony Garnier — Bass Guitar, Double Bass
• Donnie Herron — Pedal Steel, Banjo, Mandolin
• Stu Kimball – Electric Guitar, Acoustic guitar
• George Receli – Drums
• Charlie Sexton — Electric Guitar

Notes

1. The June 17, 2017, concert at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, is part of the Firefly Music Festival.^[15]
2. The June 30, 2017, concert at Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec, is part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.^[16]
3. The July 8, 2017, concert in Detroit and the July 9, 2017, concert in Milwaukee are part of Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour.^[17]
4. The July 9, 2017, concert at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is part of Summerfest.^[18]

References

1. "Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour". The Guardian. June 12, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
2. . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
3. . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. Reporters, Telegraph (December 8, 2016). "Bob Dylan announces UK arena tour". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
5. "Bob Dylan announces 2017 UK arena tour". NME. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
6. "Bob Dylan announces huge UK arena tour for 2017". Daily Express. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
7. "Bob Dylan announces 2017 tour". Nottingham Post. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
8. "Bob Dylan announces Irish gig for 2017". Irish Independent. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
9. "Bob Dylan gives concert in Antwerp Lotto Arena". Hoholok. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
10. "Bob Dylan Will Come Out of Hiding to Headline Firefly Festival 2017". Vulture. January 27, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
11. "7 things about Firefly '17: Bob Dylan to the boy's club". Delaware Online. January 27, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
12. "Bob Dylan coming to Syracuse for Lakeview Amphitheater concert". Syracuse. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
13. "Bob Dylan Plots North American Tour After New Covers Album". Rolling Stone. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
14. "Bob Dylan to play Kingston waterfront in June". Poughkeepsie Journal. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
15. "Muse, Bob Dylan and The Weeknd to play fan-curated festival". NME. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
16. "Bob Dylan headlines 38th Montreal International Jazz Festival". CBC News. April 25, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
17. "Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Jason Isbell Set for Outlaw Music Festival Tour". Rolling Stone. April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
18. "Summerfest 50 is ending with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell and more July 9". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
19. "Bob Dylan cancelled". Medicine Hat News. May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
20. "Bob Dylan cancels Victoria show over scheduling conflicts". CTV News Vancouver Island. June 16, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.

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