Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour

Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour is the current ongoing tour by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in support of his 39th studio album Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). The tour began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 2, 2021 and is scheduled to continue through to 2024.[1]

Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour
Tour by Bob Dylan
LocationNorth America
Associated albumRough and Rowdy Ways
Start dateNovember 2, 2021
Legs6
No. of shows74 in North America
54 in Europe
11 in Asia
Bob Dylan concert chronology

Background

Dylan's 39th studio album was released in June 2020. The release was originally set to coincide with Dylan's 2020 Never Ending Tour with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and The Hot Club of Cowtown. The 'Never Ending Tour 2020' was then postponed and later cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan, a live-streamed concert film, was later released in July 2021 in lieu of any live performances. Shadow Kingdom showcases Dylan in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work, created especially for this event. It marked his first concert performance since December 2019, and first performance since his universally acclaimed album Rough and Rowdy Ways.[3] The earliest composition in the set list was "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" from the 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home and the most recent composition was "What Was It You Wanted" from 1989's Oh Mercy.[4]

The Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour (2021-2024) was announced in September 2021.[5] The shows were announced as the first leg of a world tour in support of Dylan's album Rough And Rowdy Ways, set to run until 2024. It was the first time he had played to a live audience since December 2019, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forcing Dylan to pause his decades-long 'Never Ending Tour'.[6]

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 2, 2021, the first show of the first leg of the tour, Dylan introduced two new members of his touring band: drummer Charley Drayton, replacing Matt Chamberlain, and guitarist Doug Lancio, replacing Charlie Sexton.[7] Dylan played eight of the 10 songs from Rough and Rowdy Ways at every show on this leg of the tour,[8] which was acclaimed by critics,[9][10] some of whom noted that it was rare for a "legacy artist" to focus so extensively on recent material in live performance.[11]

On January 24, 2022 a further twenty-seven concerts were announced taking place in the Southern United States, beginning in Phoenix, Arizona in early March and ending in Oklahoma City in mid-April.[12] On April 18, 2022, Dylan announced, via his website, the third consecutive U.S. leg of the tour, this time covering the Western United States and running from May 28 to July 6.[13]

On July 13, 2022 Dylan announced the fall leg of the Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour, encompassing the first dates outside of the United States. This European leg kicked off in Oslo, Norway on September 25 and ended in Dublin, Ireland on November 7.[14]

On February 8, 2023 Dylan announced the first Asian dates of the tour.[15] These first 2023 concerts took place in Japan, beginning on April 6 and concluding on April 20, and comprised multiple shows in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya. Starting with the first show of the leg, drummer Jerry Pentecost replaced Charley Drayton.[16]

On March 10, 2023 Dylan announced European tour dates in June and July.[17] This leg of the tour is scheduled to begin in Porto, Portugal on June 2 and end in Rome, Italy on July 9.[18]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on November 20, 2021 in New York City, New York. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.[19]

  1. "Watching the River Flow"
  2. "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine"
  3. "I Contain Multitudes"
  4. "False Prophet"
  5. "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
  6. "Black Rider"
  7. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
  8. "My Own Version of You"
  9. "Early Roman Kings"
  10. "To Be Alone with You"
  11. "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
  12. "Gotta Serve Somebody"
  13. "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You"
  14. "Melancholy Mood" (Walter Schumann, Vick Knight)
  15. "Mother of Muses"
  16. "Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
  17. "Every Grain of Sand"

List of songs performed
Songs performed

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Leg One — North America[20]
November 2, 2021 Milwaukee United States Riverside Theater — —
November 3, 2021 Chicago Auditorium Theatre
November 5, 2021 Cleveland KeyBank State Theatre
November 6, 2021 Columbus Palace Theatre
November 7, 2021 Bloomington Indiana University Auditorium
November 9, 2021 Cincinnati Procter & Gamble Hall
November 10, 2021 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Auditorium
November 12, 2021 Louisville Palace Theatre
November 13, 2021 Charleston Charleston Municipal Auditorium
November 15, 2021 Moon Township UPMC Events Center
November 16, 2021 Hershey Hershey Theatre
November 19, 2021 New York City Beacon Theatre
November 20, 2021
November 21, 2021
November 23, 2021 Port Chester Capitol Theatre
November 24, 2021
November 26, 2021 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
November 27, 2021 Boston Wang Theatre
November 29, 2021 Philadelphia The Met Philadelphia
November 30, 2021
December 2, 2021 Washington, D.C. The Anthem
Leg Two — North America[21]
March 3, 2022 Phoenix United States Arizona Federal Theatre — —
March 4, 2022 Tucson Tucson Music Hall
March 6, 2022 Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium
March 8, 2022 Lubbock Helen DeVitt Jones Theater
March 10, 2022 Irving Toyota Music Factory
March 11, 2022 Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre
March 13, 2022 San Antonio Majestic Theatre
March 14, 2022
March 16, 2022 Austin Bass Concert Hall
March 18, 2022 Shreveport Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
March 19, 2022 New Orleans Saenger Theatre
March 21, 2022 Montgomery Montgomery Performing Arts Center
March 23, 2022 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
March 24, 2022 Atlanta Fox Theatre
March 26, 2022 Savannah Johnny Mercer Theatre
March 27, 2022 North Charleston North Charleston Performing Arts Center
March 29, 2022 Columbia Columbia Township Auditorium
March 30, 2022 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
April 1, 2022 Greensboro Steven Tanger Center
April 2, 2022 Asheville Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 4, 2022 Chattanooga Tivoli Theatre
April 5, 2022 Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall
April 7, 2022 Mobile Saenger Theatre
April 8, 2022 Meridian Riley Center
April 9, 2022 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
April 11, 2022 Little Rock Robinson Center
April 13, 2022 Tulsa Tulsa Theater
April 14, 2022 Oklahoma City Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theater
Leg Three — North America[22]
May 28, 2022 Spokane United States First Interstate Center for the Arts — —
May 29, 2022 Kennewick Toyota Center
May 31, 2022 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
June 1, 2022 Seattle Paramount Theatre
June 2, 2022
June 5, 2022 Eugene Silva Concert Hall
June 7, 2022 Redding Redding Civic Auditorium
June 9, 2022 Oakland Fox Oakland Theatre
June 10, 2022
June 11, 2022
June 14, 2022 Los Angeles Pantages Theatre
June 15, 2022
June 16, 2022
June 18, 2022 San Diego San Diego Civic Theatre
June 20, 2022 Long Beach Terrace Theater
June 22, 2022 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
June 23, 2022 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
June 25, 2022 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
June 27, 2022 Bend Hayden Homes Amphitheater
June 28, 2022 Boise Morrison Center
June 30, 2022 Salt Lake City Eccles Theater
July 1, 2022 Grand Junction Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park
July 3, 2022 Dillon Dillon Amphitheater
July 5, 2022 Denver Buell Theater
July 6, 2022
Leg Four — Northern Europe
September 25, 2022 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
September 27, 2022 Stockholm Sweden Avicii Arena
September 29, 2022 Gothenburg Scandinavium
September 30, 2022 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
October 2, 2022 Flensburg Germany Flens-Arena
October 3, 2022 Magdeburg GETEC Arena
October 5, 2022 Berlin Verti Music Hall
October 6, 2022
October 7, 2022
October 9, 2022 Krefeld Yayla Arena
October 11, 2022 Paris France Grand Rex
October 12, 2022
October 13, 2022
October 15, 2022 Brussels Belgium Forest National
October 16, 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live
October 17, 2022
October 19, 2022 London England London Palladium
October 20, 2022
October 23, 2022
October 24, 2022
October 26, 2022 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
October 27, 2022 Hull England Bonus Arena
October 28, 2022 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
October 30, 2022 Glasgow Scotland SEC Armadillo
October 31, 2022
November 2, 2022 Manchester England O2 Apollo Manchester
November 4, 2022 Oxford New Theatre Oxford
November 5, 2022 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre
November 7, 2022 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
Leg Five — Asia[23]
April 6, 2023 Osaka Japan Osaka Festival Hall — —
April 7, 2023
April 8, 2023
April 11, 2023 Tokyo Tokyo Garden Theater — —
April 12, 2023
April 14, 2023
April 15, 2023
April 16, 2023
April 18, 2023 Nagoya Aichi Arts Center — —
April 19, 2023
April 20, 2023
Leg Six — Europe[24]
June 2, 2023 Porto Portugal Coliseu do Porto — —
June 4, 2023 Lisbon Campo Pequeno Bullring — —
June 5, 2023
June 7, 2023[lower-alpha 1] Madrid Spain Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII — —
June 8, 2023[lower-alpha 1]
June 10, 2023 Seville Auditorio Fibes — —
June 11, 2023
June 13, 2023[lower-alpha 2] Granada Teatro del Generalife — —
June 15, 2023 Alicante Plaza de Toros Alicante — —
June 17, 2023 Huesca Plaza de Toros de Huesca — —
June 19, 2023 San Sebastián Auditorio Kursaal — —
June 20, 2023
June 21, 2023 Logroño Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja — —
June 23, 2023 Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu — —
June 24, 2023
June 26, 2023 Carcassonne France Théâtre Jean-Deschamps — —
June 27, 2023 Aix-en-Provence Aréna du Pays d'Aix — —
June 29, 2023 Lyon L'Amphithéâtre Lyon — —
June 30, 2023
July 1, 2023[lower-alpha 3] Montreux Switzerland Auditorium Stravinski — —
July 3, 2023 Milan Italy Teatro degli Arcimboldi — —
July 4, 2023
July 6, 2023[lower-alpha 4] Lucca Piazza Napoleone — —
July 7, 2023[lower-alpha 5] Perugia Arena Santa Giuliana — —
July 9, 2023 Rome Sala Santa Cecilia — —

Notes
  1. The June 7 and 8, 2023 concerts in Madrid are part of Noches del Botánico.
  2. The June 13, 2023 concert in Granada is part of Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada.
  3. The July 1, 2023 concert in Montreux is part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
  4. The July 6, 2023 concert in Lucca is part of Lucca Summer Festival.
  5. The July 7, 2023 concert in Perugia is part of Umbria Jazz Festival.

Band
  • Bob Dylan: Vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
  • Bob Britt: Guitar
  • Charley Drayton: Drums (2021-2022)
  • Tony Garnier: Bass guitar
  • Donnie Herron: Accordion, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel guitar and lap steel guitar
  • Doug Lancio: Guitar[19]
  • Jerry Pentecost: Drums (2023-)

Timeline

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