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Bob Dylan performance database: quick and easy searches for songs, locations, musicians, etc.
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Now that Bob Dylan's acclaimed 2025 tour has concluded (what a year!), log your attendances at bobserve.com/myevents or just browse the 2025 stats at bobserve.com/dylanytics/periodoverview?datefrom=2025&dateto=2025
Sample listing of the most frequently performed songs in 2025 with Desolation Row at the top at 79 performances.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Bobtalk for all Bob Dylan Outlaw shows has been updated by Luke Poling!

He didn't say much but anything he did say was taken down by Luke and used in evidence at bobserve.com

To quote the great Bob Dylan from the Outlaw tour: "Thank you"

Also, this: bobserve.com/setlist/bobt...
14. Positively 4th Street I didn't really write that song about, uh, anybody. I just wrote it to write one.
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Congratulations to Bill Pagel for 30 years (!) of his boblinks.com Bob Dylan setlist site. I cannot recall a single concert date when he was not on duty! Incredible.
Bill Pagel announces the 30th anniversary of his web site.
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Can You Please Destroy This Record, use your arms and legs it won't ruin you
AL BAKKE September 1ly 1965 Gentlemen: A new Bob Dylan record titled "ositively th Street," Columbia 1-43389, has o not progron 1t. thie reeord, been mailed several radio stations. If'you received The rong song was inadvertently pressed on thie record and it is not licensed For broadcast. Please destroy this record. In the near future we shall send you the correct record of "Positively 4th Street," by Bob Dylan. Sincerely, COLMRTA RECORD DISTRTROURORS AA Sarn Kal Pakke Promotion Manager S Tht reord ve ask you to destroy begins with these lyries: "Be sts in his rocm - he'e tued with a fist-tul1 of tacks." The second record you will receive vill have the same title and number and is licensed for broadcast. It begins with theee lyrics: "You gotta' a lot of nerve to say you are my friend." HB/as COLUMBIA RECORD DISTRIBUTORS- 8808 EMPRES ROW - DALLAS 47, TEXAS
August 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The Bob Dylan songs most frequently seen performed in person by bobserve users
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Mostheard originalsongs Song Times AllAlong The Watchtower 12506 Highway61 Revisited 12363 LikeARollingStone 11304 TangledUpInBlue 9922 Blowin In TheWind 9072 Things HaveChanged 8410 Love Sick 6850 Summer Days 6475 BalladOfAThin Man 6335 Honest WithMe 6239
August 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Read up on all the commentary on Bob Dylan's Wantagh/Jones Beach concert from Aug 1st.

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bobserve August 1, 2025 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach Theater Concert- Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour Source Title boblinks.com Fan review(s) (link works only if review is available) Adam Chicago Bob Dylan at Jones Beach 2025 Bawker Lknow.you're dissatisfied with your_ position and your place..don't.you understand it's not my problem? (Last night at Jones Beach) Expecting Rain Live Setlist Thread Tour Forum Flagging Down Last Night at Jones Beach The Double ES (by.Jesse Jarnow) HenryJ. Bernstein Friday_ Night at Jones Beach -BOB DYLAN! Rolling Stone Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson,
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Inputting the VA Beach July 29 Bob Dylan setlist into bobserve.
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Whoever it was who said Bob Dylan doesn't talk or acknowledge his audience simply doesn't know what they're talking about
Bobtalk Bob Dylan's spoken words at concerts. July 5, 2025 Dallas, Texas Dos Equis Pavilion Concert - Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour 1. Gotta Serve Somebody 2. I Can Tell (Samuel Smith, Ellas McDaniel) 3. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 4. Axe And The Wind (Willie Dixon) 5. To Ramona *** Thank you. *** 6. Early Roman Kings 7. Under The Red Sky 8. I'll Make It All Up To You (Charlie Rich) 9. All Along The Watchtower 10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You 11. Desolation Row 12. Love Sick 13. Share Your Love With Me (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone) 14. Blind Willie McTell 15. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Play a selection from among hundreds of Bob Dylan performances tagged as "favorites" by bobserve users: bobserve.com/pocketsofcha...
Login to tag your own favorites by tapping the star next to any song in a setlist
Page at bobserve.com showing "five songs favorited by anyone" Bobserve. Com screenshot showing menu for how to access randomized audio page
July 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Bob Dylan song title caption fail... Big if true!
July 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Good quality video links for most of last night's Bob Dylan concert

June 22, 2025
Cincinnati, Ohio
Riverbend Music Center

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June 22, 2025 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center Concert - Outlaw Music Festival: 10th Anniversary Tour 1. Gotta Serve Somebody 2. Simple Twist Of Fate 3. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 4. Axe And The Wind (Willie Dixon) 5. To Ramona 6. Early Roman Kings 7. Under The Red Sky 8. I'll Make It All Up To You (Charlie Rich) 9. All Along The Watchtower 10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You 11. Desolation Row 12. Love Sick 13. Share Your Love With Me (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone) 14. Blind Willie McTell 15. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4764
June 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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It's a good day to listen to Happy Birthday as performed at various Bob Dylan concerts.

Here: bobserve.com/songinfo?id=...
Recent audio links added to bobserve.com Various Happy Birthday performance links to audio
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Bob Dylan played Rick Nelson's Garden Party last night (May 15), a song he talked about in 1986:

"This is the very stage where Ricky Nelson got booed off for singing Garden Party, this is the one, the very one."
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Bobtalk July 17, 1986 New York, New York Madison Square Garden Concert I wanna play a real special song here in this special place. This is the very stage where Ricky Nelson got booed off for singing Garden Party, this is the one, the very one. Anyway, it gives me a real great pleasure to sing one of Ricky's songs in this place. This is one that <inaudible> when I was growing up, called Lonesome Town.
May 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Last night Dylan dropped 6 songs, added 10 songs, and left 7 unchanged from the previous concert
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Report listing song changes from previous concert two days ago columns: removed, unchanged, added columns: removed, unchanged, added Recap in list format: Dropped 6 songs, added 10 songs
May 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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The bobserve charts are now also interactive.
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Upgraded the look of song charts by switching to apexcharts
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Early Roman kings song performance count chart Love sick song performance count chart Rollin and tumblin song performance count chart I believe in you song performance count chart
May 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Search 65 years of Bob Dylan spoken word in performance at bobserve.com
Screenshot of menu showing bobtalk searchbox under the SEARCH+ menu
April 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Just checking the bobserve April 1st mailbox....... 😂
Dear Sir I write to express my outrage at the most recent change to your otherwise groovy bobserve site. Adding hackneyed expressions such as "Early one morning the sun was rising" and "Once upon a time you dressed so fine" to set lists is a wholly retrograde step. In the interests of additional spice and whimsy (of which I am all in favour), why not list LAST LINES instead? The only problem is that, in the above examples, this would yield "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Like a Rolling Stone", which rather defeats the object of the exercise. I am left to conclude, therefore, that listing songs by their MIDDLE LINE is the only viable option to pursue. I will leave you to work out what each one is. Keep up the good work! Yours truly Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells
April 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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On the importance of first lines:

“I still write songs the same way I always did: I get a first line, the words and the tune together, and then I work out the rest wherever I happen to be, whenever I have time"

Bob Dylan to John Rockwell
Jan 1974
First lines setlist
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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What's been and what's to come. High quality full audio links for every show so far.
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All Bob Dylan Events in 2025 2025-03-25 Tulsa 2025-03-26 Little Rock 2025-03-28 Springfield 2025-03-29 Wichita 2025-03-30 Topeka 2025-04-01 Omaha 2025-04-02 Sioux City 2025-04-04 Mankato 2025-04-05 Eau Claire
March 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Bob Dylan wishing Tracy Chapman a happy birthday today. Photo likely from 1988.

She opened for him at five shows in 1988, and once in 1990: bobserve.com/onthebill?id...

Tracy performed together with Dylan three times in '88, and at the '92 30th Anniversary celebration: bobserve.com/musician?id=...
Bob Dylan account posting Happy birthday, Tracy. Hope to see you again sometime.
March 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Links to several songs from yesterday's Tulsa Mar 25th concert are here. (Will add more as they get posted to YouTube)
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March 25, 2025 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Theater Concert 1. All Along The Watchtower 2. It Ain't Me, Babe 3. I Contain Multitudes 4. False Prophet 5. When I Paint My Masterpiece 6. Black Rider 7. My Own Version Of You 8. To Be Alone With You 9. Crossing The Rubicon 10. Desolation Row 11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) 12. Watching The River Flow 13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 14. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You 15. Mother Of Muses 16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed 17. Every Grain Of Sand via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4750
March 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Bob Dylan is due to take the stage tonight in Tulsa, OK for the first of many 2025 concerts.

Here's the last setlist from 2024
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November 14, 2024 London, England Royal Albert Hall Concert 1. All Along The Watchtower 2. It Ain't Me, Babe 3. I Contain Multitudes 4. False Prophet 5. When I Paint My Masterpiece 6. Black Rider 7. My Own Version Of You 8. To Be Alone With You 9. Crossing The Rubicon 10. Desolation Row 11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) 12. Watching The River Flow 13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 14. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You 15. Mother Of Muses 16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed 17. Every Grain Of Sand via https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4566
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Things don't get better on the US Summer Tour
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7.7.4 Comments Back in the States the Never-Ending tour continues with yet another 15 gigs structured as the late European shows. Dylan's singing gets worse during the summer and many shows are lacklustre to say the least. Recommended shows NONE
March 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Straight talk from Olof Björner about the Bob Dylan 1991 US Spring Tour
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7.5.4 Comments César Diaz has now left the band, which is consequently sounding thinner and rougher than ever. Add to this Dylan's listless and toneless singing mumbled and garbled lyrics and it adds up to one of the worst tours ever in his career. Chaotic! Recommended shows NONE!! Songs The real surprise this time is around is that New Morning, never before played live, now becomes the regular opener. The rendition has however little to do with the original song and lots of people don't even recognize it.
March 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM