Bob Dylan has announced the resumption of his “Never-Ending Tour.” This time it’s being billed as the “Rough and Rowdy Ways” world wide tour 2021 – 2024, named for his acclaimed 2020 studio album. The U.S. concerts of his Fall 2021 tour begin in the midwest on Nov. 2 and continue in the northeast into early December.
The venues include several dates at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, where Dylan has regularly played a fall residency. Tickets went on sale Oct. 1.
On Mar. 9, 2020, Dylan’s website revealed 24 U.S. dates for June and July of that year, mostly in amphitheaters, with Americana band, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, starting on the west coast and concluding in the northeast. Two months later, on May 12, the tour was canceled, a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. (14 Japan performances that were to take place in Tokyo and Osaka in April 2020, had previously been canceled.)
The concerts will be the Bard’s first live performances in nearly two years. Dylan’s last live concert was Dec. 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C., following a 10-show residency at the Beacon, part of a lengthy fall 2019 U.S. tour.
Watch Dylan perform on Dec. 3, 2019 (video starts at :55)
On July 18, 2021, a streamed concert, called “Shadow Kingdom,” was made available via Veeps.com. Dylan turned 80 on May 24.
Related: Our review of Dylan’s streamed performance
Bob Dylan 2021 Tour Dates (Tickets are available here and here)
Nov 02 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
Nov 03 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre
Nov 05 – Cleveland, OH – Key Bank State Theatre
Nov 06 – Columbis, OH – Palace Theatre
Nov 07 – Bloomington, IN – Indiana Univ. Auditorium
Nov 09 – Cincinnati, OH – Procter & Gamble Hall
Nov 10 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Auditorium
Nov 12 – Louisville, KY – Palace Theatre
Nov 13 – Charleston, WV – Municipal Auditorium
Nov 15 – Moon Township, PA – UPMC Events Center
Nov 16 – Hershey, Pennsylvania – Hershey Theatre
Nov 19 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Nov 20 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Nov 21 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Nov 23 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
Nov 24 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
Nov 26 – Providence, RI – Providence PAC
Nov 27 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
Nov 29 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Nov 30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Dec 02 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Related: Listings for 100s of classic rock tours
Watch Dylan perform on the Rolling Thunder Revue
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