Monday, May 18, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Kinky Friedman Steals the Show 1976-05-18, State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  2. From Hibbing to Duluth: Duluth Dylan Fest 2026 rocks the Northland (WDIO) from Cliff Warnken, Sunbonnet Sue
  3. A Complete Unknown’ is a love letter to Bob Dylan’s anachronistic genius (The Tribune) from Cliff Warnken
  4. “I said it as a joke, but I think it spurred him a little bit.” What Neil Diamond really said to Bob Dylan backstage at The Last Waltz “Top that!” OR ‘You know, Bob, those are really my people out there’ (Guitar Player) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Domenico De Luca - Decoding Dylan: Searching For The Sources To The Songs Of Bob Dylan, Kindle Edition May 19, 2026 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus
  6. Duluth Dylan Fest celebrates city’s most famous native son’s 85th birthday (MPR News) from Cliff Warnken, Ed Newman, Sunbonnet Sue
  7. Bob Dylan Daily Wordle (NSF) from Ugur Oral

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  8. Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took 50 Years, Dies at 79 Shared article (NY Times) from Cliff Warnken, Steven Zweifler
  9. Put The Boot In: Bob Dylan-‘June 30th 1988, Jones Beach (Talk from the Rock Room) fromCliff Warnken
  10. CP Lee - Like The Night (Rebound) (route) from Harold Lepidus
  11. DENNIS LOCORRIERE, DR. HOOK SINGER AND GUITARIST, DEAD AT 76 Cowrote "A Couple More Years" (Rolling Stone) from billy innes

    Audio/Video
  12. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "1976 anniversary of Desire, Hard Rain albums, Rolling Thunder 2nd leg, Bob and Joan duets" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
  13. Folk Alley Radio Show #260514 (Folk Alley) from Cliff Warnken
  14. 5 Hits That Prove 1965 Was The Decade's Best Year For Blues Rock (Grunge) from Cliff Warnken
  15. Bob Dylan - The Mystery Tape (1992) [Special Rider Copyright Tape #1 et al.] (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  16. Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour / 20 years ago today — Drinking (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  17. Bob Dylan - "In the Summertime" - October 26, 2002 Denver, CO (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  18. Bob Dylan - East Laredo Blues (Times Outtake, 1963) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  19. Bill Frisell: 75th Birthday Celebration with Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel

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  20. AFTER THE FLOOD; INSIDE BOB DYLAN'S MEMORY PALACE by ROBERT POLITO (Elsewhere) from Fred Muller
  21. Bob Dylan Birthday #85 Salute Windsor, ON, May 23 (Facebook) from Tim Swaddling
  22. Ike Willis dies (Wikipedia) from Martin Cowan
  23. Great Lives: Ade Edmondson on singer Sandy Denny today at 15h (BST) (BBC) from Graham Cole
  24. Jan’s Take 1: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Untold Dylan) by Jochen Markhorst
  25. Bob Dylan Celebration Csello - Cselley Mühle Oslip, Friday 22 May (Facebook) from Gottfried Kladler 1300
  26. Please Mrs. Henry - A Bob Dylan Tribute Part 1 - Live im Vibria Kulturclub, Wien Thu May 21 (Facebook) from Robert Fischer
  27. The forgotten novel that haunted Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
  28. Live review #13: Like the Night (Rebound) Dylan's 'Judas' earns multimedia resurrection (Rock and the Beat Generation) from Cliff Warnken
  29. Manic Monday: Bob Dylan & Rolling Thunder Revue Plays Rabidly Through The Elements – Fort Collins, CO 1976 (glide) from Cliff Warnken
  30. Paul McCartney: Band on the Run - SNL (YouTube) from psamdancin 1500
  31. Rare: Jimi Hendrix Opens Up About Nervous Breakdowns & Woodstock (1969) | The Dick Cavett Show (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel 1600
  32. Tulsa - musiclover's dream (Jackson Clarion/ Arizona Republic ) from John Russel

Sunday, May 17, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Still Going Strong: Bob Dylan at 85 (San Diego Troubdour) from Scott Miller
  2. Bob Dylan Wrote His Most Heartbreaking Song 2 Years After "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Collider) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  3. FEATURE: OH SISTER: BOB DYLAN’S DESIRE AT FIFTY (musicmusingsandsuch) from Cliff Warnken
  4. Bob Dylan, Rejected (writingasaprofession) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Bob Dylan Wrote 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' for a Mediocre Western. It Outlived the Film (Ultimate Guitar) from Scott Miller
  6. The 1977 song Joni Mitchell wrote about the “miserly” figure of Bob Dylan ‘Talk To Me’ (Far Out) from Scott Miller
  7. Talk To Me Lyrics (Joni Mitchell)
  8. A New Book Ponders ‘How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other—And the World’ (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
  9. Concert: Bob Dylan’s 85th Birthday Tribute Show San Diego, May 24 (Vision csl) from Scott Miller
  10. Another Round of BobFest Coming to The Vogel Red Bank, May 28 (Two River Times) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  11. BOB DYLAN BIRTHDAY BROADCAST May 23 (WKCR) from Cliff Warnken
  12. Bob Dylan 85th Birthday Bash at The American Legion Hall May 23 (Tallahassee Democrat) from Cliff Warnken
  13. BOB DYLAN: SHADOW KINGDOM / HEARTS OF FIRE Santa Monica, Sun May 24 (American Cinematheque) from Harold Lepidus

    Other
  14. Jack Douglas, Revered Rock Producer for John Lennon and Aerosmith, Dead at 80 (Rolling Stone/ Yahoo) from Scott Miller
  15. Paul Simon Live In London Review: Intimate meditation on a remarkable career (Mojo) from Scott Miller
  16. Beatles manager Brian Epstein was 'murdered by the US mafia', Kray twins claimed in unearthed interview (LBC) from Scott Miller
  17. John Lennon's 'crazy' reaction when the Liverpool ECHO rescued Beatles fans trapped on a ship (Liverpool Echo) from Scott Miller
  18. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, the many authors of St. James Infirmary: "What is the meaning of this song?" (I Went Down to St.James Infirmary) by Bob Harwood
  19. In the Realm of the Overblown (Muddy Water) by William Routhier

    Audio/Video
  20. The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific. Today: A Visit with Dylanfest producers and hosts, RENEE SAFIER & ANDY HILL + The BUDDY SYSTEM 𖠋𖠋 (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
  21. John Brown with Jon Lasser YouTube - Apple Podcasts - Spotify (Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast) from Henry J Bernstein
  22. Bob Dylan - High Away (Ah Ah Ah) , Shot of Love outtake 1980 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  23. Jack Douglas on Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation Sessions (Instagram) from Scott Miller
  24. Jack Douglas: Lennon's Producer | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  25. Tom Snyder Jack Douglas day after John Lennon killed (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  26. In Conversation | Ian Clayton & CP Lee (YouTube) from Rev
  27. Bob Dylan 19-Mar-2005 ~ Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, USA (Audio, Complete Set) (YouTube) from Joanne
  28. BOB DYLAN: MY BACK PAGES (from 'Dig Yourself') cultural impact/ folk music/ end to protest (YouTube) by Chris Gregory

Saturday, May 16, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. An Alternate Version of 'Hard Rain' 1976-05-16, Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  2. Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Unseen Pictures! (Mojo) from Cliff Warnken
  3. On This Day in 1965, Bob Dylan Scored His First Hit With a Song That Stunned John Lennon and Inspired a Radical Militant Group (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  4. Where Does Bob Dylan Live? Unpacking the Music Legend’s Real Estate Portfolio (Architectural Digest) from Scott Miller
  5. Bob Dylan Once Owned This Historic $3.7 Million Manhattan Home Subscr. (Architectural Digest) from Scott Miller
  6. AFTER THE FLOOD; INSIDE BOB DYLAN'S MEMORY PALACE by ROBERT POLITO (Elsewqhere) from Cliff Warnken
  7. Album Review: Bob Dylan 1970: With Special Guest George Harrison (Columbia) (13th Floor) from Scott Miller
  8. One Bob Dylan Song (Critical Conditions by Wayne Robins) from Scott Miller
  9. Bob Dylan: Writing, Welding and Whiskey (Packaging Strategies) from Cliff Warnken
  10. Tales of a Record Collecting Nothing (Furious) from Scott Miller
  11. HYPOCRISY, VIRTUE, GLUTTONY, TEMPERANCE, JUSTICE AND PRUDENCE Six Sermons for Bob Dylan (Hauser & Wirth) from Cliff Warnken
  12. Letters Never Sent #10: Groucho Marx to Bobby Darin (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
  13. Tribute to Bob Dylan w/the Complete Unknowns Sonoma May 23, Berkeley July 18 (Maria Muldaur) from Scott Miller

    Other
  14. Library of Congress picks recordings by The Byrds, The Go-Go’s for National Recording Registry (Everett Post) from Scott Miller
  15. National Recording Registry Inducts Sounds of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Go-Go’s, Vince Gill, Weezer, Reba McEntire and More (LoC) from Scott Miller
  16. Paul McCartney's Memories of a Legendary Life - p2 (Rolling Stone jpgs)
  17. ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Documentary Captures John Lennon at His Happiest…and Most Messianic (Variety) from Scott Miller
  18. Clarence Carter, Singer of Lust-Filled Soul Hits, Dies at 90 Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller, Barry Daw
  19. SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK ICON STEVE LOUW RECORDS NEW NASHVILLE ALBUM WITH BOB DYLAN TOURING MUSICIANS (Mossel Bay Advertiser) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  20. Paul McCartney: “I was a session man with the Stones!” (Mojo) from Scott Miller
  21. Nothing like a little defiance Letterman, Colbert dump - literally - on CBS (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
  22. The Day I Refused Eagles Tickets (Muddy Water) by William Routhier

    Audio/Video
  23. Bob Dylan: The 1965 Copyright Collection (Internet Archive)
  24. Bob Dylan’s Greatest Songs, Chosen By Paul McCartney, Patti Smith, Nick Cave And More! (Mojo) from Scott Miller
  25. Bob Dylan ~ Coming Down The Hill (Best Of The 2026 Spring Tour) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  26. The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (Live) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  27. Bob Dylan - Interview with Charles M. Young (1985 - MTV) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  28. Stumbling for Gold: A Conversation with Kathleen Hudson (Infinity Goes Up on Trial) from Erin Callahan
  29. "Walkin’ in the shadows after dark" Bob Dylan ( Pirated Philosopher) November 2021 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel

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  30. This 1964 Bob Dylan Performance at the Height of the Folk Era Is the “Closest Thing We Have to a Time Machine” (And It’s Perfect) (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken
  31. Bob Dylan's artwork on display 60 years after Judas heckle (BBC) from Cliff Warnken
  32. 4 Excellent Bob Dylan Album Closers You Might Have Overlooked (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken


Archives


Number of Dylan concerts a year, according to Olof's Files
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 60s
 0  36  33  19  45  67  48   0   2   2 252
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 70s
  0   1   1   0  40  31  26   0  114  26 239
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 80s
 70  54   0   0  27  0  60  36  71  99 417
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 90s
 93 101  92  80 104 116  86  94 110 119 995
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 00s
112 106 107  98 111 113  99  98  97  98 1039
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 10s
102 89 86 85 92 87 75 82 84 77 859
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 20s
00 22 82 75 78 82 62       401
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3423
Total 4158
Last update 21.04. 2026