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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Last night's Bob Dylan Knoxville setlist - (Bob Links)
  2. Letters Never Sent #3: Marlon Brando to Malcom X (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
  3. Bob Dylan announces return to Bridgeport after 13 years July 19 (CT Insider) from Scott Miller
  4. They Shot Little Bobby Down (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  5. Bob Dylan releases May 22 (Record Store Day) from Scott Miller
  6. The “genius” who shaped Mark Knopfler’s songwriting and why soul is more important than skill (Far Out) from Scott Miller
  7. Tangled Up In Thucydides (Eidolon) from Cliff Warnken
  8. Bob Dylan – Pledging My Time Lyrics Quiz (NSF) from Ugur Oral
  9. Bob Dylan Asked This Country Singer for Her Number. She’s Now Opening His Tour (Rolling Stone/Yahoo) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken

    Other
  10. The Essential Guide To Record Store Day 2026! (Mojo) from Scott Miller
  11. Creedence Clearwater Revival – the full story, by John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (Uncut) from Scott Miller
  12. Good call, Holden Launched from the classroom into life (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
  13. Clannad singer and harpist Moya Brennan dies aged 73 (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  14. Country artist Brittney Spencer knows the import of lifting one another up (Melodic Mag) from Scott Miller
  15. Erin Osmon: Won't Back Down Heartland Rock and the Fight for America (W.W. Norton) from Larisa Drzik (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
  16. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi Lead Music America Concerts Celebrating Nation’s 250th Birthday (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky

    Audio/Video
  17. Kicking Ol’ Buddha’s Gong: More Tales from Bob Dylan’s Instagram (Medium) by Fred Bals
  18. Bob Dylan ~ April 12, 2026 in Dayton, OH (Remastered with Artwork by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
  19. Sean Taylor Brings “All Along the Watchtower” Back to Its Roots (Cover Me) from Scott Miller
  20. Brittney Spencer: Tiny Desk Concert (YouTube) from Scott Miller

    More 1400
  21. Listen to Bob Dylan – beyond the lyrics Book by Lars Berglund out tomorrow (Uppsala Univerity) from Cliff Warnken
  22. What do we want from Rod? Reflecting on Stewart's hit-and-hit career (John's Substack) by John Nogowski

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. What Makes the Wind Want to Blow Tonight? Was Bob Dylan Visited By Jesus Christ in an Arizona Hotel Room? (Range and Basin) from Cliff Warnken
  2. Concert Review: Bob Dylan: April 12, 2026: Dayton Schuster Center (Bob Dylan: Album by Album) by Eric Gilliland
  3. Disappointing end (reddit) from Cliff Warnken
  4. Sometimes There's Shows in April Four requests: Asheville 2004, Atlantic City 2005, Atlanta 2015, West Lafayette 2025 (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  5. Not Mysterious: Bob Dylan's Instagram (and Patreon) Posts Part 22 ("I Don't Love Nobody") by Steven Thwaits
  6. The Inspiration For Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
  7. Photographing Bob Dylan. One Subject, Many Photographers… (United Nations of Photography) from Cliff Warnken
  8. Key West and Budapest: what exactly does Bob Dylan mean? (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  9. Key West Part XVIII Mankind’s spiritual odessey through life (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  10. Dylan Goes AI! What's on Bob Dylan's Patreon — and how should we feel about it? (On Writing) from Cliff Warnken
  11. LONDON PRESS CONFERENCE MAY 3 1966 by Keith Altham (interferenza.net) from Scott Miller
  12. Bob Dylan 1966 London Press Conference Heylin extract (route) from Scott Miller
  13. 123+ HUNGARIAN BOB DYLAN BOOKS MAGYAR KÖNYVEK (Come Writers And Critics) from Scott Miller

    Other
  14. RSD co-founder explains how each year has "exceeded all reasonable expectations" Michael Kurtz (Goldmine) from Cliff Warnken
  15. Keith Altham 1941-2026 Ray Davies as the rock and roll Howard Hughes (thebluemoment) from Scott Miller
  16. Satisfaction as Rolling Stones drop track under Cockroaches name (Yahoo/ AFP) from Scott Miller
  17. Rock Hall 2026 Inductees Led by Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Sade, Oasis, and… Ed Sullivan (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
  18. The Wallflowers tour dates US and Europe dates (wallflowersmusic) from Juergen Wasser

    Audio/Video
  19. Bob Dylan's 30 best songs ever, ranked (Gold Radio) from Scott Miller
  20. Bob Dylan Kisstadion Budapest, Hungary June 12th 1991 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  21. Watch an upgrade of Forever Young from Bob Dylan’s 1993 Letterman appearance (The Joker and the Thief)
  22. The Photographer Behind "Nashville Skyline" Elliott Landy (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
  23. Bob Dylan in Chile – Concert History – 3 Concerts (10 Concert Videos) (NSF) from Ugur Oral

    More 1100
  24. Oasis among record number of Brits entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (BBC) from Martin Cowan
  25. 6 more Dylan dates July 10-19 (bobdylan.com) from Hermann Rechberger 1200
  26. Bob Dylan and the Beatles: When the Fab Four Became the Fab Five Shared article (NY Times) from Cliff Warnken 1500 (Jim Windolf's book: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
  27. Cultural Icon And Folk Songwriting Legend Bob Dylan Returns To Chattanooga This Friday, April 17th (the pulse) from Cliff Warnken
  28. “Mature Poets Steal”?: Dylan and Eliot (Updated) (Ad Fontes) from Cliff Warnken
  29. The Weird and Wonderful Literary World of Bob Dylan (Highbrow Magazine) from Cliff Warnken
  30. Graham Nash Reveals Plans for Upcoming Crosby, Stills & Nash Documentary and Rarities Compilation, Discusses New Solo Song (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller

Monday, April 13, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Last night's Bob Dylan Dayton setlist - (Bob Links)
  2. 1965 Cover of an Iconic Bob Dylan Song Became a No. 1 Hit Single 61 Years Ago (Parade) from Cliff Warnken
  3. "Cinderella seems so easy": Archetypal Characterisation in Bob Dylan and T.S. Eliot’s Wastelands (Academia) from Cliff Warnken
  4. “The rainman gave me two cures”: Attempting to decode Bob Dylan’s most cryptic lyrics (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Dan Montgomery on music, Dylan, Alex Chilton, The Replacements and more (The Joker and the Thief)

    Other
  6. How 'Rock Around the Clock' Became Rock Music's First No. 1 Hit 72 Years Ago (AOL / Parade) from Cliff Warnken
  7. The Rolling Stones – Rough and Twisted Review (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  8. What is “America’s tortured brow” and what does Mickey Mouse have to do with it? (Far Out) from Jacob Daniel
  9. Iggy Pop's Musical Journey: From Inspiration to Icon (National Today) from Jacob Daniel

    Audio/Video
  10. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Bob and The Beatles, plus anniversary of NYC Town Hall Concert, April 1963" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
  11. Bob Dylan ~ April 9, 2026 in Columbus, OH w/ Bonus Material (Remastered with Artwork by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
  12. The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis (thejeffreylewissite) from Lars M Banke

    More 1500
  13. How Bob Dylan and Yungblud help us find a way to ride the wave in the world of AI (Big Issue) from Cliff Warnken
  14. Mystery, Manners, and the Rediscovery of Great Literature (Word on Fire) 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 50       395
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3417
Total 4152
Last update 14.04. 2026


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A Complete Unknown
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CD April 25, 2025:
Dylanology Líve.
Joan Osborne
Dylanology
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Book, May 20 2025:
Decade of Dissent.
Sean Egan
Decade Of Dissent:
How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed The World
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Book, March 13, 2025:
St. James Infirmary
Robert W. Harwood
I Went Down To St. James Infirmary
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Book. 14 July 2015:
Dylan Goes Electric!
Elijah Wald
Dylan Goes Electric!
Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and
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The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture A Complete Unknown
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--- March 2025 ---
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Wed 26 Little Rock
Fri 28 Springfield
Sat 29 Wichita
Sun 30 Topeka
--- April 2025 ---
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Wed 2 Sioux City
Fri 4 Mankato
Sat 5 Eau Claire
Sun 6 Green Bay
Tue 8 Davenport
Wed 9 Peoria
Fri 11 West Lafayette
Sat 12 Fort Wayne
Mon 14 South Bend
Wed 16 Kalamazoo
Thu 17 Toledo
Sat 19 Youngstown
Mon 21 Pittsburgh

Tue 22 Williamsport

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--- May 2025 ---
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Thu 15 Chula Vista
Fri 16 Los Angeles
Sun 18 Wheatland
Tue 20 Nampa
Thu 22 Spokane
Sat 24 Ridgefield
Sun 25 Quincy

--- June 2025 ---
Fri 20 Clarkston
Sat 21 Cuyahoga Falls
Sun 22 Cincinnati
Wed 25 Franklin
Fri 27 Memphis
Sat 28 Maryland Heights
Sun 29 Ridgedale
--- July 2025 ---
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Fri 4 Austin
Sat 5 Dallas
Sun 6 The Woodlands

Fri 25 Alpharetta
Sat 26 Charlotte
Sun 27 Raleigh
Tue 29 Virginia Beach
--- August 2025 ---
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Sat 2 Saratoga Springs
Sun 3 Gilford
Fri 8 Buffalo
Sat 9 Hershey
Sun 10 Syracuse

--- September 2025 ---
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Sat 6 Hartford
Sun 7 Mansfield
Fri 12 Camden
Sat 13 Holmdel
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