Seven Days: July 29 – Aug 4, 2024

July 29 - Aug 4, 2024

The Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour Details

The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts

OUTLAWS TOUR 27 Shows (June 21 - Sept 17)
- 14 Done / 13 Remaining
- Dates/Setlists | Details | BobServe.com
- Past Week: Chula Vista, Los Angeles, Mountain View
- Next Week: Wheatland CA, Boise ID, Spokane WA, George WA
ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS TOUR
- 28 Shows in Europe starting Oct 4th
- 3rd Berlin and Frankfurt Shows ADDED
- Details

Tour Press
- Nelson & Dylan provide Stellar Night at San Diego Concert
- Nelson and Dylan Treat Their Canons With Pomp and Playfulness in a Delightful Hollywood Bowl Stop

Top News & Links

Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links

Dylan Experts Embrace Timothée Chalamet and Praise His Singing Voice (Variety) [10]
- As Erin Callahan, host of the “Infinity Goes Up on Trial” podcast, puts it: “If the film is great, it’ll be wonderful. And if it’s bad, it’ll still be great.”
How Chalamet’s Bob Dylan Biopic Could Shape This Year’s Oscar Race
- "This is a filmmaker who’s been working at a consistently high level, with tremendous industry goodwill, still seeking his first recognition by the directors’ branch. If this movie delivers as Searchlight certainly hopes it will, he could emerge as just as much of a story on the awards circuit as his superstar lead."
New York’s Musical History in "A Complete Unknown" Trailer (NYS Music)
- "Throughout A Complete Unknown’s trailer, many famous New York venues and figures can be seen, shining a spotlight on New York’s rich musical history. "
Dylan ft. Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and More Surprises (Flagging Down) [8]
- "Obviously a 72-year-old Bob is not going to sit around a campfire with the opening acts jamming on Desire. It seemed ridiculous to expect he might."
The NET Extended: Wiggle Wiggle (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "Here it is, rough as hell, with pretty much a completely new set of lyrics! The whole performance sounds pretty improvised to me, including the lyrics. Those incomparable lyrics and he doesn’t sing them! Sounds like he’s making it up as he goes along..."
Dylan in Cincinnati: November 2019 (Shadow Chasing) [5]
- "By placing lifeless mannequins on stage alongside live performers, Dylan may be using props to reenact the tension between Live vs. Dead which he highlighted in his Nobel Lecture. He also seems to be staging a conflict between Real vs. Fake."
2009: Together Through Life - Bob Dylan (Matthew Ingate) [5]
- "Together Through Life, meanwhile, was conceived after Dylan was approached by the French director Olivier Dahan. Dahan asked Dylan to supply a soundtrack for his new film My Own Love Song."
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Pt. 7 (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "And yet, through the book Heylin still demands that Dylan should act and behave like everyone else. Heylin even notes that Dylan was “oblivious to any hubbub around him,” which although hardly an in-depth analysis of what it means to be a creative person, is at least a start."