Seven Days: Oct 30 - Sept 6, 2024

Oct 30 - Sept 6, 2024

The Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour Details

The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
- This Week: Prague I - II - III
- Next Week: Erfurt GY, Berlin GY
- Tour Schedule | Setlists | BobServe.com

News
- Setlists: Dignity added
- Tonight in Prague (Flagging Down) [8]
  - "Jim Keltner pushes the band on in the uptempo numbers, and especially on the ‘classic’ songs, but on all of the slower tracks he never quite seems to find the pocket, never quite seems to find the groove, and seems to go astray, to get lost in musical time..."
- Fragments and Stolen Moments from Prague (Flagging Down) [5]
  - "The dramatic swing of the arm that Tony Garnier used to count the band in for Dignity, and then the committed, spirited and powerful vocal performance that Dylan gave throughout the song."

Top News & Links

Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links

Bob Dylan Barely Misses Out On Scoring Another No. 1 (Forbes) [5]
- "The 1974 Live Recordings debuts on five different charts in the U.K. On one of them, Dylan barely misses out on running the show, as he nearly captured another No. 1 bestseller."
Bob Dylan Is Now a Freewheelin’ Tweeter (Vulture) [3]
- "Here’s some shock and awe for the digital age: Our favorite iconoclastic weirdo, whose interview frequency is so rare it lends itself to its own type of subterranean blues, is now tweeting random musings and stories from his official account for the first time."
Dylan Just Found Out Bob Newhart Died, and He’s Heartbroken About It (Cracked) [3]
- ""In many ways, Bob Dylan was the Bob Newhart of guitar-and-harmonica tunes, and upon learning of the passing of his artistic twin soul, Dylan paid tribute to Newhart yesterday..."
The Time Kris Kristofferson Stood Up For Sinéad O’Connor (Whiskey RIff) [3]
- "Kris was “pissed” at the entire situation. He said that he believed that Sinead had “good intentions” and that the stunt was a misunderstanding."