December 11, 2025
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Last Updated: 12/11/2025 at 12:33 PM EST
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Ultimate Guitar reports Bob Dylan rising views in 2025 on its platform, alongside The Beatles and Taylor Swift.
Bob Dylan announced a 2026 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour extension featuring three Michigan dates, beginning March 21 in Omaha, Nebraska, with tickets on sale December 12.
Bob Dylan will perform at Emens Auditorium in Muncie, Indiana on March 31, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Tour Updates
Bob Dylan is scheduled to perform at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum on April 14 as part of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour.
Randy Travis and Bob Dylan will perform at Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2026.
Bob Dylan is scheduled to perform at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, with the date and ticket details not yet released.
Bob Dylan announced a 27-date Rough And Rowdy Ways tour for spring 2026 across the United States, from Omaha on March 21 to Abilene on May 1.
Dylan performed at Belfast's Waterfront Hall in November, with an encore of a Van Morrison song.
Bob Dylan announced a 27 date U.S. tour for 2026 to promote Rough and Rowdy Ways, beginning March 21, 2026 in Omaha, Nebraska and ending May 1, 2026 in Abilene, Texas.
Dylan resumes the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in March 2026, performing 27 North American dates across arenas, theatres, and venues.
Dylan announced plans for a 2026 tour of 27 shows across North America and Europe.
Bob Dylan will tour the United States in 2026, starting March 21 in Omaha and ending May 1 in Abilene, across the Midwest and South.
Promoters announce a Baton Rouge concert featuring Bob Dylan and Randy Travis in 2025 at a special event, with tickets available from the venue box office.
Dylan will perform at Ball State University on March 31, 2025, with ticketing and start time details to be announced.
Bob Dylan announces additional 2025 Minnesota shows on his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, including Rochester on March 24 at Mayo Civic Center Arena.
Dylan Articles
On 2025-12-10, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign video using Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin' was taken down when UMPG refused to license the song for political use.
Columbia/Legacy released Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 (1956-1963), an eight CD deluxe edition, on 2025-12-10 in the USA.
In this interview on Simon Warner's Substack, Garrett Caples discusses City Lights, Beat history, and Larry Keenan's 1965 photographs featuring Bob Dylan in San Francisco.
An online article at bob-dylan.org.uk examines Bob Dylan's inclusion of "You Don't Know Me" in The Philosophy of Modern Song and warns against autobiographical interpretations of lyrics.
Far Out Magazine analyzes It’s Alright Ma with references to its 1965 release and later remarks in an online article.
Dave Van Ronk mentors Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, with Dylan recording House of the Rising Sun for his 1962 debut in New York.
In 2009, Bob Dylan released Christmas in the Heart, a 15-track charity album of Christmas standards, worldwide.
Far Out Magazine online article analyzes Blood on the Tracks (1975) and its connections to Dylan's personal life.
Dylan faced a mid-1980s downturn on the True Confessions and Temples in Flames tour in Wellington, New Zealand, as Empire Burlesque drew criticism.
Bob Dylan performs at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum on April 14 at 8 p.m. as part of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour.
Timothee Chalamet reads Chronicles Volume One as research for James Mangold's forthcoming Dylan biopic.
The Traveling Wilburys formed in the late 1980s with Dylan, Petty, Lynne, Harrison, and Orbison to record Handle with Care in studio sessions.
Dylan Posts
An analysis published on bob-dylan.org.uk examines Bob Dylan's limited 1970–71 songwriting, spotlighting When I Paint My Masterpiece and Watching the River Flow.
Bob Dylan's Glasgow tour incident is described, detailing what happened, when it occurred, where in Glasgow, and why it raises questions about fandom.
Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner promote Marty Supreme in New York in December 2025 with orange Chrome Hearts outfits.
Tony Attwood discusses the 18 November 2005 Birmingham NEC Arena concert as part of a series documenting one Dylan concert per year since 1961.
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Dylan's She Belongs to Me from Bringing It All Back Home is analyzed for ambiguous dedication with 1965 sessions and a 1969 Isle of Wight performance later issued on Self Portrait.
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