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December 8, 2025

Everything new in the world of Bob Dylan over the past day (or so).

Last Updated: 12/8/2025 at 12:42 PM EST

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Best New Articles

The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder To Small-Town America

Flagging Down the Double E's / Ray Padgett

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On the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue finale at Madison Square Garden, Flagging Down interviews advance man Jabez Van Cleef about the tour's unconventional promotion.

Dylan's Christmas Lights A Scholarly Treatise

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Critics and scholars analyze Dylan's Christmas Lights in a Metafilter post.

Dylan Writes New Liner Notes For Dwight Yoakam

The Daily Dylan / Daniel

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Dylan wrote liner notes for Dwight Yoakam's 4-LP box set And Then I Wrote... The First Three Albums Of The 90s, issued for Record Store Day.

A Legal Journalist Remembers Covering Rolling Thunder Prison Show

Flagging Down the Double E’s / Ray Padgett

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Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode

Medium / Https://Fredbals.Medium.Com

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On December 20, 2006, Theme Time Radio Hour Episode 34 aired as a two hour holiday special curated by Dylan.

Dylan News

The Daily Dylan / Daniel

Dylan Writes New Liner Notes For Dwight Yoakam ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dylan wrote liner notes for Dwight Yoakam's 4-LP box set And Then I Wrote... The First Three Albums Of The 90s, issued for Record Store Day.

Mtambourine /

Dylan Announces US Spring 2026 ⭐⭐

Bob Dylan announced a U.S. spring 2026 tour with stadium and theater stops across multiple cities.

MSN / Associated Press

Dylan Returning To Home State Will Perform March 24 In Rochester ⭐

Bob Dylan performs March 24 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester as part of the Never Ending Tour.

Dylan Articles

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Dylan's Christmas Lights A Scholarly Treatise ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Critics and scholars analyze Dylan's Christmas Lights in a Metafilter post.

Flagging Down the Double E's / Ray Padgett

The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder To Small-Town America ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

On the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue finale at Madison Square Garden, Flagging Down interviews advance man Jabez Van Cleef about the tour's unconventional promotion.

Rolling Stone / Andy Greene

Dylan Announces Extensive 2026 United States Tour ⭐⭐⭐

Bob Dylan announced a 27-date Rough and Rowdy Ways U.S. tour starting March 21, 2026, in Omaha and ending May 1 in Abilene, Texas.

Far Out Magazine / Tim Coffman

The Musician Dylan Copied "Phrase For Phrase" ⭐⭐⭐

Far Out reports that Bob Dylan acknowledged copying Dave Van Ronk's recordings phrase for phrase, influencing Dylan’s early 1960s songwriting and delivery in New York.

The Daily Dylan /

Dylan Spring Tour Announced ⭐⭐⭐

Bob Dylan unveiled the Spring Tour 2026 itinerary listing 27 dates from Omaha, Nebraska to Abilene, Texas, with presales beginning December 12, 2025.

NeedSomeFun /

10 Dylan Songs That Feel Like Short Stories ⭐⭐⭐

The online article analyzes ten Dylan songs that function as short narratives, detailing scenes and characters across decades.

Classical Music / [email protected]

These 12 Seventies Rock Gods Struggled Through The Eighties ⭐⭐

During the 1980s, Dylan released six albums and toured worldwide from 1980 to 1989.

Festivaltopia / Fritz von Burkersroda

10 Milestones That Defined Dylan's Life ⭐⭐

Barack Obama awarded Bob Dylan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington, D.C. in 2012, and Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.

Music Musings & Such / Sam Liddicott

Dylan’s Desire At Fifty — Music Musings & Such ⭐⭐

Dylan released the Desire album on January 5, 1976 in the United States.

Far Out Magazine / Dale Maplethorpe

The Only Album Dylan Kept Walking Out Of ⭐⭐

Bob Dylan collaborated with Daniel Lanois on Time Out of Mind in the mid-1990s, with studio sessions in the United States resulting in a non-linear, technology-informed album.

Americana UK / end of 1970

Steve Cropper (1941 - 2025) ⭐

On 2025-12-03, Steve Cropper died in Nashville, ending a sixty-plus year career as a guitarist, producer, and songwriter associated with Stax.

Cult Following /

Bruce Springsteen Fans Left In Tears By The Boss Cover Of Johnny Cash Classic Give My Love To Rose ⭐

Bruce Springsteen performed Johnny Cash's Give My Love to Rose at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, broadcast on TNT in 2009.

Best Classic Bands / Best Classic Bands Staff

Dylan Announces 2026 Tour ⭐

Bob Dylan announced the 2026 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour dates across 27 U.S. cities, with shows from March 21 to May 1.

Dylan Posts

Medium / Https://Fredbals.Medium.Com

Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

On December 20, 2006, Theme Time Radio Hour Episode 34 aired as a two hour holiday special curated by Dylan.

Flagging Down the Double E’s / Ray Padgett

A Legal Journalist Remembers Covering Rolling Thunder Prison Show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Untold Dylan / Tony Attwood

From A Buick 6 Part 7 ⭐⭐⭐

In a 2015 MusiCares speech, Bob Dylan discussed traditional song templates that underlie works like From a Buick 6 and The Times They Are A-Changin'.

Untold Dylan / Tony Attwood

No Nobel Prize for Music, but an Honorary Degree Nevertheless ⭐

Tony Attwood discusses Dylan's ongoing music series in an article on bob-dylan.org.uk, with no date provided.

Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow

What Jerry Garcia Played During His Only Acoustic Shows ⭐

Releases & Reviews

Americana UK / Richard Parkinson

Ace Records’ Second Volume Of Black Artists’ Dylan Covers Out In January 2026 ⭐⭐⭐

Ace Records announces on 2026-01-30 the worldwide release of Highway of Diamonds - Black America Sings Bob Dylan, a collection of Dylan songs performed by black American artists.