Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour

• • This Week: Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham UK, Wolverhampton UK
  • Next Week: London UK (final 3 shows of tour)
  • Tour Schedule | Setlists |  BobServe.com

Reviews

• Last Night in Wolverhampton (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
  • "It is almost as if Dylan is playing with the idea of silence within music like a writer being obsessed with the spaces between lines, or the unsaid. He enters and disappears into these pockets of silence, where a whisper is as existential frightening as a bark, a sigh as lethal as a dagger, a murmured syllable as reverential as a psalm."
• Last Night in Nottingham (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
  • "Instead, he leaned into it further, wresting it back under control and transforming it into a sterling rendition. This arrangement’s pulsating, 'Series of Dreams'-esque rhythm provided Jim Keltner with his big showcase of the evening."
• Two Nights in Edinburgh, and One in Liverpool (Flagging Down The Double E's) [5]
  • "On 'I’ve Made Up My Mind,' Keltner was doing some interesting things building a rhythm out of seemingly random light hits of the cymbal and drums, calling to mind a Matt Chamberlain part to me."
• Dylan Fans 'in tears' at Liverpool Performance (Mirror) [3]
  • "Bob Dylan in Liverpool was amazing and beautiful. Why am I in my hotel room crying about seeing an 83-year-old play a harmonica."
• I Went to See Bob Dylan in Liverpool (Liverpool Echo) [3]
  • "The tales from my grandfather and the melodies from the record player were as close as I thought I was ever going to get to hearing the legendary singer-songwriter."
• Dylan, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, November 5, 2024 (Uncut) [3]
  • "If the focus has shifted in Keltner’s favour, nevertheless the rest of the band are still on point. Dylan’s baby grand is centre stage, with the other musicians placed around it, in the same positions they took in 2022."
• I Watched Bob Dylan Play an Almost Perfect Two Hour Set (Glasgow World) [1]
  • "We were also treated to Dylan’s unbelievable harmonica playing. 'Every Grain of Sand' closed the night before Dylan and his magnificent band to their final bow."
• Rougher and Rowdier (The Blue Moment) [3]
  • "It turned out that the discordance was chiefly coming from the guitar of Dylan himself, who was already sitting at his piano bench, with his back turned to the audience."
• Bob Dylan returns to Nottingham (Leftlion) [3]
  • "Somehow, he seems to have remained 'cool' unlike some of his contemporaries. Maybe that’s because he doesn’t do 'greatest hits', hasn’t become his own 'tribute act', and has continued producing new material - much of it critically-acclaimed - into his old age."
• Rough and Rowdy Ways at Motorpoint Arena (Cult Following) [3]
  • "It feels like a weak link in an otherwise perfect show. His new materials, which are not so new anymore as they gun towards half a decade since release, are fitting in nicely to the fabric of his live performances which never extend themselves while in the UK."
• Dylan Tickets: How to Get Yours for Royal Albert Hall (MyLondon) [3]
  • "These resale websites with Bob Dylan tickets have been detailed below."
• DYLAN @ NOTTINGHAM (Maximum Volume Music) [1]
  • "Dylan reinvents his songs musically on every tour, and sometimes it feels like he does this at every show!"
• Bob Dylan, Edinburgh Review (The Scotsman) [1]
  • "It Ain’t Me, Babe became a light waltz, When I Paint My Masterpiece moved to a groove reminiscent of Irving Berlin’s Puttin’ on the Ritz, aided by Dylan’s blasting harmonica solo, and It’s All Over Now Baby Blue became a swirling piano arrangement."