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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 3h

Bob Dylan concert counts by year. This year's peak of 92 shows is the highest since 2014's 92.

bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 11/09/2026

Bob Dylan tour dates Oct-Dec 2026. Now posted at bobserve.com/eventsperiod... with venue info and links, and this interactive map.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 31/08/2026

Search for all Bob Dylan setlists which contain your chosen songs bobserve.com/songmatch

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 22/08/2026

We have interactive Bob Dylan tour maps at bobserve! Maps for each year, and also for your own attended concerts. Your own concerts: bobserve.com/myevents?ref... Tour year: bobserve.com/eventsperiod... Blog post explaining all: blog.bobserve.com/quick-update...

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 14/08/2026

Wordle but for Bob Dylan setlists. Setlists instead of words, songs instead of letters. Should I make this prototype into a real game? Thinking it might be too hard, even if give the year as a clue?

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 07/08/2026

Bob Dylan covers in 2026, so far bobserve.com/covers

Some Other Kinds of Songs: 2026
Cover songs performed by Bob Dylan

Change year...

Axe And The Wind (Willie Dixon)
2
2026-06-04
Troutdale, OR
2026-06-06
Woodinville, WA

I Can Tell (Samuel Smith, Ellas McDaniel)
60

I'll Make It All Up To You (Charlie Rich)
34

Nervous Breakdown (Mario Roccuzzo)
33

Share Your Love With Me (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone)
34

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 06/08/2026

Setting up my insta www.instagram.com/bobserve76

Instapaper read-it-later bookmarking app home page

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 03/08/2026

🎶 The summer tour was over, the boys were all plannin' for the fall 🎶 Time to update your Bob Dylan shows at bobserve.com/myevents

Sample screenshot of logged Bob Dylan concerts at bobserve.com

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 01/08/2026

Thanks for taking the time to track this down, sorry for omitting the link!

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 01/08/2026

That famous Folk Festival duet with Joan Baez? It's been written about for decades, and even reenacted in a biopic. But did it really happen? blog.bobserve.com/monterey-fol...

Monterey Folk Festival 1963: The Dylan & Baez Duet That Never Was
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." - That guy in that movie.

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31 Jul 2026 — 8 min read

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

There’s no link in your post but I did find the piece. Fascinating on how tricky historical facts can be. blog.bobserve.com/monterey-fol...

blog.bobserve.com

Monterey Folk Festival 1963: The Dylan & Baez Duet That Never Was

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." - That guy in that movie.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 01/08/2026

That famous Folk Festival duet with Joan Baez? It's been written about for decades, and even reenacted in a biopic. But did it really happen?

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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Amazing Dylan #stat. And always amazing work from @raypadgett.bsky.social and @bobserve.com!

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 19/07/2026

Almost a year and a half later, and now you've collectively logged 24,448 Bob Dylan concert attendances at bobserve.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 28/05/2026

Bob Dylan summer tour details now posted at bobserve, including support acts, venue web sites, addresses, and capacity. 2026 Jun-Aug bobserve.com/eventsperiod... Venue page sample bobserve.com/venue?venueI...

Date

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Location

Venue

Type

Name
2026-03-21

Omaha, NE Orpheum Theater Concert
2026-03-22

Sioux Falls, SD Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion Concert
2026-03-24

Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center Concert
2026-03-25

Iowa City, IA Hadley Stage, Hancher Auditorium Concert
2026-03-27

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La Crosse, WI La Crosse Center Concert
2026-03-28

Rockford, IL Coronado Theatre Concert
2026-03-30

Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre Concert
2026-03-31

Muncie, IN Emens Auditorium, Ball State University Concert
2026-04-02

Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall Concert
2026-04-03

Saginaw, MI The Theater, Dow Event Center Concert
2026-04-04

Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre Concert
2026-04-06

Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace Concert
2026-04-09

Columbus, OH Palace Theatre Concert
2026-04-10

Cleveland, OH KeyBank State Theatre Concert
2026-04-12

Dayton, OH Winsupply Theatre, Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center Concert
2026-04-14

Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium Concert
2026-04-16

Bowling Green, KY Rita & Jim Scott Concert Hall, SKYPAC Concert
2026-04-17

Chattanooga, TN Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Concert
2026-04-19

Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Harrah's Cherokee Center Concert
2026-04-20

Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Concert
2026-04-22

Macon, GA Macon City Auditorium Concert
2026-04-23

Dothan, AL Dothan Civic Center Concert
2026-04-25

Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall Concert
2026-04-27

Baton Rouge, LA River Center Theatre for Performing Arts Concert
2026-04-28

Shreveport, LA Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium Concert
2026-04-29

Tyler, TX Cowan Center, University of Texas at Tyler Concert
2026-05-01

Abilene, TX Abilene Auditorium, Abilene Convention Center Concert
2026-06-04

Troutdale, OR McMen…

The Venue at Thunder Valley
Venue
Wikipedia | Official

Capacity 4500

1200 Athens Ave, Lincoln, CA
1 performances:
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2026-06-12 The Venue at Thunder Valley Concert

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 05/05/2026

There are already thousands of links to articles and reviews for Bob Dylan concerts at bobserve. Now see most recently added links on the home page. Click through for a much longer list of recents. bobserve.com/recentcommen...

Home page snapshot showing a Recent Commentary box on the right

The Recent Commentary page showing a much longer list.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 27/04/2026

It's certainly possible to do, with enough time and effort, but I don't have this info, sorry!

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 17/04/2026

bobserve.com now has concert counters on the setlist page From the first Never Ending Tour date (1st of 3059 shows), all the way through tonight's Rough And Rowdy Ways Show (the 293rd)

Tour Concert 749 of 4166

Never Ending Tour 1 of 3059

1988 Tour 1 of 71

Leg 1 - USA (Jun-Aug) 1 of 40

June 7, 1988
Concord, California
Concord Pavilion
Concert

1. Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. Absolutely Sweet Marie
3. Masters Of War
4. You're A Big Girl Now
5. Gotta Serve Somebody
6. In The Garden
7. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Traditional)
8. The Lakes Of Pontchartrain (Traditional)
9. Boots Of Spanish Leather
10. Driftin' Too Far From Shore
11. Gates Of Eden
12. Like A Rolling Stone
13. Maggie's Farm

Never Ending Tour
1988 Tour
Leg 1 - USA (Jun-Aug)

Musicians
Christopher Parker, G.E. Smith, Kenny Aaronson, Neil Young

7-9  Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G.E. Smith (guitar).
1  G.E. Smith (backup vocal)
7  first live performance since 1961.
1-6 and 10-13 Neil Young (guitar).

Info via bobserve: https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=152

Tour Concert 4161 of 4166

Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour 293 of 298

2026 17 of 22

Leg 1 - USA (Mar-May) 17 of 22

April 16, 2026
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Rita & Jim Scott Concert Hall, SKYPAC
Concert

1. To Be Alone With You
2. Man In The Long Black Coat
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. I Contain Multitudes
5. False Prophet
6. Black Rider
7. Love Sick
8. Goodbye Jimmy Reed
9. I Can Tell (Samuel Smith, Ellas McDaniel)
10. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
11. Crossing The Rubicon
12. When I Paint My Masterpiece
13. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter)
14. Soon After Midnight
15. Nervous Breakdown (Mario Roccuzzo)
16. Every Grain Of Sand

Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour
2026
Leg 1 - USA (Mar-May)

Musicians
Anton Fig, Bob Britt, Doug Lancio, Tony Garnier

Info via bobserve: https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=4877

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 15/04/2026

Have you ever wondered... whether there's a song Bob Dylan has performed over his career at least once every calendar day of the year? Well... I did, which is why this now exists: bobserve.com/dylanytics/c...

bobserve.com

Dylanytics: Song Calendar Days

Bob Dylan performance database

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 11/04/2026

I get to control everything myself on my own server, plus: www.thehandbasket.co/p/substacker...

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 10/04/2026

Make bobserve bigger or smaller bobserve.com/settings

Text size

Adjust text size across the site

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 06/04/2026

New at bobserve: venue addresses with 📍 map links, official site and wikipedia links. Tonight's venue: bobserve.com/venue?venueI... Option to choose Apple maps over Google maps (if logged in): bobserve.com/settings #BobDylan

Venue info page for The Louisville Palace showing wikipedia and official site links, street address, and map pin icon to click to show map

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 03/04/2026

Did you see any debut performances by Bob Dylan? Any one-timers? Any last-played songs? Here's how to find out: bobserve.com/myevents/deb... If you haven't already logged your attended shows, create a login and start saving shows here: bobserve.com/myevents/add...

bobserve.com

Debuts & Last Performed

Bob Dylan performance database

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 30/03/2026

New at bobserve.com : Location Drilldown Begin with concert counts by country by decade, and tap any location to move from country -> state -> city. Tap any blue number to see what concerts make up that number, including grand totals. (see alt text) bobserve.com/dylanytics/l...

First drilldown report page showing:

Report located in the Dylanytics section of bobserve, under Other/Location Drilldown.

Arrows pointing to:
- Concert dropdown filter where can choose event types to filter by. By default, shows only Concert event types
- USA - click on this to get to the next screenshot showing USA states

Screenshot showing that this is what makes up the USA Concerts detail by state. Arrow pointing to 2020 decade count of 7 for Massachusetts.

Showing result after selecting Massachusetts - a list of all Concerts in that state in the 2020s.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 23/03/2026

A new list is born... bobserve.com/setlist/same...

Samesets
Concerts with this identical setlist
March 22, 2026

Sioux Falls, SD

Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion

Concert

2026-03-21 Omaha
2026-03-22 Sioux Falls

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 23/03/2026

We're working hard on a new bobserve.com feature. Hint: it's not Wordyl.

Five rows of block letters of different colors:

B C
B C
A B C
A C
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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 05/03/2026

Need plain Bob Dylan setlist text to accompany a recording or post? Grab one by tapping the clipboard icon on any setlist page. Here's where to find it and what it gives you Try it yourself: bobserve.com/setlist?even...

Screenshot from bobserve.com showing an example setlist page. Red arrow pointing to a clipboard icon in the bottom of the sidebar

September 3, 2010
Yakima, Washington
Yakima County Stadium
Concert

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. To Ramona
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Things Have Changed
5. Just Like A Woman
6. High Water (For Charley Patton)
7. Honest With Me
8. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter)
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Love Sick
11. Thunder On The Mountain
12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
13. Jolene (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter)
14. Like A Rolling Stone

Never Ending Tour
2010 Tour
Leg 3 - USA (Aug-Sep)

Musicians
Charlie Sexton, Donnie Herron, George Receli, Stu Kimball, Tony Garnier

3, 4 Bob Dylan (guitar).
1, 2, 5, 7, 9-11, 13, 14 Bob Dylan (keyboard).
2, 6, 8, 12 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
2 Donnie Herron (mandolin).
6 Donnie Herron (banjo).
8 Donnie Herron (violin).

Info via Bobserve: https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=3471

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 04/03/2026

Added a couple of share buttons in the setlist page side panel. Anyone have the myspace logo I can use? Btw, here's an example of what it auto posts: Bob Dylan October 11, 2022 - Paris, France Setlist bobserve.com/setlist?even... Full audio www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFo...

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 28/02/2026

What's better than a search box? A mega-menu with lots of search boxes! bobserve.com

Tapping "Search" menu item calls up a full screen width menu with several search boxes and links

Bobserve
The Bob Dylan performance database

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 28/02/2026

Lots of usability enhancements, big and small, throughout the site. I'll do a newsletter recap when I get chance. Here's one: bobtalk search results now shows you words around the search term, and highlights the matched word.

Search for bobtalk "Iran" with several examples in the search results, all from 1979

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 28/02/2026

The site redesign is here! bobserve.com Nothing imploded but I do see a few things that need tweaking.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 28/02/2026

Here's every "under construction" gif from the 1990s! textfiles.com/underconstru...

textfiles.com

Please be patient - This Page is Under Construction!

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 27/02/2026

The bobserve site redesign hopefully goes live in the next few days. Full range of possible outcomes: 1. Everyone loves it 2. Everyone hates it 3. The site implodes due to coding errors

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 24/02/2026

Gonna hang this under the Bobserve sign: "Not just Bob Dylan setlists"

Screen shot of YouTube video entitled "Bob's Serve" showing a man in mid tennis serve on a tennis court

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 23/02/2026

bobserve redesign sneak peak: Typing in setlist dates to look up shows is kind of a pain. Soon you'll be able to point-and-click.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 18/02/2026

A bobserve site redesign is underway and nearly ready. Would a video walkthrough of the whole site be helpful to anyone? I'm inclined to think no one would take the time to sit through it. I'm thinking a newsletter documenting every feature with screenshots would be sufficient.

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 14/02/2026

I ran the Blacklight Inspection on bobserve showing there are no hidden pixel or other kinds of privacy-invading trackers. As designed. themarkup.org/blacklight

Independent report confirming bobserve.com does not have any trackers

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 10/02/2026

Working on a site redesign, looking for inspiration

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bobserve (Bob Dylan database) @bobserve.com · 05/02/2026

A not so great nudge to remind me to finish deleting my site's substack account :-(

Hello,
I'm reaching out to let vou know about a security incident that resulted in the email address from your Substack account being shared without your permission.

I'm incredibly sorry this happened. We take our responsibility to protect vour data and vour privacy seriously, and we came up short here

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