Never Ending Tour 2008

Never Ending Tour 2008
Dylan performing on tour in 2008
Tour by Bob Dylan
Start date	February 2, 2008
End date	November 21, 2008
Legs	3
Shows	54 in North America 31 in Europe 8 in South America 5 in Latin America 98 in Total
Bob Dylan tour chronology
Never Ending Tour 2007 (2007) Never Ending Tour 2008 (2008) Never Ending Tour 2009 (2009)

The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s seemingly endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 ^{[1] [2]}.

Tour Information

The tour started with three shows at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas^[3][4] before performing in Latin America and South America. Dylan performed three shows in Brazil, one at the HSBC Arena^[5] and two shows at Via Funchal in Sao Paolo^[6][7].

After completing the South of the South Tour^[8] Dylan briefly toured the United States and Canada^[9]. After touring North America Dylan and the band travelled to Europe to perform 31 shows^[10] including an appearance at Rock In Rio Lisbon^[11] and Optimus Alive!^[12][13]

Dylan then returned to the United States to start a summer tour starting in Philadelphia^[14] on August 8 and coming to an end on September in Santa Barbara.^[15][16] Dylan and the band continued to tour North America throughout the fall of 2008 where the tour finally came to a close on November 21, 2008 at the United Palace Theatre in New York City^[17] after 98 concerts.^[18]

Tour Dates

^[19]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Songs
South Of The South Tour
February 21, 2008	Dallas	United States	House of Blues Dallas	17
February 22, 2008
February 23, 2008
February 26, 2008	Mexico City	Mexico	Auditorio Nacional
February 27, 2008
February 29, 2008	Monterrey		Arena Monterrey
March 2, 2008	Guadalajara		Auditorio Telmex	18
March 5, 2008	São Paulo	Brazil	Via Funchal	17
March 6, 2008
March 8, 2008	Rio de Janeiro		HSBC Arena
March 11, 2008	Chile	Santiago	Movistar Arena
March 13, 2008	Argentina	Córdoba	Orfeo Superdomo
March 15, 2008		Buenos Aires	Estadio José Amalfitani	18
March 18, 2008		Rosario	Hipódromo de la Ciudad de Rosario	17
March 20, 2008	Uruguay	Punta del Este	Conrad Punta Del Este Resort
March 25, 2008	Zacatecas	Mexico	Plaza de Armas	18
North America (First Leg)
May 16, 2008	Worcester	United States	The Palladium	17
May 17, 2008	Lewiston		Androscoggin Bank Colisée
May 19, 2008	St. John	Canada	Harbour Station
May 20, 2008	Moncton		Moncton Coliseum
May 21, 2008	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
May 23, 2008	St. John's		Mile One Centre
May 24, 2008
Europe
May 26, 2008	Reykjavík	Iceland	Egilshöll	17
May 28, 2008	Odense	Denmark	Arena Fyn
May 30, 2008	Stavanger	Norway	Viking Stadion
June 1, 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
June 3, 2008	St. Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace
June 4, 2008	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall Arena
June 5, 2008	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena
June 7, 2008	Warsaw	Poland	Stodola
June 9, 2008	Ostrava	Czech Republic	ČEZ Aréna
June 10, 2008	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
June 11, 2008	Salzburg		Eisarena Salzburg
June 13, 2008	Varazdin	Croatia	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec
June 15, 2008	Trento	Italy	PalaTrento
June 16, 2008	Bergamo		Lazzaretto	18
June 18, 2008	Aosta		Châtillon	17
June 19, 2008	Grenoble	France	Palais Des Sports
June 20, 2008	Toulouse		Le Zenith
June 22, 2008	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Poliesportiu de Govern
June 24, 2008	Zaragoza	Spain	Bizkaia Arena
June 25, 2008	Pamplona		Plaza de Toros
June 27, 2008	Vigo		Recinto Ferial
June 28, 2008	Avila		Parque Natural de Gredos
July 1, 2008	Cuenca		Complejo Deportivo La Fuensanta
July 2, 2008	Alicante		Centro de Tecnificacion
July 4, 2008	Lorca		Plaza de Toros
July 5, 2008	Jaén		Recinto Ferial Prolongacion
July 6, 2008	Madrid		Rock in Rio	15
July 8, 2008	Jerez		Estadio Municipal Chaplin	17
July 10, 2008	Berida		Plaza de Toros	15
June 11, 2008	Lisbon	Portugal	Optimus Alive!
North America (Second Leg)
August 8, 2008	Philadelphia	United States	Electric Factory	17
August 9, 2008	Pittsburgh		New American Music Union	13
August 10, 2008	Baltimore		Virgin Mobile Festival	11
August 12, 2008	New York City		Prospect Park	17
August 13, 2008	Asbury Park		Asbury Park Convention Hall
August 15, 2008	Mashantucket		MGM Grand at Foxwoods
August 16, 2008	Atlantic City		Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
August 17, 2008	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	15
August 19, 2008	Hopewell		Performing Arts Center	17
August 20, 2008	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum	16
August 22, 2008	Cincinnati	United States	National City Pavilion	17
August 23, 2008	Elizabeth		Caesars Indiana
August 24, 2008	Evansville		Mesker Amphitheatre
August 26, 2008	Little Rock		Riverfest Amphitheatre
August 27, 2008	Tulsa		Brady Theater
August 28, 2008	Kansas City		Uptown Theatre
August 30, 2008	Snowmass Village		Aspen/Snowmass	16
August 31, 2008	Park City		Deer Valley Resort	15
September 1, 2008	Las Vegas		The Joint	16
September 3, 2008	Santa Monica		Civic Auditorium	17
September 4, 2008	Temecula		Pechanga Resort and Casino
September 6, 2008	San Diego		Qualcomm Stadium
September 7, 2008	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	16
North America (Third Leg)
October 23, 2008	Victoria	Canada	Save On Foods Memorial Centre	17
October 24, 2008	Vancouver		Rogers Arena
October 25, 2008	Kamloops		Interior Savings Centre
October 27, 2008	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome	16
October 29, 2008	Edmonton		Rexall Place	17
October 30, 2008	Lethbridge		ENMAX Centre
November 1, 2008	Regina		Brandt Centre
November 2, 2008	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
November 4, 2008	Minneapolis	United States	Northrop Auditorium
November 5, 2008	La Crosse		La Crosse Center
November 6, 2008	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater
November 8, 2008	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
November 9, 2008	Sault Ste. Marie	Canada	Essar Centre
November 11, 2008	London		John Labatt Centre
November 12, 2008	Oshawa		General Motors Centre
November 13, 2008	Sudbury		Sudbury Community Arena
November 15, 2008	Kingston		K-Rock Centre
November 16, 2008	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
November 18, 2008	Montreal		Bell Centre
November 19, 2008	Oneonta	United States	Alumni Fieldhouse
November 21, 2008	New York City		United Palace Theatre	18

Selected Setlists

March 18 - Rosario, Argentina ^[20]

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
4. Masters Of War
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
7. Spirit On The Water
8. John Brown
9. Workingman's Blues #2
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. When The Deal Goes Down
12. This Wheel's On Fire
13. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
14. Summer Days
15. Like A Rolling Stone
    Encore
    
16. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
17. All Along The Watchtower

May 21 - Halifax, Nova Scotia ^[21]

1. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Positively 4th Street
5. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
6. High Water (for Charlie Patton)
7. Moonlight
8. The Levee's Gonna Break
9. Nettie Moore
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Workingman's Blues #2
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
13. Spirit On The Water
14. Summer Days
15. All Along The Watchtower
    Encore
    
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Like A Rolling Stone

June 19 - Grenoble, France ^[22]

1. Watching The River Flow
2. Girl From The North Country
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Love Sick
5. Tangled Up In Blue
6. Rollin' And Tumblin'
7. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
8. High Water (for Charlie Patton)
9. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
10. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
11. Workingman's Blues #2
12. Highway 61 Revisited
13. Ain't Talkin'
14. Summer Days
15. All Along The Watchtower
    Encore
    
16. Thunder On The Mountain
17. Blowin' In The Wind

August 27 - Tulsa, Oklahoma ^[23]

1. Watching The River Flow
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
4. Moonlight
5. High Water (for Charley Patton)
6. Positively 4th Street
7. The Levee's Gonna Break
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
11. Honest With Me
12. When The Deal Goes Down
13. Highway 61 Revisited
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain
    Encore
    
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

November 18 - Montreal, Quebec ^[24]

1. Cat's In The Well
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Just Like A Woman
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. John Brown
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. Spirit On The Water
9. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
10. This Wheel's On Fire
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Masters Of War
13. Summer Days
14. Ain't Talkin'
15. Thunder On The Mountain
    Encore
    
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower

Notes

1. ^ [1] guardian.co.uk, Retrieved 13 September 2011
2. ^ [2] rollingstone.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
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4. ^ [4] pegasusnews.com, Retrieved 17 September 2011
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7. ^ [7] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 17 September 2011
8. ^ [8] bjorner.com, Retrieved 17 September 2011
9. ^ [9] bjorner.com, Retrieved 17 September 2011
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21. ^ [21] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 18 September 2011
22. ^ [22] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 18 September 2011
23. ^ [23] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 18 September 2011
24. ^ [24] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 18 September 2011

External links

• BobDylan.com – Official web site, including lyrics and touring schedule
• Expecting Rain – Dylan news and events, updated daily
• BobLinks – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists
• Bjorner's Still on the Road – Information on recording sessions and performances
• Bob Dylan at the Internet Movie Database

References