5. THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.1 Introduction

The Never-Ending Tour rolled on with 97 new shows during these three legs:

February – May	Europe Spring Tour	33 shows
July – August	US Summer Tour	31
October – November	US Fall Tour	33

5.2 The musicians

Denny Freeman	guitar during the Spring and Summer tours
Charlie Sexton	guitar during the Fall tour
Donnie Herron	violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
Stu Kimball	electric and acoustic guitar
Tony Garnier	bass
George Recile	drums

5.3 The show

	Europe Spring	US Summer	US Fall
Main set:	14-15 songs	11-15 songs	11-14 songs
Encores:	3 songs	3 songs	2-3 songs

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5.4 Europe Spring Tour

5.4.1 Dates and venues

MARCH

22	Stockholm, Sweden	Berns Salonger
23	Stockholm, Sweden	Globen Arena
25	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
27	Jönköping, Sweden	Kinnarps Arena
28	Malmö, Sweden	Malmö Arena
29	Copenhagen, Denmark	Forum
31	Hannover, Germany	AWD Arena

APRIL

1	Berlin, Germany	Max Schmeling Halle
2	Erfurt, Germany	Messehalle
4	München, Germany	Zenith
5	Saarbrücken, Germany	Saarlandhalle
7	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris
8	Paris, France	Palais des Congrès de Paris
10	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
11	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
12	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
14	Basel, Switzerland	St. Jacobshalle
15	Milan, Italy	Forum di Assago
17	Rome, Italy	PalaLottomatica
18	Florence, Italy	Mandela Forum
20	Geneva, Switzerland	Geneva Arena
21	Strasbourg, France	Zénith
22	Brussels, Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
24	Sheffield, England	Sheffield Arena
25	London, England	O2 Arena
26	London, England	Roundhouse
28	Cardiff, Wales	Cardiff International Arena
29	Birmingham, England	National Indoor Arena

MAY

1	Liverpool, England	Echo Arena
2	Glasgow, Scotland	Hall 4, SECC
3	Edinburgh, Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
5	Dublin, Ireland	The O2
6	Dublin, Ireland	The O2

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Beskrivning: Beskrivning: Beskrivning: Europe Summer Tour 2009

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5.4.2 The songs

IN ORDER PLAYED

				March										April
	22	23	25		27	28	29	31	1	2	4	5	7		8	10	11	12	14	15
Most Likely You Go Your Way	1				7					5								3
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)	2
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	3									3			3						3
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With …	4	6	6		9	6		8	9			9	4		6			5	4	8
Tryin' To Get To Heaven	5						8
Things Have Changed	6								6		4				3		6
Watching The River Flow	7		1			3	3									3
Blind Willie McTell	8																			9
I Don't Believe You	9		8																6
I Believe In You	10						6					12
Honest With Me	11						11			9		7	10			7			10	11
Billy	12
Summer Days	13					11		13				11				13
All Along The Watchtower	14	15	15		15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16		16	15	16	15	16	16
Cry A While	15
Like A Rolling Stone	16	14	14		14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15		15	14	15	14	15	15
Forever Young	17
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		1
Lay Lady Lay		2										2			2
Tangled Up In Blue		3
Chimes Of Freedom		4						4					7
High Water (For Charley Patton)		5				5				7						9				6
Love Sick		7							10							10
Desolation Row		8					10											9		10
Rollin' And Tumblin'		9									6		6			5				4
Make You Feel My Love		10			12
Highway 61 Revisited		11	11		11	13		11	11	11	10	13	12		12	11	12	11	12
One More Cup Of Coffee		12									2
Thunder On The Mountain		13	13		13		13	17	13	13	13		14		14		14	13	14	14
Spirit On The Water		16	16		16	16	16		16	16	16	16	17		17	16	17	16	17	17
Blowin' In The Wind		17	17		17	17	17		17	17	17	17	18		18	17	18	17	18	18
When I Paint My Masterpiece			2		2		2		2							2
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere			3						3		3
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)			4		6		9								8		10
Just Like A Woman			5		5	8					5						11			3
Ballad Of A Thin Man			7																	12
The Levee's Gonna Break			9		4			5	4			3					4
When The Deal Goes Down			10			4	12								4		5			13
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall			12							10										5
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat					1			1								1
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right					3													2	2
Million Miles					8													4
This Wheel's On Fire					10
Maggie's Farm						1					1						1
The Man In Me						2		2
Ballad Of Hollis Brown						7					11
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum						9	5		7		8	5	8		10			7	8
Beyond The Horizon						10			8	6		6	11		11			8	13
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll						12					7				9		7
Gotta Serve Somebody							1					1						1
Simple Twist Of Fate							4
'Til I Fell In Love With You							7								5
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues								3												2
Sugar Baby								6			9	8			7			6		7
John Brown								7					5						5
Masters Of War								9					9						7
Shooting Star								10
Nettie Moore								12								12	13
Dignity								16
The Wicked Messenger									1						1					1
My Back Pages									5
Workingman’s Blues #2									12		12					8	9
Cat's In The Well										1			1						1
Man In The Long Black Coat										2							3
Can't Wait										4
Girl From The North Country										8									11
Ain't Talkin'										12								12
Every Grain Of Sand												4
Po' Boy												10	13			6
The Times They Are A-Changin'													2
The Times We've Known															13
Boots Of Spanish Leather																4
Mr. Tambourine Man																	2
Tough Mama																	8	10
Visions Of Johanna																			9
Total # of songs	17	17	17		17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18		18	17	18	17	18	18

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					April									May
	17	18	20	21		22	24	25	26	28	29	1	2		3	5	6	å
Most Likely You Go Your Way		3									11							6
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)																		1
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight																		4
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With …			4			4				7	4				7	7	4	20
Tryin' To Get To Heaven			7						6						6			5
Things Have Changed	3						3	3				3						9
Watching The River Flow			1									1						7
Blind Willie McTell						5											5	4
I Don't Believe You						11			10						10		11	7
I Believe In You																		3
Honest With Me						7		12			7		9			9		13
Billy																		1
Summer Days		12							14						14		13	9
All Along The Watchtower	16	16	15	15		15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15		16	15	15	33
Cry A While																		1
Like A Rolling Stone	15	15	14	14		14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14		15	14	14	33
Forever Young																		1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35										1								2
Lay Lady Lay															2			4
Tangled Up In Blue									3	8					3			4
Chimes Of Freedom								4										4
High Water (For Charley Patton)									9		3				9			8
Love Sick	12						12											5
Desolation Row						6					6						6	7
Rollin' And Tumblin'		5		6				5	5	5					5	5		12
Make You Feel My Love	8						10											4
Highway 61 Revisited	11	9		11		9	11	9	12	11	9	11	11		12	11	9	29
One More Cup Of Coffee																		2
Thunder On The Mountain	13	14	13	13		13	13	14		13	13	13	13			13		26
Spirit On The Water	17	17	16	16		16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16				17	29
Blowin' In The Wind	18	18	17	17		17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17		18	17	18	31
When I Paint My Masterpiece																		5
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere																		3
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	9		10				9					9					7	10
Just Like A Woman				12								10			17	4		10
Ballad Of A Thin Man			12			10					10						10	6
The Levee's Gonna Break	5		8				5					5	5					11
When The Deal Goes Down			9					13							4			9
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall																		3
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat									1						1	1		6
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	2								2			2	2			2		8
Million Miles			5						4									4
This Wheel's On Fire				10														2
Maggie's Farm		1						1					1					6
The Man In Me																		2
Ballad Of Hollis Brown		10						10					7					5
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum	7			9			7		7	9		7						15
Beyond The Horizon	10		11	7														11
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll		6						6					4					7
Gotta Serve Somebody																		3
Simple Twist Of Fate																		1
'Til I Fell In Love With You		7						7					3					5
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues			3															3
Sugar Baby	6					8	6		8			6			8			12
John Brown				8						6						6		6
Masters Of War				2						10						10		6
Shooting Star																		1
Nettie Moore										12								4
Dignity																		1
The Wicked Messenger						1					1						1	6
My Back Pages																		1
Workingman’s Blues #2		8						8			8		6					8
Cat's In The Well	1			1			1											6
Man In The Long Black Coat		4				3					5						3	6
Can't Wait																		1
Girl From The North Country																	2	3
Ain't Talkin'						12			13		12		12		13	12	12	9
Every Grain Of Sand													10					2
Po' Boy		11					8	11	11			8			11		8	10
The Times They Are A-Changin'								2										2
The Times We've Known																		1
Boots Of Spanish Leather	4						4					4						4
Mr. Tambourine Man		2								2								3
Tough Mama			6															3
Visions Of Johanna													8					2
Return To Me	14	13																2
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue			2	3		2	2											4
Lonesome Day Blues				4						3						3		3
Under The Red Sky				5						4						8		3
It Ain't Me, Babe											2							1
Something												12						1
If You Ever Go To Houston																16	16	2
Total # of songs	18	18	17	17		17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17		18	17	18	572

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IN SONG ORDER

				March										April
	22	23	25		27	28	29	31	1	2	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	14	15
Ain't Talkin'										12							12
All Along The Watchtower	14	15	15		15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	16	16
Ballad Of A Thin Man			7																12
Ballad Of Hollis Brown						7					11
Beyond The Horizon						10			8	6		6	11	11			8	13
Billy	12
Blind Willie McTell	8																		9
Blowin' In The Wind		17	17		17	17	17		17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	17	18	18
Boots Of Spanish Leather															4
Can't Wait										4
Cat's In The Well										1			1					1
Chimes Of Freedom		4						4					7
Cry A While	15
Desolation Row		8					10										9		10
Dignity								16
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right					3												2	2
Every Grain Of Sand												4
Forever Young	17
Girl From The North Country										8								11
Gotta Serve Somebody							1					1					1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall			12							10									5
High Water (For Charley Patton)		5				5				7					9				6
Highway 61 Revisited		11	11		11	13		11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	12	11	12
Honest With Me	11						11			9		7	10		7			10	11
I Believe In You	10						6					12
I Don't Believe You	9		8															6
If You Ever Go To Houston
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	3									3			3					3
It Ain't Me, Babe
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)			4		6		9							8		10
John Brown								7					5					5
Just Like A Woman			5		5	8					5					11			3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues								3											2
Lay Lady Lay		2										2		2
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat					1			1							1
The Levee's Gonna Break			9		4			5	4			3				4
Like A Rolling Stone	16	14	14		14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	15	15
Lonesome Day Blues
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll						12					7			9		7
Love Sick		7							10						10
Maggie's Farm						1					1					1
Make You Feel My Love		10			12
The Man In Me						2		2
Man In The Long Black Coat										2						3
Masters Of War								9					9					7
Million Miles					8												4
Most Likely You Go Your Way	1				7					5							3
Mr. Tambourine Man																2
My Back Pages									5
Nettie Moore								12							12	13
One More Cup Of Coffee		12									2
Po' Boy												10	13		6
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		1
Return To Me
Rollin' And Tumblin'		9									6		6		5				4
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)	2
Shooting Star								10
Simple Twist Of Fate							4
Something
Spirit On The Water		16	16		16	16	16		16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	17	17
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The …	4	6	6		9	6		8	9			9	4	6			5	4	8
Sugar Baby								6			9	8		7			6		7
Summer Days	13					11		13				11			13
Tangled Up In Blue		3
Things Have Changed	6								6		4			3		6
This Wheel's On Fire					10
Thunder On The Mountain		13	13		13		13	17	13	13	13		14	14		14	13	14	14
'Til I Fell In Love With You							7							5
The Times They Are A-Changin'													2
The Times We've Known														13
Tough Mama																8	10
Tryin' To Get To Heaven	5						8
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum						9	5		7		8	5	8	10			7	8
Under The Red Sky
Visions Of Johanna																		9
Watching The River Flow	7		1			3	3								3
When I Paint My Masterpiece			2		2		2		2						2
When The Deal Goes Down			10			4	12							4		5			13
The Wicked Messenger									1					1					1
Workingman’s Blues #2									12		12				8	9
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere			3						3		3
Total # of songs	17	17	17		17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	17	18	18

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					April									May
	17	18	20	21		22	24	25	26	28	29	1	2		3	5	6	å
Ain't Talkin'						12			13		12		12		13	12	12	9
All Along The Watchtower	16	16	15	15		15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15		16	15	15	33
Ballad Of A Thin Man			12			10					10						10	6
Ballad Of Hollis Brown		10						10					7					5
Beyond The Horizon	10		11	7														11
Billy																		1
Blind Willie McTell						5											5	4
Blowin' In The Wind	18	18	17	17		17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17		18	17	18	31
Boots Of Spanish Leather	4						4					4						4
Can't Wait																		1
Cat's In The Well	1			1			1											6
Chimes Of Freedom								4										4
Cry A While																		1
Desolation Row						6					6						6	7
Dignity																		1
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	2								2			2	2			2		8
Every Grain Of Sand													10					2
Forever Young																		1
Girl From The North Country																	2	3
Gotta Serve Somebody																		3
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall																		3
High Water (For Charley Patton)									9		3				9			8
Highway 61 Revisited	11	9		11		9	11	9	12	11	9	11	11		12	11	9	29
Honest With Me						7		12			7		9			9		13
I Believe In You																		3
I Don't Believe You						11			10						10		11	7
If You Ever Go To Houston																16	16	2
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight																		4
It Ain't Me, Babe											2							1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue			2	3		2	2											4
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	9		10				9					9					7	10
John Brown				8						6						6		6
Just Like A Woman				12								10			17	4		10
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues			3															3
Lay Lady Lay															2			4
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat									1						1	1		6
The Levee's Gonna Break	5		8				5					5	5					11
Like A Rolling Stone	15	15	14	14		14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14		15	14	14	33
Lonesome Day Blues				4						3						3		3
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll		6						6					4					7
Love Sick	12						12											5
Maggie's Farm		1						1					1					6
Make You Feel My Love	8						10											4
The Man In Me																		2
Man In The Long Black Coat		4				3					5						3	6
Masters Of War				2						10						10		6
Million Miles			5						4									4
Most Likely You Go Your Way		3									11							6
Mr. Tambourine Man		2								2								3
My Back Pages																		1
Nettie Moore										12								4
One More Cup Of Coffee																		2
Po' Boy		11					8	11	11			8			11		8	10
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35										1								2
Return To Me	14	13																2
Rollin' And Tumblin'		5		6				5	5	5					5	5		12
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)																		1
Shooting Star																		1
Simple Twist Of Fate																		1
Something												12						1
Spirit On The Water	17	17	16	16		16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16				17	29
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The …			4			4				7	4				7	7	4	20
Sugar Baby	6					8	6		8			6			8			12
Summer Days		12							14						14		13	9
Tangled Up In Blue									3	8					3			4
Things Have Changed	3						3	3				3						9
This Wheel's On Fire				10														2
Thunder On The Mountain	13	14	13	13		13	13	14		13	13	13	13			13		26
'Til I Fell In Love With You		7						7					3					5
The Times They Are A-Changin'								2										2
The Times We've Known																		1
Tough Mama			6															3
Tryin' To Get To Heaven			7						6						6			5
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum	7			9			7		7	9		7						15
Under The Red Sky				5						4						8		3
Visions Of Johanna													8					2
Watching The River Flow			1									1						7
When I Paint My Masterpiece																		5
When The Deal Goes Down			9					13							4			9
The Wicked Messenger						1					1						1	6
Workingman’s Blues #2		8						8			8		6					8
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere																		3
Total # of songs	18	18	17	17		17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17		18	17	18	572

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5.4.3 Statistics

Number of shows	33
Number of circulating shows	33
Number of circulating & complete shows	33
Number of unique shows[1]	33
Number of different shows[2]	33
Number of songs	82
Number of performed songs	572
Mean number of performed songs	17
Variation[3]:	4.7

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Albums	77	93.9	577	97.4
Singles	1	1.2	9	1.6
Outtakes	1	1.2	2	0.3
Covers	3	3.7	4	0.7

5.4.4 Comments

Recommended shows

Stockholm, Sweden 22 March, Rome, Italy, 17 April.

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5.4.5 Shows in Europe 1965-2009

Bob Dylan has played 676 shows in 35 different countries since 1965:

Country \ Year	60s	78	80s	90s	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	Tot
Andorra													1		1
Austria			2	9			1	2					2		16
Belgium			3	6	1		1	1		1		1		1	15
Croatia													1		1
Czech Republic				4				1		1			1		7
Denmark	1		3	8	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	22
East Germany			1												1
England	17	7	19	42	7	1	7	6	2	8	1	5		5	127
Estonia													1		1
Finland			2	2	1			1					1		7
France	1	5	9	21	1		3	1	2	2	4	1	2	3	55
Greece			2	2											4
Germany				44	10	4	9	8	2	7	1	8		5	98
Hungary				1				1							2
Iceland				1									1		2
Ireland	1		3	4	2	1		1	1	2	2			2	19
Israel			2	3											5
Italy			15	19	5	7	2	3	2	2	5	2	3	3	68
Lithuania													1		1
Luxembourg				2											2
The Netherlands		1	4	10	1		1	2		1		2		3	25
Northern Ireland	1			4					1						6
Norway			2	6	1	3	1	1		1		1	1	1	18
Poland				2									1		3
Portugal				4					1				1		6
Russia													1		1
Scotland	2		1	6	2	1			2	1		1		2	18
Slovenia				1											1
Spain			5	24					7		5		11		52
Sweden	1	2	6	9	3	3	1	3		3		3		4	38
Switzerland			4	9	1	1	1	1		1		2		2	22
Turkey			1												1
Wales	1			2	1		1		1		1			1	8
West Germany		4	17												21
Yugoslavia				2											2
	25	19	101	247	37	22	29	33	21	31	20	28	30	33	676

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order.

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order

[3] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs