Friday, December 5, 2025:
Should I continue this operation?
Just like so many times before, I ask you to help pay my costs and work on the site.
Your vote through PayPal will be much appreciated!
All contributors will be part of a draw for one of five prizes:
The Expecting Rain t-shirt!
You will see the names of the winners here next Friday.
Thank you for allowing me to carry on this important work!
Extra: If you are a contributor you can also be my guest for free at the
Munch Museum the next time you visit Oslo. (I am a member.)
Karl Erik
Thanks to:
Friday:
Joerg Passarge, Allan Wachs, John O'Brien, Michael Sutton, John Faldborg, Manfred Schwarz, Recordmecca, Sven Simonsen,
Johnny Borgan, Tiernan Henry, Nicolas Cornet, Tommy Lidgren, Alexander Pivecka, Michael Brenner, Robby Prince,
Markus Hengefeld, Svein Gulbrandsen, Marcel Roth, Fabian Strosche, Luc Geiller, juergen muenstermann, Jengiz Haas,
Tapio Raunio, David Rose, Evert Douna, Shahbaz Ahmad Khan, Frank-Juergen Witt, Joachim Meckel, David Finn, Hendrik Soeten,
andrea brillo, Kees Goubitz, Harold “Puzzy” Wolfe, Simon Martin, Graham Stephenson, Robert Hempelman, Bogue Productions,
john spoor, D Vestergaard, Lars Banke, Michel Pomarede, Nick Bozanich,
William Conlon, Christer Svensson, Steve Lockwood, Jürgen Villers In memory of Walter Pickel, Anthony Bozanich, Jan Dekker,
Carsten Hackel, Jonathan Collie, Johannes Andersen, Ben Fowler, Mieko Zuckerman, Francesca Chiarelli, Asger Schnack,
Ake Jonsson, Folke Regen with late great Kai-Anders Nilsson, Andreas Volkert, Tom Davidson, Juergen Wasser,
roger van der kamp, Yngve Kero, Carine Attias, Louis Renza, Peter Schermann, Niels Andersen, Eivind Preus, stefano bardini,
Hilda Irene Fernhout, Willie Ryan, Nicholas J Percival, David Rydin, Jane Seff, Billy Nordin, Peter Umland, Philip Martin,
Leighton Grist, Alan Forsyth, Sveinbjorn K Thorkelsson, Ramon Dorca Mercader, Peter Brookart, Magne Karlstad, Michael Groth,
James Salvucci, Richard Christ, Eike Schallehn, Bernhard Seuser, Norbert Schmidt, Ed Grazda, Thomas Backner, Robert Cataliotti,
Ulrike Mallin-Roebbecke, Domingo Pereira Santana, John Duncan, Enoch Hendry, Moe Magid, Joachim Dersch, Robert Schlochoff,
Richard Pearlman, Mark Forrester, Stan Damen, Edward Wierenga, David Woodger, Roger Moseng, Scott Johnson, Donald Smith,
Christopher Dunn, Sigrid Trumpy, Phillip Long, Tom Garvey, Steven Nixson, Marco Chemello, Hrvoje Jeregovic, Brian Ahlborn,
Etchings by Zalon, Michael Anderson, Grainne Boyle, Rainer Maria Vesely, Richard Paddock, Rochus Ensslin, Paula Jones,
John Flynn, Karen Moulton, Montague Street Journal, Harry Reeser, stephen goldberg, Kristian Skoglund, Dan Levy,
Barry Isenstein, Peter White, Thomas Gallati, Bob Sagerer, Darren Hirst, Sam Trumpold, Mark Osipow, Robert Hudson,
Marcus Gerlach, Eric Asimov, Liam O Meara, Bruce Allardice, Matt Fletcher, David Fulton, Jeffery Wilday, Joseph Jennings,
Martyn Pass, Sean Finn, Robert Grasing, Peter Labella, Randall B. Davis, Matt Hagele, Robert Harwood, John Stokes,
Denis Grilliat, Tom Wilkins, Terry Gans, Arthur Lieb, Robbert van der Vos, Barry Ollman, Joan Muntanyola, Neil Clark,
Hans Borsje, Effric Smith, Klaus Danielowski, Paul Wolters, William Perkins, Marc Percansky, Andrew Baldwin, Alan Dubow,
Jeremy Schildcrout, BennieB Promotions, Keith Venturoni, Theodore Raikin, Shane O'Brien, Leif Hansson, Brian Boyd,
Reid Vaccari, Sebastian Grüber, Jeff Beresford-Howe, Michael Garrett, Ron Mura, Stephen Rapposelli, Jon Lasser,
Thomas Bourgeron, Erik Magnusson, Dave Cox, John Wise, John Collins, Peter Callas, Donald Tine, Timothy Burns,
William Rigby, Coral Press, Casey Martin, Curtis Lindsay, Roland Pabst, Aleko Djankov, David Farr, Elyse Buffenbarger,
Bernard von Bothmer, Michael Sobsey, Anthony Jones, Alex Linden, Henry Swanick, David Thoburn, Michael Gold, Keith Smith,
Daniel Fyfe, Orjan Gerhardsson, Boundary Books, Christer Sandberg, Knut Nergaard, Nigel Gittoes, Tomas Pütter
Saturday:
Christoph Wegmann, Winston Berry, Ivan Forgac, Paul Ryles, Elke Vogelsänger, Martin Burger, roger griffiths,
Graham Cole, Ryan Emanuel, Thomas Schreck, KThomas Mayr, Werner Auernhammer, Jürg Bollinger, Dave Ely,
Stefan Pauleit, The Bigstockbroker, Richard Stombres, Richard Zahnhausen, Daniel Martin, Manfred Baumgartner,
Matthew MacCann, Jesús Castro Ruiz, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Kim Larsen, Susan Scarberry-García, Thomas Waldherr,
Justin Bond, Howard Trafford, Graley Herren, Craig Stolow, James Klagge, Ernesto Spinelli, Will Atkinson,
Michele Stroppa, Jack Gibson, Alan Gordon, Dan Jordan, Gregory Byrne, Niels J Dinnesen, Hans Kuliew,
Jose Ignacio Barbero, Oliver Trager, Benoît Narinx, Eric Tolchin, Richard Fox, Markus Siebler, Jean-Pierre Roosen,
Fundación para la preservación del Dylanismo, Aceite 69, Jeffrey Harrison, Robert Polito, Klaus Kiesheyer,
anonymous, Richard Winpenny, Erhard Grundl, Liamy Mac Nally, Richard Larson, Charles Silver, Reidar Løfaldli,
Jokerman1979, Chris Gregory, Niall Carroll, Henner Menz, William Mitchell, Kim Hannisdal, Leif Sandtner, Richard Sonnecken,
Joshua Nelson, Carol Bertolotti, Lammert van Raan, Riccardo Creutzburg, Thomas Brislin, Liam Laurence Smyth,
Frank Cipriano, Peter Gregory, Gerald Williams, Ernest Pancsofar, Nick Train, geert langendries, schrader,
Alan Goldsmith, James Pilewski, james odonnell, Lee Kaufman, Cadena Studios, Leo Mellon, Peter Shanks,
Steinar Utne, Monika Hedwig, William Fugate, Regine Coy
Sunday:
Thomas Kalcher, Massimo Fontana, bernhard mueller, Richard Reiter, Norman Yamada, Thomas Michalzik, Peter Holst,
Richard Hillier, james joughin, Ronald Lamars, Andrew Bell, Robert J Bostock, Jonas Näsvall, Craig Danuloff,
Paul Robert Thomas, Klaus Hornischer, Kenneth Kurzweil, Robert Schilling, Peter Ashbrook, Patrick Eady, Christian Noack,
Sean McArdle, Joshua Martin in memory of Bobby Martin, Manfred Lieb, George Walsh, Ola Holmgren, Robert Yountz,
Douglas Coon, Reimund Belling, Rolf Lie, Steinar Gismerøy Olafsen, Alfred Masciocchi, Philip Bruno, Richard Boselmann,
Adrian Cusack, David Forquer, Hans-Guenther Pawelcik, Daniel McCaffrey, Mario Bernardes, Hugh McMichael, Kaj Borum,
Donald Jensen, Leo Ensel, Michael Grabmeier, Carsten Weigelt, Marsh Birchard In Memoriam Reverend Jamie Gripton 20 years,
Michael Lawson, Carmen Fernandez, Michael Moors, Peeter Mark, Mario Schmidt, William McGuire, Edward Mulhall, Joe Reubens,
Christoph Nahrgang, Douglas Kamholz, Arthur Henderson, David Bond, Simon McAslan, Edward Sludden, Jorgen Lindstrom,
Juhani Heino, Robert Wright, Greg Brodsky, Alan Berg, George Ballantyne, Robin Smith, Otto Thompson,
David Mandel, Olaf Kalemba, Michael Schoppik
Monday:
Rüdiger Willmer, Markus Basten, Søren Mørch Jensen, Oscar Rinaldi, Angus Macswan, A C C Ashford, Jasper van Scheltt,
Ferdinand Lubberts, Jürgen Rosch, David Murray, Robert Fischer, Ulf Gyllenspetz, Lewis Radin, M.R.A. Bressers,
Quint Buchholz, Guido Drexlin, John Hanley, Jerry DeCicca, arcadian, Gary Baughn, Nigel Russell,
Arnie Bernstein, Chris Henry, Per Harald Nilsen, Alan Campbell, Jon Maatta, Chris Rushby, Carolyn Curry,
David Thomas, Groeber Michael, Justin Bairamian, Glenn William Johannesen, Mitchell Bigel, Joseph Deschenes,
Craig McCoy, Jeffrey Poushter, Richard Genz, Howard Davidson, Krister Olsson, Martin McGowan, Andrew Hirsch,
Paul Summergrad, Simon Olivier, Peter Rice, David Lawson, Geoff Ashby, Jonathan Katz, Randy Roye,
Dennis Ellam, Thom Hickey, Byron Eknoyan, Jesper Brandt Jakobsen, Fred Campbell, Robert Stapperfenne,
Thor Pettersen, Woolhall aka Andrew Nieurzyla, Kevin Landry, Markus Atzmüller, Bert Fehlow, Bernd Kowalkowski,
Rudy Contratti, Fred Lawton, Juan Antonio Manso Diaz-Portas
Tuesday:
Sigbjørn Haug Flyen, Megan Edwards, Peter Schalken, Mark D. Scheithauer, Massimo Martinelli, William MacInnes,
Erin Callahan, Lawrence Yudelson, Coralie Gilchrist, Mark Cowan-Aston, Colin Moore, David Bryan, Jill Adaman,
James Rogers, Mike S, Chris Ashley, Jim Lawton, Paul Kamphusmann, Eugene Sheehan, Stevan Weine, Heather Benjamin James in memory of Leila Seneca,
Andrew Baxley, Ouida Freeman, Karl Hauser-Engelmann, Ted Burnworth, Laurence Bergenfeld, James Hoffman,
Niels Henrik Pedersen, Bill Utter, Alessandro Allemandi, Lyndon Johnson, Jacob Daniel, Noel Mayeske,
U.S. Hockey Report, Hans Johnsson, Paul Metsa, Hennie Nijhuis, Jose Manuel Rey Bosque, Tom Moore,
Thomas Cole, John Hinchey
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
at 0600 CET
Dylan related
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BEHIND THE PICTURE FRAME, Genesis Publications Signed (?) item (Come Writers And Critics) from Michel Pomarede
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The role David Lynch and Bob Dylan played in Serbia’s Oscar entry ’Sun Never Again’ (Screen Daily) from Scott Miller
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Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026 (Americana UK) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
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Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart "and the great Chicago session guitarist Phil Upchurch" (theguardian) from Scott Miller
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Phil Upchurch in interview on Bob Dylan Provides a rare insight into Bob Dylan's working process (Süddeutsche/Facebook) from Scott Miller
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2009: Christmas in the Heart - Bob Dylan (Together Through Life) from Scott Miller
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Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and The Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World Windolf book, April 2026 (Waterstones) from Martin Cowan
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From A Buick 6 part 7: The steam shovel and the dump truck (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
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No Nobel Prize for Music, but an honorary degree nevertheless. But why was Bob not pleased? (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
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The rocky friendship of Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard (The Joker and the Thief)
Other
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John Lennon Was Killed 45 Years Ago Today. Relive the Beatles Frontman's Most Legendary Career Moments in Photos (People) from Scott Miller
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Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges (theguardian) from Scott Miller
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A plan to get Paul Westerberg back Let's get devious - It just might work! (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
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Phil Upchurch, Famed Guitarist Who Worked With Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson, Dead at 84 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
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Trump claims rave reviews for hosting Kennedy Center Honors – before ceremony even ends (theguardian) from Scott Miller
Audio/Video
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Tedeschi Trucks & Hot Tuna - "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (Bob Dylan cover) - December 5, 2025 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
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Dylans Minnesota (ORF) from Ed Newman
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“I knew a little bit about history, too –” : A Conversation with Court Carney (Infinity Goes Up On Trial) by Erin Callahan
More 1300
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Friends remember Hopkinton musician, former Roomful of Blues bassist, struck and killed Roderick MacLeod (10 WJAR) from psamdancin
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Grammy-nominated musician Roderick MacLeod killed by driver with more than 100 arrests (NY POst) from psamdancin
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The Bridge web site has been updated with details of issue 83, which is being mailed out today. - (two-riders.co.uk) from John Wraith 1400
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RAUL MALO, GOLDEN-VOICED ‘MAESTRO’ OF THE MAVERICKS, DEAD AT 60 Subscr. (Rolling Stone) from Steve Lockwood 1500
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Raul Malo, Lush-Voiced Frontman of the Mavericks, Dies at 60 Shared article (NY Times) 1600
Monday, December 8, 2025
at 0600 CET
Dylan related
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Bob Dylan Announces 2026 Tour (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
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On Tour (bobdylan.com)
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The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder to Small-Town America "Bob came after me. He was restrained by a couple of security people." (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
Other
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Willie Nelson is 92 and Feeling Lucky ... writing new material with Bob Dylan: “I can’t read your mind. The letters are too small.” (GQ)
Audio/Video
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"Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)"
"Bob, Beatles, Wilburys and remembering John Lennon" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm EST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
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Remembering the life and legacy of guitarist Steve Cropper, who died at age 84 (abc News) from psamdancin
s
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10 Bob Dylan Songs That Feel Like Short Stories (NSF) from Ugur Oral
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Geese - "Tombstone Blues" (Bob Dylan cover), May 24, 2024, Bloomington, IN (YouTube) from Mike Smith
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A rare "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from back when it wasn't rare: June 2, 1990, at NAC, Ottawa, ON (YouTube) from Carol Casper
More 1400
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Bob Dylan Announces Extensive 2026 United States Tour (Rolling Stone/ Yahoo) from Cliff Warnken
- Highway of Diamonds - Black America Sings Bob Dylan. CD: amazon.com -
.co.uk -
.de,
Vinyl: amazon.com -
.co.uk -
.de. from Harold Lepidus 1600
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The Byrds’ ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ Offered a Message of Hope in Troubled Times (Something Else!) from Cliff Warnken
Sunday, December 7, 2025
at 0600 CET
Dylan related
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A Legal Journalist Remembers Covering the Rolling Thunder Prison Show—And Helping Set 'Hurricane' Free (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
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Bob Dylan: With God On Our Side (Here Comes the Song) from Scott Miller
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Bob Dylan: Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – A Spiritual Transformation (Spirit-Rockmusic.eu) from Scott Miller
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A Complete Bob Dylan Delray Beach, FL, Feb 4 (Delray Beach House) from Cliff Warnken
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bob. An interpretation of Dylan Charleston Pour House, Charleston SC, Thu Dec 11 (eventbrite) from Scott Miller
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bob. An Interpretation of Bob Dylan featuring Al & Vinnie from moe. Decatur, GA, Fri Dec 12 (Eddie's Attic) from Scott Miller
Other
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Before “Turn! Turn! Turn!”, The Byrds Were About to Cover Another Bob Dylan Song Before It Was Ultimately Rejected (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
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Why is Timothée Chalamet suddenly everywhere? Seven things you need to know – from Oscars to puppies (theguardian) from Scott Miller
- Paul McCartney’s Lost Album: The Story Of Cold Cuts, book Nov 23 from
amazon.com -
.co.uk -
.de. from Harold Lepidus
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The Who’s Debut Album, ‘My Generation’: Sharks Circling in the Water (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
Audio/Video
- The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific Standard Time.
Today: ANGELS ꒰♡꒱ (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
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Nick Cave’s Veiled World: the starry tale of how sometimes the devil doesn’t have the best tunes (theguardian) from Scott Miller
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The Wainwrights – If We Make It Through December (YouTube) from Scott Miller
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Rig Rundown: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
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Billy Strings w/Michael Cleveland!! 🔥 “Sally Goodin / My Rose of Old Kentucky” Louisville Ky 12/5/25 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
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DWIGHT YOAKAM - "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room" (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
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Bob Dylan and his band Swansea 9.11.2025 Watching The `Music` River Flow (YouTube) from Scott Miller
More 1400
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I Can’t Play Harmonica with Bob Dylan Center Feb 21, free, online also (Tulsa Community College) from Cliff Warnken
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Skalgubbar Cut out people for visualizations of unbuilt architecture (Skalgubbar.se) 1600
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Theme Time Radio Hour: The Annotated Christmas & New Year Episode (Medium) by Fred Bals 1700
Archives
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Number of Dylan concerts a year, according to
Olof's Files |
| 1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
1966 |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
60s |
| 0 |
36 |
33 |
19 |
45 |
67 |
48 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
252 |
| 1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
70s |
| 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
40 |
31 |
26 |
0 |
114 |
26 |
239 |
| 1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
80s |
| 70 |
54 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
60 |
36 |
71 |
99 |
417 |
| 1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
90s |
| 93 |
101 |
92 |
80 |
104 |
116 |
86 |
94 |
110 |
119 |
995 |
| 2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
00s |
| 112 |
106 |
107 |
98 |
111 |
113 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
98 |
1039 |
| 2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
10s |
| 102 |
89 |
86 |
85 |
92 |
87 |
75 |
82 |
84 |
77 |
859 |
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
|
|
|
20s |
| 00 |
22 |
82 |
75 |
78 |
82 |
27 |
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366 |
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 - 3388 |
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Total |
4123 |
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Last |
update |
08.12. |
2025 |
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