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Friday, June 5, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Last night's Bob Dylan Troutdale setlist - (Bob Links)
  2. Troutdale, Oregon – 4 June 2026 – ‘Live’ SET LIST (Expecting Rain Discussions)
  3. Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour Began 36 Years Ago This Week With a Show Critics Scorched (Rolling Stone/Yahoo) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  4. The Lost Rolling Thunder Show (The Dylan Review) from Scott Miller
  5. Listen to Bob Dylan’s rare reimagining of Gotta Serve Somebody ‘cut from Shadow Kingdom’ (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  6. Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde turns 60 in June (musicconnection) by Harvey Kubernik
  7. Reconsidering Bob Dylan (Ted Hammett: Commentaries of An Old Fart) from Cliff Warnken
  8. On Bob Dylan’s “Chimes Of Freedom” (From Insults to Respect) from Cliff Warnken
  9. Bob Dylan on Vulnerability, the Meaning of Integrity, and Music as an Instrument of Truth (the marginalian) from Cliff Warnken
  10. Bob Dylan: A Psychological Look at His Unique Mind By Gildas Garrec (Psychologie & Sérénité) from Cliff Warnken
  11. Illusion of life in Bob Dylan’s “murder most foul” (Taylor & Francis) from Cliff Warnken
  12. How Bob Dylan is Teaching Humility Sign in (Medium) from Cliff Warnken
  13. Born in Time: Conditional Tenses and the Changin’ Lyrics of Bob Dylan (The Causal Tentacle) from Scott Miller
  14. The Philosophy of Modern Song: Long Tall Sally (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  15. Bob Dylan and Rabbi Moshe Ben Tov (Photographs) (NSF) from Ugur Oral
  16. Music of Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan come alive this weekend Sat June 6 (CyprusMail) from Scott Miller
  17. Bob Dylan Live at Starlight to Feature Post-Show Fireworks Display (Broadway World) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken

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  18. Keith Richards created the most iconic riff in rock in his sleep – and other key moments from the new Rolling Stones biography (Independent) from Scott Miller
  19. Epiphone launches $229 Hummingbird Tribute to the acoustic beloved by Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards (Guitar World) from Cliff Warnken
  20. Remembering When The Band Broke Out of Their Creative Doldrums With a Stellar Covers Record in 1973 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  21. Leonard Cohen's Son Recalls Singer's 'Dazzling' Last Appearance Before Death, Where He Joked He'd 'Live Forever' (People) from Scott Miller
  22. NOLINKYET (source) from xxx

    Audio/Video
  23. Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (Rare 2021 Ionic Original Recording) (YouTube)
  24. Bob Dylan ~ May 21, 2008 in Halifax, Nova Scotia plus Bonus Material (Remastered by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  25. 3 Rock Songs From the 1960s You Didn’t Know Were Written About Real People (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  26. Absolutely sweet Marie Bob Dylan 1992 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  27. Bob Dylan June 4, 2016 Why Try to Change Me Now? Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  28. Bob Dylan June 4, 2016 Scarlet Town, Autumn Leaves Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  29. Bob Dylan June 4, 2016 Spirit on the Water Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  30. Behind the history of "This Land is Your Land" and how it has inspired Americans CBS Mornings (YouTube) from Scott Miller

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  31. Inside the making of Norway’s ‘Viking’ photo for World Cup Shared article (NY Times)
  32. Bob Dylan makes unprecedented change to setlist as he plays bootleg track for first time (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1300
  33. From Buddy Holly's glasses to Taylor Swift's scarf: 31 objects that defined music history (Classical Music) from Cliff Warnken
  34. “He was clearly unique, charismatic…” – this was the start of Bob Dylan (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  35. “This doesn’t sound like Bob Dylan – well, that’s the f*****g point!” Why this was one of Dylan’s most intense and divisive years (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  36. “Let’s try it this way…” — the making of Bob Dylan’s masterpiece, Blood On The Tracks (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  37. “He didn’t go country, it was already part of him” – in the studio with Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  38. “A floating ship of crazies!” All aboard Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  39. “He was in a strange place with strange musicians…” The inside story of Bob Dylan’s landmark Blonde On Blonde sessions (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  40. It was f*****g terrifying” – Paul McCartney, Elton John, Dave Grohl and more share their favourite Bob Dylan stories (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
  41. 59-year-old Bob Dylan song played for the 1st time during summer tour premiere show (clutchpoints) from Cliff Warnken 1500

Thursday, June 4, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Bob plays Troutdale tonight (etix)
  2. The Reader Top 100 A full third of all voters included Dylan on their ballots.. Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller, Carol Bertolotti, Jacob Daniel
  3. Your Back Pages: Readers Share Dylan Memories Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
  4. 'After the Flood' argues Bob Dylan's late career is just as potent as his early years (npr) from Jacob Daniel
  5. Tangled Up: the Fractured Narratives of Bob Dylan (The State pf the Arts) from Cliff Warnken
  6. Echoes of a Fantasy: On Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue (vestopr) from Cliff Warnken
  7. I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  8. Dreams and the Guillotine: Absurdity in the Work of Bob Dylan (The Naked Academic) from Cliff Warnken
  9. The Persistent Genius of Bob Dylan: Unravelling Murder Most Foul (farrago) from Cliff Warnken
  10. Bob Charlatan - Deconstructing Dylan's Chronicles Scot Warmuth. Subscr. (Scribd) from Cliff Warnken
  11. ‘115th Dream’: The first sign of Bob Dylan’s fascination with ‘Moby-Dick’ (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  12. Bob Dylan fan adopts donkey Dylan after Isle of Wight Festival memory (Isle of Wight County Press) from Jacob Daniel

    Other
  13. On This Day in 1970, The Kinks’ Ray Davies Made a (Second) 6,000-Mile Round Trip to Save This Song From Getting Banned (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  14. How Rick Danko Previewed the Band's Stirring '90s Resurgence (Nick DeRiso) by Nick DeRiso
  15. Remembering When an Unmade Movie Script Inspired a Neil Young Breakthrough Album in 1970 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  16. “Tom got really angry with me. He said, ‘You’re one of the best songwriters I know. You don’t need my help. You don’t need anybody’s help!’”: How Tom Petty inspired Stevie Nicks to make a comeback – and why she felt misunderstood by Prince (musicradar) from Bob Harwood
  17. Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield (Americana UK) from Scott Miller
  18. Can Rock Royalty Really Make Art Worth Owning? (Observer) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
  19. Harpo speaks! New recordings reveal mute Marx brother chatting with audience (theguardian) from Harold Lepidus

    Audio/Video
  20. Carolyn Hester Interview (10/14/23) About Dylan: 25:00 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  21. Carolyn Hester - Buddy Holly's Lonesome Tears (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  22. 2 Songs You Didn’t Know Buddy Holly Wrote for Other Artists (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  23. Beyond Here Lies Nothin',Bob Dylan (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  24. Reaction to "Anne Reburn - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)" | THE WOLF HUNTERZ Jon and Dolly (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  25. Bob Dylan live , Masters Of War , Cagliari 2000 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  26. Alto-Falante entrevista! Daniella Zupo. conversa sobre o icônico artista Bob Dylan (YouTube) from Arnaud Pierre Courtadon
  27. Remembering Raul Malo, lead singer and guitarist for The Mavericks (npr) from Jacob Daniel

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  28. David Ford, Scarlet Rivera & Rob Stoner celebrate 50 Years of Bob Dylan’s Desire in Camden Last night (London Post) from Jacob Daniel
  29. Bob Dylan fans share summer tour theory as attendees hope for songs they ‘haven’t heard before’ (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  30. Wilbury’s ‘Girl From the North Country’ is achingly beautiful but ultimately disappointing (Boston Globe) from Ed Grazda 1200
  31. John Lennon drawings to be unveiled for first time in 60 years at Beatles museum (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  32. Why Rock’s Octogenarian Hitmakers Own The Summer (That Eric Alper) from Cliff Warnken 1400
  33. Three Bob Dylan Re-Recordings to Go Up for Private Sale Via Christie’s: ‘Simple Twist of Fate,’ ‘Gotta Serve Somebody,’ ‘Masters of War’ 2023 (Variety) * 1600
  34. Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air (BBC) from Steve Lockwood
  35. Seasick Steve - The Last Season of America (Official Video) (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Pre-fame Bob Dylan's Chicago: An aspiring teenage musician hanging out at a University of Chicago dorm (CBS News) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken (Guarino: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
  2. Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, Washington DC, 1965 Photograph by Rowland Scherman (SF Art Exchange) from Scott Miller
  3. Bob Dylan Enters the World…by Rowland Scherman (Peace Corps Worldwide) from Scott Miller
  4. Cruel Weapons: On the Music Video Collaborations of Bob Dylan and Nash Edgerton (Senses of Cinema) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Clash By Night(1952) (Film Dialogue in the Lyrics of Bob Dylan) from Scott Miller
  6. What Bob Dylan taught me about nostalgia (Aleteria) from Cliff Warnken
  7. “I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.” – Bob Dylan (The Sheila Variations) from Cliff Warnken
  8. One of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Musical Stories is Ranked Among His Most Overlooked Songs (Parade) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  9. Dylan, Bloomfield, and me (Uchicago Magazine) from Scott Miller
  10. BOB DYLAN 3-D PHOTOS Four more (Shredding Paper) from Mel Cheplowitz
  11. Dylan Word Challenge Android app (Google Play) from uğur ORAL
  12. Key West part 26: La Mer (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  13. Italian: Expo Bob Dylan e Marilyn Monroe alla Galerie Dina Vierny (.it Parigi) from Scott Miller
  14. Bob Dylan’s Long Road to ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ (Mini Music Critic) from Cliff Warnken
  15. Bob Dylan's Visionary Views on Creativity (Poetic Outlaws) from Jacob Daniel
  16. Mining the Old Weird America: Bob Dylan and Traditional Country Music (Jim Clark poet) from Cliff Warnken
  17. Bob Dylan: Song by Song Volume 1: 1962-1969 Sales Date: 2026-06-30 (casemateipm) from Marina Favacchia (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
  18. Bob Dylan's Desire Re-imagined at Dingwalls - London David Ford, Scarlet Rivera, Rob Stoner and Michele Stodart tonight (News Shopper) from Scott Miller
  19. DMP Presents: David Ford, Scarlet Rivera & Rob Stoner (Dingwalls) from Scott Miller
  20. Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell tribute show coming to Newport June 4 (South Wales Argus) from Scott Miller

    Other
  21. The Byrds Made This Important Appearance Change Before Their Grand Ole Opry Debut, but It Didn’t Help Much (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  22. “We’ve got a table full of junk. John says, ‘What’s all this then?’” How John Lennon created one of the Beatles’ strangest sounds in just five minutes (Guitar Player) from Scott Miller
  23. McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass, Blu-ray/DVD July 20 from amazon.co.uk. from Harold Lepidus
  24. Willie’s New Album Is Worth Listening To, and Not Only Because of Bob Dylan (Texas Monthly) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken

    Audio/Video
  25. From Stage to Sleeve: A Grammy-Winning Image Rowland Scherman (Bob Dylan Center on YouTube) from Jacob Daniel, Scott Miller
  26. Iconic Photographer Rowland Scherman on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Album (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  27. Bob Dylan shared this clip of Marilyn Monroe in the film “Clash by Night” to his official Instagram (reddit) from Scott Miller
  28. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away [1957] Undubbed. (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  29. WWDC26 Hello Playlist (Apple Music)

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  30. Allen Ginsberg at 100: Classic reflections from Michael D. Higgins, Bono, Lou Reed and more (Hot Press) from Cliff Warnken
  31. Elton John ‘once threw oranges at Bob Dylan’ during party game dinner fallout (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  32. Bob Dylan – The Best of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 Review (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
  33. Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Woody Guthrie Bio is a Toronto Jewish Film Fest Stand-Out (Original Cin) from Cliff Warnken
  34. At 98, iconic photographer Jerry Schatzberg proves cool never ages at Lower East Side gallery opening (am NY) from Cliff Warnken


Archives


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 62       401
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3423
Total 4158
Last update 21.04. 2026