Bob Dylan: in Tulsa Oklahoma the first date of 2025. The lineup
Bob Dylan He kicked off his 2025 tour last night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, headquarters of the Bob Dylan Center.
Bob Dylan, famous for his “Never Endig Tour” (started in 1988) had taken a stop. The latest dates were the European ones between October and November ended with three concerts (12, 13, 14 November) at the Royal Albert Hall in London
As in the previous stages of the tour, Dylan did not allow the use of cell phones within the theater.
Although the songs chosen by Dylan were the same as the previous stages of the tour, a remarkable difference concerned the formation of his band.
Drummer Jim Keltner has been replaced by Anton figwho has already worked with Dylan in the past, both in the studio and live. (Fig contributed to two of Dylan’s albums of the 80s, “Empire Burlesque” – 1985 and “Knocked Out Loaded” – 1986). He also worked with artists like Paul Simon, Joe Bonamassa, Peter Frampton, Mick Jagger and many others.
After the start in Tulsa, Dylan’s tour will cross mainly the city of Midwest, including Sioux City, Iowa, Green Bay, Wisconsin and Youngstown, Ohio. The tour will end on April 22 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
But since Dylan is always on tour a month after the Nobel Prize for literature will return to perform within the Outlaw Music Festival Tour of Willie Nelson, who will start on May 13 in Phoenix. In addition to Dylan and Nelson, Billy Strings, Sierra Hull and Lily Meola will take part in the tour. Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee, Red Clay Stays and others are also announced on the calendar. Dylan (which will turn 84 on tour on 24 May) is expected to perform in all dates. The tour will end on 19 September in Troy, in Wisconsin.
This is the scaletta of the first 2025 date by Bob Dylan at Tulsa Theater by Tulsa in Oklahoma
1. “All Along the Watchtower”
2. “It ain’t me, babe”
3. “Multitudes contains”
4. “False prophet”
5. “When I Paint My Masterpiece”
6. “Black rider”
7. “My Own Version of You”
8. “To be alone with you”
9. “Crossing the Rubicon”
10. “Desolation Row”
11. “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)”
12. “Watching the River Flow”
13. “It’s all over now, baby blue”
14. “I’m made up my mind to give myself to you”
15. “Mother of Muses”
16. “Goodbye Jimmy Reed”
17. “Every grain of sand”