Never Ending Tour 2003

Never Ending Tour 2003
Dylan performing on tour in 2003
Tour by Bob Dylan
Start date	February 6, 2003
End date	November 25, 2003
Legs	4
Shows	11 in Oceania 53 in North America 33 in Europe 97 in Total
Bob Dylan tour chronology
Never Ending Tour 2002 (2002) Never Ending Tour 2003 (2003) Never Ending Tour 2004 (2004)

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

The Tour

The 2003 tour started with eleven concerts in Oceania, seven being in Australia and four being in New Zealand.^[3] The concert in Melbourne on February 8 was part of the Melbourne International Music & Blues Festival.^[4] The concert in Perth was part of the Moonlight, Music & Wine Festival.^[5] This leg of the tour came to an end twenty one days after the first concert on February 26.^[6]

Dylan then went on to tour the Central and Western United States, starting on April 18 in Dallas, Texas.^[7] Dylan performed two shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 25 & 26.^[8] Then on May 2 Dylan and his band performed at the 10th Annual Music Midtown Festival.^[9] Two days later he performed at SunFest 2003 in West Palm Beach, Florida,^[10] and then later on in the month on May 17 he performed at the 2003 Jubilee! Jam.^[11]

After finishing the spring tour Dylan returned to the road in mid-July to perform another tour of the United States. The tour started on July 12 at Winter Park, Colorado with a performance at the Winter Park Festival 2003.^[12] Dylan opened for The Dead in Sunrise, Florida on July 29.^[13] Dylan continued to open for The Dead until August 8. Then he performed two double bill concerts with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on August 9 & 10. Dylan then completed the rest of the tour with just himself and his band.^{[14] [15]}

On October 9 Dylan embarked on a thirty-three date European tour covering fifteen countries and twenty-nine cities. The tour came to an end in London, England at the Brixton Academy. He had also performed in London the previous two nights at the Shepherds Bush Empire and the Hammersmith Apollo.^[16]

Tour Dates

^[17]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Song
Oceania
February 6, 2003	Canberra	Australia	AIS Arena	18
February 8, 2003	Melbourne		Blue Stage	15
February 11, 2003	Brisbane		Entertainment Centre	18
February 13, 2003	Adelaide		Entertainment Centre	16
February 15, 2003	Perth		Claremont Showgrounds	12
February 17, 2003	Sydney		Entertainment Centre	16
February 18, 2003	Newcastle		Entertainment Centre
February 21, 2003	Auckland	New Zealand	North Shore Events Centre	17
February 22, 2003				16
February 24, 2003	Wellington		TSB Bank Arena
February 26, 2003	Christchurch		CBS Canterbury Arena	17
North America (First Leg)
April 18, 2003	Dallas	United States	Grand Theatre	16
April 19, 2003	Austin		The Backyard
April 20, 2003
April 22, 2003	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater
April 23, 2003
April 25, 2003	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course
April 26, 2003
April 27, 2003	Tunica		Grand Event Centre
April 29, 2003	Nashville		The Trap
April 30, 2003	Louisville		Jillian's Parking Lot	18
May 2, 2003	Atlanta		Dodge/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage	10
May 4, 2003	West Palm Beach		Washington Mutual Stage	16
May 5, 2003	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live
May 6, 2003	Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
May 8, 2003	Portsmouth		NTELOS Pavilion Harbor Center
May 9, 2003	Atlantic City		Grand Theatre	14
May 10, 2003				16
May 11, 2003	Solomons		Washington Gas Pavilion
May 13, 2003	Cary		Amphitheatre at Regency Park
May 14, 2003	Asheville		Asheville Civic Center
May 16, 2003	Birmingham		Miller Lite Stage	14
May 17, 2003	Jackson		Downtown Stage	12
May 17, 2003	Little Rock		Nitelife Rocks	16
North America (Second Leg)
July 12, 2003	Winter Park	United States	Winter Park Resort	14
July 13, 2003	Casper		Casper Events Center	16
July 15, 2003	Jackson		Snow King
July 16, 2003	Big Sky		Meadow Village Pavilion
July 17, 2003	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
July 19, 2003	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Lake Tahoe
July 21, 2003	Ketchum		Ketchum Park & Ride Lot
July 22, 2003	Nampa		Idaho Center	14
July 23, 2003	Bend		Les Schwab Amphitheater	16
July 25, 2003	Kelseyville		Konocti Harbor
July 26, 2003	Paso Robles		Mid-State Fairground
July 27, 2003	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
July 29, 2003	Fort Lauderdale		BankAtlantic Center	10
July 30, 2003	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	11
July 31, 2003	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 2, 2003	Joliet		Route 66 Raceway
August 3, 2003	Somerset		Float Rite Amphitheater
August 5, 2003	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 6, 2003	Columbus		Germain Amphitheater
August 8, 2003	Syracuse		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 9, 2003	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center	14
August 10, 2003				13
August 12, 2003	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom	16
August 13, 2003
August 16, 2003	Bushkill		Tom Ridge Pavilion
August 17, 2003	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
August 19, 2003	Northampton		Pines Theater
August 20, 2003	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom	17
August 21, 2003	Guilford		Guilford Pavilion
August 22, 2003	Syracuse		Great New York State Fair
August 23, 2003	Niagara Falls	Canada	Oakes Garden Theatre	16
Europe
October 9, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	17
October 11, 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	18
October 12, 2003	Karlstad		Löfbergs Lila Arena
October 13, 2003	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
October 15, 2003	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	17
October 16, 2003	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
October 17, 2003	Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg Docks
October 18, 2003
October 20, 2003	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
October 22, 2003	Leipzig		Leipzig Arena
October 23, 2003	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobil Arena
October 24, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
October 26, 2003	Graz	Austria	Stadthalle Graz
October 27, 2003	Vienna		Wiener Stadthalle
October 29, 2003	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
October 30, 2003	Bolzano	Italy	PalaOnda
October 1, 2003	Rome		PalaLottomatica
November 2, 2003	Milan		Mediolanum Forum
November 3, 2003	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 5, 2003	Freiburg	Germany	Stadthalle
November 6, 2003	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle
November 8, 2003	Düsseldorf		Philipshalle
November 10, 2003	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
November 11, 2003
November 12, 2003	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	18
November 13, 2003	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	19
November 15, 2003	London	England	Wembley Arena	17
November 17, 2003	Dublin	Ireland	O2 Arena
November 20, 2003	Sheffield	England	Motorpoint Arena
November 21, 2003	Birmingham		LG Arena
November 23, 2003	London		Shepherds Bush Empire
November 24, 2003			HMV Hammersmith Apollo
November 25, 2003			Brixton Academy

Selected Setlists

February 22 - Auckland, New Zealand ^[18]

1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
3. Highway 61 Revisited
4. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
5. Things Have Changed
6. Cold Irons Bound
7. It Ain't Me, Babe
8. Mr. Tambourine Man
9. Masters Of War
10. Tangled Up In Blue
11. Positively 4th Street
12. Honest With Me
13. Moonlight
14. Summer Days
    Encore
    
15. Forever Young
16. All Along The Watchtower

May 5 - Orlando, Florida, United States ^[19]

1. To Be Alone With You
2. I'll Remember You
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
5. Things Have Changed
6. Just Like A Woman
7. The Wicked Messenger
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
9. High Water (for Charley Patton)
10. Highway 61 Revisited
11. Make You Feel My Love
12. Honest With Me
13. Bye And Bye
14. Summer Days
    Encore
    
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. All Along The Watchtower

August 13 - New York City, New York, United States ^[20]

1. Tombstone Blues
2. If You See Her, Say Hello
3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
4. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
5. Things Have Changed
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
7. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. Desolation Row
10. The Wicked Messenger
11. Every Grain Of Sand
12. Honest With Me
13. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
14. Summer Days
    Encore
    
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. All Along The Watchtower

November 23 - London, England ^[21]

1. Cold Irons Bound
2. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
3. Down Along The Cove
4. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
5. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
7. Million Miles
8. Tough Mama
9. Under The Red Sky
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Dear Landlord
12. Tombstone Blues
13. Jokerman
14. Silvio
    Encore
    
15. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
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
3. ^ [3] boblinks.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
4. ^ [4] abc.net.au, Retrieved 26 September 2011
5. ^ [5] boblinks.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
6. ^ [6] bjorner.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
7. ^ [7] bjorner.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
8. ^ [8] dylantracks.com, Retirved 26 September 2011
9. ^ [9] billboard.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
10. ^ [10] jambands.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
11. ^ [11] boblinks.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
12. ^ [12] findarticles.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
13. ^ [13] setlist.fm, Retrieved 26 September 2011
14. ^ [14] boblinks.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
15. ^ [15] bjorner.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
16. ^ [16] bjorner.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
17. ^ [17] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
18. ^ [18] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 26 September 2011
19. ^ [19] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 27 September 2011
20. ^ [20] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 27 September 2011
21. ^ [21] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 27 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