Never Ending Tour 2005

Never Ending Tour 2005
Dylan performing on tour in 2005
Tour by Bob Dylan
Start date	March 7, 2005
End date	November 27, 2005
Legs	3
Shows	80 in North America 31 in Europe 111 in Total
Bob Dylan tour chronology
Never Ending Tour 2004 (2004) Never Ending Tour 2005 (2005) Never Ending Tour 2006 (2006)

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

The Tour

Dylan started to 2005 tour with a tour of the United States with Merle Haggard.^[3][4][5][6] The tour included several residencies at various venues. These included 3 nights in Seattle,^[7] 2 nights in Portland,^[8] 3 nights in Oakland,^[9] 5 nights in Los Angeles,^[10] 2 nights in Denver,^[11] 5 nights in Chicago,^[12] 2 nights in Milwaukee,^[13] 3 nights in Boston^[14] and 5 nights in New York City.^[15]

After completing the first leg of the tour Dylan started out on a US ballpark tour with Willie Nelson starting in Fort Myers, Florida^[16] on May 25 and ended St. Paul, MN, Minnesota^[17] on July 12^[18].

Five days after the end of the previous leg Dylan performed six shows in Canada without any co-headliners and five shows in the United States.^[19]

Dylan returned to Europe after 15 months in the fall of 2005. He performed 31 shows over the space of two months covering 13 countries and 27 cities. The tour started in Stockholm, Sweden on October 17^[20] and finished on November 27 in Dublin, Ireland.^[21][22]

Tour Dates

^[23]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Songs
North America (First Leg) with Merle Haggard
March 7, 2005	Seattle	United States	Paramount Northwest Theatre	15
March 8, 2005				14
March 9, 2005
March 11, 2005	Portland		Earle Chiles Center
March 12, 2005
March 14, 2005	Oakland		Paramount Theatre
March 15, 2005
March 16, 2005
March 18, 2005	Reno		Reno Events Center	15
March 19, 2005	Las Vegas		Theatre for the Performing Arts	14
March 21, 2005	Los Angeles		Pantages Theatre
March 22, 2005
March 23, 2005
March 25, 2005
March 26, 2005
March 28, 2005	Denver		Fillmore Auditorium
March 29, 2005
April 1, 2005	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
April 2, 2005
April 3, 2005
April 5, 2005
April 6, 2005
April 8, 2005	Milwaukee		Eagles Ballroom
April 9, 2005
April 11, 2005	Mt. Pleasant		Soaring Eagle Entertainment Hall
April 12, 2005	Detroit		Detroit Masonic Temple
April 13, 2005	Buffalo		Shea's Performing Arts Center
April 15, 2005	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
April 16, 2005
April 17, 2005
April 19, 2005	Newark		New Jersey Performing Arts Center
April 20, 2005	Verona		Verona Events Centre
April 22, 2005	Mashantucket		MGM Grand at Foxwoods
April 24, 2005	Atlantic City		Borgata
April 25, 2005	New York City		Beacon Theatre
April 26, 2005
April 28, 2005
April 29, 2005
April 30, 2005
North America (Second Leg) with Willie Nelson
May 25, 2005	Fort Myers	United States	Hammond Stadium	14
May 26, 2005	Fort Lauderdale		Fort Lauderdale Stadium	12
May 28, 2005	Kissimmee		Osceola County Stadium	14
May 29, 2005	Clearwater		Bright House Field
May 30, 2005	Jacksonville		Sam W. Wolfson Baseball Park
June 1, 2005	Chattanooga		AT&T Field
June 3, 2005	Myrtle Beach		Coastal Federal Field
June 4, 2005	Savannah		Grayson Stadium
June 5, 2005	Birmingham		Regions Park
June 7, 2005	Greenville		Greenville Municipal Stadium
June 10, 2005	Salem		Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium
June 11, 2005	Greensboro		First Horizon Park
June 12, 2005	Zebulon		Five County Stadium	13
June 14, 2005	Bowie		Prince George's Stadium
June 15, 2005	Lakewood		First Energy Park	14
June 16, 2005	Camden		Campbell's Field
June 19, 2005	Lancaster		Clipper Magazine Stadium
June 21, 2005	Norwich		Thomas J Dodd Memorial Stadium
June 23, 2005	Pittsfield		Wahconah Park
June 24, 2005	Montclair		Yogi Berra Stadium
June 26, 2005	Eastlake		Classic Park
June 28, 2005	Nashville		Herschel Greer Stadium
June 29, 2005	Louisville		Freedom Hall
July 1, 2005	Memphis		AutoZone Park
July 2, 2005	Little Rock		Ray Winder Field
July 4, 2005	Fort Wayne		40 Acre North Forty Field	9
July 6, 2005	Tulsa		Drillers Stadium	14
July 8, 2005	Sauget		GCS Ballpark
July 9, 2005	Cedar Rapids		Veterans Memorial Stadium
July 10, 2005	Schaumburg		Alexian Field	13
July 12, 2005	St. Paul		Midway Stadium	14
North America (Third Leg)
July 17, 2005	Victoria	Canada	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre	16
July 19, 2005	Vancouver		Orpheum
July 20, 2005
July 21, 2005
July 22, 2005	Kelowna		Prospera Place
July 24, 2005	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome
July 26, 2005	Great Falls	United States	Four Seasons Arena
July 27, 2005	Bozeman		Worthington Arena
July 28, 2005	Missoula		Adams Center
July 30, 2005	Goldendale		Amphitheatre
July 31, 2005	Bend		Les Schwab Amphitheater
Europe
October 17, 2005	Stockholm	Sweden	Globe Arena	16
October 18, 2005	Oslo	Norway	Spektrum
October 20, 2005	Karlstad	Sweden	Lofbergs Lila Arena
October 21, 2005	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
October 22, 2005	Aalborg	Denmark	Gigantium
October 24, 2005	Hamburg	Germany	Saal 1
October 25, 2005	Berlin		Treptow Arena
October 26, 2005	Hanover		AWD Hall
October 28, 2005	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
October 29, 2005	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena
October 30, 2005	Wetzlar		Rittal Arena Wetzlar
November 1, 2005	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
November 3, 2005	Paris	France	Le Zenith
November 4, 2005	Amnéville		Arènes de Metz
November 6, 2005	Erfurt	Germany	Messehalle
November 7, 2005	Prague	Czech Republic	Sazka Arena
November 8, 2005	Munich	Germany	Zenith
November 10, 2005	Bologne	Italy	Palamalaguti
November 12, 2005	Assago		Filaforum
November 13, 2005	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 15, 2005	Nottingham	England	Trent FM Arena
November 16, 2005	Manchester		MEN Arena
November 17, 2005	Glasgow	Scotland	SE&CC
November 18, 2005	Birmingham	England	LG Arena
November 20, 2005	London		Brixton Academy	17
November 21, 2005				18
November 22, 2005				17
November 23, 2005				18
November 24, 2005				17
November 26, 2005	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
November 27, 2005				16

Selected Setlists

22 March – Los Angeles, CA, United States ^[24]

1. Drifter's Escape
2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
4. Under The Red Sky
5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
6. Down Along The Cove
7. Floater (Too Much To Ask)
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. This Wheel's On Fire
10. Honest With Me
11. Masters Of War
12. Summer Days
    Encore
    
13. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
14. All Along The Watchtower

14 June – Bowie, MD, United States ^[25]

1. Drifter's Escape
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Shooting Star
5. Highway 61 Revisited
6. This Wheel's On Fire
7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. John Brown
9. Bye And Bye
10. Chimes Of Freedom
11. Summer Days
    Encore
    
12. Masters Of War
13. Like A Rolling Stone

27 July – Bozeman, MT, United States ^[26]

1. Maggie's Farm
2. Tell Me That It Isn't True
3. Watching The River Flow
4. Lay, Lady, Lay
5. High Water (for Charley Patton)
6. Queen Jane Approximately
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. My Back Pages
9. Honest With Me
10. Man In The Long Black Coat
11. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
12. Visions Of Johanna
13. New Morning
14. Summer Days
    Encore
    
15. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16. All Along The Watchtower

15 November – Nottingham, England ^[27]

1. Maggie's Farm
2. The Times They Are A-Changin'
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
6. Under The Red Sky
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. John Brown
11. Floater (Too Much To Ask)
12. Honest With Me
13. Masters Of War
14. Summer Days
    Encore
    
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. All Along The Watchtower

Notes

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15. ^ [15] the-beat.co.uk, Retrieved 23 September 2011
16. ^ [16] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
17. ^ [17] setlist.fm, Retrieved 23 September 2011
18. ^ [18] bjorner.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
19. ^ [19] bjorner.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
20. ^ [20] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
21. ^ [21] songkick.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
22. ^ [22] bjorner.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
23. ^ [23] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
24. ^ [24] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
25. ^ [25] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 September 2011
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27. ^ [27] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 23 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