- Never Ending Tour 2011
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Never Ending Tour 2011 Tour by Bob Dylan Start date April 3, 2011
Taipei, TaiwanEnd date November 21, 2011
London, EnglandLegs 5 Shows 7 in Asia
10 in Oceania
43 in Europe
28 in North America
89 in totalBob Dylan tour chronology Never Ending Tour 2010
(2010)Never Ending Tour 2011
(2011)The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 [1] [2].
Contents
Background
The tour started off with a concert in Taiwan[3], the first of Dylan’s career. Then he, along with his band, performed two concerts in China, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai. These concerts were controversial and deemed by the media as Dylan 'selling out'[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Dylan however did not see it that way at all. [9] [10] The concerts amoungst the Chinese audience were successful.[11]
After completing a tour of Asia and moving across to Australia and New Zealand, Dylan and the band performed an 11 date tour of Europe visiting several festivals such as Live at the Marquee, London Feis, Summer Sound Festival, Bergen Calling and Peace & Love.
Dylan and the band toured the United States during July and August performing 28 concerts in 22 States. Dylan performed as part of the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California on July 15[12] and Meadow Brooks Music Festival in Rochester Hills, Michigan on August 7[13].
Dylan returned to Europe in the fall of the year to perform a string of concerts with Mark Knopfler.
Performing only 89 shows in 2011, this was the least amount of concerts Dylan had performed during the Never Ending Tour since 1996.[14][15]
Opening Acts
- B.B. King (Adelaide, Australia)
- Leon Russell (July 24 - August 3, August 6 - August 20)
- Carolina Chocolate Drops (Kettering, OH)
- Mark Knopfler (October 6 - November 21)
Tour Dates
- Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- A This concert was a part of "Timbre Rock & Roots"
- B This concert was a part of "West Coast Blues & Roots Festival"
- C This concert was a part of "East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival"
- D This concert was a part of "Live at the Marquee"
- E This concert was a part of "London Fies"
- F This concert was a part of "Summer Sound Live"
- G This concert was a part of "Bergen Calling"
- H This concert was a part of "Peace & Love"
- I This concert was a part of "Orange County Fair"
- J This concert was a part of "Meadow Brook Music Festival"
Box office score data
Venue City Tickets Sold / Tickets Available % Gross Revenue Star Hall Hong Kong 5,087 / 5,836 87.2% $562,887 Entertainment Centre Adelaide 5,249 / 6,282 83.6% $770,876 WIN Entertainment Centre Wollongong 3,214 / 3,890 82.6% $562,887 Entertainment Centre Sydney 10,672 / 12,405 86.0% $1,615,030 Vector Arena Auckland 6,673 / 7,127 93.6% $694,302 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara 3,769 / 4,059 92.9% $308,844 Lakefront Arena New Orleans 3,390 / 4,000 84.7% $175,546 Mud Island Memphis 4,147 / 4,700 83.2% $213,163 Fraze Pavilion Kettering 3,828 / 4,307 88.9% $175,841 Meadow Brooks Rochester 3,976 / 7,701 51.6% $182,429 Mann Center Philadelphia 5,910 / 6,421 92.0% $318,285 U.S. Cellular Pavilion Guilford 3,385 / 5,795 58.4% $173,806 Evening News Arena Manchester 9,242 / 10,669 86.6% $906,544 Sportpaleis Antwerp 13,988 / 14,160 98.8% $1,217,740 O2 World Berlin Berlin 12,257 / 12,417 98.7% $1,161,540 O2 World Hamburg Hamburg 9,184 / 11,159 82.3% $893,036 TOTAL 103,971 / 120,928 85.9% $9,932,756 Notes
- ^ [1] guardian.co.uk, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [2] rollingstone.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [3] taipeitimes.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [4] guardian.co.uk, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [5] guardian.co.uk, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [6] theatlantic.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [7] workersliberty.org, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [8] dailymail.co.uk, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [9] bodylan.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [10] avclub.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [11] reuters.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [12] ocweekly.com, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [13] last.fm, Retrieved 13 September 2011
- ^ [14] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 25 October 2011
- ^ [15] bobdylan.com, Retrieved 25 October 2011
- ^ [16] bobdylan.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [17] bjorner.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [18] bjorner.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [19] bjorner.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [20] bjorner.com, Retrieved September 8 2011
- ^ [21] markknopfler.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [22] gibson.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [23] guitarworld.com, Retrieved August 30 2011
- ^ [24] nme.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
- ^ [25] live4ever.uk.com, Retrieved 1 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
Categories:- Bob Dylan concert tours
- 2011 concert tours
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