Honky Tonk Man wrote on Mar 12^th, 2010 at 3:08pm:



I believe its even harder to get to than Limerick.

I've been told that there will be no other British Isles shows apart from these two. The Limerick date will be the last show of the tour, which therefore rules out the rumours of a Venice show on July 10th.

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Mar 13^th, 2010 at 9:55am:


I was wrong. The Darling Buds of May was filmed in Pluckly, the most haunted village in Kent.

The Latest Set List

March 16th, Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan: Capacity: 2200, the last of five shows at the venue.

1. Cats In The Well
2. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob centre stage on harp)
3. Summer Days
4. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Bob on keyboard then centre stage on harp)
5. Forgetful Heart (Bob centre stage on harp)
6. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
7. John Brown (Bob centre stage on harp)
8. Under The Red Sky
9. Honest With Me
10. Masters Of War
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Po' Boy
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob centre stage on harp)

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

March 18th, Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan: Capacity: 1800, the first of two shows at the venue.

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. The Man In Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. The Levee's Gonna Break
6. Girl Of The North Country
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
8. Can't Wait
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Love Sick
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Shelter From The Storm
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower


Bob on keyboards except where otherwise indicated.

Long time since there's been any surprises. Bob needs to freshen things up a bit.

Gazza wrote on Mar 19^th, 2010 at 10:35am:



Bob let the kids pass the guitar they made for him up to Stu on the 15th.  That would be worth the price of admission for me. 

Bob Dylan's sayonara tour?
Frank Spignese / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

As a spry 69-year-old Bob Dylan took the stage at Zepp Osaka, anybody with any sense of musical history (and an understanding of mortality) couldn't help but think that this was the beginning of the end. Might this be the opening night of the last Dylan tour to touch Japanese soil? Since first performing in Japan in February 1978, Mr. Zimmerman has only come to the Far East a handful of times (1986, 1994, 1997 and 2001, for those who care). And while his past Japan shows have only blessed the big Budokans and International Forums, this current tour is made up of two weeklong stays at intimate venues Zepp Osaka and Zepp Tokyo.

Dylan could have played the bigger halls, made the same money and been on his way in four days. But these smaller-venue gigs seem to say "thank you" to Japan, with his Osaka opening night feeling almost like an Irish wake. Since '78, Dylan has time and again made an effort to connect with his Japanese fans. While the geisha-loving liner notes of his 1979 Budokan live album now seem embarrassingly hokey, there have been other times when he has lovingly reached out to Japan in his subtly delicate Dylan way.

On his 1986 Japan tour, backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, he covered Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki," soon after the famed singer perished in the tragic crash of JAL Flight 123. In 1994 he debuted an impassioned arrangement of his most visceral protest song, "Masters of War." It was the first time Dylan had played it acoustic since 1963, and the city that he played it in was Hiroshima. Maybe playing these smaller venues is Dylan's way of letting his Japan fans get up and close and personal before saying sayonara.

With a capacity of 2,200, Zepp Osaka felt slightly bigger than a Tokyo live-house and the crowd was packed tight when Dylan took the stage. Dressed in a black suit and black hat, with a bright pink cravat, he looked like Zorro's older, more effeminate brother. Launching into a roadhouse version of "Watching the River Flow," Dylan and band burned through it like they were jamming at a Tennessee chicken shack. Playing keyboard most of the night, Dylan picked up the guitar only once for the second tune, a tenderly reworked "Girl from the North Country." Forty- eight years after he wrote it, this remembrance of a Minnesota girlfriend seemed to resonate with him as much as it did in 1962.

One of the earmarks of any Dylan show is his new arrangements of his songs, often to the point where they aren't immediately recognizable. While this is off-putting to more casual fans, for Dylan nerds this is what makes a Dylan show. The Osaka gig didn't disappoint. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" was more rocker than ballad, with Dylan playfully hammering the organ like a mischievous schoolboy. "Can't Wait" featured a stop-start motif, exaggerating the reggae strut that the version on Time Out of Mind only hinted at. "Cold Irons Bound" was slowed down to a graveyard dirge that actually managed to make the song's protagonist seem even creepier.

As at most shows at the start of a new Dylan tour, there were few surprises in the set list. Standbys "Highway 61 Revisited" and "All Along the Watchtower" were performed as usual. The former was another barnburner, showcasing the talents of guitarist Charlie Sexton, a veteran of Dylan's stellar 1999-2002 band. But the latter was a rather uninspired outing with none of the guitar pyrotechnics that it usually inspires. The perfunctory "Like a Rolling Stone" was true to the original. Yet Dylan's delivery was less acerbic, almost pitying, a possible sign of a once angry young man now at peace.

Is this Dylan's last Japan tour? Not to sound the death knell, but as the man himself once said "it's not dark yet, but it's getting there."

(Mar. 19, 2010)

- Daily Yomiuri Online/AP

I dreamed I was at a Bob show last night and he opened with Cat's!  Woke up and checked the set...

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 23, 2010

1.      Cat's In The Well (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
2.      It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3.      Summer Days (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Tony on standup bass)
4.      I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
5.      Forgetful Heart
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on viola, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
6.      Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Donny on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
7.      John Brown
(Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on banjo, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
8.      Under The Red Sky (Bob on guitar, Donnie on pedal steel)
9.      Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
10.      Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11.      Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on lap steel)
12.      Shelter From The Storm
(Bob on keyboard and harp, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
13.      Thunder On The Mountain
(Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
14.      Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on lap steel)
     
     (encore)
15.      Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel)
16.      Jolene (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Tony on standup bass)
17.      All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
     
Thanks to Kathleen and Roberto for the phone calls


Band Members
Bob Dylan - guitar, keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Charlie Sexton - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - banjo, viola, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

Billy wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 5:12pm:



?????

Gazza, will the Hop Farm show be Bob's first-ever performance in Kent?

     

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 24, 2010

1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
2. It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Cold Irons Bound
6. Sugar Baby
7. Desolation Row
8. Blind Willie McTell
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Can't Wait
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. If You Ever Go To Houston
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. All Along The Watchtower

Give up Bob , for fuck's sake....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Tokyo, Japan
Zepp Tokyo
March 26, 2010

1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4. Every Grain Of Sand
5. Summer Days............................
6. Sugar Baby
7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum.....................
8. Make You Feel My Love (Bob on guitar)
9. Honest With Me.........................................
10. Po' Boy
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. I Feel A Change Comin' On
13. Thunder On The Mountain
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man

(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Jolene
17. Blowin' In The Wind