Bob Dylan Live: Five Never Ending Tour Shows 2013 – 2019

Following on from my overview of Bob shows from the 1990s and also shows in the period 2005 – 2009, this post covers me seeing Bob Dylan live at the Tempodrom, Berlin on two dates in 2013, the Royal Albert Hall in London 2015, the Cardiff Interantional Arena 2017 and finally Hyde Park, London 2019.

It was to be just over two years later when I next saw Bob by way of going to two shows in Germany on October 24th & October 26th 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Just so happened that I was over there paying a visit to my old friend Thomas Deilecke. The tickets had been bought well in advance of my visit and I guess they were the main reason why was I was making the trip over there, not solely of course, because it was great meeting up once again with Thomas, but Bob was most definitely in my sights, no doubt about that. He was actually playing an unbroken three night stint at the Tempodrom, a concert hall in the middle of Berlin built in the fashion and shape of a circus tent, and we had tickets for the first night and the third.

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Bob Dylan Live: Docklands Arena London 11th May 2002

This show is from 2002 when I went down the road in my home town to see Bob Dylan play a show at the now long defunct London Docklands Arena on May 11th when he was touring the UK on another leg of his Never Ending Tour. It was around nine months after his Love & Theft album which was released on September 11th 2001, and the show features a number of songs from it which I was hearing him perform live for the very first time.

It’s now well over a month since Bob Dylan’s two shows in Docklands, May 11th & 12th 2002. The time between seeing the man and writing my thoughts down is getting longer as the years go by, which makes me ask, are the fires still burning when it comes to Bob? Well yes, I have to say they are. After seeing the shows I had always intended to write something, and I guess it has just been laziness which has stopped me from doing so. The inspiration has been there though, make no mistake about that. Make no mistake partner or else we’ll just have to go round the back and settle this thing with a pair of shooters. All it has needed is the final push for me to sit for a few hours and set it all down.

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