Never Ending Tour 2010
{{Short description|2010 concert tour by Bob Dylan}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = Never Ending Tour 2010
| image = Bob Dylan - Azkena Rock Festival 2010 2.jpg
| landscape =
| image_caption = Dylan performing on tour in 2010
| artist = Bob Dylan
| start_date = March 11, 2010
| end_date = November 27, 2010
| number_of_legs = 4
| number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|15 in Asia|25 in Europe|62 in North America|102 in total}}
| last_tour = Never Ending Tour 2009
(2009)
| this_tour = Never Ending Tour 2010
(2010)
| next_tour = Never Ending Tour 2011
(2011)
}}
The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/12/bob-dylan-never-ending-tour |title=Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour |work=The Guardian |date=2011-06-12 |access-date=2011-11-26}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/the-evolution-of-bob-dylan-20110509/the-never-ending-tour-begins-1988-1996-0242530 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514172401/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/the-evolution-of-bob-dylan-20110509/the-never-ending-tour-begins-1988-1996-0242530 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |title=The Evolution of Bob Dylan |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2011-11-26}}
Background
The tour started off with 14 shows in Japan including a 7 show run at Zepp Tokyo{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/tour/2010-03-28-zepp-tokyo |title=Concert: Mar 28, 2010 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp Tokyo |publisher=Bob Dylan |access-date=2011-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://boblinks.com/032510s.html |title=Concert: Tokyo, Japan - Zepp Tokyo - March 25, 2010 |publisher=BobLinks |access-date=2011-11-29}} before moving on to a concert in South Korea, the first he had performed there.{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/tour/2010-03-31-olympic-gymnastics-stadium |title=Concert: Mar 31, 2010 - Seoul, South Korea - Olympic Gymnastics Stadium |publisher=Bob Dylan |access-date=2011-11-29}}
After completing the Asian tour Dylan and the band performed a European Summer Tour comprising 27 dates including his only United Kingdom performance of the year at the Hop Farm Festival in Kent.{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_messenger/news/2010/july/4/dylan_and_van_morrison_wos.aspx |title=Dylan and Van Morrison wow the crowds at Hop Farm |work=Kent Messenger |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2011-11-29}} The European tour finished the next day in Limerick, Ireland.{{cite web |url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/online_exclusive_bob_dylan_confirmed_for_summer_concert_at_limerick_s_thomond_park_1_2191531 |title=Bob Dylan confirmed for summer concert at Limerick's Thomond Park |publisher=Limerick Leader |date=2010-03-10 |access-date=2011-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829202131/http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/online_exclusive_bob_dylan_confirmed_for_summer_concert_at_limerick_s_thomond_park_1_2191531 |archive-date=2012-08-29 }}
After touring Europe Dylan returned home to the United States for a month-long summer tour beginning on August 4 in Austin, Texas and ending on September 4 in Seattle, Washington and Bumbershoot. John Mellencamp was Dylan's co-headliner for approximately half of the shows.{{cite web|url=http://www.mellencamp.com/news.html?n_id=638 |title= John To Join Bob Dylan's 2010 Summer Tour |publisher=John Mellencamp |date=2010-07-12 |access-date=2011-11-29}}
The fall tour was mainly a tour of College venues and some smaller theaters such as the Murat Theater in Indianapolis. The tour came to a close in Mashantucket, Connecticut on November 27 after 102 shows.{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/tour/2010-11-27-mgm-grand-theater-foxwoods |title= Concert:Nov 27, 2010 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods |publisher=Bob Dylan |access-date=2011-11-29}}
Opening acts
- Shooter Jennings (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma){{cite web |url= http://www.currentland.com/ViewArticle/48/Default.aspx |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130120072540/http://www.currentland.com/ViewArticle/48/Default.aspx |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2013-01-20 |title= Zoo Amp's awesome August features Bob Dylan with Shooter Jennings opening |publisher= currentland.com |access-date= 2012-03-09 }}
- The Dough Rollers (Kansas City, Missouri / Lincoln Nebraska / Billings Montana / Casper, Wyoming / Jackson, Wyoming / Oakland, California){{cite web|url= http://www.tdpri.com/forum/music-your-ears/227337-dylan-mellencamp-dough-rollers-last-night-long-review.html |title= Dylan, Mellencamp and the Dough Rollers Last Night |publisher= tdpri.com |access-date=2012-03-09}}
- John Mellencamp (Lincoln, Nebraska / Billings, Montana / Casper, Wyoming / Las Vegas, Nevada / Ontario, California / Bend, Oregon – Yakima, Washington){{cite web|url=http://www.mellencamp.com/news.html?n_id=638 |title= John To Join Bob Dylan's 2010 Summer Tour |publisher=John Mellencamp |date=2010-07-12 |access-date=2011-11-29}}
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width="150"|Date !width="150"|City !width="150"|Country !width="275"|Venue !width="120"|Opening Act(s) !width="125"|Attendance !width="125"|Box Office |
| colspan="7" style="background:#ddd;"|Leg One — Asia |
|---|
| March 11, 2010
|rowspan="5"|Osaka |rowspan="14"|Japan |rowspan="5"|Zepp Osaka |style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="15"|N/A |rowspan="5"| — |rowspan="5"| — |
| March 12, 2010 |
| March 13, 2010 |
| March 15, 2010 |
| March 16, 2010 |
| March 18, 2010
|rowspan="2"|Nagoya |rowspan="2"|Zepp Nagoya |rowspan="2"| — |rowspan="2"| — |
| March 19, 2010 |
| March 21, 2010
|rowspan="7"|Tokyo |rowspan="7"|Zepp Tokyo |rowspan="7"| — |rowspan="7"| — |
| March 23, 2010 |
| March 24, 2010 |
| March 25, 2010 |
| March 26, 2010 |
| March 28, 2010 |
| March 29, 2010 |
| March 31, 2010
| — | — |
| colspan="7" style="background:#ddd;"|Leg Two — Europe |
| May 29, 2010
|Greece |style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="25"|N/A | — | — |
| May 31, 2010
|Turkey |Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre | — | — |
| June 2, 2010
| — | — |
| June 3, 2010
| — | — |
| June 4, 2010
|Metropolis Arena | — | — |
| June 6, 2010
| — | — |
| June 7, 2010{{efn|The June 7, 2010 concert at Šalata in Zagreb, Croatia was part of the InMusic Festival.}}
| — | — |
| June 9, 2010
| — | — |
| June 11, 2010
| — | — |
| June 12, 2010
|Linz |Austria | — | — |
| June 13, 2010
| — | — |
| June 15, 2010{{efn|The June 15, 2010 concert at PalaFabris in Padua, Italy was originally scheduled to take place at Piazzola sul Brenta due to weather concerns.}}
|rowspan="3"|Italy | — | — |
| June 16, 2010
|Cittadella del Carnevale | — | — |
| June 18, 2010
| — | — |
| June 19, 2010
|Austria | — | — |
| June 20, 2010
|Lyon |rowspan="3"|France | — | — |
| June 22, 2010
|Nice | — | — |
| June 23, 2010
| — | — |
| June 24, 2010
|rowspan="2"|Spain | — | — |
| June 26, 2010{{efn|The June 26, 2010 concert at the Festival Grounds in Vitoria, Spain was part of the Azkena Rock Festival.}}
|Mendizabala | — | — |
| June 28, 2010
|rowspan="3"|France | — | — |
| June 29, 2010
| — | — |
| July 1, 2010
| — | — |
| July 3, 2010{{efn|The July 3, 2010 concert at The Hop Farm Country Park in Kent, England was part of Hop Farm Festival.}}
|Kent |England | — | — |
| July 4, 2010
|Ireland | — | — |
| colspan="7" style="background:#ddd;"|Leg Three — North America |
| August 4, 2010
|rowspan="23"|United States |The Backyard |style="background:#B0C4DE;"|N/A | — | — |
| August 6, 2010
| — | — |
| August 7, 2010
|rowspan="2"|The Dough Rollers | — | — |
| August 8, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp|This concert was co-headlined by John Mellencamp.}}
| — | — |
| August 10, 2010{{efn|The August 10, 2010 concert at the Buffalo Chip Campground in Sturgis, South Dakota was part of Sturgis Rally´s 70th Anniversary Celebration.}}
|Buffalo Chip Campground |style="background:#B0C4DE;"|N/A | — | — |
| August 11, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|rowspan="5"|The Dough Rollers |6,842 / 6,842 |$376,310 |
| August 12, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
| — | — |
| August 14, 2010
|Snow King Resort | — | — |
| August 15, 2010
|4,027 / 4,027 |$201,350 |
| August 17, 2010
| — | — |
| August 18, 2010
|The Colosseum at Caesars Palace |style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="6"|N/A | — | — |
| August 19, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|4,937 / 5,461 |$312,925 |
| August 21, 2010{{efn|The August 21, 2010 concert at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California was part of the Monterey County Fair.}}
| — | — |
| August 22, 2010
| — | — |
| August 24, 2010
| — | — |
| August 25, 2010
|San Francisco | — | — |
| August 27, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|Bend |rowspan="5"|The Dough Rollers | — | — |
| August 28, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|rowspan="2"|Troutdale |rowspan="2"|McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater |rowspan="2"| — |rowspan="2"| — |
| August 29, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}} |
| August 31, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|Ogren Park at Allegiance Field |6,938 / 6,938 |$376,870 |
| September 1, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|Greyhound Park & Event Center | — | — |
| September 3, 2010{{efn|name=Mellencamp}}
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="2"|N/A | — | — |
| September 4, 2010{{efn|The September 4, 2010 concert at the Seattle Center Main Stage in Seattle was part of Bumbershoot.}}
| — | — |
| colspan="7" style="background:#ddd;"|Leg Four — North America |
| October 6, 2010
|rowspan="38"|United States |style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="38"|N/A |4,069 / 4,069 |$177,792 |
| October 7, 2010
|2,147 / 3,000 |$93,419 |
| October 8, 2010
| — | — |
| October 10, 2010
|3,441 / 6,525 |$147,014 |
| October 11, 2010
|Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center | — | — |
| October 13, 2010
| — | — |
| October 14, 2010
|2,156 / 4,640 |$88,290 |
| October 16, 2010
| — | — |
| October 17, 2010
|2,588 / 4,647 |$77,045 |
| October 19, 2010
|Nashville Municipal Auditorium | — | — |
| October 21, 2010
| — | — |
| October 22, 2010
| — | — |
| October 24, 2010
| — | — |
| October 25, 2010{{efn|The October 25, 2010 concert at the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin featured two shows. One at 7pm and another at 10pm.}}
|3,600 / 4,389 |$186,240 |
| October 26, 2010
| — | — |
| October 28, 2010
| — | — |
| October 29, 2010
| — | — |
| October 30, 2010
| — | — |
| October 31, 2010
| — | — |
| November 2, 2010
| — | — |
| November 3, 2010
|2,329 / 3,500 |$90,759 |
| November 4, 2010
| — | — |
| November 6, 2010
| — | — |
| November 7, 2010
| — | — |
| November 9, 2010
|3,187 / 4,225 |$108,498 |
| November 10, 2010
| — | — |
| November 12, 2010
| — | — |
| November 13, 2010
|Washington, D.C. | — | — |
| November 14, 2010
| — | — |
| November 16, 2010
| — | — |
| November 17, 2010
|Binghamton University Events Center | — | — |
| November 19, 2010
|William D. Mullins Memorial Center | — | — |
| November 20, 2010
| — | — |
| November 22, 2010
|rowspan="3"|New York City |rowspan="3"|Terminal 5 |rowspan="3"| — |rowspan="3"| — |
| November 23, 2010 |
| November 24, 2010 |
| November 26, 2010
| — | — |
| November 27, 2010
|MGM Grand at Foxwoods Theater | — | — |
| style="border-top:2px solid #aaaaaa"
!colspan="5" style="background:#ddd;"|TOTAL !42,820 / 58,263 !$2,236,512 |
Tour band
- Bob Dylan – Vocals, Harmonica, Organ, Guitar
- Charlie Sexton – Guitar
- Stu Kimball – Rhythm Guitar
- George Recelli – Drums, Percussion
- Tony Garnier – Bass
- Donnie Herron – violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel
Notes
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References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
{{Sister project links|b=no|s=no|v=no|species=no|wikt=no|n=no}}
- [http://www.boblinks.com/dates.html BobLinks] – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists
- [http://www.bjorner.com/still.htm Bjorner's Still on the Road] – Information on recording sessions and performances
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