Bob Dylan signals end of Rough and Rowdy Ways tour with new 2026 dates
Bob Dylan is seemingly bringing his long-running Rough and Rowdy Ways tour to an end when he returns to the West Coast this summer.
Dylan resumed his touring activity on March 21st with a concert in Omaha, and has since made stops in Sioux Falls and Rochester. He will play in Iowa City tonight (March 25th).
The current leg of the tour will run until May 1st, when the first batch of shows is set to conclude in Abilene, Texas.
Before then, Dylan has plentiful shows planned in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisana, before it concludes in Texas.
While no official announcement has yet been made, a new run of tour shows has been added to Dylan’s site this week, which will keep him on the road from June to July.
Intriguingly, his website no longer lists the concerts as his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. Instead, they are being billed as Bob Dylan In Concert, suggesting that the legendary singer-songwriter is on the cusp of switching up his show.
The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour began in 2021, once Covid-19 restrictions on touring were lifted, allowing Dylan to take his 2020 album of the same name to the stage.
Dylan’s summer tour will also see him joined on the road by Lucinda Williams and the John Doe Folk Trio. Whereas, with the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, there were no other acts on the bill besides Dylan.
The 84-year-old’s decision to play headline dates across the summer of 2026 explains his absence from this year’s Outlaw Music Festival, which Willie Nelson will again take across the United States this summer. Rather than having Dylan by his side, the rotating cast of artists include Billy Strings, Wilco and Sheryl Crow.
Tickets for the new batch of Dylan dates are set to go on sale on March 27th at 10:00am local time.
See the full dates below.
Bob Dylan new tour dates:
June
- 04 – Troutdale, Oregon, McMenamins Edgefield
- 06 – Woodinville, Washington, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
- 07 – Woodinville, Washington, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
- 09 – Eugene, Oregon, Cuthbert Amphitheater
- 12 – Lincoln, California, The Venue at Thunder Valley
- 13 – Berkeley, California, Greek Theatre
- 14 – Berkeley, California, Greek Theatre
- 17 – Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Bowl
- 18 – Highland, California, Yaamava’ Theater
- 20 – Palm Desert, California, Acrisure Arena
- 21 – San Diego, California, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
- 23 – Phoenix, Arizona, Financial Theatre
July
- 02 – Thackerville, Oklahoma, WinStar World Casino and Resort
- 24 – Vienna, Virginia, Filene Center at Wolf Trap
- 25 – Vienna, Virginia, Filene Center at Wolf Trap
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