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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan's New Tour Skips Big Cities for Small-Town America (newser) from Scott Miller
  2. Bob Dylan’s Controversial Protest Song Nearly Got Him Into Legal Trouble 50 Years Ago (Collider) from Cliff Warnken
  3. The Songs Are My Lexicon (The Brooklyn Rail 2005) from Scott Miller
  4. Benjamin Hedin - Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader, 2005 book from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de

    Other
  5. Raul Malo – Voice of a Generation, and Mavericks Frontman – Has Died (Saving Country Music) from Scott Miller, Jacob Daniel
  6. “We were afraid the record company was going to chuck us, so I started playing these chords. It all came about pretty quickly – like magic”: Dave Davies on the Kinks’ argumentative energy, mixed feelings on Van Halen, and Jeff Beck, the “loose cannon” (Guitar World) from Scott Miller
  7. Inside Elliott Landy’s Iconic Photos of the Band (Rolling Stone) from Cliff Warnken
  8. Nick Cave’s Veiled World documentary is a captivating look at the musician’s songwriting genius (Independent) from Scott Miller
  9. George Harrison’s childhood home to open for guided tours (Merseynews Live) from Scott Miller
  10. ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Doc From ‘Elvis’ Biopic Director Gets Release Date, Teaser Trailer (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky

    Audio/Video
  11. Bob Dylan vs. The Fans (with Rebecca Slaman) (Definitely Dylan) by Laura ( Apple Podcasts - Spotify)
  12. An absolutely, unquestionably "Positively 4th Street" by Bob Dylan in Boston, December 9, 1995 (YouTube) from Carol Casper, Jacob Daniel, Scott Miller
  13. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Raul Malo (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  14. Bob Dylan: the Concert Series. 18 November 2005 (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  15. BOB DYLAN'S SONGS OF SOCIAL PROTEST Part Four: Oxford Town, Only a Pawn, Hattie Carroll (YouTube) by Chris Gregory
  16. The Mavericks - Full Concert Stream - Albuquerque, NM - 7/23/2022 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  17. 45th Anniversary Tribute To John Lennon At Strawberry Fields NYC 1/3 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  18. Bob Dylan - When I Paint My Masterpiece - Swansea 11/11/2025 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  19. video1575657013 Terri Thal it's alright, ma (I'M ONLY READING): A BOB DYLAN BOOK CLUB (YouTube) from Marc Percansky
  20. HEMA kerstcommercial 2025 | HEMA Reclames Make You Feel My Love (YouTube) from Hilda Fernhout 0800

    More 1000
  21. Bob Dylan coming to Abilene this spring (Big Country Homepage) from Hermann Rechberger
  22. Raul Malo "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (YouTube) from Steve J 1200
  23. Identified as an "Unwanted Person" My Personal Thoughts on What Happened to Me in Glasgow (Daily Dylan) 1400
  24. Bob Dylan’s ‘Christmas In The Heart’ Is A Wonderful Festive Listen (Clash) by Robin Murray, from Cliff Warnken 1600

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. BEHIND THE PICTURE FRAME, Genesis Publications Signed (?) item (Come Writers And Critics) from Michel Pomarede
  2. The role David Lynch and Bob Dylan played in Serbia’s Oscar entry ’Sun Never Again’ (Screen Daily) from Scott Miller
  3. Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026 (Americana UK) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  4. Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart "and the great Chicago session guitarist Phil Upchurch" (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  5. Phil Upchurch in interview on Bob Dylan Provides a rare insight into Bob Dylan's working process (Süddeutsche/Facebook) from Scott Miller
  6. 2009: Christmas in the Heart - Bob Dylan (Together Through Life) from Scott Miller
  7. Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and The Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World Windolf book, April 2026 (Waterstones) from Martin Cowan
  8. From A Buick 6 part 7: The steam shovel and the dump truck (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  9. No Nobel Prize for Music, but an honorary degree nevertheless. But why was Bob not pleased? (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  10. The rocky friendship of Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard (The Joker and the Thief)

    Other
  11. John Lennon Was Killed 45 Years Ago Today. Relive the Beatles Frontman's Most Legendary Career Moments in Photos (People) from Scott Miller
  12. Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  13. A plan to get Paul Westerberg back Let's get devious - It just might work! (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
  14. Phil Upchurch, Famed Guitarist Who Worked With Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson, Dead at 84 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
  15. Trump claims rave reviews for hosting Kennedy Center Honors – before ceremony even ends (theguardian) from Scott Miller

    Audio/Video
  16. Tedeschi Trucks & Hot Tuna - "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (Bob Dylan cover) - December 5, 2025 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  17. Dylans Minnesota (ORF) from Ed Newman
  18. “I knew a little bit about history, too –” : A Conversation with Court Carney (Infinity Goes Up On Trial) by Erin Callahan

    More 1300
  19. Friends remember Hopkinton musician, former Roomful of Blues bassist, struck and killed Roderick MacLeod (10 WJAR) from psamdancin
  20. Grammy-nominated musician Roderick MacLeod killed by driver with more than 100 arrests (NY POst) from psamdancin
  21. The Bridge web site has been updated with details of issue 83, which is being mailed out today. - (two-riders.co.uk) from John Wraith 1400
  22. RAUL MALO, GOLDEN-VOICED ‘MAESTRO’ OF THE MAVERICKS, DEAD AT 60 Subscr. (Rolling Stone) from Steve Lockwood 1500
  23. Raul Malo, Lush-Voiced Frontman of the Mavericks, Dies at 60 Shared article (NY Times) 1600

Monday, December 8, 2025
at 0600 CET

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan Announces 2026 Tour (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
  2. On Tour (bobdylan.com)
  3. The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder to Small-Town America "Bob came after me. He was restrained by a couple of security people." (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett

    Other
  4. Willie Nelson is 92 and Feeling Lucky ... writing new material with Bob Dylan: “I can’t read your mind. The letters are too small.” (GQ)

    Audio/Video
  5. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Bob, Beatles, Wilburys and remembering John Lennon" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm EST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
  6. Remembering the life and legacy of guitarist Steve Cropper, who died at age 84 (abc News) from psamdancin s
  7. 10 Bob Dylan Songs That Feel Like Short Stories (NSF) from Ugur Oral
  8. Geese - "Tombstone Blues" (Bob Dylan cover), May 24, 2024, Bloomington, IN (YouTube) from Mike Smith
  9. A rare "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from back when it wasn't rare: June 2, 1990, at NAC, Ottawa, ON (YouTube) from Carol Casper

    More 1400
  10. Bob Dylan Announces Extensive 2026 United States Tour (Rolling Stone/ Yahoo) from Cliff Warnken
  11. Highway of Diamonds - Black America Sings Bob Dylan. CD: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de, Vinyl: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus 1600
  12. The Byrds’ ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’ Offered a Message of Hope in Troubled Times (Something Else!) from Cliff Warnken


Archives


Number of Dylan concerts a year, according to Olof's Files
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 60s
 0  36  33  19  45  67  48   0   2   2 252
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 70s
  0   1   1   0  40  31  26   0  114  26 239
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 80s
 70  54   0   0  27  0  60  36  71  99 417
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 90s
 93 101  92  80 104 116  86  94 110 119 995
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 00s
112 106 107  98 111 113  99  98  97  98 1039
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 10s
102 89 86 85 92 87 75 82 84 77 859
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 20s
00 22 82 75 78 82 27       366
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3388
Total 4123
Last update 08.12. 2025