Bob Dylan performed an unchanged setlist on the third show of September’s Outlaw Music Festival tour dates.
The veteran performer has relied on a series of cover songs, deep cuts, and reimagined Tempest tracks on this tour. Dylan has also reintroduced some of his all-time greats to the stage, with Masters of War remaining in his setlist as the opening song. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right has remained the show closer, and Desolation Row has become a staple of the set. Those classic tracks are featured alongside the likes of Early Roman Kings, Blind Willie McTell, and Love Sick. Dylan and his band, who are set to perform across Europe next month for the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, performed a seventeen-song set at the Xfinity Centre in Mansfield, Massachusetts last night (September 7).
Though the setlist will come as no surprise to those who saw the September 6 setlist, there is always a chance Dylan adds new songs to his Outlaw Music Festival shows. The next show is set to take place in Camden, New Jersey, on September 12. A setlist for Dylan’s September 7 date in Mansfield can be found below.
- Masters of War
- I Can Tell (Bo Diddley cover)
- Forgetful Heart
- Axe and the Wind (George Butler cover)
- To Ramona
- Early Roman Kings
- Under the Red Sky
- I’ll Make It All Up to You (Charlie Rich cover)
- All Along the Watchtower
- ‘Til I Fell in Love With You
- Desolation Row
- Love Sick
- Share Your Love With Me (Bobby Bland cover)
- Blind Willie McTell
- Soon After Midnight
- Highway 61 Revisited
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Dylan has just five shows left on the Outlaw Music Festival tour, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary. The shows have given Dylan the chance to play some of his biggest hits, with songs like Mr. Tambourine Man and Positively 4th Street featuring.
Masters of War also made a return to the stage for the first time in nine years and has remained a setlist opener for the veteran songwriter. Masters of War served as the opening song to Dylan’s Outlaw Music Festival tour slot at the Darien Centre in New York.
The rest of the setlist remains relatively similar to previous performances, though Dylan has been slowly changing a handful of songs. The veteran songwriter has played several of his biggest and best songs on this tour, with some being performed for the first time in over a decade.
Masters of War featured as the first song of the night, replacing the equally rare Positively 4th Street, a song Dylan had only performed five times in fifteen years before its return to the setlist. Positively 4th Street also featured in the setlist in Buffalo.
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