Bob Dylan has confirmed the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour will continue in Spring 2026.
The veteran performer will play a show in Leeds at the First Direct Arena tomorrow (November 14) before shows in Glasgow and Dublin. Dylan‘s 3Arena show in Dublin on November 24 will be the last of the year, but it will not be the last of his career. Fans have wondered in previous years whether Dylan would retire from the stage, but the legendary musician is showing no sign of stopping. In a post to Twitter, Dylan confirmed he would be back on the road as early as Spring next year. He wrote: “To all fans and followers of Rough and Rowdy Ways Show. We will see you early Spring 2026, will let you know where and when later.”
Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour has seen him return to Europe this year, with a series of shows where almost every song from his 2020 album was played. A trio of shows in Swansea have come to a close, with a setlist for the show, and the rest of the European dates so far, found below.
- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
- It Ain’t Me, Babe
- I Contain Multitudes
- False Prophet
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Black Rider
- My Own Version of You
- To Be Alone With You
- Crossing the Rubicon
- Desolation Row
- Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
- Watching the River Flow
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
- Mother of Muses
- Goodbye Jimmy Reed
- Every Grain of Sand
The show comes nearly a year after Dylan performed in Europe on the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. Rough and Rowdy Ways celebrated its fifth anniversary earlier this year. Dylan has performed all songs from the album, except for Murder Most Foul, extensively since 2021. The album was recorded in “last-minute” fashion according to drummer Matt Chamberlain, who explained Dylan’s style when making the album.
Chamberlain said: “Yeah, well the Dylan thing is, the tour was very last-minute. I played for a couple of days, and he wanted me to tour, literally, it was like a three-day window, and he asked me to hop on this tour.
“So we did like six weeks and got back, and then after the first year, we started his record, and that was an education because he’s so last-minute, in-the-moment about the way he makes his records.
“It’s almost like playing with a poet jazz musician because he’s just always changing it up; anything can happen at any time, things can just get trashed, and we’ll do a whole new version of a song. He’s amazing. He’s Bob Dylan, so…”
Though it may seem daunting to play along with Dylan and find the right groove, Chamberlain suggested it was “pretty fun” to experience. Rough and Rowdy Ways would mark another critically acclaimed release from Dylan, and his first release of original music since the release of Tempest.
