Bob Dylan kicked off the fifth year of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in style with a sixteen-song setlist.
His performance at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska, featured songs Dylan had not played in over a decade, along with a run of contemporary hits from the veteran lyricist. It marks the first Spring 2026 show of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, which could be set to conclude later this year after Dylan announced a one-night-only performance scheduled for July. Whether it marks the end of the tour or not, the show Dylan put on last night provides a very different line-up to the usual run of songs featured on earlier tours.
The likes of Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right and Love Sick were featured, while Rough and Rowdy Ways staples Mother of Muses and Goodbye Jimmy Reed were omitted from last night’s show. A full setlist can be found below.
- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Man in the Long Black Coat
- All Along the Watchtower
- I Contain Multitudes
- False Prophet
- Black Rider
- Love Sick
- Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
- I Can Tell (Bo Diddley cover)
- I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
- Crossing the Rubicon
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Soon After Midnight
- Nervous Breakdown (Eddie Cochran cover)
- Every Grain of Sand
It marks a relatively large change to the previous setlist Dylan performed on the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. The veteran performer wrapped up his touring in 2025 with a show at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, where he performed the bulk of the songs featured on Rough and Rowdy Ways, as well as a cover of The Pogues. A full setlist for the final 2025 show can be 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
- A Rainy Night in Soho (The Pogues cover)
Dylan does not tend to change up the setlist for the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. He performed a mostly unchanged setlist on the European leg of the tour, though he massively changed up his setlist when performing on the Outlaw Music Festival tour with Willie Nelson. The likes of Masters of War, Mr. Tambourine Man, and Positively 4th Street were featured, some for the first time in over a decade. Whether further changes are made to the 2026 Spring tour is yet to be seen, but it marks the return of some all-time great Dylan songs.
