Bob Dylan has made a series of unprecedented changes to his setlist for the Summer 2026 tour.
The veteran performer, 85, performed 16 songs at his McMenamins Historic Edgefield Manor show in Troutdale, Oregon. Dylan played four covers, featured a song he had never performed live before, and added hits from Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline. It marks a major overhaul of his setlist after the spring shows, where the legendary songwriter played songs from Rough and Rowdy Ways as well as Oh Mercy and John Wesley Harding. Songs from all three albums made their way into Dylan’s setlist at the McMenamins Historic Edgefield Manor show, with fans delighted by the changes.
A full setlist for Dylan’s McMenamins Historic Edgefield Manor can be found below.
- To Be Alone With You
- I Can Tell (Bo Diddley cover)
- Forgetful Heart
- Axe and the Wind (George Butler cover)
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Early Roman Kings
- Under the Red Sky
- I’ll Make it All Up to You (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
- All Along the Watchtower
- I Contain Multitudes
- Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
- Share Your Love with Me (Bobby Bland cover)
- Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby
- Man in the Long Black Coat
- Soon After Midnight
- Crossing the Rubicon
Fans were thrilled by the new setlist, with attendees taking to the Expecting Rain forum to praise Dylan. One person wrote: “No obstacles blocking Bob. Visible from all angles. He stood much of the show. He was not as far back as some other shows. Still in Oregon.
“Would help if he could sing into one of the mics. He did much more of that as the show went on. I agree, from Masterpiece on was much better than what came before. Not sure if an all-acoustic show works for the big venue, but it was nice for those of us down in front. God bless him for still being out there doing it. Thank you, Bob.”
Another wrote: “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby, as in The Basement Tapes song? That’s one obscure live debut right there.” A third added: “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby was perhaps the strongest song of the show. He nailed all the words and didn’t appear to be reading the lyrics.”
Despite the massive setlist overhaul, some fans were sad to see the absence of one song that had featured on the Rough and Rowdy Ways setlist. The album itself featured only two songs – Crossing the Rubicon and I Contain Multitudes – but dropped another song which had rounded off most shows on the 2025 tour.
A fan observed: “Am I the only one who is sad about Every Grain Of Sand being absent?” Others pointed out that the Blonde on Blonde track, Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35, was the longest song of the night. The attendee wrote: “He also sang five verses of Rainy Day, along with some long instrumentals. I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t the longest song of the night.”
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