Bob Dylan is still surprising gig-goers with his Lights of Autumn tour as he pulls out another deep cut for a show in Austria.
The veteran songwriter performed at the Salzburg Arena tonight (November 14), where a Love and Theft track was added to his show for the first time since 2019. Dylan has been featuring more songs from both Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft on this tour than ever before, with the likes of Million Miles from his 1997 album and Sugar Baby from the 2001 follow-up featuring in his show setlist as of late. Other classics have also featured, including Girl from the North Country and High Water (For Charley Patton). Dylan has also added Tangled Up in Blue back to his setlist, with the Blood on the Tracks song featuring at every show on the European and UK tour so far.
A full setlist for Dylan’s show at the Salzburg Arena can be found below.
- Watching the River Flow
- Love Sick
- It Ain’t Me, Babe
- Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
- High Water (For Charley Patton)
- I Can Tell (Bo Diddley cover)
- Black Rider
- Tangled Up in Blue
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Not Dark Yet
- I Can’t Seem to Say Goodbye (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
- Honest With Me
- Soon After Midnight
- Million Miles
- Under the Red Sky
- Sugar Baby
- Goodbye Jimmy Reed
- Every Grain of Sand
Dylan had performed Honest With Me frequently since its release but dropped the song entirely following the release of Rough and Rowdy Ways. He last performed the song during a show at The Anthem in Washington, DC. It was the only Love and Theft song performed that night.
The Lights of Autumn tour will continue in Austria tomorrow (November 15) and later dates include performances in Germany and the United Kingdom. Dylan will perform five shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England, where he will conclude the 2026 touring schedule. It is currently unknown whether Dylan will perform in 2027.
Dylan has been reimagining his classic songs while on this tour, with a performance of Tryin’ to Get to Heaven praised by fans. The instrumental overhaul will be no surprise to veteran Dylan listeners, who by now know that he and the band often change the instrumental form and tempo of the song from night to night.
Fans flocked to the r/BobDylan subreddit where they shared their thoughts on his Wiener Stadthalle show. One song in particular, Tryin’ to Get to Heaven, has been given a huge instrumental change that has sat well with attendees. The fan in question posted a review of the show to the forum and said the “upbeat and jazzy” rendition is a wonderful alternative to the moody Time Out of Mind original.
They wrote: “People often say that they can’t recognise the songs when Dylan sings them. Even some longtime fans say this, and I always scoff a bit when they do because just two years in, I recognise them almost instantly. Tonight was the first time that it took me a long time. When he played Tryin’ to Get to Heaven, I recognised the lyrics and was singing along to them in my head, but I couldn’t place the song because the arrangement was so different. I had to wait until the chorus to figure it out.
“I take back all my scoffs. Even though I love the recorded version of this (particularly Version 2 on Fragments), this was a fantastic alternate arrangement. Really upbeat and jazzy.”
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