Well, performers feel that.., they don’t feel they’re adversaries, but they do feel that…
they feel a lot of times that their points are not taken the right way or they feel imposed
upon to answer questions that have really little to do with why they fill halls or sell
records.
~Bob Dylan (to Dave Herman, July 1981)Well, every tour is different you know, and each show is different. It’s always, uh, they
change, from this year to last year. Probably two years ago, you would have seen a
different show.
~Bob Dylan (Verona press conference, May 1984)I’ve always loved to travel and play my songs, meet new people and see different places. I
love to roll into town in the early morning and walk the deserted streets before anybody gets
up. Love to see the sun come up over the highway.
Then, of course, there’s playing on the stage in front of live people, feeling hearts and minds
moving. Everybody don’t get to do that. Touring to me has never been any kind of hardship.
It’s a privilege.
~Bob Dylan (to Edna Gundersen, July 1988)
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Here is a collection of links to posts of Bob Dylan live performances from the 80’s published here @ Alldylan.com.
Enjoy..
1980
- Feb 27: Gotta Serve Somebody, Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles 27 February 1980 (Video)
- April 20: Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada 20 April 1980 (Videos)
- Dec 2: Bob Dylan @ The Armory, Salem, Oregon – 1980
- Dec 3: Bob Dylan Plays Portland, OR in 1980
1981
- Video with 4 songs from 1981 Europe tour (update)
- July 10: Drammen, Norway, 10 July 1981
- July 17: Loreley, West Germany 17 July 1981 (Video)
- July 18: Mannheim, West Germany 18 July 1981 (Video)
- July 18: What Can I Do For You? Mannheim, West Germany 18 July 1981 (Video)
- July 25: Avignon, France 1981 (Video)
- July 25: Heart Of Mine, Avignon, France 25 July 1981 (Video)
- Nov 10: Saenger Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 (full concert audio)
1983
- May: Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight, Studio A, Power Station, NYC April/May 1983 (Video)
- May: License To Kill, Studio A, Power Station, NYC April/May 1983
1984
- Mar 22: Letterman rehearsal, NYC 22 March 1984 (videos)
- Mar 22: Bob Dylan at Letterman, New York City, 22 March 1984 (videos)
- May 28: Verona, Italy 28 May 1984 (video & audio)
- May 29: All Along the Watchtower, Verona, Italy 1984 (video)
- May 31: It Ain’t Me, Babe, Hamburg 31 May 1984 (Video)
- May 31: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez & Carlos Santana: Blowin’ In The Wind, Hamburg, West Germany 31 May 1984 (Video)
- June 2: License To Kill, Basel 1984
- June 6: License To Kill, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6 June 1984 (video)
- June 10: Why Do I Have To Choose? (Willie Nelson) – Copenhagen 1984 (Video)
- June 28: Bob Dylan & Carlos Santana: Blowin’ In The Wind, Barcelona, 28 June 1984 (Video)
- June 28: Barcelona 1984
- July 5: Jokerman, St. James’ Park Newcastle, England 5 July 1984 (video)
- July 5: Newcastle, England July 5, 1984
- July 7: Highway 61 Revisited, Wembley, London, 7 July 1984 (Video)
1985
- Sept 19: LA, California, 19 September 1985, Farm Aid Rehearsal (Audio & Videos)
- Sept 22: Farm Aid, Champaign, Illinois 1985 (videos)
1986
- Essential BBC Documentary from 1986
- Feb 20: Opera House, Washington 20 January 1986 (Video)
- Feb 24: Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Sydney 1986
- Feb 25: Knocking On Heavens Door, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 25 February 1986 (video)
- July 4: Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York 4 July 1986 (videos)
- July 21: Like A Rolling Stone + long intro – East Rutherford, NJ – 21 July 1986 (Video)
- Aug 3: Inglewood Los Angeles, California 3 August 1986 (full concert audio)
- Aug 6: “Brownsville Girl” Paso Robles, California 1986 (only live version ever performed)
1987
- Feb 19: Bob Dylan & George Harrison: Peggy Sue (live 1987)
- Mar 11: “Soon” (George & Ira Gershwin), 11 March 1987 (video)
- July 12: Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan July 12 1987 (concert)
- Sept 10: Rotterdam – September 10, 1987
- Sept 19: Slow Train, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 19 Sept 1987 (video)
- Sept 19: I Want You & John Brown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 19 September 1987 (video)
- Oct 3: Tomorrow Is A Long Time, Rome, Italy 1987 (Video)
- Oct 3: The Wicked Messenger, Rome, Italy – October 3, 1987 (video)
- Oct 5: Bob Dylan @ Locarno, Switzerland – 1987
- Oct 15: Senor, London, England 15 October 1987 (Video)
1988
- June 18: The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, East Troy, Wisconsin, 18 June 1988 (video)
- June 18: You’re A Big Girl Now, East Troy, Wisconsin – 18 June 1988 (video)
- June 30: Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York, 30 June 1988
- Dec 4: Oakland, CA 4 Dec 1988 (video)
1989
- May 28: When Did You Leave Heaven ? Stockholm, Sweden 28 May 1989 (Video)
- May 30: Subterranean Homesick Blues, Helsinki 1989 (video)
- June 4: Bob Dylan & Bono: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Dublin 1989
- June 21: Pancho & Lefty, Cava de’Tirreni, Italy 21 June 1989 (Video)
- June 29: Bob Dylan & Van Morrison: Philopappos (The Hill Of The Muses), Athens, Greece 27 June 1989 (Videos)
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