7 the never-ending tour CONTINUES
For the eight year in a row Bob Dylan
spent a good deal of his time on the road. This is also the sixth year of the
Never-Ending Tour. Rumours in late 1992 had it that Dylan would take a long
break. In the end he decided to give it another year. This year he played 80
concerts that up till the joint tour with Santana in the Fall kept getting
longer and longer, some over 2 1/2 hours.
The artistic quality from 1992 was
maintained and in general the shows got better and better during the year.
Seasoned Dylan followers characterized the last show of the year at The Supper
Club as Dylan's best show ever!
The 1993 part of The Never-Ending Tour consisted of five new
"legs":
|
1 |
February |
Europe |
15 shows |
|
2 |
April |
US |
9 shows |
|
3 |
June-July |
Europe |
21 shows |
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4 |
August-October |
US and Canada |
31 shows |
|
5 |
November |
New York City |
4 shows |
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The drummer Ian Wallace left after the New
York rehearsals in January, leaving the following band to back Dylan during all
the shows in 1993:
|
John Jackson |
electric and acoustic guitar, banjo |
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Bucky Baxter |
pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide
guitar, dobro, electric mandolin |
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Tony Garnier |
bass |
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Winston Watson |
drums |
The shows were structured as follows:
Main set: 6-7
electric songs
3-4
acoustic with the band
2-4
electric
Encores: 1-2
electric
1 acoustic
with the band
The lower figures
apply the shorter sets played during the fall tour with Santana.
FEBRUARY
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5 |
The Point Theatre |
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7 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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8 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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9 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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11 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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12 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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13 |
Hammersmith Apollo |
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15 |
Vredenburg |
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16 |
Vredenburg |
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17 |
Muziekcentrum
Frits Philips |
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18 |
Musik Halle |
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20 |
Rhein-Main-Halle |
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21 |
Centre Sportif |
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23 |
Le
Zenith |
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25 |
Maysfield
Leisure Center |
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AB acoustic with the band
SONG CHART
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February |
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5 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
23 |
25 |
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Maggie's Farm |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
7 |
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Lenny Bruce |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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All Along The Watchtower |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
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Tangled Up In Blue |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
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Positively 4th Street |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
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Stuck Inside Of Mobile |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
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She Belongs To Me |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
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Tomorrow Night |
AB |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
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Jim Jones |
AB |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
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Mr. Tambourine Man |
AB |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
AB |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
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Cat's In The Well |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
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I And I |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
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The Times They Are A-Changin' |
AB |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
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Highway 61 Revisited |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
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Ballad Of A Thin Man |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
6 |
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Everything Is Broken |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
12 |
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It Ain't Me, Babe |
AB |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
14 |
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Pretty Peggy-O |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Under The Red Sky |
5 |
1 |
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Simple Twist Of Fate |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
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Every Grain Of Sand |
2 |
1 |
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I Don't Believe You |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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If Not For You |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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Watching The River Flow |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
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Desolation Row |
AB |
10 |
1 |
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Girl From The North Country |
AB |
11 |
1 |
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What Good Am I? |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
7 |
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Just Like A Woman |
2 |
1 |
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Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 |
1 |
17 |
17 |
1 |
4 |
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Shooting Star |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
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I'm Moving On |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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The Man In Me |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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I'll Remember You |
5 |
16 |
2 |
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Folsom Prison Blues |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Silvio |
7 |
1 |
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Gates Of Eden |
AB |
10 |
1 |
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
AB |
11 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
7 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
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Shelter From The Storm |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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Born In Time |
5 |
1 |
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Man In The Long Black Coat |
16 |
1 |
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ALPHABETICAL Song chart
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February |
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5 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
23 |
25 |
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All Along The Watchtower |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
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Ballad Of A Thin Man |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
6 |
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Born In Time |
5 |
1 |
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Cat's In The Well |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
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Desolation Row |
AB |
10 |
1 |
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
AB |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
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Every Grain Of Sand |
2 |
1 |
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Everything Is Broken |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
12 |
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Folsom Prison Blues |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Gates Of Eden |
AB |
10 |
1 |
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Girl From The North Country |
AB |
11 |
1 |
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Highway 61 Revisited |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
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I And I |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
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I Don't Believe You |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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I'll Remember You |
5 |
16 |
2 |
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I'm Moving On |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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If Not For You |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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It Ain't Me, Babe |
AB |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
14 |
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It Takes A Lot To Laugh |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
AB |
11 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
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Jim Jones |
AB |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
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Just Like A Woman |
2 |
1 |
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
7 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
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Lenny Bruce |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Maggie's Farm |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
7 |
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The Man In Me |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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Man In The Long Black Coat |
16 |
1 |
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Mr. Tambourine Man |
AB |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
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Positively 4th Street |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
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Pretty Peggy-O |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 |
1 |
17 |
17 |
1 |
4 |
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She Belongs To Me |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
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Shelter From The Storm |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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Shooting Star |
5 |
5 |
2 |
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Silvio |
7 |
1 |
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Simple Twist Of Fate |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
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Stuck Inside Of Mobile |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
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|
Tangled Up In Blue |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
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|
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
AB |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
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Tomorrow Night |
AB |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
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Under The Red Sky |
5 |
1 |
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Watching The River Flow |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
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What Good Am I? |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
7 |
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|
Number
of shows: |
15 |
|
Number
of circulating shows: |
15 |
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Number
of circulating & complete shows: |
15 |
|
Number
of unique shows[1]: |
15 |
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Number
of different shows[2]: |
15 |
|
Number
of different songs[3]: |
43 |
|
Number
of unique songs[4]: |
43 |
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Number
of performed songs: |
269 |
|
Mean
number of performed songs: |
18 |
|
Variation[5]: |
2.4 |
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# of |
# of |
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|
songs |
% |
perf. |
% |
|
|
Electric |
31 |
75.6% |
185 |
68.8% |
|
Acoustic |
10 |
24.4% |
80 |
29.7% |
|
- pure |
1 |
2.4% |
15 |
5.6% |
|
- with band |
9 |
22.0% |
65 |
24.2% |
|
Albums |
37 |
90.2% |
228 |
84.8% |
|
Singles |
1 |
2.4% |
3 |
1.1% |
|
Outtakes |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Covers |
3 |
7.3% |
34 |
12.6% |
For the third time in four years Dylan tours Europe in February, and as
usual a set of shows in London at Hammersmith Apollo (formerly Odeon) is
included. The set is pretty much the same as at the end of 1992, but two songs
from Good As I Been To You, "Jim Jones" and "Tomorrow
Night" are now included in the acoustic set. For the first time during The
Never-Ending Tour (?) there is a pre-planned light-show, which might explain
the small variety in the set list from night to night. At the last show in
Belfast one more song from "Under The Red Sky" is
played live for the first time: "Born In Time".
Recommended shows
London 11
February, Paris 23
February.
Guests
Dave Stewart joined the band in London on February 9
and 13
both times to play electric guitar on Highway 61 Revisited.
In Eindhoven
a girl from the audience, Liz Souissi from Bern,
manage to get on stage and help Dylan sing The Times They Are A-Changin'.
Selected BobTalk
Tonight's
show we'll be playing for Nick The Chef. Nick The Chef, he's out there
somewhere, this whole show's for him. (after Jim Jones, London 7
February).
This is the
bass solo here, give Tony a hand, he's gonna play a solo. This has been
rehearsed like a hundred times, we're gonna get rid of this guy.
(during Don't Think Twice, where Dylan wasn't too
happy with the band, London 7
February).
Thanks
everybody! You know we've played this song a million times, but it was just
like the first time now. (after The Times
They Are A-Changin', London 7
February).
For more BobTalk please consult the session pages for this tour.
[TOP]
[1] a show is unique if no other show
has the same songs in the same order
[2] a show is different from another show
if the set of songs are different, regardless of order
[3] electric and acoustic versions are
counted as different songs
[4] a song is counted as unique
regardless of how it is performed
[5] variation is computed as the quote
between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs