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5.5 Europe Spring Tour

5.5.1 Dates and venues

5.5.2 The songs

5.5.3 Statistics

5.5.4 Comments

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5.5 Europe Spring Tour

5.5.1 Dates and venues

MAY

6	Zürich, Switzerland	Hallenstadion
8	Stuttgart, Germany	Hanns Martin Schleyerhalle
9	Oberhausen, Germany	Arena
11	Köln, Germany	Kölnarena
12	Hannover, Germany	Stadionsporthalle
13	Lund, Sweden	Olympen
14	Göteborg, Sweden	Scandinavium
16	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Areena
18	Stockholm, Sweden	Globe Arena
19	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
21	Horsens, Denmark	Horsens Ny Teater
23	Berlin, Germany	Arena
24	Dresden, Germany	Freilichtbühne Junge Garde
25	Regensburg, Germany	Donauarena
27	Modena, Italy	Piazza Grande
28	Milan, Italy	Palavobis
30	Florence, Italy	Palasport
31	Ancona, Italy	Palarossini

JUNE

2

Cagliari, Italy

Molo Ichnusa

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5.5.2 The songs

AB acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

		May - June
		6	8	9	11	12	13	14	16	18	19	21	23	24	25	27	28	30	31	2	S
Roving Gambler	AB	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1			1				11
My Back Pages	AB	2										2							2	2	4
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3			3						3		3								4
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB	4						6			4		4						6		5
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	19
Delia	AB	6													4						2
Country Pie		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7			7	7	7	7	7	7	7	17
Can't Wait		8	8	8		11		8			8			8		10			8		9
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again		9							11					9		9		9			5
Watching The River Flow		10		11						9											3
Not Dark Yet		11	11	12						11			10				10		10		7
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat		12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12					14
Love Sick		13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13		13		13	13		13			14
Like A Rolling Stone		14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB	15		16	17		17	17			17		17		17	15		17		17	11
Not Fade Away		16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16				18		16				12
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	17		18		17		19	17	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	16
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18		18	18	18		19	18	18	18	18	18	17
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB		2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2		2		2		2	2			12
Desolation Row	AB		3			3									3		3				4
Girl From The North Country	AB		4						4						15				17	15	5
Gates Of Eden	AB		6		6					6											3
Maggie's Farm			9						9	18		16	16	16				16	16	16	9
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight			10			9															2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		15			15				15		17		15				15			6
Forever Young	AB		17		15		15	15			15	15	15	17		17	17		15		11
Masters Of War	AB			3			3	3	3	3		3		3		3			3	3	10
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB			4			6		6		6						4	6		6	7
One Too Many Mornings	AB			6						17							15				3
All Along The Watchtower				9				9			9	10	9		9		9			9	8
Simple Twist Of Fate				10														10			2
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB				4					2						2					3
Things Have Changed					8	8	11			10			8								5
Down Along The Cove					9		9														2
Every Grain Of Sand					10																1
Cold Irons Bound					11						11						11				3
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB					4						4	6								3
Ring Them Bells	AB					6															1
Tombstone Blues						10															1
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB						4							4						4	3
Shelter From The Storm							8														1
Just Like A Woman							10		10											10	3
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB							4								4			4		3
Tell Me That It Isn't True								10									8				2
Drifter's Escape								11					11	11	11	11		11	11	11	8
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)									8												1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB								15												1
Visions Of Johanna	AB									4								3			2
Ballad Of A Thin Man										8		13		13			13		13	13	6
Duncan And Brady	AB										1				1	1		1	1	1	6
She Belongs To Me											10										1
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB											1									1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB											5									1
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll												7									1
Gotta Serve Somebody												8	7			16					3
You're A Big Girl Now												9									1
Tryin' To Get To Heaven												11									1
To Be Alone With You												12									1
Somebody Touched Me	AB												1								1
Song To Woody	AB													2							1
To Ramona	AB													6	6	6	6	4			5
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues														10					9		2
Highway 61 Revisited														18	16		12	12	12	12	6
Positively 4th Street															8	8					2
Make You Feel My Love															10						1
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry																		8			1
This Wheel's On Fire																				8	1
Total # of songs		18	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	356

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

		May - June
		6	8	9	11	12	13	14	16	18	19	21	23	24	25	27	28	30	31	2	S
All Along The Watchtower				9				9			9	10	9		9		9			9	8
Ballad Of A Thin Man										8		13		13			13		13	13	6
Blowin' In The Wind	AB	17		18		17		19	17	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	16
Boots Of Spanish Leather	AB							4								4			4		3
Can't Wait		8	8	8		11		8			8			8		10			8		9
Cold Irons Bound					11						11						11				3
Country Pie		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7			7	7	7	7	7	7	7	17
Delia	AB	6													4						2
Desolation Row	AB		3			3									3		3				4
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	AB	15		16	17		17	17			17		17		17	15		17		17	11
Down Along The Cove					9		9														2
Drifter's Escape								11					11	11	11	11		11	11	11	8
Duncan And Brady	AB										1				1	1		1	1	1	6
Every Grain Of Sand					10																1
Forever Young	AB		17		15		15	15			15	15	15	17		17	17		15		11
Gates Of Eden	AB		6		6					6											3
Girl From The North Country	AB		4						4						15				17	15	5
Gotta Serve Somebody												8	7			16					3
Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go	AB											1									1
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	AB											5									1
Highway 61 Revisited														18	16		12	12	12	12	6
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight			10			9															2
It Ain't Me, Babe	AB		15			15				15		17		15				15			6
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry																		8			1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	AB			4			6		6		6						4	6		6	7
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	AB	3			3						3		3								4
Just Like A Woman							10		10											10	3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues														10					9		2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	AB								15												1
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat		12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	12					14
Like A Rolling Stone		14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll												7									1
Love Minus Zero/No Limit	AB	4						6			4		4						6		5
Love Sick		13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13		13		13	13		13			14
Maggie's Farm			9						9	18		16	16	16				16	16	16	9
Make You Feel My Love															10						1
Mama, You Been On My Mind	AB						4							4						4	3
Masters Of War	AB			3			3	3	3	3		3		3		3			3	3	10
Mr. Tambourine Man	AB				4					2						2					3
My Back Pages	AB	2										2							2	2	4
Not Dark Yet		11	11	12						11			10				10		10		7
Not Fade Away		16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16				18		16				12
One Too Many Mornings	AB			6						17							15				3
Positively 4th Street															8	8					2
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35		18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18		18	18	18		19	18	18	18	18	18	17
Ring Them Bells	AB					6															1
Roving Gambler	AB	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1			1				11
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)									8												1
She Belongs To Me											10										1
Shelter From The Storm							8														1
Simple Twist Of Fate				10														10			2
Somebody Touched Me	AB												1								1
Song To Woody	AB													2							1
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again		9							11					9		9		9			5
Tangled Up In Blue	AB	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	19
Tell Me That It Isn't True								10									8				2
Things Have Changed					8	8	11			10			8								5
This Wheel's On Fire																				8	1
The Times They Are A-Changin'	AB		2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2		2		2		2	2			12
To Be Alone With You												12									1
To Ramona	AB													6	6	6	6	4			5
Tombstone Blues						10															1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	AB					4						4	6								3
Tryin' To Get To Heaven												11									1
Watching The River Flow		10		11						9											3
Visions Of Johanna	AB									4								3			2
You're A Big Girl Now												9									1
Total # of songs		18	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	356

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5.5.3 Statistics

Shows:

Number of shows	19
Number of circulating shows
Number of circulating & complete shows
Number of unique shows[1]	19
Number of different shows[2]	19
Number of different songs[3]	67
Number of unique songs[4]	67
Number of performed songs	356
Mean number of performed songs	18
Variation[5]	3.6

Songs:

	# of		# of
	songs	%	perf.	%
Electric	35	52.2	190	53.4
Acoustic w band	32	47.8	166	46.6
Albums	59	88.1	317	89.0
Singles	1	1.5	2	0.6
Outtakes	2	3.0	6	1.7
Covers	5	7.5	31	8.7

5.5.4 Comments

Zürich 6 May 2000

First performance of Delia since late show at The Supper Club in New York City, 17 November 1993.

Selected BobTalk

David Kemper’s on the drums. There are very few drummers that are better than no drummer at all, but he’s one of them. (during band credits after Drifter’s Escape in Berlin, Germany, 23 May).

(for more BobTalk please refer to the session pages)

Recommended shows

Göteborg 14 May, Dresden 24 May.

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[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