Dylan News Event Of The Year #2: The Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour
A 2022 Year End Countdown From Seven Days in Dylan
On December 31, 2022 our special Year-End Edition of the ‘Seven Days’ newsletter comes out, highlighting the most interesting Bob Dylan news, blog posts, new releases, podcasts, videos, and more.
Building toward that, this week this series will count down the top five news events in the World of Bob Dylan (in our humble and entirely non-scientific opinion).
Our criteria included the amount of press coverage and Dylan community chatter they inspired, their long term impact, and the amount of ‘Nobody But Bob Dylan’ could pull this off that they contain. (The comments on this post are open for discussion and debate.)
#2: The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
Bob Dylan is many things, but he is first and foremost a live performing artist. For 60 years and over 3800 live shows he's delivered magic live and in-person on stages around the world.
In 2022, he got back in front of the audience in big way. The ‘22 tour dates were special for many reasons; many people hadn’t seen Dylan live in while due t…