1989 concert tour by Bob Dylan
Never Ending Tour 1989 Start date May 27, 1989 End date November 15, 1989 Legs 3 No. of shows21 in Europe 78 in North America 99 in total
The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan 's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.[ 1] [ 2] His tally for this year was 100 shows.
The Never Ending Tour 1989 started in Sweden with a performance at Christinehof's Slottspark on May 22. This was only the fourth time that Dylan had performed in Sweden. He then performed in Finland, his second performance there, before returning to Sweden. He then performed two concerts in Dublin, Ireland, the first time that he had performed there since 1965. Dylan then performed in Glasgow, Scotland his second only performance in the city. The first being in 1966. After performing concerts in Birmingham and London Dylan performed in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, Dylan performed three concerts in Spain, four in Italy, a single concert in Turkey and two concerts in Greece.[ 3]
After finishing the European tour Dylan returned to the United States performing at many of the same venues that he had performed in the year before, on the first year of the Never Ending Tour. Dylan continued to perform in the United States and Canada until November 15.[ 4] [ 5]
Date City Country Venue Europe May 27, 1989 Tomelilla Sweden Christinehof Castle May 28, 1989 Stockholm Globen Arena May 30, 1989 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall June 3, 1989 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena June 4, 1989 June 6, 1989 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre June 7, 1989 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre June 8, 1989 London Wembley Arena June 10, 1989 The Hague Netherlands Statenhale June 11, 1989 Brussels Belgium Forest National June 13, 1989 Fréjus France Amphithéâtre de Fréjus June 15, 1989 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad June 16, 1989 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona June 17, 1989 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta June 19, 1989 Milan Italy Palatrussardi June 20, 1989 Rome Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana June 21, 1989 Cava de' Tirreni Stadio Simonetta Lamberti June 22, 1989 Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi June 24, 1989 Istanbul Turkey Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre June 26, 1989[ a] Patras Greece Papacharalambeio National Stadium June 28, 1989 Athens Panathenaic Stadium North America July 1, 1989 Peoria United States Peoria Civic Center July 2, 1989 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater July 3, 1989[ b] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater July 5, 1989 Rochester Howard C. Baldwin Memorial Pavilion July 6, 1989 July 8, 1989 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center July 9, 1989 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center July 11, 1989 Harrisburg Skyline Sports Complex July 12, 1989 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds July 13, 1989 Mansfield Great Woods Performing Arts Center July 15, 1989 Old Orchard Beach The Ball Park July 16, 1989 Bristol Lake Compounce July 17, 1989 Stanhope Waterloo Village July 19, 1989 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion July 20, 1989 Atlantic City Bally's Atlantic City July 21, 1989 Holmdel Garden State Arts Center July 23, 1989 Wantagh Jones Beach Marine Theater July 25, 1989 Canandaigua Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center July 26, 1989 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 28, 1989 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena July 29, 1989 Vaughan Canada Kingswood Music Theatre July 30, 1989 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre July 31, 1989 Joliette Amphitheatre Joliette August 3, 1989 Saint Paul United States Harriet Island Pavilion August 4, 1989 Madison Dane County Coliseum August 5, 1989 Grand Rapids Welsh Auditorium August 6, 1989 Columbus Cooper Stadium August 8, 1989 Toledo John F. Savage Hall August 9, 1989 St. Louis The Muny August 10, 1989 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center August 12, 1989 Doswell Kings Dominion August 13, 1989 Charlotte Carowinds Paladium August 15, 1989 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre August 16, 1989 August 18, 1989 Louisville Freedom Hall August 19, 1989[ c] Springfield Illinois State Fair Grandstand August 20, 1989 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre August 22, 1989 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater August 23, 1989 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater August 25, 1989 New Orleans Lakefront Arena August 26, 1989 Houston The Summit August 27, 1989 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre August 29, 1989 Las Cruces Pan American Center August 30, 1989 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre September 1, 1989 Park City Park West Amphitheater September 3, 1989 Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre September 5, 1989 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl September 6, 1989 San Diego Starlight Bowl September 8, 1989 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre September 9, 1989 Los Angeles Greek Theatre September 10, 1989 October 10, 1989 New York City Beacon Theatre October 11, 1989 October 12, 1989 October 13, 1989 October 15, 1989 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater October 16, 1989 October 17, 1989 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall October 18, 1989 October 20, 1989 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center October 22, 1989 Kingston Keaney Gymnasium October 23, 1989 Boston Opera House October 24, 1989 October 25, 1989 October 27, 1989 Troy Houston Field House October 29, 1989 Ithaca Park Auditorium October 31, 1989 Chicago Arie Crown Theater November 1, 1989 Ann Arbor Hill Auditorium November 2, 1989 Cleveland State Theatre November 4, 1989 Indiana, PA Fisher Auditorium, Indiana University of Pennsylvania November 6, 1989 Blacksburg Cassell Coliseum November 7, 1989 Norfolk Chrysler Hall November 8, 1989 Durham Cameron Indoor Stadium November 10, 1989 Atlanta Fox Theatre November 12, 1989 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater November 13, 1989 November 14, 1989 Tampa Tampa Festival Hall November 15, 1989
^ The June 26, 1989 concert in Patras was part of Patras International Festival. ^ The July 3, 1989 concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was part of Summerfest . ^ The August 19, 1989 concert in Springfield, Illinois was part of the Illinois State Fair .