Watch Bob Dylan play ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ for first time in almost a decade

Bob Dylan played ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ for the first time in almost a decade at an Outlaw Music Festival touring stop in Boise, Idaho.

Whilst on his joint tour with Willie Nelson, Dylan has been making headlines for putting obscure reworks into old standards. However, now he is digging back into his own catalogue of tracks to surprise audiences and keep his set lists unpredictable.

Dylan performed ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35’ for the first time since 2016. It is the opening track on his classic 1966 album ‘Blonde on Blonde’ and features the iconic chorus “everybody must get stoned.”

Fans took the chance to film the moment at Ford Amphitheatre, located near Boise, Idaho.

The Idaho show also saw Dylan’s track ‘Spirit on the Water’ back on the setlist for the first time since 2018.

When the ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ kicked off, Dylan started it off with a typically unpredictable setlist of ‘50s blues and country covers and deep cuts.

His opening set included versions of Willie Dixon’s ‘My Babe’, Chuck Berry’s ‘Little Queenie’ and Hank Williams’ ‘Cold, Cold Heart’, as well as four separate songs from his own 2012 album ‘Tempest’, including ‘Long And Wasted Years’ and ‘Scarlet Town’.

Dylan has also announced his own UK headline tour for later this year – including a trio of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

He is due to bring his ongoing ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ world tour to the UK in November and will be playing 10 shows across the country – starting in BIC Windsor Hall in Bournemouth (November 1).

The use of cameras and mobile phones will be prohibited at the concerts.

Other cities and towns he’ll be passing through include Liverpool, Edinburgh and Wolverhampton. You can buy any remaining tickets here.

Bob Dylan’s 2024 ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ UK tour dates are:

NOVEMBER
01 – BIC Windsor Hall, Bournemouth
03 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
05 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
06 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
08 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
09 – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
10 – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
12 – Royal Albert Hall, London
13 – Royal Albert Hall, London
14 – Royal Albert Hall, London

In other Bob Dylan-related news, the Timothée Chalamet-starring biopic of the musician, titled A Complete Unknown, is set to hit cinemas this winter. 

The biopic is set to explore Dylan’s transition to using the electric guitar in the ’60s, his rise to fame, and his subsequent achievement of icon status in the folk-rock music industry.

Last year Chalamet said he had heard a wealth of unreleased Bob Dylan music in preparation to play the iconic artist. As part of training to sing as Bob Dylan in the biopic, Chalamet worked with the team that assisted Austin Butler for Elvis.

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