Highway 61 — Bob Dylan 2002 page 1 of 76 HIGHWAY 61 BOB DYLAN 2002 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES , NEW RELEASES , TAPES & BOOKS . © 2003 by Olof Björner All Rights Reserved. This text may be reproduced, re-transmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. Highway 61 — Bob Dylan 2002 page 2 of 76 CONTENTS: 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE ............................................................................................................................................ 4 3 CALENDAR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 NEW RELEASES AND RECORDINGS ......................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD ............................................................................................................ 8 4.2 BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 5 ....................................................................................................................................... 8 4.3 WEB BOB .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.4 NEW TAPES & BOOTLEGS ............................................................................................................................................ 9 4.4.1 Sydney, Australia, 24 February 1986 ................................................................................................................... 9 4.4.2 Hartford, Connecticut, 30 October 1965 .............................................................................................................. 9 4.4.3 Eugene, Oregon, 14 June 1999 ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.4.4 Rundown Rehearsal Tapes 1978 ......................................................................................................................... 10 4.4.5 Atlanta, Georgia, 9 February 2002..................................................................................................................... 10 4.4.6 South America 1991 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 5 MASKED AND ANONYMOUS DIARY....................................................................................................................... 11 6 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES .............................................................................................................. 12 6.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 6.2 THE MUSICIANS ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 6.3 THE SHOW ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 6.4 US WINTER TOUR ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 6.4.1 Dates and venues................................................................................................................................................. 13 6.4.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 6.4.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 6.4.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 6.5 EUROPE SPRING TOUR .............................................................................................................................................. 21 6.5.1 Dates and venues................................................................................................................................................. 21 6.5.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 6.5.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 6.5.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................................................ 31 6.5.5 Shows in Europe 1965-2002 ............................................................................................................................... 32 6.6 US SUMMER TOUR .................................................................................................................................................... 33 6.6.1 Dates and venues................................................................................................................................................. 33 6.6.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 6.6.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 6.6.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................................................ 41 6.7 US FALL TOUR .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.7.1 Dates and venues................................................................................................................................................. 42 6.7.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 6.7.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................. 52 6.7.4 Comments ............................................................................................................................................................ 52 6.8 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................. 53 6.8.1 Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................. 53 6.8.2 Show Statistics - Summary .................................................................................................................................. 53 6.8.3 Album statistics ................................................................................................................................................... 54 6.8.4 Alphabetical song list .......................................................................................................................................... 55 6.8.5 Ten most played songs in 2002 ........................................................................................................................... 59 6.8.6 Live debuts .......................................................................................................................................................... 59 Highway 61 — Bob Dylan 2002 page 3 of 76 6.8.7 Played only once in 2001 .................................................................................................................................... 59 7 NEW BOOKS .................................................................................................................................................................. 60 8 REFERENCES & SOURCES......................................................................................................................................... 60 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 61 10 APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS ....................................................................................................................................... 62 Highway 61 — Bob Dylan 2002 page 4 of 76 1 INTRODUCTION This year’s award was yet another Grammy, this time for Best Contemporary Folk Album for “Love And Theft”. In the summer the movie Masked And Anonymous was filmed with a number of established Hollywood stars. A first version of the film was later shown at the