Never Ending Tour 1988

The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.^[1][2][3]

Never Ending Tour 1988

Tour by Bob Dylan
Poster to the concert in Cuyahoga Falls, USA
Start date	June 7, 1988
End date	October 19, 1988
Legs	3
No. of shows	71
Bob Dylan concert chronology

Background

On the first year of the tour he performed 71 concerts. This is the second fewest performances on a 'Never Ending Tour' yearly tour. The 1988 tour stayed within North America, performing 63 concerts in the United States and eight in Canada. He performed in 29 states in the US and six provinces in Canada.^[4][5]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on October 16, 1988 in New York City. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[6]

1. "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
2. "I'll Remember You"
3. "John Brown"
4. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
5. "Simple Twist of Fate"
6. "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"
7. "Highway 61 Revisited"
8. "Gates of Eden"
9. "With God on Our Side"
10. "One Too Many Mornings"
11. "Silvio"
12. "In the Garden"
13. "Like a Rolling Stone"

Encore

14. "The Wagoner's Lad"
15. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
16. "All Along the Watchtower"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Interstate 88
June 7, 1988	Concord	United States	Concord Pavilion	—	—
June 9, 1988	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre	—	—
June 10, 1988	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	—	—
June 11, 1988	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	—	—
June 13, 1988	Salt Lake City		Park West	—	—
June 15, 1988	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	—	—
June 17, 1988	St. Louis		The Muny	—	—
June 18, 1988	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	12,471 / 20,000	$221,203[7]
June 21, 1988	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center	—	—
June 22, 1988	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	—	—
June 24, 1988	Holmdel		Garden State Arts Center	15,166 / 18,000	$275,210[8]
June 25, 1988
June 26, 1988	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	—	—
June 28, 1988	Hopewell		Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center	—	—
June 30, 1988	Wantagh		Jones Beach Marine Theater	18,000 / 20,000	$360,000[8]
July 1, 1988
July 2, 1988	Mansfield		Great Woods Performing Arts Center	—	—
July 3, 1988	Old Orchard Beach		The Ballpark	—	—
July 6, 1988	Philadelphia		Mann Music Center	9,396 / 13,200	$147,787[9]
July 8, 1988	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum	—	—
July 9, 1988	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre	—	—
July 11, 1988	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum	8,639 / 11,210	$151,310[10]
July 13, 1988	Charlevoix	United States	Castle Farms Music Theatre	—	—
July 14, 1988	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater	—	—
July 15, 1988[a]	Indianapolis		Indiana State Fairground Grandstand	—	—
July 17, 1988	Rochester		Meadow Brook Music Theatre	—	—
July 18, 1988
July 20, 1988	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion	—	—
July 22, 1988	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre	—	—
July 24, 1988	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheatre	12,706 / 12,706	$253,716[11]
July 25, 1988
July 26, 1988	Memphis		Mud Island Amphitheatre	—	—
July 28, 1988	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre	—	—
July 30, 1988	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheatre	—	—
July 31, 1988	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre	—	—
August 2, 1988	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre	—	—
August 3, 1988
August 4, 1988
August 6, 1988	Carlsbad		Sammis Pavilion	—	—
August 7, 1988	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	—	—
August 19, 1988	Portland		Portland Civic Auditorium	—	—
August 20, 1988	George		Champs de Brionne Music Theatre	—	—
August 21, 1988	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	8,320 / 10,000	$173,752[12]
August 23, 1988	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome	12,893 / 12,893	$270,551[12]
August 24, 1988	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum	9,819 / 10,000	$204,722[12]
August 26, 1988	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena	—	—
August 29, 1988	Toronto		CNE Grandstand	9,551 / 12,000	$192,519[13]
August 31, 1988[b]	Syracuse	United States	New York State Fairground Grandstand	—	—
September 2, 1988[c]	Middletown		Orange County Fairgrounds	—	—
September 3, 1988	Manchester		Riverfront Park	—	—
September 4, 1988	Bristol		Lake Compounce	—	—
September 7, 1988	Essex Junction		The Champlain Valley Expo	—	—
September 8, 1988	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	—	—
September 10, 1988	Stanhope		Waterloo Village	—	—
September 11, 1988	Fairfax		Patriot Center	—	—
September 13, 1988	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena	—	—
September 15, 1988	Chapel Hill		Dean Smith Center	—	—
September 16, 1988	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum	—	—
September 17, 1988	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	—	—
September 18, 1988	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	—	—
September 19, 1988	Charlottesville		University Hall	—	—
September 22, 1988	Tampa		USF Sun Dome	—	—
September 23, 1988	Miami		Miami Arena	—	—
September 24, 1988	Gainesville		O'Connell Center	—	—
September 25, 1988	New Orleans		Hibernia Pavilion	—	—
October 13, 1988	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater	—	—
October 14, 1988
October 16, 1988	New York City		Radio City Music Hall	23,025 / 23,496	$549,303[14]
October 17, 1988
October 18, 1988
October 19, 1988

Personnel

• Bob Dylan: Vocals, guitar and harmonica
• G. E. Smith: Guitar and backing vocals
• Kenny Aaronson: Bass
• Chris Parker: Drums

Special guests

Neil Young

• June 7, 1988: Guitar on ten songs
• June 10, 1988: Guitar on six songs
• June 11, 1988: Guitar on six songs

Joe Walsh

• July 26, 1988: Guitar on two songs

Joe Walsh

• July 26, 1988: Guitar on two songs

The Alarm

• August 4, 1988: Mike Peters (shared vocals), Dave Sharp (guitar) and Eddie McDonald & Nigel Twist (backing vocals) on one song.
• August 7, 1988: Mike Peters (shared vocals), Dave Sharp (guitar) and Eddie McDonald & Nigel Twist (backing vocals) on one song.

Tracy Chapman

• August 21, 1988: Co-vocals on one song
• August 23, 1988: Co-vocals on one song
• August 24, 1988: Co-vocals on one song

Doug Sahm

• August 24, 1988: Lead vocals on one song

Notes

1. The July 15, 1988 concert in Indianapolis, Indiana was part of the Indiana State Fair.
2. The August 31, 1988 concert in Syracuse, New York was part of the Great New York State Fair.
3. The September 2, 1988 concert in Middletown, New York was part of the Orange County Fair.