Never Ending Tour 1990

Bob Dylan performed 93 shows in 1990 as part of what is popularly known as the Never Ending Tour.^[1][2]

Never Ending Tour 1990

Tour by Bob Dylan
Poster to the concert in Nashville, USA
Start date	January 12, 1990
End date	November 18, 1990
Legs	5
No. of shows	72 in North America 2 in South America 19 in Europe 93 in Total
Bob Dylan concert chronology

Background

The Never Ending Tour 1990 started off with a tour called the Fastbreak tour where Dylan performed in the United States, Brazil, France and England in less than thirty days.^[3] This tour started off with a one-off performance at Toad's Place in New Haven Connecticut.^[4][5] Dylan performed four sets that evening and performed a total of fifty songs; this was also the longest of Dylan's concerts to date. During the tour Dylan also performed four concerts in Paris and six sold out concerts at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

On May 29, Dylan started a sixteen date tour of Canada and the United States, ten of the concerts took place in Canada.^[12]

After finishing his short North American tour Dylan embarked on an even shorter European tour. This tour only comprised nine concerts, several of which were major concert appearances, including the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, Rock Werchter in Belgium and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.^[13]

Dylan returned to North America to perform a twenty-three date late summer tour of the United States and Canada including several appearances at state fairs. The tour started on August 12 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and came to an end a month later on September 12 in Mesa, Arizona. Dylan performed in a total of twenty cities in fourteen states and provinces.^[14]

Dylan started his final tour of the year on October 11 in Brookville, New York. This tour consisted of thirty concerts in the United States. During the roué Dylan performed a five night run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The tour finally came to a close on November 18 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, after ninety-three concerts.^[15]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
The Fastbreak Tour
January 12, 1990	New Haven	United States	Toad's Place	—	—
January 14, 1990	University Park		Rec Hall	—	—
January 15, 1990	Princeton		McCarter Theatre	—	—
January 18, 1990	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi	—	—
January 25, 1990	Rio de Janeiro		Praça da Apoteose	—	—
January 29, 1990	Paris	France	Grand Rex	—	—
January 30, 1990
January 31, 1990
February 1, 1990
February 3, 1990	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon	—	—
February 4, 1990
February 5, 1990
February 6, 1990
February 7, 1990
February 8, 1990
North America
May 29, 1990	Montreal	Canada	Université de Montréal Centre Sportif	—	—
May 30, 1990	Kingston		Kingston Memorial Centre	—	—
June 1, 1990	Ottawa		National Arts Centre	—	—
June 2, 1990
June 4, 1990	London		Alumni Hall	—	—
June 5, 1990	Toronto		O'Keefe Centre	9,071 / 9,071	$265,336
June 6, 1990
June 7, 1990
June 9, 1990	East Troy	United States	Alpine Valley Music Theatre	13,712 / 30,000	$208,054
June 10, 1990	Davenport		Adler Theater	—	—
June 12, 1990	La Crosse		La Crosse Center	—	—
June 13, 1990	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena	—	—
June 14, 1990	Fargo		Fargo Civic Center	—	—
June 15, 1990	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center	—	—
June 17, 1990	Winnipeg	Canada	Centennial Concert Hall	—	—
June 18, 1990
Europe
June 27, 1990	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalshöll	—	—
June 29, 1990[a]	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Dyrskueplads	—	—
June 30, 1990[b]	Kalvøya	Norway	Kalvøya	—	—
July 1, 1990[c]	Turku	Finland	Ruissalon Kansanpuisto	—	—
July 3, 1990	Hamburg	West Germany	Hamburg Stadtpark	—	—
July 5, 1990	West Berlin		ICC Berlin	—	—
July 7, 1990[d]	Torhout	Belgium	Festivalpark Torhout	—	—
July 8, 1990[e]	Werchter		Werchter Festival Grounds	—	—
July 9, 1990[f]	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Casino	—	—
North America
August 12, 1990	Edmonton	Canada	Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium	—	—
August 13, 1990
August 15, 1990	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium	—	—
August 16, 1990
August 18, 1990	George	United States	Champs de Brionne Music Theater	—	—
August 19, 1990	Victoria	Canada	Victoria Memorial Arena	—	—
August 20, 1990	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum	—	—
August 21, 1990	Portland	United States	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall	—	—
August 24, 1990[g]	Pueblo		Colorado State Fair Events Center	—	—
August 26, 1990[h]	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds	—	—
August 27, 1990	Merrillville		Holiday Star Theatre	—	—
August 28, 1990
August 29, 1990[i]	Falcon Heights		Minnesota State Fairgrounds	14,777 / 20,935	$156,125
August 31, 1990[j]	Lincoln		Bob Devaney Sports Center	—	—
September 1, 1990	Lampe		Swiss Villa Amphitheater	—	—
September 2, 1990	Hannibal		Riverfront Theater	—	—
September 4, 1990	Tulsa		Riverpark Amphitheater	—	—
September 5, 1990	Oklahoma City		Civic Center Music Hall	—	—
September 6, 1990	Dallas		Music Hall at Fair Park	—	—
September 8, 1990	San Antonio		Sunken Garden Theater	6,000 / 6,000	$102,104
September 9, 1990	Austin		Palmer Events Center	—	—
September 11, 1990	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater	—	—
September 12, 1990	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheatre	—	—
October 11, 1990	Brookville		Tilles Performing Arts Center	—	—
October 12, 1990	Springfield		Paramount Theater	—	—
October 13, 1990	West Point		Eisenhower Hall Theater	—	—
October 15, 1990	New York City		Beacon Theatre	13,555 / 13,555	$399,240
October 16, 1990
October 17, 1990
October 18, 1990
October 19, 1990
October 21, 1990	Richmond		The Mosque	—	—
October 22, 1990	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque	—	—
October 23, 1990	Charleston		Charleston Municipal Auditorium	—	—
October 25, 1990	Oxford		Tad Smith Coliseum	—	—
October 26, 1990	Tuscaloosa		Coleman Coliseum	—	—
October 27, 1990	Nashville		War Memorial Auditorium	—	—
October 28, 1990	Athens		Stegeman Coliseum	—	—
October 30, 1990	Boone		Varsity Gymnasium	—	—
October 31, 1990	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium	—	—
November 2, 1990	Lexington		Memorial Coliseum	—	—
November 3, 1990	Carbondale		SIU Arena	—	—
November 4, 1990	St. Louis		Fox Theatre	—	—
November 6, 1990	DeKalb		Chick Evans Field House	—	—
November 8, 1990	Iowa City		Carver–Hawkeye Arena	—	—
November 9, 1990	Chicago		Fox Theatre	3,732 / 3,732	$89,065
November 10, 1990	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater	—	—
November 12, 1990	East Lansing		Wharton Center for Performing Arts	—	—
November 13, 1990	Dayton		University of Dayton Arena	—	—
November 14, 1990	Normal		Braden Auditorium	—	—
November 16, 1990	Columbus		Columbus Palace Theatre	—	—
November 17, 1990	Cleveland		Cleveland Music Hall	—	—
November 18, 1990	Detroit		Fox Theatre	4,200 / 4,600	$98,550

Notes

1. The June 29, 1990, concert in Roskilde was part of Roskilde Festival.
2. The June 30, 1990, concert in Kalvøya was part of Kalvøyafestivalen.
3. The July 1, 1990, concert in Turku was part of Ruisrock.
4. The July 7, 1990, concert in Torhout was part of Rock Torhout.
5. The July 8, 1990, concert in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter.
6. The July 9, 1990, concert in Montreux was part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
7. The August 24, 1990, concert in Pueblo, Colorado, was part of the Colorado State Fair.
8. The August 26, 1990, concert in Des Moines, Iowa, was part of the Iowa State Fair.
9. The August 29, 1990, concert in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, was part of the Minnesota State Fair.
10. The August 31, 1990, concert in Lincoln, Nebraska, was part of the Nebraska State Fair.