Never Ending Tour 2003

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

Never Ending Tour 2003
Tour by Bob Dylan
Dylan performing on tour in 2003
Start dateFebruary 6, 2003
End dateNovember 25, 2003
Legs4
No. of shows11 in Oceania
54 in North America
33 in Europe
98 in total
Bob Dylan concert chronology

Tour

The 2003 tour started with eleven concerts in Oceania, seven being in Australia and four being in New Zealand.[3] The concert in Melbourne on February 8 was part of the 'Melbourne International Music & Blues Festival'.[4] The concert in Perth was part of the 'Moonlight, Music & Wine Festival'.[5] This leg of the tour came to an end twenty one days after the first concert on February 26.[6] There were originally plans to continue this tour into Japan but these plans were abandoned.[7]

Dylan then went on to tour the Central and Western United States, starting on April 18 in Dallas.[8] Dylan performed two shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 25 & 26. Then on May 2 Dylan and his band performed at the '10th Annual Music Midtown Festival'.[9] Two days later he performed at 'SunFest 2003' in West Palm Beach, Florida and then later on in the month on May 17 he performed at the '2003 Jubilee! Jam'.[10]

After finishing the spring tour Dylan returned to the road in mid-July to perform another tour of the United States. The tour started on July 12 at Winter Park, Colorado with a performance at the 'Winter Park Festival 2003'. Dylan opened for The Dead in Sunrise, Florida on July 29. Dylan continued to open for The Dead until August 8. Then he performed two double bill concerts with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on August 9 & 10. Dylan then completed the rest of the tour with just himself and his band.[11]

On October 9 Dylan embarked on a thirty-three date European tour covering fifteen countries and twenty-nine cities. The tour came to an end in London, England at the Brixton Academy. He had also performed in London the previous two nights at the Shepherd's Bush Empire and the Hammersmith Apollo.[12]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
Oceania
February 6, 2003 Canberra Australia AIS Arena — —
February 8, 2003[lower-alpha 1] Melbourne Melbourne Exhibition Centre Blue Stage — —
February 11, 2003 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre — —
February 13, 2003 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre — —
February 15, 2003[lower-alpha 2] Perth Claremont Showground — —
February 17, 2003 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre — —
February 18, 2003 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre — —
February 21, 2003 Auckland New Zealand North Shore Events Centre — —
February 22, 2003
February 24, 2003 Wellington Queens Wharf Events Centre Arena — —
February 26, 2003 Christchurch WestpacTrust Centre 3,498 / 4,530 $153,824
North America
April 18, 2003 Dallas United States Granada Theater — —
April 19, 2003 Austin The Backyard 6,684 / 10,000 $247,626
April 20, 2003
April 22, 2003 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater — —
April 23, 2003
April 25, 2003[lower-alpha 3] New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course — —
April 26, 2003[lower-alpha 3] Municipal Auditorium — —
April 27, 2003 Tunica Harrah's Grand Event Centre — —
April 29, 2003 Nashville The Trap — —
April 30, 2003 Louisville Jillian's Parking Lot 7,500 / 7,500 $225,000
May 2, 2003[lower-alpha 4] Atlanta Piedmont Park — —
May 4, 2003[lower-alpha 5] West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Waterfront — —
May 5, 2003 Orlando Hard Rock Live — —
May 6, 2003 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum — —
May 8, 2003 Portsmouth nTelos Pavilion — —
May 9, 2003 Atlantic City Hilton Hotel Grand Theatre — —
May 10, 2003
May 11, 2003 Solomons Washington Gas Pavilion — —
May 13, 2003 Cary The Amphitheatre at Regency Park — —
May 14, 2003 Asheville Asheville Civic Center — —
May 16, 2003[lower-alpha 6] Birmingham Linn Park — —
May 17, 2003[lower-alpha 7] Jackson Capitol Street Downtown Jackson — —
May 17, 2003[lower-alpha 8] Little Rock Nitelife Rocks — —
July 12, 2003[lower-alpha 9] Winter Park Winter Park Resort — —
July 13, 2003 Casper Casper Events Center — —
July 15, 2003 Jackson Snow King Mountain Resort — —
July 16, 2003 Big Sky Meadow Village Pavilion — —
July 17, 2003 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre — —
July 19, 2003 Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Amphitheater — —
July 21, 2003 Ketchum Ketchum Park & Ride Lot — —
July 22, 2003 Nampa Idaho Center Amphitheater — —
July 23, 2003 Bend Les Schwab Amphitheater — —
July 25, 2003 Kelseyville Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa Amphitheatre — —
July 26, 2003[lower-alpha 10] Paso Robles Paso Robles Event Center Grandstand — —
July 27, 2003[lower-alpha 11] Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre — —
July 29, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Sunrise Office Depot Center — —
July 30, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Tampa St. Pete Times Forum — —
July 31, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre — —
August 2, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Joliet Route 66 Raceway — —
August 3, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Somerset Float Rite Amphitheater — —
August 5, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center — —
August 6, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Columbus Germain Amphitheater — —
August 8, 2003[lower-alpha 12] Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center — —
August 9, 2003[lower-alpha 13] Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center 26,827 / 33,888 $1,388,954
August 10, 2003[lower-alpha 13]
August 12, 2003 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom 9,009 / 10,202 $696,925[lower-alpha 14]
August 13, 2003
August 16, 2003 Bushkill Tom Ridge Pavilion — —
August 17, 2003 Wallingford careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theatre — —
August 19, 2003 Northhampton Pines Theater — —
August 20, 2003[lower-alpha 15] New York City Hammerstein Ballroom —[lower-alpha 14] —[lower-alpha 14]
August 21, 2003 Gilford Meadowbrook Music Arts Center Pavilion — —
August 22, 2003[lower-alpha 16] Syracuse New York State Fair Grandstand — —
August 23, 2003 Niagara Falls Canada Oakes Garden Theatre — —
Europe
October 9, 2003 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena — —
October 11, 2003 Stockholm Sweden Globe Arena — —
October 12, 2003 Karlstad Löfbergs Lila Arena — —
October 13, 2003 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
October 15, 2003 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium — —
October 16, 2003 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen — —
October 17, 2003 Hamburg Germany Docks — —
October 18, 2003
October 20, 2003 Berlin Berlin Arena — —
October 22, 2003 Leipzig Arena Leipzig — —
October 23, 2003 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena — —
October 24, 2003 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena — —
October 26, 2003 Graz Austria Eisstadion Liebenau — —
October 27, 2003 Vienna Wiener Stadthalle Halle D — —
October 29, 2003 Munich Germany Olympiahalle — —
October 30, 2003 Bolzano Italy PalaOnda — —
November 1, 2003 Rome Palazzo dello Sport — —
November 2, 2003 Milan FilaForum — —
November 3, 2003 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion — —
November 5, 2003 Freiburg Germany Stadthalle Freiburg — —
November 6, 2003 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle — —
November 8, 2003 Düsseldorf Philips Halle — —
November 10, 2003 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall — —
November 11, 2003
November 12, 2003 Brussels Belgium Forest National — —
November 13, 2003 Paris France Zénith de Paris — —
November 15, 2003 London England Wembley Arena — —
November 17, 2003 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre — —
November 20, 2003 Sheffield England Hallam FM Arena — —
November 21, 2003 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre Arena — —
November 23, 2003 London Shepherd's Bush Empire — —
November 24, 2003 Carling Apollo Hammersmith — —
November 25, 2003 Brixton Academy — —

Cancelled shows
November 18, 2003 Millstreet, Ireland Green Glens Arena Cancelled.

Notes
  1. The February 8, 2003 concert in Melbourne was part of the Melbourne International Music and Blues Festival.[13]
  2. The February 15, 2003 concert in Perth was part of the Moonlight Music & Wine Festival.
  3. The April 25 and 26, 2003 concerts in New Orleans were part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.[14]
  4. The May 2, 2003 concert in Atlanta was part of Music Midtown.[15]
  5. The May 4, 2003 concert in West Palm Beach was part of SunFest.
  6. The May 16, 2003 concert in Birmingham was part of City Stages.
  7. The May 16, 2003 concert in Birmingham was part of Jubilee Jam.
  8. The May 17, 2003 concert in Little Rock was originally scheduled to take place at Alltel Arena.
  9. The July 12, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the Winter Park Festival.
  10. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the California Mid-State Fair.
  11. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the range County Fair.
  12. From July 29, 2003 to August 8, 2003 Dylan and his Band were the opening act for The Dead.
  13. The August 9 and 10, 2003 shows in Holmdel were co-headlining concerts between Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
  14. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 12, 13 and 20, 2003.
  15. The August 20, 2003 concert in New York City was originally scheduled to take place on August 14. It was then rescheduled to August 15 before being rescheduled a third time to August 20.
  16. The July 26, 2003 concert in Winter Park was part of the Great New York State Fair.

References
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  2. "The Evolution of Bob Dylan". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  3. "Bob Dylan Spring 2003 Tour Guide". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  4. "Bob Dylan Rocks Melbourne Festival". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  5. "Reviews: Perth, Australia". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  6. "Still On The Road: 2003 Tour Down Under". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  7. "Concert: March 2003". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  8. "Still On The Road: 2003 US Spring Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  9. "Lineup Set For 10th Music Midtown". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  10. "Jackson, Mississippi: Jubilee Jam". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  11. "Bob Dylan 2003 Summer/Fall Tour Guide". BobLinks. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  12. "Still On The Road: 2003 Europe Fall Tour". Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  13. "Fine performers overcome festival's blues". The Age. February 10, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  14. "Eight Days of Jazz Fest 2003". The Best of New Orleans. February 18, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  15. "Lineup Set For 10th Music Midtown". Billboard. March 12, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
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