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October 16, 1981

MECCA Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Tour: 1981 Fall Tour
Artist: Bob Dylan
28 songs
  1. Gotta Serve Somebody
  2. I Believe in You
  3. Like a Rolling Stone
  4. I Want You
  5. Man Gave Names to All the Animals
  6. Maggie's Farm
  7. Girl From the North Country
  8. Ballad of a Thin Man
  9. In the Summertime
  10. All Along the Watchtower
  11. Forever Young
  12. The Rose
  13. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  14. Let's Begin
  15. Heart of Mine
  16. Masters of War
  17. Mr. Tambourine Man
  18. Solid Rock
  19. Just Like a Woman
  20. Gypsy Blood
  21. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  22. Watered-Down Love
  23. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
  24. When You Gonna Wake Up?
  25. In the Garden
  26. Blowin' in the Wind
  27. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  28. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (last song)

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