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Featured performance

October 17, 1989

1. To Be Alone With You
2. Man in the Long Black Coat
3. Man of Peace
4. I Want You
5. Ballad of a Thin Man
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
8. Barbara Allen
9. Gates of Eden
10. Boots of Spanish Leather
11. Everything Is Broken
12. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
13. Precious Memories
14. In the Garden
15. Like a Rolling Stone
16. Most of the Time
17. All Along the Watchtower (last song)

Also played on this date

• October 17, 1981 — MECCA Arena — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• October 17, 1978 — Chicago Stadium — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• October 17, 2001 — RIMAC Arena — La Jolla, California, United States
• October 17, 2002 — Wiltern Theatre — Los Angeles, California, United States
• October 17, 2015 — Saarlandhalle — Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
• October 17, 2017 — Eccles Theater — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
• October 17, 2018 — Saenger Theatre — Mobile, Alabama, United States
• October 17, 2014 — Paramount Theatre — Seattle, Washington, United States
• October 17, 2019 — Mission Ballroom — Denver, Colorado, United States
• October 17, 2023 — Murat Theatre — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• October 17, 1988 — Radio City Music Hall — New York, New York, United States
• October 17, 1990 — Beacon Theatre — New York, New York, United States
• October 17, 2003 — Docks — Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• October 17, 2022 — AFAS Live — Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• October 17, 2024 — Jahrhunderthalle — Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
• October 17, 2004 — Haas Pavilion — Berkeley, California, United States
• October 17, 2005 — Stockholm Globe Arena — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
• October 17, 2006 — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — San Francisco, California, United States
• October 17, 2007 — Freedom Hall — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• October 17, 2010 — Littlejohn Coliseum — Clemson, South Carolina, United States
• October 17, 1996 — Cal Poly Recreation Center — San Luis Obispo, California, United States
• October 17, 2012 — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — San Francisco, California, United States
• October 17, 2009 — Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• October 17, 2011 — Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy — Paris, Île-de-France, France
• October 17, 1965 — Baltimore Civic Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• October 17, 1991 — Auditorio de la Cartuja — Seville, Andalusia, Spain
• October 17, 1964 — Masonic Temple Theatre — Detroit, Michigan, United States