On This Day in Dylan History

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Featured performance

October 21, 2025

1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. I Contain Multitudes
4. False Prophet
5. When I Paint My Masterpiece
6. Black Rider
7. My Own Version of You
8. To Be Alone With You
9. Crossing the Rubicon
10. Desolation Row
11. Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
12. Watching the River Flow
13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
14. I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
15. Mother of Muses
16. Goodbye Jimmy Reed
17. Every Grain of Sand (last song)

Also played on this date

• October 21, 1981 — Orpheum Theatre — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• October 21, 1978 — Centennial Hall — Toledo, Ohio, United States
• October 21, 2017 — 1st Bank Center — Broomfield, Colorado, United States
• October 21, 2001 — Denver Coliseum — Denver, Colorado, United States
• October 21, 2015 — Royal Albert Hall — London, England, United Kingdom
• October 21, 2018 — Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall — Sarasota, Florida, United States
• October 21, 2014 — Keller Auditorium — Portland, Oregon, United States
• October 21, 1990 — The Mosque — Richmond, Virginia, United States
• October 21, 2023 — Akron Civic Theatre — Akron, Ohio, United States
• October 21, 1998 — Winnipeg Arena — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• October 21, 2009 — Magness Arena — Denver, Colorado, United States
• October 21, 2024 — Porsche-Arena — Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• October 21, 2002 — Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• October 21, 2004 — UC Santa Barbara Events Center — University of California Santa Barbara Campus, California, United States
• October 21, 2005 — Scandinavium — Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
• October 21, 2006 — Long Beach Arena — Long Beach, California, United States
• October 21, 2010 — Chaifetz Arena — St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• October 21, 1996 — Centennial Hall - University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• October 21, 2011 — Rockhal Main Hall — Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg