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On This Day in Dylan History
For October 23, explore a featured Bob Dylan concert from the archive, including venue details, tour information, location, and available setlist data, plus other Dylan performances from this same calendar date in history.
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Featured performance
October 23, 1981
26 songs
Note: Soundcheck included: 'Gamblin' Man' & 'Gotta Serve Somebody'
- Gotta Serve Somebody
- I Believe in You
- Like a Rolling Stone
- I Want You
- Man Gave Names to All the Animals
- Maggie's Farm
- Girl From the North Country
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- In the Summertime
- All Along the Watchtower
- Forever Young
- Gamblin' Man
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- It's All in the Game
- Slow Train
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Solid Rock
- Heart of Mine
- Masters of War
- Just Like a Woman
- Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
- When You Gonna Wake Up?
- In the Garden
- Blowin' in the Wind
- It Ain't Me, Babe
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (last song)
Also played on this date
- October 23, 2001 — Orpheum Theater — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- October 23, 2002 — Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- October 23, 2015 — Royal Albert Hall — London, England, United Kingdom
- October 23, 2017 — CenturyLink Center — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- October 23, 2018 — Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall — Fort Myers, Florida, United States
- October 23, 1990 — Municipal Auditorium — Charleston, West Virginia, United States
- October 23, 2019 — Stephens Auditorium — Ames, Iowa, United States
- October 23, 1992 — Bob Carpenter Center — Newark, Delaware, United States
- October 23, 2016 — Brady Theater — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- October 23, 2023 — Warner Theater — Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
- October 23, 2003 — T-Mobile Arena — Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czechia
- October 23, 2008 — Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- October 23, 2009 — Bicentennial Center — Salina, Kansas, United States
- October 23, 2022 — London Palladium — London, England, United Kingdom
- October 23, 1989 — Boston Opera House — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- October 23, 1998 — Target Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- October 23, 1996 — Kiva Auditorium — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- October 23, 1994 — Landmark Theatre — Syracuse, New York, United States
- October 23, 2011 — König-Pilsener-Arena — Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- October 23, 1965 — Patrick Gymnasium — Burlington, Vermont, United States