Bob Dylan announces Rough and Rowdy Ways 2024 European tour, with no cameras or phones allowed

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Bob Dylan will return to Europe in November for a 28-date extension of his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour.

The legendary folk-rock icon will kick off the European leg of the tour at the O2 Universum in Prague in the Czech Republic, while UK dates will begin at Bournemouth's Windsor Hall on November 1. Dylan will close out the trek with no fewer than three performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall, nearly 50 years on from his first shows at the historic venue. The tour will also see Dylan return to Edinburgh for his first show in the city since 2009.

Dylan’s stage time for each of these shows will be 7.30pm, with the exception of his shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall where he will take to the stage at 8pm. The shows are being promoted in partnership with tech firm Yondr, who will prohibit the use of cameras and mobile phones during the performances. Ticket holders' devices will be placed in protective pouches that remain locked while the concert is in progress, although fans will be able to step outside the phone-free zone to access them at any time.

Dylan has recently completed a run of dates on Wilie Nelson's touring Outlaw Music Festival, and the next US leg of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour kicks off at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, CA, on July 29. Full dates below.

Tickets for the European shows go on sale on July 19 at 9am.

Last week Dylan announced a 27-CD box set of live recordings made with The Band during their 1974 arena tour. The 1974 Live Recordings will land on September 20 and contains a mammoth 431 songs, 417 of them previously unreleased.

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Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways tour 2024

Jul 29: Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, CA
Jul 31: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA
Aug 03: Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre, CA
Aug 04: Wheatland Toyota Amphitheatre, CA
Aug 07: Boise Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater, ID
Aug 08: Spokane One Spokane Stadium, WA
Aug 10: Gorge Amphitheatre, WA
Sep 06: Somerset Amphitheater, WI
Sep 07: Tinley Park Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, IL
Sep 08: St Louis Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, MO
Sep 11: Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center, OH
Sep 12: Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center, OH
Sep 14: Burgettstown Pavilion At Star Lake, PA
Sep 15: Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre, MI
Sep 17: Buffalo Darien Lake Amphitheater, NY 

Oct 04: Prague O2 Universum, Czech Republic
Oct 05: Prague O2 Universum, Czech Republic
Oct 06: Prague O2 Universum, Czech Republic
Oct 08: Erfurt Messehalle, Germany
Oct 10: Berlin Uber Eats Music Hall, Germany
Oct 11: Berlin Uber Eats Music Hall, Germany
Oct 12: Berlin Uber Eats Music Hall, Germany
Oct 14: Nuremberg Frankenhalle, Germany
Oct 16: Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle, Germany
Oct 17: Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle, Germany
Oct 18: Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle, Germany
Oct 21: Stuttgart Porsche Arena, Germany
Oct 22: Saarbrucken Saarlandhalle, Germany
Oct 24: Paris La Seine Musicale, France
Oct 25: Paris La Seine Musicale, France
Oct 27: Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Hall, Germany
Oct 28: Antwerp Lotto Arena, Belgium
Oct 29: Esch Sur Alzette Rockhal, Luxembourg
Nov 01: Bournemouth Bic Windsor Hall, UK
Nov 03: Liverpool M&S Bank Arena, UK
Nov 05: Edinburgh Usher Hall, UK
Nov 06: Edinburgh Usher Hall, UK
Nov 08: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Nov 09: Wolverhampton Civic At The Halls, UK
Nov 10: Wolverhampton Civic At The Halls, UK
Nov 12: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Nov 13: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Nov 14: London Royal Albert Hall, UK

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A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.