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Bob Dylan performance database: quick and easy searches for songs, locations, musicians, etc.
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Aaaaand we're back
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Claude AI made 9000 site requests in hours, contributing with other bots to overrun the server.

Bobserve is hand-created by artisanal coders and researchers and intended for humans not bots :-)
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
bobserve site is temporarily down. Normal service to resume asap.

Olof's Files section is unaffected.

Claude AI made 9000 site requests in hours, contributing with other bots to overrun the server.

Bobserve is hand-created by artisanal coders and researchers and intended for humans not bots :-)
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The 2025 Bob Dylan Yearly Chronicle is here, with a difference.

It's now custom-designed for the web, including: filters and images for the Calendar, and the return of favorites like bobtalk highlights, statistics, and new tapes.

Read more below, or go directly there: bobserve.com/yearlychroni...
The 2025 Yearly Chronicle is here, with a difference
The original Bob Dylan year-in-review series continues
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January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Wikipedia always impresses, and is well worthy of your donation. Bobserve links to its pages for musicians and venues, and only rarely are entries not found for these.
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Now that Bob Dylan's acclaimed 2025 tour has concluded (what a year!), log your attendances at bobserve.com/myevents or just browse the 2025 stats at bobserve.com/dylanytics/periodoverview?datefrom=2025&dateto=2025
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
the bobserve series newsletter is now at blog.bobserve.com instead of Substack.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Bobtalk for all Bob Dylan Outlaw shows has been updated by Luke Poling!

He didn't say much but anything he did say was taken down by Luke and used in evidence at bobserve.com

To quote the great Bob Dylan from the Outlaw tour: "Thank you"

Also, this: bobserve.com/setlist/bobt...
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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@bobserve.com Alpine Valley Outlaws. Full concert audio:
archive.org/details/outl...
September 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Congratulations to Bill Pagel for 30 years (!) of his boblinks.com Bob Dylan setlist site. I cannot recall a single concert date when he was not on duty! Incredible.
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Can You Please Destroy This Record, use your arms and legs it won't ruin you
August 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Bob Dylan songs most frequently seen performed in person by bobserve users
bobserve.com/dylanytics/m...
August 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Read up on all the commentary on Bob Dylan's Wantagh/Jones Beach concert from Aug 1st.

bobserve.com/setlist/comm...
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Inputting the VA Beach July 29 Bob Dylan setlist into bobserve.
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Whoever it was who said Bob Dylan doesn't talk or acknowledge his audience simply doesn't know what they're talking about
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Play a selection from among hundreds of Bob Dylan performances tagged as "favorites" by bobserve users: bobserve.com/pocketsofcha...
Login to tag your own favorites by tapping the star next to any song in a setlist
July 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Bob Dylan song title caption fail... Big if true!
July 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good quality video links for most of last night's Bob Dylan concert

June 22, 2025
Cincinnati, Ohio
Riverbend Music Center

bobserve.com/setlist?even...
June 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Come get your own digital golden ticket, like Henry here!
There's nothing like going to bobserve to add your latest show☺️
June 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Confirmed: May 25 '25 was Bob Dylan's shortest concert since Jun '88 (7 songs).

Next shortest: 9-song sets:

Jul 17, '94 cut short for rain bobserve.com/setlist?even...

Jul 27, '95 opened for Rolling Stones bobserve.com/setlist?even...

July 4, '05 Willie Nelson Picnic bobserve.com/setlist?even...
2025-05-25 George, WA
Bob Dylan setlist at bobserve.com
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May 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Bob Dylan sings Happy Birthday, 1986

Lots more here:
bobserve.com/songinfo?id=...
May 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's a good day to listen to Happy Birthday as performed at various Bob Dylan concerts.

Here: bobserve.com/songinfo?id=...
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bob Dylan played Rick Nelson's Garden Party last night (May 15), a song he talked about in 1986:

"This is the very stage where Ricky Nelson got booed off for singing Garden Party, this is the one, the very one."
bobserve.com/setlist/bobt...
May 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Last night Dylan dropped 6 songs, added 10 songs, and left 7 unchanged from the previous concert
bobserve.com/setlist/setc...
#BobDylan
May 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM