BOB DYLAN 1966 UK TOUR

    Bob Dylan's 1966 Tour was notable as the first tour where he employed an electric band backing him, following his "going electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The musicians Dylan employed as his backing band were known as The Hawks; they subsequently became famous as The Band. The 1966 tour was filmed by director D. A. Pennebaker. Pennebaker's footage was edited by Dylan and Howard Alk to produce a little-seen film, Eat the Document, an anarchic account of the tour. Drummer Mickey Jones also filmed the tour with an 8mm home movie camera. Many of the 1966 tour concerts were recorded by Columbia Records.
    These recordings produced two official albums, the so-called "Royal Albert Hall" concert and in 2016, "The Real Royal Albert Hall Concert," as well as The 1966 Live Recordings, a 36 CD box set of every recorded concert from the 1966 tour. There are also many unofficial bootleg recordings of the tour.
    Dylan's 1966 Tour ended with his motorcycle accident late on Friday afternoon, July 29, 1966. Subsequent to Dylan's withdrawal to Woodstock, he refrained from undertaking a major tour until 1974.

    The leg known as 'UK Tour' started on May 5th, 1966 in Dublin, visited Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, and ended in London on May 27th 1966.

Here are some documents relative to this tour.

below: concert ads

Stockholm      Cardiff

Leicester handbill and ticket   

Some tickets (http://dylanstubs.com):

Stockholm for Bob Dyland!      Copenhagen

Cardiff     Edinburgh

Below: the famous 14 page 1966 Tour programme; it features advertisements, biographical text, a listing of tour dates, a variety of uncommon images, and a dedicated area for the concertgoer to document Dylan's set list:

front and back covers, inside pages below:

April 29, 1966    Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Concert Hall

May   1, 1966    Copenhagen, Denmark K.B. Hallen

May   5, 1966    Dublin, Ireland Adelphi Cinema

May   6, 1966    Belfast ,Northern Ireland ABC Theatre

May 10, 1966    Bristol, England Colston Hall

May 11, 1966    Cardiff ,Wales Capitol Theatre

May 12, 1966    Birmingham ,England England Birmingham Odeon

May 14, 1966    Liverpool,   England Odeon Theatre

May 15, 1966    Leicester, England De Montfort Hall

May 16, 1966    Sheffield,  England Gaumont Theatre

May 17, 1966    Manchester, England Free Trade Hall

May 19, 1966    Glasgow,  Scotland   Odeon Theatre

May 20, 1966    Edinburgh, Scotland ABC Theatre

May 21, 1966    Newcastle, England Newcastle Odeon

May 24, 1966    Paris, France L'Olympia  (There was a special programme for this concert)

May 26, 1966    London, England Royal Albert Hall

May 27, 1966    London, England Royal Albert Hall