| Concert Tour Name: | Never Ending Tour 1994 |
| Artist: | Bob Dylan |
| Start Date: | February 5, 1994 |
| End Date: | November 13, 1994 |
| Number Of Legs: | 5 |
| Number Of Shows: | 104 |
| Last Tour: | Never Ending Tour 1993 (1993) |
| This Tour: | Never Ending Tour 1994 (1994) |
| Next Tour: | Never Ending Tour 1995 (1995) |
The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.[1] [2]
The Never Ending Tour 1994 started with eleven concerts in Japan. Two days later Dylan performed in Malaysia, his first and to date, only concert there to date. Dylan then went on to perform concerts in Singapore and Hong Kong.[3]
On April 5 Dylan started a twenty-five stop date of North America starting in Springfield, Illinois and coming to an end just over a month later in Memphis, Tennessee.[4]
Prior to continuing to tour in Europe, he returned to Japan, performing at The Great Music Experience from May 20–22.
Dylan travelled to Europe in midsummer to perform seventeen concerts in Europe, his only performances there of 1994.[5]
Sixteen days after completing his European tour Dylan returned to the United States to perform fifteen concerts including his triumph performance at Woodstock '94.[6] After being injured in a traffic accident in 1966, and his subsequent disappearance from the popular music scene, Dylan declined to go to the original Woodstock Festival of 1969, even though he lived in the area at the time and the festival had been put in his backyard to try to get him to come out and play. He set off for the Isle of Wight Festival the day the Woodstock festival started, and performed at Woodside Bay on 31 August 1969. Dylan, however, did accept an invitation to perform at Woodstock '94, and was introduced with the phrase: "We waited twenty-five years to hear this, Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bob Dylan!"[7] According to various critics, Dylan's performance was one of the greater moments of the festival, and represented the beginning of another one of the new phases in his lengthy career.[8]
Dylan continued his United States Tour on October 1 in Ithaca, New York. The tour continued through the fall in the eastern United States ending on November 13 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[9] Inspired by the success of his appearance at Woodstock ’94 Dylan performed on MTV Unplugged which resulted in the live album "MTV Unplugged"[10]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | ||||
| February 5, 1994 | Sendai | Japan | Sendai Sun Plaza | |
| February 7, 1994 | Yokohama | Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium | ||
| February 8, 1994 | Tokyo | Nippon Budokan | ||
| February 9, 1994 | ||||
| February 11, 1994 | Nagoya | Century Hall | ||
| February 12, 1994 | Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall | ||
| February 14, 1994 | Kokura | Kyushu Koseinenkin Kaikan | ||
| February 15, 1994 | ||||
| February 16, 1994 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center | ||
| February 18, 1994 | Urawa | Urawa-Shi Bunka Center | ||
| February 20, 1994 | Tokyo | NHK Hall | ||
| February 22, 1994 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Merdeka Hall | |
| February 24, 1994 | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | ||
| February 25, 1994 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Coliseum | ||
| North America | ||||
| April 5, 1994 | Springfield | United States | Sangamon Auditorium | |
| April 6, 1994 | Davenport | Adler Theater | ||
| April 7, 1994 | Ames | C.Y. Stephens Auditorium | ||
| April 9, 1994 | Lawrence | Lied Center of Kansas | ||
| April 10, 1994 | St. Louis | Fox Theatre | ||
| April 12, 1994 | Rockford | Coronado Theatre | ||
| April 13, 1994 | Peoria | Peoria Civic Center Theater | ||
| April 15, 1994 | Ashwaubenon | Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena | ||
| April 16, 1994 | Valparaiso | Athletics–Recreation Center | ||
| April 17, 1994 | Chicago | Riviera Theatre | ||
| April 18, 1994 | ||||
| April 20, 1994 | Champaign | Assembly Hall | ||
| April 22, 1994 | Fort Wayne | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | ||
| April 23, 1994 | Milwaukee | Riverside Theater | ||
| April 24, 1994 | Rochester | Mayo Civic Center | ||
| April 26, 1994 | Sioux City | Sioux City Municipal Auditorium | ||
| April 27, 1994 | Lincoln | Lied Center for Performing Arts | ||
| April 28, 1994 | Topeka | Topeka Performing Arts Center | ||
| April 30, 1994 | Springfield | Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts | ||
| May 1, 1994 | Columbia | Jesse Auditorium | ||
| May 3, 1994 | Evansville | Roberts Municipal Stadium | ||
| May 5, 1994 | Bristol | Viking Hall | ||
| May 6, 1994 | Spartanburg | Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium | ||
| May 7, 1994 | Chattanooga | Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium | ||
| May 8, 1994 | Memphis | Tom Lee Park | ||
| Europe | ||||
| July 3, 1994 | Paris | France | Parc Departemental du Bourget | |
| July 4, 1994 | Besançon | Palais Des Sports de Besançon | ||
| July 5, 1994 | Lyon | Ancient Theatre of Fourvière | ||
| July 7, 1994 | Sanremo | Italy | Stadio Comunale di Sanremo | |
| July 8, 1994 | Milan | Parco Acquatico Milano | ||
| July 9, 1994 | Balingen | Germany | Messegelände Balingen | |
| July 10, 1994 | Cologne | Tanzbrunnen | ||
| July 12, 1994 | Montreux | Switzerland | Stravinsky Hall | |
| July 14, 1994 | Graz | Austria | Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum | |
| July 15, 1994 | Vienna | Hohe Warte | ||
| July 16, 1994 | Prague | Czech Republic | Sportovni Hala | |
| July 17, 1994 | Kraków | Poland | Stadion Miejski Cracovii | |
| July 19, 1994 | Warsaw | Congress Hall | ||
| July 21, 1994 | Dresden | Germany | Großer Garten | |
| July 23, 1994 | Halle | Freilichtbühne Peißnitz | ||
| July 24, 1994 | Gotha | Friedenstein Palace | ||
| July 25, 1994 | Kiel | Ostseehalle | ||
| North America | ||||
| August 10, 1994 | Portland | United States | State Theatre | |
| August 11, 1994 | Patterson | Big Birch Concert Pavilion | ||
| August 12, 1994 | Stratton | Mountain Ski Resort | ||
| August 14, 1994 | Saugerties | Saugerties Field | ||
| August 16, 1994 | Lewiston | Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park | ||
| August 17, 1994 | Hershey | Hersheypark Stadium | ||
| August 19, 1994 | Pittsburgh | Station Square | ||
| August 20, 1994 | Cleveland | Nautica Stage | ||
| August 21, 1994 | Columbus | Celeste Center | ||
| August 23, 1994 | Louisville | Palace Theatre | ||
| August 24, 1994 | South Bend | Morris Performing Arts Center | ||
| August 26, 1994 | Merrillville | Star Plaza Theatre | ||
| August 27, 1994 | Kalamazoo | State Theatre | ||
| August 28, 1994 | ||||
| August 29, 1994 | Detroit | Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum | ||
| October 1, 1994 | Ithaca | Ben Light Gymnasium | ||
| October 2, 1994 | Amherst | LeFrak Gymnasium | ||
| October 4, 1994 | Portland | State Theatre | ||
| October 5, 1994 | ||||
| October 7, 1994 | Boston | The Orpheum | ||
| October 8, 1994 | ||||
| October 9, 1994 | ||||
| October 11, 1994 | Burlington | Flynn Center for the Performing Arts | ||
| October 12, 1994 | Providence | Providence Performing Arts Center | ||
| October 14, 1994 | Albany | Palace Theatre | ||
| October 15, 1994 | West Point | Eisenhower Hall Theatre | ||
| October 16, 1994 | New Haven | Palace Theatre | ||
| October 18, 1994 | New York City | Roseland Ballroom | ||
| October 19, 1994 | ||||
| October 20, 1994 | ||||
| October 22, 1994 | Rochester | Auditorium Theatre | ||
| October 23, 1994 | Syracuse | Landmark Theatre | ||
| October 25, 1994 | Wilkes-Barre | F.M. Kirby Center | ||
| October 26, 1994 | Salisbury | Wicomico Youth and Civic Center | ||
| October 27, 1994 | Upper Darby Township | The Tower Theater | ||
| October 28, 1994 | ||||
| October 30, 1994 | Washington, D.C. | Warner Theatre | ||
| October 31, 1994 | ||||
| November 1, 1994 | Norfolk | Chrysler Hall | ||
| November 2, 1994 | Roanoke | Roanoke Civic Center Auditorium | ||
| November 4, 1994 | Gainesville | Georgia Mountains Center | ||
| November 5, 1994 | Knoxville | Tennessee Theatre | ||
| November 6, 1994 | Asheville | Thomas Wolfe Auditorium | ||
| November 8, 1994 | Nashville | Ryman Auditorium | ||
| November 9, 1994 | ||||
| November 10, 1994 | Jackson | Oman Arena | ||
| November 12, 1994 | New Orleans | House of Blues | ||
| November 13, 1994 | ||||