Bob Dylan Breaks Out ‘Kansas City’ In Kansas City & Adds Fall 2023 Tour Dates

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  Bob Dylan dusted off three classic originals for his surprise Farm Aid set with The Heartbreakers. However, none of the songs played at Farm Aid — “Maggie’s Farm,” “Positively 4th Street” and “Ballad Of A Thin Man” — were performed last night in Kansas City.

  While the setlist on Sunday was similar to other Rough And Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour stops, there was one big surprise. Dylan and his band — guitarists Bob Britt and Doug Lancio, multi-instrumentalist Donnie Herron, drummer Jerry Pentecost and bassist Tony Garnier — kicked off the evening with “Kansas City.” The song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was first recorded by Little Willie Littlefield in 1952. Bob Dylan previously performed “Kansas City” once all the way back on July 24, 1986 as per BobDylan.com.

  Listen to an audience recording of Dylan’s “Kansas City” from Sunday night below:

  The rest of the 17-song concert was heavy on material from Dylan’s latest studio album, 2020’s Rough And Rowdy Ways. Bob played nine 10 cuts that appear on the LP last night in Kansas City. Dylan classics to make the setlist on Sunday included “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” and “Watching The River Flow.” Also of note was a performance of “Not Fade Away,” a Buddy Holly cover busted out last April in Tokyo.

  Bob Dylan returns to Kansas City’s Midland Theatre tonight. Scroll below for a full list of tour dates.

  Setlist
  

  Bob Dylan at The Midland Theatre

  • Oct 1, 2023
  • Kansas City, MO
  • Rough and Rowdy Ways

  • Kansas City  
  • Watching the River Flow
  • I Contain Multitudes
  • False Prophet
  • When I Paint My Masterpiece
  • Black Rider
  • My Own Version of You
  • I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
  • Crossing the Rubicon
  • To Be Alone With You
  • Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
  • Gotta Serve Somebody
  • I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
  • Not Fade Away  
  • Mother of Muses  
  • Goodbye Jimmy Reed
  • Every Grain of Sand

  Setlist info via setlist.fm.

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