{"id":6555,"date":"2025-11-08T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/live-bob-dylan-brighton-centre-november-7th-2025-152108\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:47:14","slug":"live-bob-dylan-brighton-centre-november-7th-2025-152108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/live-bob-dylan-brighton-centre-november-7th-2025-152108\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things We Learned from the first night of Bob Dylan\u2019s latest UK tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sound effects! Hecklers! These and more takeaways from the first date of Dylan\u2019s latest UK tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not dark yet<\/strong>
Actually it is, it\u2019s pretty much completely pitch black in here. After the strong visual presentation of the London 2022 shows \u2013 that illuminated floor! \u2013 we\u2019re watching a large theatre show which is lit solely by what seem to be forgotten dressing room bulbs of a backstage yesteryear.<\/p>\n

Jam session vibe<\/strong>
The vibe is often that of a garage rehearsal which happens to be taking place on stage in front of 2000 people. To start most of the songs, Bob lays down a lick, to which the band sensitively respond. Sometimes it will turn into a modest 12-bar shuffle. Other times it\u2019ll lead somewhere almost post-punk, with trebly guitar interactions like you might hear played by Tom Verlaine of Robert Smith. \u00a0And then things start in earnest with what turns out to be \u201cI\u2019ll Be Your Baby Tonight\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I Paint My Masterpiece<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>
This vaporous and faintly psychedelic approach to the music peaks with this fifth song. From the introductory jam, the song takes shape around a modal shuffle with a strong debt to \u201cIstanbul Not Constantinople\u201d as popularised by The Four Lads in 1953.<\/p>\n

Drama<\/strong>
\u201cBlack Rider\u201d is the song which pays back the most from this excellent but subdued show. Dark room. Dark forces. The hushed room forces attention onto Dylan\u2019s delivery as if it\u2019s the only sound available anywhere.<\/p>\n

Effects<\/strong>
Feels slightly off brand for the top-flight after hours hotel band mood which Dylan\u2019s road band seems to shoot for, but there are a couple of sound effects this evening. Some running water before \u201cWatching The River Flow\u201d which felt a bit on the nose. \u201cBlack Rider\u201d had a delay effect on the vocal, which was actually pretty spooky.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Own Version Of You\u201d<\/strong>
The lilting swing band feel of the album is radically altered here. This macabre song is reassembled with a casual disregard its protagonist would likely approve of, Dylan\u2019s experimental piano flourishes matched by increasingly abstract guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s All Over Now Baby Blue\u201d<\/strong>
Of the reconfigurations of his greatest hits which he plays tonight, it\u2019s probably this one which has the greatest element of suspense and release when the key line arrives.<\/p>\n

Heckles!<\/strong>
Not everyone\u2019s completely into it. \u201cKey West (Philosopher Pirate)\u201d is delivered in a fashion that gives heavy weight to every phrase, expanding the running time quite a bit. Maybe halfway through, someone in the balcony shouts \u201cGet on with it, Bob!\u201d. Dylan seems to splutter a tiny bit at this, but carries on undaunted.<\/p>\n

Harmonica<\/strong>
Things that people like at Bob Dylan shows: 1) Bob saying something 2) Bob playing a song they know in a form they recognise 3) If 1) and 2) are not available, Bob playing an instrument which he used to play in the early 1960s. Tonight is a big night for 3) as Bob hits harmonica hard during \u201cDesolation Row\u201d. It\u2019s a loose event but it can\u2019t be an accident how he wails very close to John Lennon\u2019s \u201cLove Me Do\u201d riff. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goodnight<\/strong>
Well of course he doesn\u2019t do an encore (though it seems at one point he might). Or say anything to the crowd. And he does just finish up \u201cEvery Grain Of Sand\u201d, turn around and walk off at the end. But from where I was sitting it did look as if he did a little bow after \u201cI\u2019ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Music Guide to Bob Dylan is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bob Dylan and his band setlist for Brighton Centre, November 7, 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll Be Your Baby Tonight
It Ain\u2019t Me, Babe
I Contain Multitudes
False Prophet
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Black Rider
My Own Version Of You
To Be Alone With You
Crossing The Rubicon
Desolation Row
Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
Watching The River Flow
It\u2019s All Over Now, Baby Blue
I\u2019ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself To You
Mother Of Muses
Goodbye Jimmy Reid
Every Grain Of Sand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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