Bob Dylan has expanded his ongoing Rough and Rowdy Ways tour with stops in several new cities, including Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, and Atlanta. The 84-year-old singer announced the additions on April 21 through his website. Special guests Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan will join him at most of these shows.
Bob Dylan announced new tour dates on Tuesday, April 21, extending his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour through August. The updated itinerary now includes performances in Cincinnati on July 10 at PNC Pavilion at Riverbend, Philadelphia on July 14 at Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Boston on July 16 at Leader Bank Pavilion, and Atlanta on July 31 at Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park. Other new stops feature Queens, New York, on July 21 at Forest Hills Stadium and Nashville on August 1 at Ascend Federal Credit Union Amphitheater, where the tour will conclude. The tour begins its next leg on April 22 in Macon, Georgia, at Macon City Auditorium and continues across the US with multiple dates in some cities like Woodinville, Washington, and Vienna, Virginia. Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan will serve as special guests for most new shows, with Brittney Spencer appearing on select bills. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 22, at 10 a.m. local time, followed by general sales on Friday, April 24, at the same time. The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour launched in November 2021 at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee to support Dylan's 39th studio album of the same name, released in 2020. Along the way, Dylan has performed as part of Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival.