Bob Dylan’s head-scratching European run resumed on Saturday. Just days after meeting with Pope Leo XIV while wearing a black hoodie, Dylan and his current combo performed at Casalecchio di Reno, Italy’s Unipol Arena. Julian Lage, who replaced guitarist Mike Seal partway through this current outing, was once again in the mix and Dylan continued his trend of reviving unexpected tracks from his late-’90s/early 2000s comeback era. On this night, Dylan performed “Sugar Baby,” from 2001’s “Love and Theft,” for the first time since November 14, 2012.
After busting out the 1997 Time Out of Mind tracks “Not Dark Yet,” “Million Miles” and “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” earlier in the run, Dylan turned his attention to 2001’s”Love & Theft” on October 30, playing the former live staple “High Water (For Charley Patton)” in concert for the first time since October 9, 2018. Dylan has also revived “Tangled Up in Blue,” complete with extra versus, and “Girl From the North Country,” and debuted his takes on Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927,” Jerry Lee Lewis’ “I’ll Make It All Up to You” and Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues” while oversees.
Dylan’s Lights of Autumn Tour will continue at Ljubljana, Slovenia’s Arena Stožice this evening.
