EUROPE TOUR, 29 April - 27 May 1966

    Bob Dylan's 1966 Tour was notable as the first tour where he employed an electric band backing him, following his "going electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The musicians Dylan employed as his backing band were known as The Hawks; they subsequently became famous as The Band. The 1966 tour was filmed by director D. A. Pennebaker. His footage was edited by Dylan and Howard Alk to produce a little-seen film, EAT THE DOCUMENT, an anarchic account of the tour. Drummer Mickey Jones also filmed the tour with an 8mm home movie camera. Many of the 1966 tour concerts were recorded by Columbia Records.

    These recordings produced two official albums, the so-called "ROYAL ALBERT HALL" concert and in 2016, "THE REAL ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT," as well as THE 1966 LIVE RECORDINGS, a 36 CD box set of every recorded concert from the 1966 tour. There are also many unofficial bootleg recordings of the tour.

    Dylan's 1966 Tour ended with his motorcycle accident late on Friday afternoon, July 29, 1966. Subsequent to Dylan's withdrawal to Woodstock, he refrained from undertaking a major tour until 1974.

April 29, 1966    Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm Concert Hall

May   1, 1966    Copenhagen, Denmark, K.B. Hallen

May   5, 1966    Dublin, Ireland, Adelphi Cinema

May   6, 1966    Belfast ,Northern Ireland, ABC Theatre

May 10, 1966    Bristol, England, Colston Hall

May 11, 1966    Cardiff ,Wales, Capitol Theatre

May 12, 1966    Birmingham ,England, Birmingham Odeon

May 14, 1966    Liverpool, England Odeon Theatre

May 15, 1966    Leicester, England, De Montfort Hall

May 16, 1966    Sheffield, England Gaumont Theatre

May 17, 1966    Manchester, England, Free Trade Hall

May 19, 1966    Glasgow, Scotland, Odeon Theatre

May 20, 1966    Edinburgh, Scotland, ABC Theatre

May 21, 1966    Newcastle, England, Newcastle Odeon

May 24, 1966    Paris, France L'Olympia  (There was a special programme for this concert)

May 26, 1966    London, England, Royal Albert Hall

May 27, 1966    London, England, Royal Albert Hall

    The leg known as 'UK Tour' started on May 5th, 1966 in Dublin, visited Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, and ended in London on May 27th 1966.

   Below are some documents relative to the 1966 Europe Tour: ad, flyers and tickets:
   See more tickets on http://dylanstubs.com

Stockholm ad

Stockholm ticket for Bob Dyland

Copenhagen ticket

Cardiff ad

Cardiff ticket

Leicester handbill	Leicester ticket	Edinburgh ticket
London, Royal Albert Hall	London, Royal Albert Hall

      Below: the famous 14 page UK 1966 Tour programme; it features advertisements, biographical text, a listing of tour dates, a variety of uncommon images, and a dedicated area for the concertgoer to document Dylan's set list.

      Turn on the sound, flip the programme while Dylan reacts to slow clap, then scroll down to see the still images:

 

front and back covers, inside pages below: