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Dylan opens tour with Basement Tapes live debut
Bob Dylan opened his 2026 summer run on June 4 at McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater in Troutdale, Oregon, with a 16-song set built around deep cuts and covers. The standout was the first live performance of "Baby, Won't You Be My Baby," a 1967 Basement Tapes track that was officially released in 2014; reports also noted returns for "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and a set that stretched from "To Be Alone With You" to "Crossing the Rubicon." Multiple outlets described the new song's arrangement as closely aligned with the recorded version.
Why it matters
It shows Dylan is still reshaping his live catalog with rare material at the start of the tour.
Sources & driving stories
ROLLING STONE · Andy Greene
Rolling Stone coverageCONSEQUENCE · Eddie Fu
Consequence coverageJAMBASE · Nate Todd
JamBase coverageUncut revisits Dylan's formative eras and sessions
Uncut published a cluster of Dylan archive features today, including Stephen Deusner on the 1961 Greenwich Village arrival and early Cafe Wha?/Gerde's Folk City years, Graeme Thomson on the 1969 Nashville and Johnny Cash sessions, and Damien Love on Blonde on Blonde through Charlie McCoy's recollections. The pieces draw on firsthand memories from figures including Sylvia Tyson, Suze Rotolo, Johnny Cash, and McCoy, adding new detail to Dylan's early career and Nashville period.
Why it matters
The package adds fresh sourced recollections to heavily mined parts of Dylan history.
Sources & driving stories
UNCUT · Stephen Deusner
Uncut coverageUNCUT · Graeme Thomson
Uncut coverageUNCUT · Damien Love
Uncut coverageWorth noting
WORTH NOTING
Rolling Thunder Revue revisited
Uncut also published a same-day retrospective on Dylan's 1975-76 caravan, adding another archival lens on one of his most mythologized touring eras.
WORTH NOTING
Street-Legal era reexamined
A second same-day Uncut feature revisits Dylan's 1978 world tour and the expanded band that made Street-Legal one of his most divisive live periods.
Still unclear
OPEN QUESTION
Will Baby, Won't You Be My Baby stay in rotation?
If the Basement Tapes rarity returns later on the tour, it would signal a broader live-set experiment rather than a one-night novelty.
OPEN QUESTION
How far will the setlist reshuffle go?
The opener mixed deep cuts, covers, and recent-era material, raising the question of whether Dylan will keep varying the show night to night.