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Last Update: 09/29/2026 at 3:00 PM EST
Rolling Thunder Revue
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The Rolling Thunder Revue was Bob Dylan’s mid-1970s touring project, defined by its fluid ensemble, collaborative performances, and distinctive concert repertoire.
Joan Baez joined Dylan alongside musicians including Rob Stoner, Scarlet Rivera, Howie Wyeth, Mick Ronson, David Mansfield, Steven Soles, and T Bone Burnett. Its legacy is preserved through recordings from shows such as Fort Worth and Fort Collins, the Hard Rain-associated material, and archival releases including The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings. Together, these performances and documents illuminate the Revue’s musical range and enduring place in Dylan’s concert history.
Key Articles3 of 70 articles
If you read one thing
It introduces the scale of the 1976 recordings while connecting the archive to the tour’s evolving live arrangements.
Best explainer
Its show-by-show account explains how changing setlists and production contributed to the 1976 leg’s distinct, darker feel.
The evidence
Its reading of Hard Rain adds a focused account of the raw, personal performance captured in the tour’s broadcast and concert recordings.
Key Issues
The 1976 archive greatly expands the record, but does not cover every tour date
The forthcoming 39-CD collection brings together 381 performances, including 371 previously unreleased recordings, offering a broad account of the 1976 leg. Coverage remains incomplete across the 27 scheduled dates, including the omitted final Salt Lake City show; complete Fort Worth and Fort Collins recordings add concert and broadcast context.
Stable
The 1976 leg is marked by changing setlists and performance approaches
Tour accounts describe solo-acoustic openings, shifting song choices, and a darker, tighter feel than the 1975 leg. The concert record also enables comparisons of arrangements, performance lengths, and set development across dates.
Key Numbers
371 recordings
previously unreleased recordings
“Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings on November 6. The 39-CD collection captures 381 tracks from the tour’s second leg, including 371 previously unreleased recordings.”
381 tracks
tracks in the deluxe edition
“The 39-CD deluxe edition is described as containing 381 tracks, including 371 never-before-released recordings.”
39 CDs
box-set size
“The 39-CD deluxe edition is described as containing 381 tracks, including 371 never-before-released recordings.”
three LPs
release format
“A separate three-LP release presents the complete May 16, 1976, Fort Worth performance, remixed from the original multitrack tapes.”
27 dates
spring 1976 tour run
“The set documents the 27-date spring 1976 run, which began April 18 in Lakeland, Florida, and concluded May 25 in Salt Lake City. Nearly every show is represented, allowing listeners to follow how Dylan’s performances developed across the tour.”
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The Story So Far
No material change
The new articles reiterate the forthcoming 1976 archive and revisit earlier Rolling Thunder Revue recordings; they add no material change to the Topic since the prior state.
Previously
Bob Dylan's forthcoming 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue set will bring 381 tracks from the 1976 second tour leg into official circulation, including 371 previously unreleased performances and a separate complete Fort Worth concert edition.
History
09/24/2026
The current version clarifies that the archive does not provide complete concert coverage across the tour’s 27 scheduled dates, tempering the earlier description of its span.
09/19/2026
The archival project is now more concretely defined, adding a standalone complete Fort Worth edition, an advance track, and expanded Hard Rain-related documentation.
All Articles70 articles
Important
Bob Dylan launched Rolling Thunder 1976 on April 18, 1976 in Lakeland, Florida, featuring ten live debuts and three Blood on the Tracks songs amid reduced camaraderie.
4/18/2026 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan's Pensacola Rolling Thunder 1976 show featured a rare solo Just Like a Woman and tour-specific lyric changes to If You See Her, Say Hello.
4/28/2026 • Live Performance • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD archive of Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue performances on November 6, covering the tour from Florida to Utah.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release a 39-CD archive of his 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue performances on November 6, 2026, including recordings from every professionally recorded second-leg show.
9/16/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release 381 recordings from Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue second leg on November 6, covering performances across the southern and central United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will issue a 39-CD Bob Dylan archive of the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue second leg on November 6, documenting 27 dates across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD archive of Bob Dylan’s second Rolling Thunder Revue leg on November 6, documenting 27 1976 concerts across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan's label will release a 39-disc set documenting the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue across United States performances on November 9.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
On May 26 in Red Bank, New Jersey, former Bob Dylan collaborator Rob Stoner will join Pat Guadagno's BobFest at the Count Basie Center for the Arts.
5/2/2022 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue performed in Gatesville, Texas, in 1976 for juvenile detainees after cancelled Dallas and Austin plans.
5/15/2026 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue New Orleans soundboard recording documents the live debut of Rita May and recalls delays caused by sound system failure.
5/3/2026 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan performed on April 20, 1976, on Rolling Thunder '76 night two at St. Petersburg, Florida's Bayfront Civic Center Auditorium, using 1975-era songs including Mr. Tambourine Man as opener.
4/20/2026 • Live Performance • General
Flagging Down the Double E features sound engineer David Hendel discussing Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue and unveiling Mobile and Austin soundboard recordings.
12/24/2023 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue performances in the mid 1970s across the northeast United States are documented by Martin Scorsese for Netflix.
6/10/2019 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan’s 39-CD The 1976 Live Recordings collects professionally recorded Rolling Thunder Revue performances from April 18 to May 23, 1976, from Lakeland, Florida, to Fort Collins, Colorado.
9/22/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan released a live version of Going, Going, Gone from his May 16, 1976, Rolling Thunder Revue performance in Fort Worth, Texas, ahead of a November archival box set.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan's 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting the 1976 tour across the United States.
9/19/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings announced a November 6 release of 39 CDs documenting Bob Dylan's professionally recorded 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue shows.
9/17/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Mikal Gilmore wrote liner notes for a 39-CD Bob Dylan box set documenting the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue, scheduled for November 6.
9/17/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will issue Bob Dylan's 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, 2026, documenting 1976 concerts across the United States.
9/16/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release a 39-CD set documenting every Rolling Thunder Revue performance from his April and May 1976 tour on November 6.
9/16/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD Bob Dylan archive of the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue on November 6, covering concerts across the southern and western United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan's 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting the 1976 United States tour.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release Rolling Thunder Revue Live on November 6, presenting professionally recorded performances from the 1976 second tour leg in a 39-CD archival set.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release a nearly 40-disc collection on November 6 documenting 27 Rolling Thunder Revue performances across Florida, Texas, and Utah.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD collection on November 6 documenting Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue across 27 dates in the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan’s 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue set on November 6, documenting his 1976 second-leg tour across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan’s 39-CD 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting concerts across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD collection of Bob Dylan's second 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue tour leg on November 6, 2026.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
In this extensive interview, Rich Nesin recounts working around Bob Dylan’s tours from Rolling Thunder Revue in the mid-1970s through opening-act and production gigs into the 2000s.
12/7/2024 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
In this New Jersey-based interview, David Mansfield reflects on working with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and decades of subsequent studio, touring, and film-scoring collaborations.
11/27/2023 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
Bob Dylan will release a 39-CD archive of the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue on November 6, 2026, documenting concerts across the southern and western United States.
9/16/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release a 39-disc collection on November 6 documenting professionally recorded Rolling Thunder Revue concerts from the 1976 tour leg.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will issue Bob Dylan's 39-CD 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting performances across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue performances will be released November 6 in a 39-CD collection spanning Lakeland, Fort Worth, and Salt Lake City.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan's 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting the 1976 tour across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will issue Bob Dylan's 39-disc Rolling Thunder Revue archive on November 6, documenting the 1976 tour's second leg across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue recordings on November 6, documenting concerts across the United States, including Fort Worth and Fort Collins.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue is analyzed using Bootleg Vol. 5 performance snapshots, covering tour mood changes, covers, and the shelved film Renaldo And Clara.
4/28/2026 • Live Performance • General
Joan Baez described rehearsal dynamics behind Rolling Thunder '76 as Dylan’s night-two set shifted to Rolling Thunder '75 reprises in Florida during 1976.
4/20/2026 • Live Performance • General
Tufts Daily reports that Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue began in 1975 and that a 2002 live album captures the autumn leg in the northeast United States and Canada to illustrate Dylan's reinvention.
11/6/2025 • Live Performance • General
In this New Republic column, a writer revisits Bob Dylan's concerts and film portrayals, emphasizing Martin Scorsese's 2019 Rolling Thunder Revue documentary built from the 1975-76 tour.
4/21/2025 • Live Performance • General
The article describes how Bob Dylan used the mid-1970s Rolling Thunder Revue tour across the United States to realize Beat generation ideals.
9/12/2021 • Live Performance • General
Insiders recount Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, running October 1975 to May 1976, mixing mask staging and small venues with the December 8 Madison Square Garden Hurricane Carter benefit.
6/5/2026 • Live Performance • General
Rolling Thunder Revue, a Netflix film by Martin Scorsese about the 1975 tour, was released on Jun 12, 2019 alongside a 14-CD box set.
6/12/2019 • Live Performance • General
On May 30, 2019, NPR published First Listen coverage of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings featuring a 10 track sampler.
5/30/2019 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan released Live 1975 in 2002, documenting energetic performances from the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue.
9/20/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan's 1976 Live Recordings presents 381 Rolling Thunder Revue performances, including an altered Going, Going, Gone recorded in Fort Worth, Texas.
9/15/2026 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan announced a 39-disc collection of his 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue performances, including a Fort Worth recording, for Amazon release on November 9.
9/16/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan and Sony Music Entertainment will issue a 39-disc archive of the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue on November 6, including Fort Worth and Fort Collins recordings.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan's 39-CD Rolling Thunder Revue set will present professionally recorded shows from the 1976 tour's second leg, including Florida performances.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-CD archive of Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue on November 6, documenting 27 tour dates across the United States.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Bob Dylan will release 371 previously unreleased recordings from the 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue tour on November 6 through Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
On its 2019 Netflix release, Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue revisited Bob Dylan's 1975 tour through a hybrid of documentary and invented material.
5/15/2022 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
On May 23, 1976, Bob Dylan performed a rain-soaked Rolling Thunder Revue concert at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado.
6/1/2024 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue concert at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado is recounted through producer Rick Wurpel's detailed production memories.
5/23/2024 • Live Performance • General
Interesting
In 2019, Martin Scorsese released the documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese on Netflix in the United States.
1/19/2021 • Dylan Studies • General
In this essay, the author uses Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue and Martin Scorsese's Netflix documentary to reflect on American ideals and contradictions in the United States.
7/16/2019 • Dylan Studies • General
Bob Dylan released Hard Rain in 1976, using May concerts in Colorado and Texas to present a severe live interpretation of Rolling Thunder material.
9/13/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
In an interview recorded in 2022, Kinky Friedman recounted Bob Dylan collaborations on tour, at the Houston Astrodome, and during a televised Chabad telethon.
5/14/2024 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
On Nov 1, 1975, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue performed at Southeastern Massachusetts University in North Dartmouth, as later documented by writer Bill Lattanzi.
2/23/2026 • Live Performance • General
Thunder at the Falls is reviewed as a standout Niagara Falls Rolling Thunder Revue recording, showcasing Dylan's tougher live rearrangements and guest performances by Joan Baez and Roger McGuinn.
5/11/2026 • Live Performance • General
Columbia and Legacy Recordings issued a 39-CD collection of Bob Dylan's 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue performances across nine U.S. states, including the closing Salt Lake City concert.
9/15/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Columbia Records released Bob Dylan's Hard Rain on September 13, 1976, documenting Rolling Thunder Revue performances recorded in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Fort Worth, Texas.
9/12/2026 • Albums & Recordings • General
Rolling Thunder Revue 1976 stopped in Baton Rouge, then skipped Lake Charles due to low ticket sales, leaving Dylan and the troupe days in Louisiana.
5/4/2026 • Live Performance • General
Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue returned to Central Florida after earlier consecutive shows, with Joan Baez wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
4/23/2026 • Live Performance • General
Flagging Down the Double E's shares a 2022 interview in which Kinky Friedman discusses collaborations with Bob Dylan during and after the Rolling Thunder Revue.
6/27/2024 • Collaborations & Other Artists • General
Cult Following reviewed Bob Dylan's Providence 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue performance on 2025-11-30, focusing on the concert in Providence, Rhode Island.
11/30/2025 • Live Performance • General
On May 26, Pat Guadagno's BobFest staged a Rolling Thunder Revue-themed tribute at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey.
5/27/2022 • Community & Culture • General
Bob Dylan's Hard Rain television special aired on Sept. 14, 1976, presenting Rolling Thunder Revue concert footage on television.
9/14/2026 • Mentions & References • General