bobserve (Bob Dylan database)

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Bob Dylan's calendar now at bobserve

Site back up

Bobserve.com temporarily down for maintenance. Hopefully shouldn't be longer than a few hours.

Bob Dylan concert counts by year. This year's peak of 92 shows is the highest since 2014's 92.

A @bobdylancenter.bsky.social virtual listening session on Nov 4 with guest David Mansfield. Members only.

39 CDs!! vinyl.sonymusic.com/pages/bob-dy...

Bob Dylan tour dates Oct-Dec 2026. Now posted at bobserve.com/eventsperiod... with venue info and links, and this interactive map.

Search for all Bob Dylan setlists which contain your chosen songs bobserve.com/songmatch

We have interactive Bob Dylan tour maps at bobserve! Maps for each year, and also for your own attended concerts. Your own concerts: bobserve.com/myevents?ref... Tour year: bobserve.com/eventsperiod... Blog post explaining all: blog.bobserve.com/quick-update...

Nov 2, 1994 Roanoke, VA

Wordle but for Bob Dylan setlists. Setlists instead of words, songs instead of letters. Should I make this prototype into a real game? Thinking it might be too hard, even if give the year as a clue?

Bob Dylan covers in 2026, so far bobserve.com/covers

Setting up my insta www.instagram.com/bobserve76

🎶 The summer tour was over, the boys were all plannin' for the fall 🎶 Time to update your Bob Dylan shows at bobserve.com/myevents

That famous Folk Festival duet with Joan Baez? It's been written about for decades, and even reenacted in a biopic. But did it really happen? blog.bobserve.com/monterey-fol...

There’s no link in your post but I did find the piece. Fascinating on how tricky historical facts can be. blog.bobserve.com/monterey-fol...

That famous Folk Festival duet with Joan Baez? It's been written about for decades, and even reenacted in a biopic. But did it really happen?

Amazing Dylan #stat. And always amazing work from @raypadgett.bsky.social and @bobserve.com!

Almost a year and a half later, and now you've collectively logged 24,448 Bob Dylan concert attendances at bobserve.

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Bob Dylan summer tour details now posted at bobserve, including support acts, venue web sites, addresses, and capacity. 2026 Jun-Aug bobserve.com/eventsperiod... Venue page sample bobserve.com/venue?venueI...

There are already thousands of links to articles and reviews for Bob Dylan concerts at bobserve. Now see most recently added links on the home page. Click through for a much longer list of recents. bobserve.com/recentcommen...

bobserve.com now has concert counters on the setlist page From the first Never Ending Tour date (1st of 3059 shows), all the way through tonight's Rough And Rowdy Ways Show (the 293rd)

Have you ever wondered... whether there's a song Bob Dylan has performed over his career at least once every calendar day of the year? Well... I did, which is why this now exists: bobserve.com/dylanytics/c...

Make bobserve bigger or smaller bobserve.com/settings

Location, Location, Location last played #BobDylan

New at bobserve: venue addresses with 📍 map links, official site and wikipedia links. Tonight's venue: bobserve.com/venue?venueI... Option to choose Apple maps over Google maps (if logged in): bobserve.com/settings #BobDylan

Did you see any debut performances by Bob Dylan? Any one-timers? Any last-played songs? Here's how to find out: bobserve.com/myevents/deb... If you haven't already logged your attended shows, create a login and start saving shows here: bobserve.com/myevents/add...

Perhaps our recent re-design was a little too... modern. It's time to look back for some inspiration.

New at bobserve.com : Location Drilldown Begin with concert counts by country by decade, and tap any location to move from country -> state -> city. Tap any blue number to see what concerts make up that number, including grand totals. (see alt text) bobserve.com/dylanytics/l...

Working on some changes...

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Now you can submit Bob Dylan YouTube links directly to bobserve.com, and report broken and wrong audio links as well. *Login required

A new list is born... bobserve.com/setlist/same...

We're working hard on a new bobserve.com feature. Hint: it's not Wordyl.

Need plain Bob Dylan setlist text to accompany a recording or post? Grab one by tapping the clipboard icon on any setlist page. Here's where to find it and what it gives you Try it yourself: bobserve.com/setlist?even...

Added a couple of share buttons in the setlist page side panel. Anyone have the myspace logo I can use? Btw, here's an example of what it auto posts: Bob Dylan October 11, 2022 - Paris, France Setlist bobserve.com/setlist?even... Full audio www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFo...

Explainer for new bobserve redesign and new features

What's better than a search box? A mega-menu with lots of search boxes! bobserve.com

Lots of usability enhancements, big and small, throughout the site. I'll do a newsletter recap when I get chance. Here's one: bobtalk search results now shows you words around the search term, and highlights the matched word.

The site redesign is here! bobserve.com Nothing imploded but I do see a few things that need tweaking.

The bobserve site redesign hopefully goes live in the next few days. Full range of possible outcomes: 1. Everyone loves it 2. Everyone hates it 3. The site implodes due to coding errors

Gonna hang this under the Bobserve sign: "Not just Bob Dylan setlists"

bobserve redesign sneak peak: Typing in setlist dates to look up shows is kind of a pain. Soon you'll be able to point-and-click.

A bobserve site redesign is underway and nearly ready. Would a video walkthrough of the whole site be helpful to anyone? I'm inclined to think no one would take the time to sit through it. I'm thinking a newsletter documenting every feature with screenshots would be sufficient.

I ran the Blacklight Inspection on bobserve showing there are no hidden pixel or other kinds of privacy-invading trackers. As designed. themarkup.org/blacklight

Working on a site redesign, looking for inspiration

A not so great nudge to remind me to finish deleting my site's substack account :-(

bobserve website design changes from pre and post 2023 launch.