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The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour: 2025 Edition is nearing its end. But as of yesterday afternoon, Dylan has seemingly announced the tour will continue next year:
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That announcement surely gave an extra jolt of excitement to last night’s show in Coventry, England. Another jolt of excitement: A pedal steel spotted before the show on stage! It turned out to actually be a lap steel (no pedals) set up on a stand, and was played not by a new person, but by guitarist Bob Britt on a number of songs. Can’t wait to hear the tape; it’s the first time someone’s been playing steel since Donnie Herron left early in 2024.
Adam Selzer, who last reported in from the wild Outlaw 2025 opening night, was on the ground in Coventry last night. He sends in this scene report and travelogue from the start of his run of UK dates, starting in Swansea the previous show two nights before. Here’s Adam:
One of the great pleasures of following Dylan is ending up in towns you’d never think to visit. I hadn’t been to Wales before at all, and if I had, I wouldn’t have thought to go to Swansea, a charming seaside town with excellent ice cream and one of the castle ruins that seem to come standard in Welsh towns. Of course, all towns in the UK feel charming to me; they’re nearly all walkable, with populations clustered around a city centre. It’s a contrast to the spread-out nature of American small towns, where people drive for every single trip and seem to want to be as far from the neighbors as possible.
Before the Swansea show, I took my seat with Graham G, said hi to the other regulars such as Frederick and Ian (how cool to land in a new country and already have friends!), and watched Bob appear. He looked so different from the last time I saw him, now unhooded and looking like a badass in black blazer over a Welsh dragon t-shirt.
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