When living in Germany until September 1999, I never had the chance to follow Bob around for half a tour like other Germans I know. My record had been five concerts during one tour and by moving to Ireland I did not improve my chances to ever top that. So I thought.

But things have changed. Intending to go to six shows in September 2000, my wife and I ended up seeing ten: Dublin (both Vicar Street and The Point), Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cardiff and Portsmouth (both shows).

In the summer of 2001 we saw another Irish concert in Kilkenny, and in May 2002 we had the pleasure to see another eight shows in Britain: Brighton, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and London (both shows).

During the European tour in the fall 2003 we intended to see of course both Irish shows, in Dublin, and in Millstreet (here in County Cork). The Millstreet show unfortunately was cancelled due to "viral laryngitis", but I kept the page on the site, as it features some nice pics I took.

Also we did visit our native Germany before, and did see two fine Bob Dylan shows, in Frankfurt and in Düsseldorf. But even before that we did celebrate my 40th birthday in style, by spending a long October weekend in Sweden, where we also saw two Bob Dylan concerts, in Stockholm and in Karlstad.

In the summer of 2004 we went up to Northern Ireland to see our first Belfast concert, and of course straight to Galway, to witness Bob Dylan's first show in the west of Ireland.

During the European tour in the fall of 2005 we attended six shows. At first my wife and I flew to the mainland to see the shows in Rotterdam, in Oberhausen, in Wetzlar (which is located 40 miles down the road from where we used to live in Germany), and in Erfurt. And then, back in Ireland, we saw both concerts in Dublin, which were the last ones of the touring year.

During the summer of 2006 we attented three Bob Dylan shows. Bob Dylan finally performed here in Cork on 25 June as part of the 'Live At The Marquee' Festival. The show had sold out within ten minutes. Another Irish show, which we saw as well, was added for the day before the Cork gig. It took place at Kilkenny's Nowlan Park, where Bob Dylan had already played in the summer of 2001. One week after Cork we saw another concert, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, where Bob Dylan performed in a modern Amphitheater.

As Dylan did not perform in Ireland in 2007, my wife and I revisited our native Germany again, and went to see two concerts, in Düsseldorf and in Frankfurt, in the same venues where we witnessed two great shows already back in the fall of 2003.

As no concert in Ireland or Germany are scheduled for the European summer tour of 2008, my wife and I plan to fly to the southern part of Spain in July, and see the shows in Jaén, Jérez, and Mérida.

The little DYLAN image by Milton Glaser on each concert page links directly to the concert next page. A final page lists all the songs I have seen Bob Dylan perform, together with performance dates linked to the relevant concert pages.