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BOB DYLAN : RICHMOND 2026 |
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Label : No Label Venue : Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, Richmond, Virginia, USA Recording Date : July 23, 2026 Length : 80:55 Quality : Audience recording (A+) Review : Richmond 2026 documents a stop on Dylan's Long Hot Summer Tour at the brand-new Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, a venue built right alongside the ruins of the old Tredegar Iron Works and the American Civil War Museum, giving the show an unusually weighty sense of place in a city Dylan has been returning to since the 1960s. Working from a small keyboard rather than his customary grand piano, with Tony Garnier switching between electric and standup bass, Dylan and the band open with a run of "Watching The River Flow," "Man In The Long Black Coat" and "It Ain't Me, Babe" before settling into the loose, blues-soaked mid-set covers that have defined this run of shows, including "I Can Tell" and "Share Your Love With Me." "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and a run through "Crossing The Rubicon" and "Soon After Midnight" keep the focus on Dylan's own songbook, while rarities like "Under The Red Sky" and "I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You" reward longtime followers. The show closes, as so many have on this tour, with a tender "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" and "I Shall Be Released" to send the crowd home. Recorded from the audience at a venue quite literally built on the bones of the Civil War, this tape captures a relaxed, road-tested band and a set list that leans on mood and storytelling rather than surprises, making it a solid, atmospheric souvenir of the tour's Virginia stop. |
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