Bob Dylan has been having fun with his newest tour leg, busting out deep cuts like “Child, Will You Be My Child” and “I Shall Be Launched.” However one thing is happening together with his band.
Guitarist Doug Lancio, who changed Charlie Sexton in Bob Dylan’s band in 2021, was absent on the June 17 present in Santa Barbara, CA, changed by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, and it has been that means at reveals since. Dylan mentioned nothing the whole evening at that present, and The Los Angeles Instances reported in a overview a couple of days later {that a} rep “had no phrase on whether or not Lage was a everlasting addition to the band.” By the way, that was one among this month’s reveals the place Dylan performed the aforementioned “I Shall Be Launched” — now part of his set for the primary time in 18 years.
On June 24 in Tucson, AZ, Dylan even performed some guitar himself — a rarity nowadays — when he opened with “Watching The River Movement.” On Saturday (June 27), guitarist Bob Britt (who had been with Dylan since 2019) posted “Sayonara Bobby” on Fb with a picture of a flight plan from Austin, TX to Nashville, TN, the place he lives. In case it wasn’t clear, Britt responded to a commenter’s “Ruh roh” with “I stop.”
Dylan’s Lengthy Sizzling Summer season Tour ’26 is scheduled to hit Austin’s Moody Ampitheater tonight. Band members TBD!
