Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour

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The Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour was a landmark concert series in which Dylan’s controversial move from acoustic folk to electric rock provoked both acclaim and hostility, profoundly shaping the course of popular music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert tour
music event
alsoKnownAs 1966 World Tour
Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
associatedAlbum Blonde on Blonde
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
associatedWith booing from folk purists
folk rock controversy
shouts of Judas at Manchester concert
backingBand The Hawks
backingBandLaterKnownAs The Band
countryVisited Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
United States
documentedIn Eat the Document (documentary film)
Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
No Direction Home (documentary film)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 (studio era context)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (series continuation context)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (contextual prelude)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home – The Soundtrack
The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert
featuredSetType acoustic set
electric set
followedBy Bob Dylan 1974 Tour
hasGenre acoustic folk
electric rock
folk rock
rock
historicalSignificance challenged boundaries between folk and rock audiences
helped define the sound of folk rock
influenced subsequent rock concert formats
mainPerformer Bob Dylan
notableEvent Manchester Free Trade Hall concert
Royal Albert Hall concerts
notableFor controversial audience reactions
influence on popular music
transition from acoustic folk to electric rock
partOf Bob Dylan concert tours
precededBy Bob Dylan 1965 concert tour
startYear 1966
tourLeg Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
typicalStructure first half solo acoustic
second half with electric band

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1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour follows Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan depictsEvent Bob Dylan's 1966 world tour
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Robbie Robertson tourParticipant Bob Dylan 1965–1966 world tour
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Pledging My Time associatedWithTour 1966 Bob Dylan World Tour
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Obviously 5 Believers isPartOf Bob Dylan 1960s electric period
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Bob Dylan touring band notableTour 1965–1966 World Tour
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Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour precededBy Bob Dylan 1965 concert tour
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Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour alsoKnownAs Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
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Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour partOf Bob Dylan concert tours
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Dont Look Back follows Bob Dylan 1965 England tour
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The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 partOfTour Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
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Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again performedInTour Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour
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