1987

3 years after the first show played in Italy, Dylan comes back with Tom Petty. The European Tour, named "Temples In Flames" started the 5th September with two shows in Israel, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and after 30 concerts it ended in London. During all this tour he didn't say one single word in and he didn't give any interviews at all!!
Olof Bjorner wrote:
The tour in Europe in the fall with Tom Petty & The Heartbreaker was very, very different from their previous tour in the US, True Confessions. Dylan again was the elderly bard. Stage lights were so turned down you could hardly see him. His singing was at times extremely erratic, both in terms of phrasing and lyrics. The sets were apparently completely random, as can be seen from the song charts below. The Dylan part of the show was also very short. All this: short set, dark stage and Dylan not saying a word, compared of course very unfavorably to the previous shows in Europe in the summer of '84 and a lot of people went home utterly disappointed. It must be said though that The Heartbreakers provided excellent backing throughout the tour and that some of the shows were really very good.

12 September - Modena

Rainy Day Women 12&35
I Want You - In The Garden
Highway 61 Revisited
Simple Twist Of Fate
I & I
I'll Remember You
Joey
Tangled Up In Blue
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Pledging My Time
Stuck Inside Of Mobile
All Along The Watchtower
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
When The Night Comes Falling

13 September - Torino

Positively 4th Street
Masters Of War
Lenny Bruce
Gotta Serve Somebody
Maggie's Farm
John Brown
Emotionally Yours
The Wicked Messenger
I Shall Be Released
Heart Of Mine
License To Kill
Shot Of Love
The Times They Are A-Changin'
I And I
Torino

1 October - Verona

When The Night Comes Falling
Like A Rolling Stone
Maggie's Farm
I'll Remember You
Dead Man, Dead Man
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Tangled Up In Blue
I And I
Watching The River Flow
John Brown
Don't Think Twice... AC
Ballad Of A Thin Man
I Shall Be Released
Shot Of Love

3 October - Roma

Blowin' In The Wind
Like A Rolling Stone
Man Of Peace
Forever Young
Heart Of Mine
I And I
The Wicked Messenger
Shelter From The Storm
Seeing The Real You At Last
Simple Twist Of Fate
Tomorrow Is A Long Time AC
In The Garden
Shot Of Love
The Times They Are A-Changin'

4 October - Milano

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Like A Rolling Stone
Maggie's Farm
Simple Twist Of Fate
Shot Of Love
License To Kill
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Don't Think Twice AC
Shelter From The Storm
Gotta Serve Somebody
Clean-Cut Kid
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine
Blowin' In The Wind

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