Bob Dylan has officially announced a brand-new UK tour for 2026, featuring an unmissable five-night residency at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Scheduled to take place throughout November and December, the highly anticipated concert series will see the iconic singer-songwriter return to British soil for another chapter in his historic career.
Alongside his capital residency, the tour will stop at major venues across the country. Fans will have the opportunity to see the legend perform live in Bournemouth, Birmingham, and Sheffield, followed by a double-night run at the Opera House in Blackpool before he heads to London. Tickets for all scheduled dates are set to go on general sale at 10am on Wednesday 22nd July, with promoter and venue pre-sales opening a few days earlier on Monday 20th July.
In recent years, the legendary artist’s Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour—named after his surprise, critically acclaimed 2020 studio album—has been met with massive international praise. Reviews have heralded the live show as an unpredictable masterclass in musical intimacy, delivering a night of frequent thrills and unconditional pleasure for audiences. The upcoming London dates will mark his first performance in the capital since a triumphant three-night run at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2024.
To ensure an intimate and completely undistracted atmosphere, the 2026 tour dates will be hosted in partnership with Yondr. This requires all attendees to secure their mobile phones and video cameras in specialized pouches for the duration of the performance, making the concert experience entirely unique.
The tour follows the massive success of his official 2025 archival project, The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956–1963. The release offered an astonishing, deep dive into the formative years of a visionary who first performed in the UK at a London pub in 1962. Decades later, Dylan remains one of the greatest and most influential artists of modern times.
