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In Ireland, Bob Dylan and Neil Young Share The Stage For The First Time in 25 Years

11:49 AM EDT on July 15, 2019


For their co-headlining gig in Kilkenny, Ireland on Sunday night, Bob Dylan and Neil Young sang a duet for the first time in 25 years.

The historic collaboration came halfway through Dylan's 20-song set, with Young adding guitar and vocals on the classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" (Dylan, on the other hand, sat behind a grand piano, adding keys and vocals.)

This marked the first time the two rock legends have sang together since a Dylan show on October 20, 1994, where they jammed with Bruce Springsteen on "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "Highway 61 Revisited" at NYC's Roseland Ballroom.

Additionally, Dylan and Young played "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" once prior, together in San Francisco in 1975.

And while Young has played the tune here and there over the years, Dylan himself hasn't played "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" live since May 8, 1976 during his storied Rolling Thunder Revue tour.

Watch the duet (via YouTuber Malcolm Kelly) and check out Dylan's full setlist below:

Bob Dylan
July 14, 2019
Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland

Ballad of a Thin Man, It Ain't Me Babe, Highway 61 Revisited, Simple Twist of Fate, Can't Wait, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Honest With Me, Tryin' to Get to Heaven, Make You Feel My Love, Pay in Blood, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?^, Like a Rolling Stone, Early Roman Kings, Girl From the North Country, Love Sick, Thunder on the Mountain, Soon After Midnight, Gotta Serve Somebody

Enc: Blowin' in the Wind, It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry

Notes:
^ with Neil Young