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Bob Dylan Debuts Reworked 'Tangled Up in Blue' With New Verses in Oslo

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At the opening night of his Lights of Autumn European tour in Oslo, Bob Dylan performed a sparse piano version of 'Tangled Up in Blue' that included two new verses. The show also introduced guitarist Mike Seal and featured covers of Randy Newman and Guy Clark, plus the first live 'Crash on the Levee' since 2005. Dylan had not played the 1975 Blood on the Tracks song live in eight years.

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At the Oslo Spektrum opener of his Lights of Autumn European tour, Bob Dylan presented "Tangled Up in Blue" as a piano-led, minimally accompanied ballad. He added two fresh verses to the 1975 Blood on the Tracks song, which he had not performed live in eight years. The concert also marked guitarist Mike Seal's introduction and included covers of Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" and Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues."

The set brought back "Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)" for its first live airing since 2005. A fan recording made on an Apple Watch circulated the next morning. Dylan has long reshaped "Tangled Up in Blue"; between 1975 and 2018 he played it 1,709 times, making it his fourth most-performed song. A fan project once catalogued its many changes.

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