Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
The Bob Dylan World Tour 1966 was a concert tour undertaken by the American musician Bob Dylan, from February to May 1966. Dylan's 1966 World Tour was notable as the first tour where Dylan employed an electric band backing him, following him "going electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The musicians Dylan employed as his backing band were known as the Hawks, who later became famous as the Band.
A ticket stub for the April 29, 1966 show at the Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden. This show began the European leg of the 1966 World Tour.
Electric Dylan controversy
By 1965, Bob Dylan was the leading songwriter of the American folk music revival. The response to his albums The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and The Times They Are a-Changin' led the media to label him the "spokesman of a generation".
Fans were used to seeing Dylan perform alone, with acoustic guitar and harmonica (1963)
The guitar Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art