Bob Dylan announces phone-free November 2025 UK tour
Mobiles are once again prohibited
Last updated 11th Jul 2025
Octogenarian music legend Bob Dylan has announced a November 2025 UK & Ireland tour, and once again it will be a phone-free experience for fans.
Just like his previous two UK tours in 2022 and 2024, the upcoming autumn trek is in partnership with Yondr, who will prohibit the use of video cameras and mobile phones, making the occasion even more unique.
Once attendees arrive at the venue, Yondr staff will help ticketholders put their phones in a locked and secure pouch, which fans will keep with them throughout the evening.
In the event of an emergency, attendees can unlock their phones at any time by going to a dedicated and signposted area, intended for phone use.
Alongside Bob Dylan, artists who have utilised Yondr include Ghost, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys and The Lumineers.
The latest leg of Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour will visit Swansea, Coventry, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, Killarney and Dublin.
Tickets the UK shows go on sale from Planet Rock Tickets at 10am on Friday 18th July.
Dylan’s first gig in the UK was at The King & Queen pub in Fitzrovia, London, in 1962, while he first played Ireland at the Adelphi Cinema on his famous 1966 world tour.
Bob Dylan’s UK & Ireland tour dates:
NOVEMBER 2025
Brighton Centre – Fri 7th
Swansea Building Society Arena – Sun 9th
Swansea Building Society Arena – Mon 10th
Swansea Building Society Arena – Tue 11th
Coventry Building Society Arena – Thu 13th
Leeds First Direct Arena – Fri 14th
Glasgow Armadillo – Sun 16th
Glasgow Armadillo – Mon 17th
Belfast Waterfront – Wed 19th
Belfast Waterfront – Thu 20th
Killarney INEC – Sun 23rd
Killarney INEC – Mon 24th
Dublin 3Arena – Tue 25th
Childhood photos of 25 famous rock stars, including Bob Dylan:
Mick Jagger
A school photo of a 9-year-old Mick Jagger in 1951 at Wentworth Junior County Primary School in his home town Dartford
Rod Stewart
Roderick David Stewart aged 8 in 1953.
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts – Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts - aged 2 with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Trafalgar Square in 1943.
Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner – aka Sting – aged 10 at his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1961.
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (Ronnie Wood) aged 4 in 1951, taken at his home in Whitehorn Avenue, Yiewsley, West London.
Bob Dylan
A childhood photo of Robert Allen Zimmerman – Bob Dylan – aged 2 in 1943.
Iggy Pop
Punk legend James Newell Osterberg Jr. – Iggy Pop – aged 18 months in 1948.
Paul McCartney
Future Beatles icon James Paul McCartney, nowadays known as Paul, aged 8 in Liverpool in 1950.
Janis Joplin
Late-great rock icon Janis Joplin aged 9 in 1952. She died just 18 years later.
David Bowie
A seven-year-old David Jones, soon to be known as David Bowie, in Bromley, London in 1954.
Neil Young
Feted rocker Neil Young as a young boy, aged 11 in 1956.
Jim Morrison
The Doors' Jim Morrison, aged 15, in his high school yearbook photo in 1958.
Bono
A one-year-old Paul David Hewson – future U2 frontman Bono – at his home in Dublin in 1961.
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad – aka Billy Idol – aged 10 in 1965.
Bruce Springsteen
16-year-old Bruce Springsteen in his high school yearbook photo in 1965.
Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde aged 17 in her high school yearbook in 1968.
Larry Mullen Jr
U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr aged 13 in 1974.
Freddie Mercury
An eight-month-old Farrokh Bulsara – future Queen frontman Freddie Mercury – at his home in Zanzibar.
Debbie Harry
Blondie's Debbie Harry aged 17 in her high school yearbook photo in 1962.
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich, the son of Danish tennis player Torben Ulrich, accompanies his father to Wimbledon in June 1966. Lars was two-and-a-half at the time.
Tina Turner
17-year-old Anna Mae Bullock, rock icon Tina Turner, in her high school yearbook photo in 1956.
Jack Black
Tenacious D rocker and acting legend, Jack Black, aged 16 in 1985.
Tom Petty
17-year-old Tom Petty as seen in his 1967 Gainesville High School yearbook photo. © Alamy
Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley, aged 5 in 1940.
Jimi Hendrix
A three-year-old Johnny Allen Hendrix with his dad Al in late 1945. When he was four in 1946 – a year after the above photo was taken – Johnny was renamed James 'Jimmy' Marshall Hendrix after his dad and Al's late brother Leon Marshall Hendrix.
John Lydon
The Sex Pistols' John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten – aged 7 in 1964.
Sid Vicious
Simon John Ritchie - aka future Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious - aged 12 in 1969.
Ian Curtis
A five-year-old Ian Curtis in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1961.