The Bob Dylan Week In Review
Sean Penn About Boxing With Bob | Bob Dylan Sends Wishes to Martin Carthy | Spare Tickets Corner
This past week has brought a mix of surprises and reflections in the Dylan world. Here’s everything you might have missed:
Sean Penn Reveals: Boxing with Bob
Sean Penn recently shared that he used to spar with Bob Dylan. According to Penn, Dylan would arrive at his house early in the morning in a VW van, often with his bull mastiffs in tow. At the time, Penn had a full-size boxing ring on his property, and the two spent about a month boxing together. Their sessions were quiet and straightforward, with little conversation beyond brief check-ins like “Good? Good.”
You can read more about it here.
Daily Dylan Collaboration Coming Up
We’re excited to announce that Daily Dylan will soon launch a collaboration with another Dylan creator. Starting next week, we’ll present five exclusive concert videos, available only here. More details will follow shortly—stay tuned!
Bob Sends Wishes to Martin Carthy
On Saturday evening, a special video message from Bob was aired at an tribute concert honoring legendary folk musician Martin Carthy (“The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy”). Bob wished him health and happiness, reminiscing about their first meeting at the King and Queen pub in London. In the video, Bob mistakenly dates it to 1961, though the actual first meeting took place in 1962 during Bob’s very first London trip.
We’ve previously explored this early chapter of Bob’s London story in a dedicated newsletter series, with a lot of Carthy/Dylan-connection in this one: revisit it here!
Farm Aid 40 Revisited
Last week also marked an opportunity to revisit Bob’s performance at Farm Aid. We’ve covered the event in detail in a previous Daily Dylan newsletter, and you can also relive the set directly on YouTube:
It remains one of those rare appearances where Bob’s music intersects with a wider social cause.
Outlaw Music Festival: Recap Coming Soon
The journey of the 2025 Outlaw Music Festival has now concluded. Over four separate legs, Bob performed across the country, while we at Daily Dylan kept you updated with previews, reviews, photos, and videos as close to real time as possible.
In the coming days, we’ll be sharing a full retrospective of the tour’s highlights. Looking ahead, the focus now shifts to the European Fall Tour, where the Daily Dylan team will be covering at least ten shows live, bringing you previews and post-show reflections right from the venues.
18 days left until the European Fall Tour 2025 kicks off in Helsinki!
Will you see a show somewhere on this coming tour?
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