Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue tour posters

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Flyer for the show at Providence Civic Center, November 4, 1975. The text inside the box was composed on an IBM typewriter using AN3/360.

Posters for Bob Dylan’s 1975–76 Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Dylan set out to “play to the people” on this tour, focusing on smaller and less accessible venues. The performances were strongly influenced by vaudeville, featuring a variety of performers and attempting to create high dramatics with makeup and lighting. The use of Filmotype Quentin conveys the atmosphere of the tour instantly.

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Poster for the show at Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 20, 1975. The text inside the box uses Futura.

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A “tour blank” poster from the spring 1976 leg

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