{"id":562334,"date":"2026-04-03T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:37:09","slug":"the-performance-that-left-bob-dylan-insulting-the-rolling-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562334\/","title":{"rendered":"The performance that left Bob Dylan insulting The Rolling Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Creduts: Far Out \/ Alamy \/ Bent Rej)<\/p>\n

Fri 3 April 2026 12:35, UK <\/p>\n

Bob Dylan <\/a>is a huge fan of The Rolling Stones. <\/p>\n

Though he arguably gave The Beatles their own shot at stardom, after pushing them towards making their songs more personal, there was only one British invasion band that really grabbed his attention. In fact, he went one further and once labelled the band \u201cthe greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it\u2026 you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one\u2019s ever done it better,\u201d are not the words of even a casual fan. Dylan was clearly a strong admirer of the group and took up the chance to perform alongside them when offered. But it was a decision that would leave him cursing his luck and the band, if only for a short while. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t all one-way traffic. Having shared a tour with each other, Mick Jagger and the rest of the band were just as impressed by Dylan with Keith Richards saying of the freewheelin\u2019 troubadour: \u201cI\u2019d work with Bob any(where). I\u2019d work with Bob in hell or heaven. I love him.\u201d But, there was one moment when this friendship didn\u2019t seem so rosy.<\/p>\n

Back in 2019, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson was speaking to shock rock radio presenter Howard Stern when he revealed the moment Bob Dylan gave The Rolling Stones the finger. It\u2019s a crass insult, but one that certainly left a mark on Robinson, as he remembers the moment that came during the Stones\u2019 promotion of their \u2018Like A Rolling Stone\u2019 cover in the mid-90s. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThat was in Montpellier, South of France,\u201d recalled Robinson. \u201cIt was Black Crowes, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. It was the best week. I will always remember because I met Bob that day, and he is ultimately my biggest hero. So we were backstage, I mean, behind Keith\u2019s amps and the Stones, \u2018Like a Rolling Stone\u2019 was their single in Europe for that tour, when they were on that Voodoo Lounge cycle.\u201d Covering a song by an act you\u2019re sharing the bill with is always a difficult thing to pull off but singing this particular song is a serious jump.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they\u2019re gonna have Bob sit in, and I\u2019m like \u2018Oh my god\u2019. So Mick Jagger is wearing like a long blue satin shirt with a belt, pirate style over it and I just remember things. I don\u2019t know my social security number but I know that. So they\u2019re like \u2018Ladies and gentleman, Montpellier\u201d, you know. There\u2019s 60.000, 70,000 people out there. (And they say) \u2018Bob Dylan!\u2019. Bob comes walking right beside me and Rich and he is wearing the exact same outfit and I was like \u2018That\u2019s fucking amazing\u2019.\u201d The image of Bob Dylan in a satin, belted shirt, is enough to make this story worthwhile but more was to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walks out on stage and you know, The Rolling Stones are The Rolling Stones, the greatest Rock and Roll band of all time,\u201d it\u2019s clear, they were ready to kill yet another stadium performance. \u201cThey\u2019re playing a Bob Dylan song, and Bob is there. The Stones don\u2019t jam, they don\u2019t deviate [\u2026] they go around the chorus, and then they come up to Bob\u2019s turn. So the band brings the [rhythm] and Bob goes to the mic and doesn\u2019t sing it. And you see them looking around and they\u2019re like \u2018Okay\u2019, it\u2019s kinda like you\u2019ve missed the turn at a roundabout and you got to go all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo they go all the way around again and \u2018One, two, three\u2019 and he just leans into the mic, turns away and I\u2019m like \u2018Oh my god, what the fuck\u2019,\u201d remembered Robinson. \u201cIt goes on for another half a verse. And then Mick\u2019s gonna come over and save the day, and then Bob finally goes and starts singing something.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t finish and they\u2019re walking off stage and we were standing there, [Bob] walks off before the end of the song and they are like \u2018Bob Dylan!\u2019 and he turns around and he looks at them [shows his middle finger] saying \u2018Fuck you!\u2019 and his give them the finger and I\u2019m like \u2018The best fucking concert I\u2019ve ever seen in my life, it\u2019s incredible\u2019. I can see Keith, he goes \u2018Don\u2019t be like that, Bob!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Dylan might be your friendly neighbourhood folk singer, but he isn\u2019t always blessed with the most sacred of manners. Known for throwing out insults when necessary, the songwriter clearly decide the band had pushed him too far, even if very few people could understand exactly what that was. <\/p>\n

We can\u2019t be quite sure as to why Bob Dylan decided not to sing and, consequently, threw out a serious insult at The Rolling Stones, but we are sure they probably took it in their stride. Below, you can watch the Black Crowes singer open up about his favourite concert moment of all time as he remembers Bob Dylan giving The Rolling Stones the finger.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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