Bob Dylan and Neil Young recently did a co-headlining show in Kilkenny, Ireland and treated the audience with a special duet performance of popular Christian hymn “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” This marked the first time in 25 years that the duo was on stage together. The last time Dylan and Young shared the stage was in 1994 at New York’s Roseland Ballroom.
Dylan and Young did a co-headlining show at London’s Hyde Park last week but did not perform together.
Young posted a snippet of their joint performance on his Instagram profile, while several fan-made clips surfaced since then. Check them below.
Bob Dylan extensively played “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” early in his career, and recorded a studio version with the Band during the Basement Tapes sessions in 1967. Dylan hasn’t played the song since his Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1976.
Neil Young, on the other hand, first did the song in 1975 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco with Dylan. Since then, Young performed the song four times with Willie Nelson. The last time Young and Nelson did the song was in September 2018 during a show in Saratoga Springs.
