Flagging Down the Double E's

Flagging Down the Double E's

True Confessions Takes Tokyo

1986-03-10, Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Ray Padgett
Mar 10, 2026
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The final show of the first leg of the Dylan/Petty “True Confessions” tour took place 40 years ago today in Tokyo. So, as a postscript to last month’s series on the first handful of shows, I figured I’d check in one more time.

Dylan and Petty played 12 more shows on the tour, making 19 total, across Australia and Japan. That notably included the two show…

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