The opening show took place at Chicago Stadium. It had a capacity audience of 18,500. The first song performed was a reworking of "Hero Blues," a previously unreleased song that Dylan had recorded back in the early 1960s. Over the course of two hours, Dylan and The Band performed alternating sets broken down into three categories: Dylan performing his own songs backed by The Band, Dylan's solo acoustic set, and The Band's performances of their own songs. Although Dylan played harmonica during a rendition of Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Share Your Love with Me" sung by Manuel, The Band elected not to include Dylan in their subsequent group performances in a meeting after the show.