| ROLLINGTHUNDER | Name of a celebrated 1970s concert tour with Bob Dylan |
| ELEANOR | First name of a celebrated first lady |
| TUT | King in a celebrated 1970s U.S. tour |
| THEBAND | Canadian-US rock group that collaborated extensively with Bob Dylan |
| OPENING | A process of unwrapping a festive gift, perhaps secretly praying it's a pup; the birth of a celebrated season; the premiere of a Christmas pantomime run; or, ripping off the lid and filling one's cup, |
| ENG | Half of a celebrated set of twins |
| REYKJAVIK | Site of a celebrated 1972 Spassky-Fischer match |
| NESS | Home of a celebrated monster; Loch ... (4) |
| STAN | One half of a celebrated comedy duo (4,6) |
| LAUREL | One half of a celebrated comedy duo (4,6) |
| MLK | Initials of a celebrated US civil rights leader |
| INNISFREE | "Lake isle" in the title of a celebrated WB Yeats poem |
| HAMPTON | - Court; site of a celebrated maze and the Great Vine, Henry VIII's pleasure palace taken from Cardinal Wolsey that boasted the largest kitchens in Tudor England (7) |
| INTHEFLESH | Name of a series of worldwide concert tours led by Roger Waters and a two-disc live album that followed (2,3,5) |
| LOOK | Don't ___ Back a documentary film that covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour in England |
| ELTONJOHN | Singer whose Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the third highest-grossing concert tour of all time, after Coldplay's Music of the Spheres: 2 wds. |
| TUSK | Title of the 1979-80 world concert tour by Fleetwood Mac, and of a hit single (4) |
| ERAS | ___ Tour (highest-grossing concert tour of all time) |
| ABDUL | Performer with a concert tour titled "Straight Up Paula!" |
| APSE | Part of the Hagia Sophia with a celebrated mosaic of Mary and child |