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Rollin’ and tumblin’ through Europe

It was a unique experience for 800 lucky fans to be privileged to see Bob Dylan play a rare club gig at the Debaser in Stockholm. Dylan and his “Modern Times” touring band (Tony Garnier, Stu Kimball, Danny Freeman, George Recile, Donnie Herron) are currently touring Europe for a number of concerts in Sweden, Germany, …

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Piano Man Standing

For the past three years Dylan was rarely ever seen performing on stage with a guitar. The typical set-up was him playing on the left side of the stage standing in front of a keyboard, the other musicians on their usual spots. Only for two or three occasions a night he moved into the center …

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Bandanas in a hard rain 30 years ago

Following the release of “Desire” Dylan continued his Rolling Thunder Revue in 1976, but it was hard if not impossible to recreate the spontaneity of the 1975 tour. When the Revue finally performed in Fort Collins on May 23rd, it just seemed so symbolic that in probably one of their best shows of the tour …

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Unreleased Dylan performances to be included on new DVD

In August 1971 George Harrison gathered his friends for what has probably become the world’s first benefit concert, “The Concert for Bangladesh”. A new DVD version of the concert movie including never before seen footage will soon be released. Bob Dylan had his own acoustic set at the end of the concert, where he played …

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Dylan on Live Aid DVD

On November 8, 2004 –about 20 years after the legendary original benefit concert which took place on July 13, 1985– an official 4 DVD set was finally released. The DVDs have been produced by Bob Geldof’s company, Woodcharm Ltd., and feature ten hours of concert footage, a documentary, as well as the music videos to …