Aug 19 - 25, 2024

The Week in Bob Dylan

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Tour Details

The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts

Outlaw Music Festival — resumes Sept 6th in Somerset WI

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour — resumes Oct 4th in Prague

  • New Steel Guitar Player REVEALED (Daily Dylan) [5]
    • Rumor: "Greg Leisz is going to be the new steel guitar player in Bob’s band!"
  • Dylan Cancels Appearance in New Hampshire due to 'unforeseen circumstances'
    • The Outlaw Festival date will go on without Bob
  • Music Legends Perform Together for First Time (Times Standard) [3]
    • "“Bob called up Maria Muldaur and got my number, and then the next thing you know, there we are,” Bishop said."

Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links

  • Bob Dylan Recorded Music for Ronald Reagan Biopic (NME) [5]
    • "“I was honoured to have Bob join our film. “We gave him the freedom to do any song he wanted to do, whether an original or a cover, and he chose ‘Don’t Fence Me In.’"
  • Early Word on James Mangold's ‘A Complete Unknown' (World of Reel) [5]
    • "I’ve now spoken to three people who saw James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” and the reactions so far are not that great."
  • ‘A Complete Unknown' Reshoots Currently Underway (World of Reel) [5]
    • "Reshoots have been called on the film and they will probably last for a few weeks. Timothee Chalamet and a “good chunk” of the cast are said to be back on the set in New Jersey for these reshoots."
  • What I Love about Dylan’s Least Favorite Song (The Boston Globe) [5]
    • "It recounts in detail his painful breakup with Rotolo, his first serious girlfriend, whom he fell in love with when he was 20 and she 17."
  • New Dylan Photo (Right) - From about 1953 (Dylan Age 12 or so)
    • Shared by Louis Kemp on Facebook

 

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