Bob Dylan announces tour with 2 Glasgow dates – how to get tickets
Dylan is set to play at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo venue on November 16 and 17.
(Image: Getty Images) The shows will be phone-free, and people will be asked to put their phones in a Yondr pouch, which closes automatically when in the venue and unlocks in the venue's concourse.
Dylan last performed in Scotland in 2024, when he did two dates in Edinburgh's Usher Hall in November as part of the same tour.
It comes amid a surge in interest in the Hurricane singer's career, following the release of the biopic A Complete Unknown last year, which starred Timothee Chalamet as Dylan and followed the story of his career beginnings and infamous decision to go electric in the mid-1960s.
The singer is one of the most acclaimed songwriters of all time, winning 10 Grammys and being nominated on 38 further occasions. Dylan has had six UK top 10 singles and nine UK number one albums.
He began his career in 1962 with the single Mixed-Up Confusion, which failed to chart in the UK and US.
(Image: Getty Images) But he shot to stardom with a string of successful singles in 1965, including The Times They Are A-Changin', Subterranean Homesick Blues and Like A Rolling Stone.
He was the first songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, with the Swedish academy crediting him with 'having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'.
Dylan's songs have been covered by the likes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Rolling Stones and Adele.
How to get tickets for Bob Dylan tour
Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Friday, July 18 at 10am.
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