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The Irish Sun
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Folk music icon Bob Dylan announces FIVE Irish dates this autumn with rare Kerry venue – here's when tickets go on sale
FOLK music legend Bob Dylan has officially announced Irish tour dates for 2025 - and die-hard fans are in shock. The legendary Water front two shows at INEC in Killarney and one huge gig at Advertisement 2 Bob Dylan will perform five dates in Ireland this November 2025 2 Dylan will play in Belfast, Killarney and Dublin The 83-year-old icon will take the stage at Belfast's Watefront on Tuesday, November 18 and Wednesday November 19. Followed by two huge shows in the INEC Killarney on Sunday, November 23 and Monday, November 24, before rolling into Dublin's 3Arena on Tuesday, November 25. The dates are part of Despite his age, Bob's showing no signs of slowing down — and his live shows continue to draw crowds from all over the world. Advertisement READ MORE IN BOB DYLAN Tickets for the star 's Irish dates are set to go on sale this Friday, July 18 at 10am on This marks his first return to Mandy wrote on X: "Ah this is class." Suzanne added: "Well that's my Christmas present sorted." Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Breaking Stevie said: "His energy at 83 is amazing." A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - Official Trailer While Tim remarked: "Can't believe he's still touring, tickets will be like gold dust." Known for switching up his setlists, you can expect a mix of old-school classics like Blowin' in the Wind and Knockin' on Heaven's Door, along with newer stuff from his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Fans should also note that the use of video cameras and mobile phones will be prohibited at the concerts. Advertisement FINAL HURRAH? The man himself doesn't say much on stage, but what you will get instead is pure, raw performance. Whether this is Dylan's last tour or not is anyone's guess. He's famously unpredictable, but at 83, there's a feeling that every tour could be the final one. So if you've ever wanted to see the man who defined a generation -Don't think twice – it's all right, but don't leave it too late either. Advertisement
Perth Now
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Bob Dylan announces 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates
Bob Dylan has announced several tour dates in the UK and Ireland for 2025. The 84-year-old singer-songwriter will play 13 shows on his acclaimed Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in November, following on from a string of summer gigs in the US. Dylan's first UK performance takes place in Brighton on November 7, before heading across Britain and Ireland to Swansea, Coventry, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, Killarney and Dublin. Concertgoers will be asked to put their phones and electronic devices in a special bag that will be sealed shut through the performance, as is custom on the tour which has been on the road since 2021. The Yondr pouches close automatically inside the venue before reopening when audiences return to the concourse later on. Dylan played his first gig in the UK at The King and Queen pub in Fitzrovia, London in 1962 and first performed in Ireland at the Adelphi Cinema on his famous 1966 world tour. Tickets for the shows will go on sale at 10am on Friday 18 July. Dylan is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in history and was played by Timothee Chalamet in the biopic A Complete Unknown last year, which centred on the Blowin' in the Wind singer's infamous decision to 'go electric' in the 1960s. The Dune actor explained that he felt "validated" by the reclusive music legend's praise for his portrayal. The 29-year-old star said: "He's a man of few words. "He's probably said fewer words publicly in his life than I've said in this interview alone, so to get some sort of … affirmation - deeply validating. And everything we do in life, we want our heroes to, should they even know about us, affirm us, so the fact that he did, it's more than I could ever ask for, and hopefully he doesn't delete it." Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways tour 2025 UK and Ireland dates: Fri 7th November: Brighton Centre, Brighton Sun 9th November: Building Society Arena, Swansea Mon 10th November: Building Society Arena, Swansea Tues 11th November: Building Society Arena, Swansea Thurs 13th November: Building Society Arena, Coventry Fri 14th November: First Direct Arena, Leeds Sun 16th November: Armadillo, Glasgow Mon 17th November: Armadillo, Glasgow Weds 19th November: Waterfront, Belfast Thurs 20th November: Waterfront, Belfast Sun 23rd November: INEC, Killarney Mon 24th November: INEC, Killarney Tues 25th November: 3Arena, Dublin
Irish Independent
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Declan Lynch: ‘I did not know that there was no test for tractor drivers – and even now, when I know it, somehow I still don't believe it'
John Bowman last Sunday (RTÉ1, 8.30am) reminded us that it was he who introduced the late Paul Durcan to the music of Bob Dylan – without realising at the time what a happy event this had been. Bowman had edited an RTÉ radio programme back in the early 1960s which had featured some of Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Many years later, Durcan would tell an RTÉ interviewer it was indeed John Bowman who had played that track, 'and my life would never be the same again'.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brian Wilson Once Ran into Bob Dylan in the Emergency Room and Sparked a Friendship: 'Nice Guy'
Two years before Brian Wilson's death at age 82, the Beach Boys co-founder shared a story about meeting Bob Dylan The two musicians struck up a conversation in an emergency room "I invited him over to my house for lunch the next day," recalled Wilson in 2023Brian Wilson and Bob Dylan's friendship was sparked in an unlikely place. Two years before Wilson's death at age 82, which his family announced on Wednesday, June 11, the Beach Boys co-founder and singer shared a sweet story about running into Bob Dylan at a hospital and later having a conversation about music over lunch. "Once I was in the Malibu emergency room getting a weigh-in and this guy walked up to me," wrote Wilson in a May 2023 post on Facebook. "He had curly hair and was on the short side. 'Are you Brian Wilson?' he asked. 'Yeah,' I said. 'Hi,' he said. 'I'm Bob Dylan.'" The Pet Sounds artist explained Dylan, 84, was in the hospital with a broken thumb. "We talked a little bit about nothing," he continued. "I was a big fan of his lyrics, of course," said Wilson, citing "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" as some of his favorites. "What a songwriter!" The emergency room run-in then turned into a friendship between the two iconic musicians. "I invited him over to my house for lunch the next day," recalled Wilson. "That was a longer conversation. We just talked and talked about music. We talked about old songs we remembered, songs before rock and roll. We talked about ideas we had. Nice guy." At the time, Wilson shared a photo of himself posing with Dylan — though it's unclear exactly when the photo was taken, or when the interaction went down. More recently, Dylan celebrated Wilson's 80th year around the sun by singing "Happy Birthday" to him in a video. "That ear," the "Blowin' in the Wind" singer once said about him, according to the New York Times. "I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The "God Only Knows" singer's death was announced by his family on Wednesday, June 11 in an Instagram post featuring a photo of the star smiling on a bench. "We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away," the statement read. "We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy." Read the original article on People
Winnipeg Free Press
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Obsessing over Bob Dylan
Opinion Bob Dylan, the enigmatic musician, singer and songwriter, turned 84 years old on May 24. His remarkable career has now spanned more than 60 years. He has been bestowed with numerous honours including the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.' There can be no denying Dylan's enduring legacy as one of the greatest songwriters in history. But he was and remains a complex personality. The recent film A Complete Unknown is a biopic about his early years in New York City's Greenwich Village from 1961 to 1965, when he literally went from being 'a complete unknown' — a phrase he used in one of his most celebrated songs, Like a Rolling Stone — to the most revered folk singer in United States and beyond. A telling scene takes place the morning after an intimate night Dylan spent with Joan Baez, then a young rising folk star played perfectly by Monica Barbaro. She snaps at Dylan, played equally as perfectly by Timotheé Chalamet. 'You're kind of an asshole, Bob,' says Baez, in response to Dylan's caustic comments about her alleged weak songwriting skills. 'Yeah, I guess,' he mutters, before launching into a rendition of one of his iconic songs, Blowin' in the Wind. Despite her anger, Baez is so taken by the song that she sits down beside Dylan to sing it with him. The real Joan Baez did in fact record her own version of Blowin' in the Wind, among many other Dylan songs she covered. 'Dylanologists' have pointed out several errors in the movie's narrative and the not-quite-correct timeline it uses. Such is literary licence. The film, which reaches its climax at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when Dylan 'went electric' — using an electric rather than acoustic guitar was regarded as an act of 'heresy' by true 'folkies' — is superb nonetheless. I first saw A Complete Unknown last December when it was released and was bowled over by the music and the performances of the main actors. In addition to Chalamet and Barbaro, who both learned how to sing and play the guitar at the same time — Chalamet mastered the harmonica as well — the cast also includes Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, who is supposed to be artist Suze Rotolo, Dylan's first true love and the woman snuggling with him on the cover of his 1963 breakout album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Since the movie started streaming on Disney Plus, I have become somewhat obsessed with it and have watched it another six times. I saw Dylan perform once in Toronto in October 1978. As I recall, much to the consternation of those in attendance, he sang alternate and odd versions of some of his best-known songs. He also lived up to his reputation for being uncommunicative; during the concert, he barely acknowledged the audience. Still, at 37 years old, there was a definite aura about him. A Complete Unknown captures his enormous drive and talent as well as his introverted nature, his attempt to disown his past as Robert Zimmerman, the middle-class son of Jewish parents in Hibbing, Minn., and his insensitive, even callous, treatment of Rotolo and Baez. Both loved him deeply, supported his career, especially Baez, and urged him to embrace the social injustices of the 1960s. And he cheated on both of them. Rotolo, who met him when she was 17 and he was 20, resisted speaking publicly about her relationship with Dylan for more than four decades. She eventually revealed much in her memoir, A Freewheelin' Time, published in 2008 three years before she died from lung cancer at the age of 67. As a younger woman, she could not, as she puts it, deal with the 'aura of darkness and intensity' that 'enveloped' her when she was with him. Baez, who performed melodic duets with Dylan, wrote the haunting song Diamonds and Rust in 1975 about their tormented relationship. She admitted only recently that he broke her heart. Yet, at the age of 84, she says she has finally forgiven him. In a rare 2004 interview with Ed Bradley on the CBS news show 60 Minutes, Dylan conceded that he does not know how he wrote so many poetic songs when he was in his early 20s and did not think he could replicate such a period of creativity again. As the movie depicts, he had a difficult time with his overnight success and the explosive fame it generated. He resented being labelled 'a cultural and political icon.' As he writes in his 2004 memoir, Chronicles, Volume 1, 'people have always told me that I'm a protest singer or the voice of a generation, but I write for me.' His legion of fans, who latched on to his 1964 anthem-like song The Times They Are A-Changin', profoundly disagreed. Rotolo, perhaps understood him best. 'Bob was driven—focused on his path,' she writes. 'He was his own person…Artists we admire aren't necessarily exemplary human beings just because they are exceptional in their chosen fields. Their art is their work offered for public consumption, and nothing else.' Now & Then is a column in which historian Allan Levine puts the events of today in a historical context.
