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Bob Dylan to tour Australia

Bob Dylan to tour Australia

Music legend Bob Dylan will return to Australia and New Zealand this August and September for a month-long tour.

Music legend Bob Dylan will return to Australia and New Zealand this August and September for a month-long tour.

The 73-year-old is on a creative roll at the moment with 2012’s Tempest a return to form for the iconic singer songwriter. With this late career return to form in mind, this tour will be the perfect time to catch one of popular music’s true icons, a man who has released more than 50 albums over a career that has spanned six decades. A new Dylan album, Shadows in the Night, is expected to drop around the time of the tour. The creator of iconic songs such as Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Like a Rolling Stone and Tangled up in Blue will perform in intimate mode at Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre on Sunday, August 31. The tour kicks off in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday, August 9 and concludes in Christchurch on Wednesday, September 10. Tickets for the Australian shows go on sale on Tuesday, June 3 at 9am.     Bob Dylan Australian and New Zealand 2014 tour dates Saturday, August 9 – Hamilton, NZ, Claudelands Arena, Wednesday, August 13 and Thursday, August 14 – Perth, Riverside Theatre Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 – Melbourne, Palais Theatre Monday, August 25 – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Friday, August 29 – Canberra, Royal Theatre Sunday, August 31 – Adelaide, Entertainment Centre (intimate mode) Wednesday, September 3 and Thursday, September 4 Sydney, State Theatre Wednesday, September 10 – Christchurch, NZ, CBS Canterbury Arena

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