Dylan Heading Back To The Ballpark This Summer

Bob Dylan will set off on his third annual tour of U.S. minor league baseball stadiums beginning Aug. 12 in Comstock Park, Mich. Tickets begin going on sale July 8 for some shows; one child under 12 will be admitted free of charge with each adult ticket holder.

Dylan will be supported on the road by guitarists Jimmie Vaughan and Junior Brown, as well as Elana Janes and the Continental Two. As previously reported, the tour will coincide with Aug. 29 release of a new Dylan studio album, "Modern Times."

In related news, a baseball-themed episode from Dylan's weekly XM Satellite Radio show "Theme Time Radio Hour" has been added to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library archive. On the show, Dylan sang an a cappella rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and played several iconic radio snippets from vintage baseball broadcasts.

Here are Bob Dylan's tour dates:

Aug. 12: Comstock Park, Mich. (Fifth Third Ballpark)
Aug. 13: Columbus, Ohio (Cooper Stadium)
Aug. 15: Lexington, Ky. (Applebee's Park)
Aug. 17: Augusta, Ga. (Lake Olmstead Stadium)
Aug. 18: Winston-Salem, N.C. (Ernie Shore Field)
Aug. 19: Frederick, Md. (Harry Grove Stadium)
Aug. 20: Washington, Pa. (Falconi Field)
Aug. 23: Reading, Pa. (First Energy Stadium)
Aug. 24: Pawtucket, R.I. (McCoy Stadium)
Aug. 26: Pittsfield, Mass. (Wahconah Park)
Aug. 27: Manchester, N.H. (Merchantsauto.com Stadium)
Aug. 29: New Britain, Conn. (New Britain Stadium)
Aug. 30: Rochester, N.Y. (Frontier Field)
Sept. 1: Wappingers Falls, N.Y. (Dutchess Stadium)
Sept. 2: Cooperstown, N.Y. (Doubleday Field)
Sept. 3: University Park, Pa. (Medlar Field at Lubrano Park)
Sept. 5: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Memorial Stadium)

You have a link for more info on this, Pat?

Here's a link on his website.

http://bobdylan.com/live/

I'm going to see him on the 30th of August.

You don't have tickets yet, do you Baggins?

I'm looking to maybe go on August 26th in Pittsfield, MA.

BTW....Thanks for the link, Bethie.

No, tickets go on sale the 15th, but I'll make sure to get them

Here's Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Neil Young, Tom Petty and Roger McQuinn (from the Byrds who had the hit with this song), singing "My Back Pages." I'm sure the "oldies" here will know it. I always liked this song. It has Dylan style all over it IMHO.

TIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rer7W4iIbjM&search=Bob%20Dylan%27s%2030th%20anniv ersary%20concert

I love that song TIS, that performance has always been one of my favorite things to watch. They all work together so well. Though Dylan just looks typically pissed off the whole time, mostly at Clapton for some reason.

The Doc

Baggins....

I just got tickets for 8/26.

Watch the Dylan website from the link that Beth posted, and and they'll post a password on the morning that the presale begins.

Then, just click on the pre-sale date, and the rest is as easy as pie.

The tickets I got were $49.50 each, plus a $7.00 service charge.

Thanks for the info Plaw

Got Mine. First show of the tour too. Hope its good.

Make sure you give us a review, Ferro.

I'm a big fan of Jimmy Vaughn and his former group, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, so I'm really looking forward to this.

I saw Dylan live May 5th. It was great. But a little advice to those who have never seen him live:

Listen to his two most recent albums, "Time Out of Mind" and "Love and Theft" to get acquainted with his recent sound.

But, Dylan is Dylan. Watching him speak his words on stage was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

He better do 'Hurricane' and 'Like a Rolling Stone' or I'm gonna be pissed.

Last year he did Rolling Stone at almost every single show as the closer.

As for Hurricaine, he never performs that anymore. After Rubin was found to actually probably be guilty, he decided never to sing it again.


His recent sound with TOOM and LAT is amazing. I love it. I can't wait for his new release "Modern Times".

The Doc

At the concert I went to, "Like a Rolling Stone" and "All Along the Watchtower" were the encore.

I doubt he'll play "Hurricane". In fact, judging from his song lists of his latest tour, he hardly plays any of his material from the mid 70's, probably because it was so painfully personal. Unlike most people, I prefer that side of Dylan.

As for Hurricaine, he never performs that anymore. After Rubin was found to actually probably be guilty, he decided never to sing it again.
[/b][/quote]I thought he was probably innocent?

I'd love to see Dylan live, and especially see his Desire songs played.

Yeah, some of the "Desire" songs would be great live, but I would LOVE to hear "Lay Lady Lay" live.

I heard on the radio today that there will be a Broadway play based on Bob Dylan's music to debut in September. Who would have ever thought??

The same people who brought us "Movin Out" the Billy Joel musical are involved in this one as well. The title is "The Times They Are A Changing." I know I really liked "Movin Out" and hopefully this will be good as well. Anyone hear about it? Here's the link I just found:

TIS



http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100721.html

Ya know, I come out of BB retirement and what do I find but this fucking thing. I swear the world is taunting me. I will be out of the East until at least November I cant go anywhere without being reminded that I will be missing out on this. One can only hope he'll come west before November is up. My luck, he'll go west when I'm back east

I don't know about hearing his Desire songs live these days; I think it is on that album where Dylan perfected his voice, at least for my standards. I could never hear "Sara" sung in any other way but on that actual recording.