Thought it was only right that I should post an âafter the eventâ update.
The gig was absolutely terrific. Dylan really is one of a kind though. Absolutely no interaction with the audience. He walked on stage, sat down behind his piano (he was barely visible) and played non stop for 1 hour 45 minutes. Then stood up and walked off. No encores.
Bob certainly doesnât do âmy greatest hitsâ.
He performed a mixture of older songs and a lot from his rough and rowdy album which I wasnât familiar with. Even the old stuff wasnât immediately recognisable as the songs have been deconstructed and reconstructed with different melodies and different phrasing. But the whole set was performed in a mesmerising way with an excellent vocal and along with his piano playing there was lots of real âthat could only be Dylanâ harmonica.
His band was really tight. Two guitars, one who also played electric slide, a bass player who alternated between electric bass and an upright double bass and a drummer.
At times you got the impression that the guitars were improvising to Dylanâs piano/vocal which gave some of the songs a âjamâ feeling which was very intimate.
Overall a fabulous concert.
As to my original post about the mobile phone issue, it actually worked really well. After you went through security and had your ticket verified you were given a pouch to put your phone in and the pouch was then locked. You kept the pouch with you and after the event it was unlocked. It was great to enjoy the show without people standing up everywhere and photographing/videoing everything.
Now, whether the reason for all this is to allow the audience to become fully engaged with the concert or whether Dylan/his promoters donât want unauthorised video footage appearing on the internet, is open to debate!
Happy to see you qualified!