Discography
3691 releases – 190 under his own name, 7 in other groups and 3589 credits on others' music Edit
- Show everything (3691)
- Released as Bob Dylan (190)
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In other groups (7)
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Credits on others' music (3589)
- Tracks on others' music (196)
In the News
( 7 stories between 9th June 2008 and 31st December 2010 )News of the Weird: Bob Dylan’s Pizza Party
Dec, 31 2010
The Amherst Bulletin reported that on November 20 a man walked into Antonio’s Pizza restaurant near Amherst, MA and placed an order for 178 extra-large gourmet pizzas.
Wearing backstage credentials from the evening’s Bob Dylan show at the Mullins Center, the man indicated that the pies were for Dylan and his crew. He promised a large tip if the restaurant could accommodate his request.
But by 5:30 AM and $3,900 later, Antinio’s was left with a bunch of pizzas and no one to pay the bill.
It’s truly one of those pranks that just makes you go, “Hunh?”
Police were called and Dylan was initially blamed in the cheese caper, but detectives later identified the actual suspect, who was captured on a surveillance videotape. It’s been reported that an agreement has been reached between the 46-year old East Brunswick, NJ pepperoni perpetrator and the perplexed pizza parlor.
But seriously, am I the only one who can’t imagine Bob Dylan eating pizza?
-Court
Surprise Bob Dylan Show: Surprise, No Tickets!
Aug, 21 2010
Most music fans probably agree that the current way tickets are sold for gigs is less-than-perfect: the ticketing system means huge service charges are added to face values, and if a concert has sold out, that's partly because scalpers have bought up batches to sell-on at a huge mark-up.
Bob Dylan, ever the musical progressive, is trying a new system for a major artist: for a just-announced show at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre next Wednesday, there will be no advance sales. A queue will be allowed to form from noon (how morning arrivals will be dealt with is uncertain), doors will open at 5:30, and the show will begin at 8pm. 2,300 dedicated fans will pay $60 on their way in, and that's it.
But is that really a better system for an artist with as many fans as Dylan? It means most fans will have to take a day off work, spend it queuing, and if they're a little slack they still might not get in. An advance ticket -- if you can get one -- at least provides certainty, and lets you spend the rest of your day however you wish. Dylan fans in the Bay Area will have to decide whether they can dedicate the whole of next Wednesday to him, instead of just a couple hours.
Dylan: Tangled Up In Bureaucracy
Apr, 5 2010
It's a long time since Bob Dylan's counter-cultural views marked him as a potential danger to American society, but his anti-authoritarian attitude still apparently makes him a risky radical in China. Dylan has had to cancel the upcoming Far East leg of his Never-Ending Tour because the Chinese authorities have refused him permission to play in Beijing and Shanghai.
Jeffrey Wu, of the Taiwan-based promoters Brokers Brothers Herald, told Hong Kong's South China Morning Post that the authorities were wary of Dylan because of his rebellious reputation. Dylan had also planned to play in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, but the cancellation of the two Chinese shows has meant the other shows will also be canceled. "The chance to play in China was the main attraction for him," Wu said. "When that fell through everything else was called off."
Two years ago Björk caused an uproar when she shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at the end of her performance of the song "Declare Independence" at a gig in Shanghai. "What Björk did definitely made life very difficult for other performers," Wu said. "They are very wary of what will be said by performers on stage now."
