New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Saigon Sound System) Saigon Sound
System are proud to announce that Mr Bob Dylan, celebrated poet, artist, singer and writer will be playing his first ever concert in Vietnam on Sunday, April 10 at RMIT University Vietnam, in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Sending legions of fans back once more to all those wonderful songs and albums, as he makes his landmark visit to this part of the world.
Concert promoter Saigon Sound System's General Manager Rod Quinton said the cultural and historical significance of Dylan playing in Vietnam would make it a once in a lifetime event. "It will be something very special when Dylan and his band takes to the stage in Vietnam," he said.
The man with more than 50 recorded albums, a career spanning six decades, listed in Time Magazine's '100 Most Important People of the Century', Grammy award winner, and Academy award winner, presents a deceptively simple proposition: to keep performing where he is most comfortable - on stage year after year.
But some clues: Speaking about a 2010 concert, influential music journalist Jim DeRogatis said in the
Chicago Sun Times, "Among the standout high points: a revved-up "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum"; "Stuck Inside of
Mobile with the
Memphis Blues Again," which was turned inside out and upside down; a rollicking and rambunctious "Highway 61 Revisited," and a tense and dramatic "Ain't Talkin'."
Meanwhile Irish music staple Hot Press reported after a July 2010 Dylan show that, "He sang passionately and buoyantly... generous guitar riffs and exuberant keyboard playing set the bar for what was to be a first-rate concert. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a frequent inclusion in live shows, was as heavily rearranged as "Lay Lady Lay" and "Just Like A Woman", much to the crowd's enjoyment... the gruff lyrics of "Ballad Of a Thin Man", were as raw and pertinent now as they were in "65."
With landmark recent albums like Together Through Life (2009), Time Out Of Mind (1997), Love and Theft (2001) and
Modern Times (2006) - not forgetting the charming 2009 album of popular Christmas songs, Christmas in the
Heart - Dylan's legacy only seems to grow. His ever popular Bootleg series of rare recordings have also cemented the legacy - the latest being another revelation of very early material: The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 9 with general admission tickets available at USD $50 and a VIP package for USD $120. For pre-sales information go to www.bobdylan.com, for international sales go to www.thaiticketmajor.com, for sales in Vietnam go to www.saigonsoundsystem.com. Tickets can also be booked in Ho Chi Minh City at Juice (49 Mac Thi Buoi, D1), The Boathouse (40 Lily Rd, APSC Compound, 36 Thao Dien, D2) and Boomarang (The Crescent, Phu My Hung, District 7).
