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BOB DYLAN

A multitude of Bobs bemuse and beguile as the neverending troubadour gets back in the saddle

“IT’S good to play at a university,” Bob Dylan practically yells to the crowd at IU Auditorium, “where people still think for themselves!” It’s a rare and startling bit of stage banter from the legendarily circumspect performer, but he seems genuinely excited to be back on the road and playing these songs. This is the fifth stop on his Rough And Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour, breaking his longest hiatus from live performance since the mid-’80s., he sings and pounds the upright piano with renewed vigour, his voice sounding clearer on new and old songs alike.

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