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Bob Dylan Gets First Gig in Vietnam

Legend expected to sell out 8,000-seat venue

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2011 6:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Decades after making his name with Vietnam-era antiwar songs, Bob Dylan is set to perform in Vietnam for the first time, the AP reports. He’ll play in an 8,000-seat university stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, and planners expect the show to sell out. “Bob Dylan is a very important legend of music and we think it's important that Vietnamese people, particularly the younger generation, are exposed to his legacy,” says a promoter. (Dylan also recently snagged his first China gigs.)

In this file photo taken Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, Bob Dylan performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
In this file photo taken Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, Bob Dylan performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Calvert
Mar 15, 2011 3:36 PM CDT
Keep him over there, I spent a year in that stink hole and can't imagine anyone wanting to go there voluntarily. We lost a lot of americans there at the time Dylan was writing poetry back here.
Just_Dave
Mar 15, 2011 7:09 AM CDT
Bob Dylan = the luckiest summa beach in the history of music.
 

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