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Review 1 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

Magnificent!!

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- Sun 20 Nov 2011 @

Posted 24/11/2011

by Levys

Location:London

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It was my second Dylan concert, the first one was ten years ago, and I do think Dylan gets better with time. It was an amazing night with Dylan handling the stage wonderfully and actually making some small dance steps. He won the audience from the moment he attacked the first song: "Leopard-skin pill-box hat" and all throughout the climax of "Like a rolling stone". And in between, Desolation row, Highway 61 revisited, Tangled up in blue, Thunder of the mountain, Summer days, etc. - a wonder and a bliss.

Knopfler was very good too, charming and majestic with his guitars, even if he only sung two Dire Straits songs.

A wonderful evening and unforgettable experience

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Review 2 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

Brill!

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Posted 19/01/2013

by Janina

Location:Nottingham

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Top gig, fantastic performance! would defiantly recommend!

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Review 3 for Bob Dylan

1 / 5

Mark Knopfler was great, but Bob Dylan....

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Posted 26/03/2012

by pedro1234

I am very dissapointed. Looks he can not cope with his voice, sad. Fortunatelly Mark was there.

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Review 4 for Bob Dylan

1 / 5

Dylan too far

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: Joining in with Mark - that was nice. @

Posted 09/02/2012

by BigYinFan222

Location:West London

It would have been great had I been nearer the stage. It could almost have been anybody from that distance - playing a recording of Bobbie D of course.
Why not have big screens at the sides to bring the musicians closer to their audience - plenty of venues do this. The Apollo is prehistoric.

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Review 5 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

Surreal!

Manchester Arena @

- Manchester @

- Mon 10 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: The whole experience! including Mark Knopfler - a brilliant performance. @

Opening act(s): Mark Knopfler @

Posted 12/01/2012

by Cloudnine

Location:Lancashire

My son who has been a fan of Bob Dylan for the past few years knows every thing there is to know about him (he's now 15 yrs old). You wouldn't believe the CD's, DVD's books etc. he has acquired over the years. He has inspired him to learn to splay the guitar with such fantastic standard in only 18 mths! When he asked a couple of years ago if we though he would EVER get to see him in concert, I suggested not, due to travelling and cost of tickets. So you imagine how excited we were to find he was coming to Manchester at such affordable prices!!!
The whole experience was surreal. My son was beside himself with the whole performance. Bob did not let his fans down; and yes people may comment about his singing voice (in their view - lack of) - but that's Bob - he's unique - and always has been - when your a hard core fan like my son (and me) it's all part of the experience. We pinched ourselves during the concert and are still pinching!! We are so honoured to have shared the same space as Bob Dylan. A truly amazing performance that has made a huge impact on my son.

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- Mon 10 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: The whole experience! including Mark Knopfler - a brilliant performance. @

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Review 6 for Bob Dylan

3 / 5

Mark Knopfler was brilliant

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: Mark Knopfler @

Posted 04/01/2012

by Anonymous

Mark Knopfler was brilliant and his musicians were very versatile varied in there performance.
Bob Dylan from our seats appeared to growl most of the time but there were moments
when the old Dylon, (protest singer) shone through. His backing group appeared to bash out a steady beat which seemed to fit anything he sang.

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Review 7 for Bob Dylan

3 / 5

Glad Mark Knopfler and band were there!

Apollo, Hammersmith @

- London @

- 21/11/2011 @

Favourite moment: Violin playing @

Posted 21/12/2011

by Flowerpetal

Location:London

What a disappointment Bob Dylan was. Never seen him before and thought I should as who knows if this could be the last time....I knew about the voice trouble but I'm afraid it's time he hung his hat up, each song was indecipherable - though when he played the harmonica I perked up. His band weren't great either - it was just a load of noise. But Mark Kopfler and Band, now that was worth going to the concert for, some brilliant playing, notably on the violin, and some great guitar playing. But Bob Dylan's insulting croaking at us made me leave early. Something I rarely do.

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- 21/11/2011 @

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Review 8 for Bob Dylan

4 / 5

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler

MEN Arena Manchester @

- Manchester @

- Mon 10 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: The end of Mark Knopfler's set. @

Opening act(s): See notes above @

Posted 15/12/2011

by welshdylan

Location:North Wales

Mark Knopfler up first - accurately defined the "Dire" in Dire Straits. Mostly boring and bland, although his backing musicians were excellent and there were a few good sounds. I did buy Dire Straits first few albums, as it was a distinctive sound then, but found his current offerings boring and very similar throughout.Took too much time out before the main event.

What can you say about Dylan? His voice is awful (but does occasionally come right!), and there's a magic being there to see someone who is probably the greatest songwriter of the 20th century. His backing musicians are so good, but his delivery and voice are poor. Even having said this, it was a worthwhile journey to see the concert.
He still towers over most of his past and present contemporaries.

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- Mon 10 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: The end of Mark Knopfler's set. @

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Review 9 for Bob Dylan

3 / 5

Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff @

- Cardiff @

- Thu 13 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: Mark Knopfler playing Brothers In Arms @

Opening act(s): Nil @

Posted 03/12/2011

by DeeperMauve

Location:Devon

Mark Knopfler was fantastic as always. He played a mixture of new and old stuff as well as some Dire Straits. Did he have a bandage on his arm? He looked as if he was in a bit of pain.
Bob Dylan was awful. Could not understand a word he sang and every song sounded the same. I think it's time for him to hang up his guitar. We left half way through his performance, really did not enjoy it, sadly, as we were very excited to see one of the music industry legends for the first time.

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff @

- Cardiff @

- Thu 13 Oct 2011 @

Favourite moment: Mark Knopfler playing Brothers In Arms @

Opening act(s): Nil @

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Review 10 for Bob Dylan

4 / 5

SEEING A LEGEND

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: Crowd involvement on 'Thunder on the Mountain'; crowd cheering at ' stay forever young'. @

Posted 29/11/2011

by JANJAY

Location:Kent, UK

Mark Knopfler was accomplished, as expected, and I enjoyed some of the songs. Bob Dylan was fantastic. We all know his voice is trashed, but he is still a brilliant performer. I liked the fact that so many of the songs were rearranged, either to suit his voice, or just because he wanted to perform them differently. EG some songs from the album Modern Times had been rearranged, yet his voice was similar when he made that album. I liked the choice of songs.

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Review 11 for Bob Dylan

3 / 5

Bob Dylan _ Knockin' on Heavan's Door?

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- Sat 19 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: When the crowd joined in singing the 'right tune' to 'Rolling Stone' @

Opening act(s): Mark Knopfler @

Posted 27/11/2011

by agingrocker58

Location:Portsmouth

While on this occasion he (Dylan) was coherent (he wasn't the last time I heard him on his last tour at Bournemouth BIC) the songs he played, that I recognised the words to, never matched the tune I knew. I wasn't alone in this respect! It wsn't Dylan rambling, forgetting the tune or 'getting it wrong' because the whole backing band were playing the 'wrong tune'! He barked rather than sang his way through all of the songs. While Dylan isn't exactly known for having a great singing voice, he had a style that became accepted and did have something of a melody about it. He finished with Like A Rolling Stone', at least, the words were that. Once again, the tune was unrecognisable as the one we all know and love. The crowd, seemingly fed up by now, sang the chorus to the 'right tune' drowning out Dylan, who, by the third chorus gave up singing or barking out the words. An encore was requested but none came. Either, at the age of 73, it was just too much for him, or he was cheesed off that the audience had treated him like a bad karaoke singer! Because the only other time I've known the audience to 'sing over' the artist is in a karaoke bar! When you consider that the man is old enough to be father to most of the aged audience and grandfather to some then I suppose they were all ready to forgive him for that. Having said all that, I enjoyed what was probably my last chance to see such an iconic and influential star. But if only, in what could be his truly last farewell tour, what a joy it would have been if he'd played all or most of the truly great songs he wrote in his heyday and to the tunes we all know!

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- Sat 19 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: When the crowd joined in singing the 'right tune' to 'Rolling Stone' @

Opening act(s): Mark Knopfler @

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Review 12 for Bob Dylan

4 / 5

Take two

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: I can only go with the obvious one - the finale, Forever Young with Mark Knopfler joining in. @

Posted 27/11/2011

by StephenB

Location:Oxford

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I'm reviewing both artists, not least as I was more there for MK. In a sense both parts of this concert were a part 2 from earlier in the year; I saw Bob in June at the Feis, and the Straits at Hammersmith a few weeks back. Continuing the twos it was also the second time this year that I've seen the same song by two different artists on that stage - Boy in the Bubble by Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon, and Brothers in Arms by the Straits and MK. From an organisational point of view this one was super-efficient - we were given the running order in advance, MK came on on the dot of 7.30 and played until 8.45, then Bob did 9.05 to about 10.45 with barely time for the changeover, although they did have three days to practice. The average age of the audience was remarkably high - it's not often I feel young these days - and a fair number left early, but in general there was quite a buzz and most people seemed to be having a good time.

MK's set was great fun, and viewed as a support act maybe the best I've ever seen. However, I feel I have to damn with faint praise a bit. He did mainly his solo work and for a while I wondered if he would do any Dire Straits music at all, although he did in fact do BiA and So Far Away. His solo songs sound fine individually, but back to back they do seem a bit samey. Also although he's a fantastic guitarist I felt he was coasting a bit, he didn't seem to be trying all that hard. And his band, although OK, suffered a lot in comparison with Bob's band later, and the two keyboard players in particular seemed vastly underused. In the end I preferred the Straits even though MK is a better musician, although I would be interested to see him again as a headliner.

I've never been a hard-core Dylan fan; although he's a great songwriter I've never been that enthusiastic about him as a performer, and seeing him at the Feis in a cold, wet, muddy, overcrowded park at the end of a long day perhaps wasn't ideal, not to mention missing part of it in favour of the Saw Doctors. However this time was different, helped by an absolutely superb band, who would have been worth the money even without Bob. I didn't know most of the songs, and even the ones I did were in unfamiliar arrangements, but it didn't matter because it sounded so good. And even Bob's voice seems better than it used to!

As a slight digression, in the last year I've seen some great musicians performing live - Meatloaf, Richard Thompson, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Tori Amos, Yes, Elkie Brooks and many others less stellar but equally good, plus of course the extraordinary Wall. The news may be full of doom and gloom but for fans of live music we're living in a golden age, even if it is because it's the only way for artists to make money now. Just one small request to David Bowie and Kate Bush - come on guys, get with the program :)

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Review 13 for Bob Dylan

4 / 5

Legend in front of my eyes!

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- London @

- Sun 20 Nov 2011 @

Posted 27/11/2011

by Colsee

It was the first time I had seen Bob Dylan and it was awe inspiring to see a living legend 5 rows in front of me.
luckily I had read that his voice was pretty poor nowadays. Without a doubt I would have been disappointed otherwise. We couldn't make out what half the songs were and the sound was very 'muddy' in places, possibly to obscure the singing otherwise the sound engineers were having problems!
Still enjoyed it though, and so did my 16 year old daughter, she said it was her favourite gig as she was aware of his status.
Support by Mark Knopfler was superb and clear!

All in all a great gig !

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Review 14 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

Spellbinding Dylan

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- London @

- 20/10/2011 @

Favourite moment: Every second @

Opening act(s): Mark Knopfler @

Posted 26/11/2011

by Jokerman

Location:Canterbury Kent England

Spellbinding performance from the second Mr Bob walked on stage till the moment he left. Me & the Mrs were rocking from the first chords as Mark Knopfler joined Bob for the first few songs. Bob bestrode the stage playing himself like a thespian of yesteryear ...with a twinkle in his eye .Fantastic showmanship and I left the Hammersmith Odeon feeling 20 years younger than when I arrived. Thankyou Mr Bob !!
Mark Knopfler and his crew also gave an excellent performance spiced up with a couple of old favourites. I wasn't familiar with the songs but they were well worth a listen. A song of tribute to Lonnie Donegan was a nice touch
Only drawback: the audience semed to be awash with zombies, well perhaps not zombies because as someone once sang "maybe they never even been alive".
See you in heaven Bob ......but not any time soon I hope.............. we've both got a lotta miles on our treads yet.
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- 20/10/2011 @

Favourite moment: Every second @

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Review 15 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: 'Forever Young', last song, lyric "may your songs be forever sung", Knopfler holds his hand out to Dylan... & the crowd cheers! @

Posted 26/11/2011

by Anonymous

Two of the best musicians of our time team up to play on the same night, even to play a few songs together - an absolutely incredible gig

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Favourite moment: 'Forever Young', last song, lyric "may your songs be forever sung", Knopfler holds his hand out to Dylan... & the crowd cheers! @

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Review 16 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

Overwhelming

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- 21/11/2011 @

Favourite moment: Forgetful Heart @

Posted 25/11/2011

by LibsterA

Location:Wiltshire

I have never seen Bob Dylan in concert and had been told so many stories of what not to expect.

Ive never been so overwhelmed by a gig before, Just an amazing experience, I will never forget. The lyrics and melodies have meant a lot to me over the years,I now have a memory of magical performance to match them. So lucky to have chosen that night.
Thankyou Bob x

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Review 17 for Bob Dylan

3 / 5

Great show

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Favourite moment: Forgetful Heart @

Opening act(s): Mark Knopfler (he of Dire Straits) @

Posted 25/11/2011

by RichardJGH

Location:Portsmouth

My 18th Dylan concert ! First was in 1978 at Blackbushe then I didn;t go till 1991 which was co-incidentally at The Hammersmith Odeon (as it was then). Since then I've seen a Dylan show almost every year in UK, France, USA. The last couple of years I've been thinking that it could be the last one ; for he shows his age a bit and you wonder how long he'd want to keep travelling. Anyway this 2011 show was great with a good selection of old and new. Sound was O.K. One thing I miss in recent Dylan shows are backing vocals.

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Favourite moment: Forgetful Heart @

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Review 18 for Bob Dylan

1 / 5

What a disappointment

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- Sat 19 Nov 2011 @

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Posted 25/11/2011

by MarkieMark2

Location:London

Bob has lost it. Couldn't sing - or didn't want to. Just growled his way through a load of arrangements that made the original songs virtually unrecognisable. I got so bored I left half way through.

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Review 19 for Bob Dylan

2 / 5

It was just a croak

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- Sun 20 Nov 2011 @

Posted 25/11/2011

by veryverydisappointed

Location:West London

Mark Knopfler was excellent as were his musicians
We were very disappointed with Bob Dylan
I have been a fan for nearly 50 years and love his music and songs.
I saw him at The Royal Albert Hall sometime in the 60's and he was wonderful. However, his voice has gone; It was just a croak and we feel rather cheated.
We paid over £75 each for the tickets and it was just not worth it.
Such a pity because he has been a great artist.
One tour too many

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Review 20 for Bob Dylan

5 / 5

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- Mon 21 Nov 2011 @

Posted 24/11/2011

by Anonymous

Location:London

The show was awesome ! First Mark Knopfler on stage with amazing Dire'straits song.
Then Bob Dylan on stage ! The legend is still in pretty good shape !
Then Bob Dylan (harmonica) + Mark Knopfler (guitar) given their best music !

What a concert !!!!

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