No
big welcome, just a normal hotel room with two windows, no filming or direct
broadcasting the show are among the requests of Bob Dylan when for when he
comes to Vietnam to sing in HCM City
on April 10.

Apart from the above simple requests, the famous singer
posed two important requirements: the quality of sound must meet international
standards and the seats cannot be classified as VIP or economy seats.

Accordingly, all audiences will sit on the grass at the
stadium of the RMIT International University
in District 7, HCM
City to enjoy Bob Dylan’s
songs.

Before the 2-hour show by Bob Dylan, Vietnamese well-known
singers – My Linh, Thanh Lam, Uyen Linh, Quang Dung, Duc Tuan and Tran Manh
Tuan - will perform songs by Trinh Cong Son.

Dylan said that he knew a lot about the life and music career
of Trinh Cong Son so Vietnam
is a significant destination in his tour to Asia and Australia.

Bob Dylan’s show in Vietnam is organized by Saigon
Sound System, Thanh Nien Media Company and Trinh Cong Son’s family.

Ticket prices are VND900,000 and VND2.5 million.

Bob Dylan’s tour to Asia-Pacific includes 25 shows, starting
on April 3 in Taiwan, to China, Vietnam,
Hong Kong, Singapore,
Australia, New Zealand, Ireland,
the UK, Switzerland, Germany,
Denmark and finishing in the
US
on July 20.

Seven years ago, it was announced that Dylan would come to Vietnam to attend the World Peace Music Awards
but the event was finally organized in the US.

Bob Dylan, 70, has been a major figure in music for five
decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an
informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest.
A number of his songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The
Times They Are a-Changin’” became anthems for the US civil rights
and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political,
social and philosophical, as well as literary influences.

Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed
by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s
on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a
recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his
greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.

Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and
paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a
songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years
including Grammys, Golden Globes, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and
Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the
singer’s honor in his birthplace of Duluth,
Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize
jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for “his profound impact on
popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of
extraordinary poetic power.”

Time Magazine ranks him among 100 most influential people of
the 20th century.

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