Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour has stuck with a remarkably consistent setlist since it kicked off in November 2021. The show is heavy on tunes from Rough and Rowdy Ways, extremely light on hits, and features just a tiny smattering of Sixties tunes, including “I’ll Be Your Baby …
Read More »James Mangold Gives Update on Timothée Chalamet-Starring Bob Dylan Biopic
Three years after it was revealed that Timothée Chalamet would star in a Bob Dylan biopic, director James Mangold has offered an update on the long-in-the-works A Complete Unknown. Despite just being named as the director of an upcoming Star Wars film, Mangold told Collider at the Star Wars Celebration …
Read More »How Ye, George Harrison, Queen, and More Made Their Worst Albums
Kanye West was at the beginning of what would become a complete self-immolation of his career and image, and made… Ye. Burnt out in the mid-Eighties, Bob Dylan dropped the half-assed Knocked Out Loaded. George Harrison ran out of ideas in 1982, and ended up with the flaccid Gone Troppo. …
Read More »Another (Celine) Portrait: See Bob Dylan in Fashion Brand's Latest 'Performer' Series
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Earlier this winter, Hedi Slimane, the creative director behind fashion label Celine, headed to Malibu, California, to take a few new portraits. His subject: Bob Dylan. Months after …
Read More »Chlöe Bailey to Star in Film Version of Bob Dylan-Inspired Musical 'Girl From the North Country'
Don’t count her out: Chlöe Bailey is merging her passion for acting and music with her next project. On Monday, it was announced that Bailey will star in an upcoming film adaptation of Girl From the North Country, the musical based on Bob Dylan‘s music, Variety reports. Bailey will star …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Is 'Definitely Winding Down'
Over the past 32 years, Bob Dylan‘s Bootleg Series has proved that the singer’s studio albums represent just a tiny fraction of his musical output. Some of the releases in the series spotlight key concerts from tours like his 1966 European run with the Hawks or the 1975 Rolling Thunder …
Read More »Pianist Alan Pasqua on His Years With Bob Dylan, Eddie Money, Pat Benatar, and Santana
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »New Bootleg Series Installment Maps The Long Road To Dylan's Resurrection
Most editions of Bob Dylan’s three-decades-and-running Bootleg Series focus on a particular phase of his career, but a few have zoomed in on the making of an especially hallowed record. As its title makes clear, that’s the case with Fragments—Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997), the 17th volume in the …
Read More »How Bob Dylan's 'Time Out Of Mind' Got Stripped Down, Reimagined on New Bootleg Series
When Bob Dylan‘s Time Out of Mind hit shelves on Sept. 30, 1997, it was hailed by fans and critics as his best work in decades. The Daniel Lanois-produced LP won a Grammy for Album of the Year, kickstarted an incredible period of renewed vitality for Dylan, and forever silenced …
Read More »Bob Dylan Unearths Original Version of 'Not Dark Yet' for Upcoming 'Fragments' Set
Ahead of the release of Bob Dylan’s Fragments — the 17th installment of The Bootleg Series, focusing on his Time Out of Mind sessions — the singer has unearthed “Version One” of that album’s “Not Dark Yet.” Unlike its released counterpart, the first run-through of the track — recorded Jan. …
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