There’s one thing we’re still sure of: Robin Thicke’s odious “Blurred Lines” is high on the list of the worst songs ever made. And for that matter, Leah Kate’s nursery-rhyme-biting, Olivia Rodrigo-aping TikTok irritant “Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch” is definitely this year’s contribution. But in 2022, where all canons have …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Legal Team Sues Accuser's Lawyers Over 'Ludicrous' Lawsuit
Weeks after the highly disputed lawsuit that claimedBob Dylansexually abused a 12-year-old girl in New York in 1965 was withdrawn, the singer’s legal team has sued the lawyers involved in filing the “ludicrous” lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by Dylan’s lawyers this week, argues that Daniel Isaacs and Peter Gleason — …
Read More »'Designed To Evade': Bob Dylan Lawyers Cry Foul After Accuser Fires Lawyers Amid Discovery
After denouncing the sex abuse lawsuit filed against Bob Dylan last year as “ludicrous” and a “brazen shakedown,” lawyers for the 81-year-old singer-songwriter are questioning the timing behind his accuser’s decision to fire her two lawyers this week amid key discovery deadlines. The woman’s lawyers announced their surprise dismissal in …
Read More »Masters of (Bidding) War: Rare Copy of 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' Sells for $150,000
An extremely rare copy of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan just sold at Heritage Auctions over the weekend for $150,000 — 2.5 times the $60,000 estimate pre-auction. The stereo pressing of Bob Dylan’s second album contains the four tracks that were replaced prior to its official release in May 1963: “Rocks …
Read More »Hotel June Malibu Reinvents Historic Motel Where Bob Dylan Wrote 'Blood On The Tracks'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Plenty of critics consider Bob Dylan’s 1975 album, Blood on the Tracks, to be his greatest work, but even the most fervent biographers might not know the legend …
Read More »A 2021 Bob Dylan 'Blowin' in the Wind' Recording Sells for $1.8 Million at Auction: 'This Is Actually Scarce'
A person in London will get to listen to Bob Dylan‘s “Blowin’ in the Wind” on an acetate record worth $1,769,508. On Thursday, a 2021 recording of Bob Dylan’s Freewheelin’classic, pressed on acetate, sold at an auction for the hefty price at Christie’s in England. The price of the final …
Read More »Bob Dylan, Carole King, and Elton John Celebrate and Serenade Brian Wilson on His 80th Birthday
Brian Wilson is raking in the 80th birthday wishes from an array of friends and musical peers, including Bob Dylan, Carole King, Elton John, and Questlove. The aforementioned artists — and many others — all sent in short video messages celebrating the musician, who entered his eighth decade today, June …
Read More »Hear Bob Dylan Honor the Grateful Dead With Surprise Cover of 'Friend of the Devil'
Bob Dylan has essentially stuck to the same setlist since kicking off his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in November 2021, but he wrapped up his show at Oakland, California’s Fox Theater on Saturday night by covering the Grateful Dead‘s “Friend of the Devil” instead of the standard set-closer “Every …
Read More »Bob Dylan's New Recording of 'Blowin' In the Wind' Headed to Auction Before Song's 60th Anniversary
Bob Dylan’s new studio recording of his classic, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” made on a new recording format pioneered by T Bone Burnett, will be auctioned off at Christie’s in London on July 7. The one-of-a-kind recording has an estimated price of £600,000 to £1 million, or about $752,000 to …
Read More »Bob Neuwirth, Folk Singer-Songwriter Who Had Profound Impact on Bob Dylan, Dead at 82
One day in 1970, a young Patti Smith was sitting in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, working on her poetry, when a familiar-looking figure approached her. “He came up to me and asked me if I was a poet,” she tellsRolling Stoneof the figure in trademark …
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