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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
West Palm Beach, FL	Cruzan Amphitheatre	Wed	Jun 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Tampa, FL	MidFlorida Credit Union…	Thu	Jun 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Atlanta, GA	Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood	Sat	Jun 29 / 13	Find Tickets
Nashville, TN	Riverfront Park	Sun	Jun 30 / 13	Find Tickets
Memphis, TN	AutoZone Park	Tue	Jul 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa Amphitheater	Wed	Jul 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Noblesville, IN	Klipsch Music Center	Fri	Jul 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center	Sat	Jul 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Amphitheatre-OH	Sat	Jul 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena	Sun	Jul 07 / 13	Find Tickets
Saint Paul, MN	Midway Stadium	Wed	Jul 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Peoria, IL	Peoria Chiefs Stadium	Thu	Jul 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Bridgeview, IL	Toyota Park	Fri	Jul 12 / 13	Find Tickets
Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre	Sun	Jul 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Toronto	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre	Mon	Jul 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	Thu	Jul 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Darien Center, NY	Darien Lakes Six Flags	Thu	Jul 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Bridgeport, CT	Ballpark At Harbor Yard	Fri	Jul 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center	Sat	Jul 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Sun	Jul 21 / 13	Find Tickets

Bob Dylan Biography

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Bob Dylan ( born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, music producer, artist, and writer. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" radically altered the parameters of popular music in 1965. His recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement. Dylan's lyrics have incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performance style of Little Richard, and the songwriting of Woody Guthrie, 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. and received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. 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." In May 2000, Dylan was awarded the Polar Music Prize. In May 2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

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