Bob Dylan Concert in Vietnam

Trinh Cong Son tribute to open for Bob Dylan

April 10, 2011 about Lifestyle

US singer Bob Dylan (L)'s first-ever concert in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10 will be preceded by a tribute to Vietnam’s own, legendary anti-war bard: Trinh Cong Son (L).

When Bob Dylan takes the stage in Ho Chi Minh City April 10, he will be preceded by a tribute to Vietnam’s own, legendary antiwar bard: Trinh Cong Son.
The performance, entitled Bob Dylan and His Band, will be held (at Dylan’s request) on the grass of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT), as part of an Asian tour that includes a visit to Beijing on April 6 and Shanghai on April 8.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Son, perhaps Vietnam’s most popular composer, local singers will open the show with 15 compositions penned by the late legend – also known, internationally, as the “Vietnamese Bob Dylan.”
“One of the features of the planned Bob Dylan event that really appeals to us is that a significant part of the concert will be devoted to a tribute to great Vietnamese poet and musician Trinh Cong Son,” RMIT Vietnam President, Professor Merilyn Liddell told Thanh Nien Weekly.
“Most Vietnamese know and respect Son but few foreigners have that awareness. By including a tribute component in the concert – as part of this year’s 10th anniversary commemoration of the death of Trinh Cong Son – we felt it would be a very good way to introduce more foreigners and more of the younger generation of Vietnamese to one of Vietnam’s great modern literary and musical figures.”
The opening act will include Mot coi di ve (A realm of return); Ha trang (White summer); Em hay ngu di (Sleep well!); and Con mat con lai (The remaining eye), which are among Son’s over 600 compositions.
During the event, which is expected to attract more than 8,000 fans, the American folk rock icon and his band will perform a number of his most famous anti-war songs: “Blowin’ in the wind” and “The Times they are a-changin.”
Dylan has more than 50 recorded albums, produced during a career that spanned six decades.
Dylan’s legacy only seems to grow with recent landmark albums such as Together Through Life (2009), Time Out Of Mind (1997), Love and Theft (2001) and Modern Times (2006).
In contrast with his global fame, Bob Dylan is very simple and modest. The 70-year-old singer’s only request was that everyone be able to enjoy the show to the utmost no matter where they sit.
General admission tickets are available at US$50 and a VIP package cost $120. Students with valid IDs can get two, general admission tickets for the price of one.
For pre-sales information go to www.bobdylan.com, for international reservations go to www.thaiticketmajor.com, for reservations in Vietnam go to www.saigonsoundsystem.com.
Tickets can also be booked in Ho Chi Minh City at Juice (49 Mac Thi Buoi, District 1), The Boathouse (40 Lily Road, APSC Compound, 36 Thao Dien, District 2) and Boomerang (The Crescent, Phu My Hung, District 7).
The poster of Bob Dylan’s first ever concert in Vietnam that will take place in HCMC on April 10

Reported by Phuong Anh - Tuong Thuy

Bob Dylan’s simple requests to come to Vietnam | Look At Vietnam - Vietnam news daily update

LookAtVietnam - 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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Bob Dylan April 10 in Ho Chi Minh City

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The show, to take place at Loretta Grounds at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT), is part of an Asian tour that includes a visit to Beijing on April 6 and Shanghai on April 8.
Dylan said he would devote an hour of his performance at RMIT to celebrate Trinh Cong Son, one of Vietnam’s greatest songwriters who inspired many of his anti-war songs.
Pham Dinh Thang, Vice Director of the Bureau of Performance Arts Department which was processing a license for Thanh Nien Media Corp. to organize the show, said he couldn’t give any detail just yet.
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.
Source: Tuoi Tre

Bob Dylan to perform in Trinh Cong Son tribute | Look At Vietnam - Vietnam news daily update

Anti-war and folk-rock icon Bob Dylan

Legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is due to fly to Vietnam in April for a performance as part of his Asian tour, the Saigon Tiep Thi newspaper said Saturday.
The 70-year-old folk-rock icon will perform at HCMC-based Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) on April 10 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Trinh Cong Son, Vietnam’s most popular composer.
The show, titled “Bob Dylan tribute to Trinh Cong Son”, is expected to attract around 10,000 fans.
Son, widely considered one of the most salient figures of modern Vietnamese music with more than 600 compositions, has been dubbed the “Vietnamese Bob Dylan” for his anti-war songs.
Bob Dylan, with talents ranging from singing and songwriting to playing the guitar and piano, has won numerous awards including Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards.
His “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements.
Dylan was named among the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by the Time Magazine in 1999.

Source: Thanh Nien