Bob Dylan Gets First Gig in Vietnam

Legend expected to sell out 8,000-seat venue
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 15, 2011 6:07 AM CDT
Bob Dylan Gets First Gig in Vietnam
In this file photo taken Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, Bob Dylan performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Decades after making his name with Vietnam-era antiwar songs, Bob Dylan is set to perform in Vietnam for the first time, the AP reports. He’ll play in an 8,000-seat university stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, and planners expect the show to sell out. “Bob Dylan is a very important legend of music and we think it's important that Vietnamese people, particularly the younger generation, are exposed to his legacy,” says a promoter. (Dylan also recently snagged his first China gigs.)

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