Bob Dylan Details

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Bob Dylan's first album of new songs in five years will be called "Modern Times" and released on August 28, according to an inside source at his US record company, Sony-BMG.

A number of hand-picked journalists were given a playback of the album in New York City last week but were required to sign legal undertakings not to talk about what they heard. One record company source described the album as similar in style to 2001's "Love & Theft". Another source claimed the dozen songs include "at least three masterpieces".


It appears unlikely that any of the new material will feature in the set-list for his imminent UK and European dates. None of the songs from "Modern Times" were premiered on Dylan's recent US tour, which wound-up in Florida last month.

He plays Cardiff International Arena on June 27 and Bournemouth International Centre on May 28.

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I've always been a pretty big fan of Dylan, the guy is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Though his voice ain't up to much, I'd still love to see him live too. Hopefully the album can prove a success as "retired" musicians returning for one more album can sometimes turn out to be a disaster but I certainly am looking forward to hearing Modern Times.