New Bob Dylan in April! Likely Won’t Be Touring With U2

Dylan’s latest studio recording was Modern Times, which may have been his most interesting album in over a decade. Since then there have been a few scattered tours, and not a whole lot from Dylan himself. There was the Todd Haynes film I’m Not There, the documentary Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years, The new Bootlegs Series disc Tell Tale Signs, etc. etc. The endless iconology of Dylan.

Now, word is, there is going to be another Dylan studio album. In an article for Rolling Stone David Fricke reveals that he has had the opportunity to preview the new disc, and he loves it. (Of course he did, I have no doubt it will be good, but of course he did.) In classic Dylan style there is little fanfare about the release. No title yet, no official release date, only “late April.” The subtitle to the article describes the disc as a “dark…disc with a bluesy border-town feel.” A few of the song titles include: “I Feel a Change Coming On”, “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”, “If You Ever Go to Houston”, “This Dream of You”, “My Wife’s Home Town”, “It’s All Good.”

Meanwhile Dylan is out on a European tour:

03-23 Stockholm, Sweden – Globe Arena
03-25 Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
03-27 Jönköping, Sweden – Kinnarps Arena
03-28 Malmö, Sweden -Malmö Arena
03-29 Copenhagen, Denmark – Forum
03-31 Hanover, Germany – AWD Arena
04-01 Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling-Halle
04-02 Erfurt, Germany – Messehalle
04-04 Munich, Germany – Zenith
04-05 Saarbrücken, Germany – Saarlandhalle
04-07 Paris, France – Palais des Congres
04-08 Paris, France – Palais des Congres
04-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
04-12 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
04-14 Basel, Switzerland – St. Jakobshalle
04-15 Milan, Italy – MediolanumForum
04-17 Rome, Italy – PalaLottomatica
04-18 Florence, Italy – MandelaForum
04-20 Geneva, Switzerland – Geneva Arena
04-21 Strasbourg, France – Zenith
04-22 Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
04-24 Sheffield, England – Sheffield Arena
04-25 London, England – O2 Arena
04-28 Cardiff, Wales – CIA
04-29 Birmingham, England – NIA
05-01 Liverpool, England – Echo Arena
05-02 Glasgow, Scotland – SECC
05-03 Edinburgh, Scotland – Edinburgh Playhouse
05-05 Dublin, Ireland – O2 Arena
05-06 Dublin, Ireland – O2 Arena
[tour dates via Pitchfork]