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2001

in Australia
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Israel India
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in the United States

Bill Nutt plays nothing but Dylan and Dylan covers today on WNTI 91.9 FM Centinary College Free-Form Radio in Hackettstown, NJ . Catch it liveon the web at http://www.wnti.org/homepage/listen.html .  You can check out the playlist for last week as well at the WNTI Web Site at http://wnti.org . YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR REQUEST BUT IT MUST BE A DYLAN SONG or chat with the on air DJ at http://www.wnti.org/homepage/interact.html

An hour of unusual Dylan cuts and covers on KALX  Berkeley California at midnight Friday Pacific time  (0700 May 25 UTC/GMT). Listen at http://kalx.berkeley.edu.

Bob Dylan 60th Birthday Celebration at the Old Town SchoolFriday, May 25, 7pm-11pm 
@4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Featuring Old Town School staff & students.

Check this site  for a day of Dylan tomorrow.  It is wfuv 90.7, Fordham Univ., NY metro area.  They also provide streaming audio from the website.

Bob Dylan Birthday Bash May 24th 8 pm 14 acts, hosted by The Chris London Band 
proceedes going to the Monroe County Diabetes Society,
Pocono Pub Bartonsville PA, 10 minutes from Delaware Water Gap.  

Bob is the subject of tonight's "Sound Opinions", the local radio show hosted by Greg Kot and Jim (Let it Blurt) DeRogatis, at 93.1 in the greater Chicago area.

WRNR radio, 103.1 in Annapolis Maryland and on the web at wrnr.com, is planning a Dylan tribute. They plan on playing three Dylan songs an hour all day on the 24th.

San Diego, Thursday May 24th,  Bob Dylan Tribute . Dizzy's says "Happy Birthday Bob" with a night of Dylan music, featuring Steve White, Chuck Perrin, Jeff Berkeley, Joel Rafael, & more 8pm showtime $10 cover. Dizzy's (where the music matters most), 344 Seventh Avenue (between J & K), all ages welcome nonalcoholic refreshments available.

Michigan Live: Acoustic Cafe has a 6 part birthday tribute and includes some music from Bob too. http://www.mlive.com/cafe/

24ht Mai: www.kgsr.com at 10pm (central) will broadcast a dylan tribute (live) featuring many Austin musicians, including Eliza Gilkason and Jimmy LaFave. For legal reasons, commercial breaks will be filled with instrumental music over the web broadcast. 

Los Angeles; Knitting factory in Hollywood is having a birthday party on the 29th. 

In the greater Minnapolis/St.Paul area, next Wednesday night, 5/23, there's going to be a
multi-band tribute to Zim at the 7th St. Entry.

Bob Dylan Birthday Party Rochester NY May 26 - (Milestones Music Club) 

Duluth, MN: Rolling Thunder 2001:  A Tribute to the Music of Bob Dylan May 19, at 9pm, $5 NorShor Theatre 211 E. Superior St., Duluth 218.727.7585 Full information available here

60th Birthday Bash for Bob at Tawas Bar on Michigan's beautiful "Sunrise Side" in the thriving metropolis of Tawas City. May 24th (of course) at 7:00 p.m. Musicians welcome, Dylan music all night long as well as Dylan memorabilia and the required birthday cake. DON'T YOU DARE MISS IT!

A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday - (USA Today) 

Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute at the Birchmere, Alexandra, VA 

Salute To Bob Dylan for Pen - New Yorker Festival, Town Hall, May 19 - (Ticketmaster) 

Valerie De LaCruz at May 24, 2001 Bob Dylan's Birthday Tribute Show, Union College, Schenectady, NY - (Valerie De LaCruz) 

New Yorker Magazine's 3-day festival celebrating Bob Dylan's 60th birthday - (www.grahamparker.net) New Yorker Festival site

New Yorker Festival May 19: An evening tribute to Bob Dylan - (NY Convention and Visitor's Bureau) (link found by Charles W. Prince) (very slow)

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Australia Melbourne, The Big Six-O Bob Dylan Birthday Bash, Cornish Arms, 163a Sydney Rd Brunswick  
Sunday 27 May, 3pm until late: rare videos from 3pm, live music from 6.30 - Mighty Quinn, Sand Pebbles, Spoils, Chris Chapple,Mark Ferrie plus more!
Fantastic door prizes! $8/$5 concession. Contact the Cornish Arms: 9380 8322 See also: http://www.geocities.com/blondeonblonde.geo, and   http://www.citysearch.com.au/ - for details, maps, how to get there, places to eat, etc. Click on 'melbourne' then click on 27 May on the calendar - or you may get  there directly: http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/E/E/MELBO/0007/71/41/

The Tribute Night:  The venue will be the Directors Hotel 247 Gouger Street Adelaide at 8.30pm
Saturday the 26th of May, Adelaide
I really Really hope you can come along we will have a great night
There will be cd's and Prizes and a big screen TV. Bring an instrument if you have one,
also if you have any memorabilia bring it along too.  

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Canada

Toronto: the legendary Free Times Café is having dylan night on the 30th.  Free Times Cafe is on the north side of 
College Street, a block or two west of Spadina.

On May 24, 2001, at Le Bal du Lézard, 1049 3rd Avenue, in Quebec City, there will be a Bob Dylan Day from 3PM to 3AM. DJ with mostly unreleased material. From 5 to 7, there will be musicians (guitar and bass) playing Dylan songs. Last year's birthday show in Dresden, Germany, (with crowd singing Happy Birthday!) will be played.

There will be a Birthday celebration for Bob Dylan at the Pilot Tavern 22 Cumberland St., Toronto (416) 923-5716 on Friday, May 25 on the patio starting at around 9:30pm (after the Lightfoot show). The bar has agreed to play Dylan's music all night-covering all aspects of his career. There will be no cover and all are welcome. For details please contact Gary Rusak.

On Dylan's birthday, Thursday, May 24th, the Folk Roots/Folk Branches show will be all-Dylan songs, featuring much Dylan and also other artists. The show, on CKUT (90.3FM in Montreal) is also broadcast on the Internet. http://www.ckutfolk.com/

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Israel

Bob Dylan gathering, Tel Aviv: 14th of June 2001, in "hagada hasmalit" ("the left bank") club in Ehad Ha'am st.  We will be screening "Don't Look Back" and other video things, and of course music and rarities. We are calling anyone interested in performing (acoustic), or contributing in any other way to contact us on: 058-321157 or 051-936380 eyalsagie@hotmail.com (we also know of radio tributes but can't give specific details).

India

In Shillong, India:  Veteran Indian rockers Lou Majaw, Lew Hilt, Nondon Bagchi, Rudy Wahlang and others came together at the Pinewood Lodge to play more than 3 hours of Dylan songs. The Dylan birthday celebrations at Shillong are an annual affair with a concert every 24th May. But this one was very special.

General links

Dylan's Birthday - (Star Tribune) 

Bob Dylan Birthday Countdown Clock - (mrpayne.com)

Happy Birthday, Bob! Leave a message for Bob - (smalltalkatthewall) (link from Mac)

Bob Dylan Radio Day May 24th I will be with them on the phone- (radio eins, Berlin)

60-song Marathon Musical Salute" to Bob Dylan at Wetlands in Manhattan - (Bergen Record) 

Bob's 6-0 events listed at Dylanbase (Add your own!)

Bob Dylan to Celebrate Birthday - (AP/ NY Times) 

Birthday Bash for my Hero - (Shields Gazette)

Happy Birthday, Bob - (Ripsaw) (link found by Dave Plentus of Dylancoveralbums.com)

San Antonio TX birthday poster 

"BIG-6-O" RADIO+TV List has some additions (Hermann Michels)

I sessant'anni di Dylan e Baez Dylan and Baez will be sixty this year. - (la Repubblica) (Italian) 

Gott wird 60 - (Profil) (link found by Marion Hitzenhammer)

Like a rolling stone Dylan at 60 - (The Star) 

Dylan returns on the edge of 60: 'I was so much older then ...'
- Charlotte review (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 

Knocking on sixty's door - (The Herald) 

Like a rolling stone And so, on May 24, Bob Dylan turns 60. "Turns" is the right word here, suggesting yet another rite of passage for an artist who has always kept several steps ahead of his audience. - (Sunday Times)

Gott wird 60
- Zu Tode dylanologisiert - Spurensicherung Mentions Expecting Rain - (Sonntags-Zeitung.ch) 

Günter Amendt : Back to the Sixties. Bob Dylan zum Sechzigsten. (April)
  

Books and Magazines

The latest issue of Mojo (June 2001) includes 16-page birthday tribute to Bob, including Andy Gill on the making of Blood on the Tracks, Greil Marcus on Dylan in 1962, Peter Guralnick on Bob in 1975 and Richard Williams on Dylan and the Dead. The issue includes many rare photographs, plus reviews of Howard Sounes' new biography and Greil Marcus' assessment of David Hajdu's Positively 4th Street, a book about Dylan, Baez and Richard Farina. 

UNCUT magazine has massive Bob feature this month 

Forever Young: Bob Dylan. Alles Gute zum 60. Geburtstag Book offers - (Zweitausendeins.de) 

New chapters and verses Bob Dylan gets two biographies for his 60th birthday - (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 

Rockefeller-annonse

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More General Links

Positively Bob Dylan: A 60th-birthday memory book - (Star Tribune)

LA Times note about Dylan's 60th. If clicking on it doesn't work, you may
need to copy the entire string into your browser's "go to" window.

Bob Dylan Documentary Released on DVD for Singer¹s 60th Birthday - (abc news)

Happy 60th birthday, Bob Dylan - (Jam)

Bob Dylan Videos (60th Birthday) - (VH1 May 24 at 12 am ET)

mp3 of Karl Erik's  phone appearance on German radio yesterday 8 MB - (RadioEins)


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Albums

In May, coming from Red House Records, "in celebration of the 60th birthday of Bob Dylan":
"A Nod to Bob: An artists and label tribute to Bob Dylan."

Ramblin Jack = "Dont Think Twice"
Spider john Koerner = Delia
Guy Davis (w/ Levon) = Sweetheart like you
Suzzy and Maggie Roche = Clothesline Saga (!)
Rosalie Sorrells = Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Lucy Kaplansky = It Aint Me Babe
Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko= Restless Farewell
Greg Brown = Pledging My Time
Cliff Eberhardt = I Want You
Eliza Gilkyson = Love Minus Zero/No Limit
John Gorka = Girl from the North Country
Hart-Rouge = With God on our Side (in French!)
The Paperboys = AATW
Martin Simpson = Boots of Spanish Leather

A Nod to Bob: An Artists¹ Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday Order it in the Corner Shop - (Yahoo) 

This Thursday National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" (U.S) will present a feature on the CD "A Nod To Bob" An Artists Tribute To Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday". Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Davis, Eliza Gilkyson and Martin Simpson have been interviewed.

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More General Links

To celebrate Bob's 60th Birthday, the highly requested Boulder 04.18.01 show is now being treed at dylantree.com

 

Austria

the 22. Annual Bob Dylan Festival Austria  http://members.eunet.at/vesely

Special Supplement in Wiener Zeitung 18.5.2001
see http://www.wienerzeitung.at/aktuell/2001/dylan/

Belgium

Belgian 'Radio 1' will pay some attention to Mr. Dylans birthday on thursday: 
'DITO', 15h00: Dylan-fans speak 'Pili Pili', 19h35: covers, parodies and tributes.

Bob Dylan wordt 60 - (De Standaard)

Denmark

Copehnagen, Denmark BobFest. Check out for all the info about this unique celebration for bob's birthday at Christania's Graa Hall. 

France

Bob Dylanfête ses 60 ans - (Cyberpresse)
Bob Dylan, année soixante - (Liberation)

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Germany

Sueddeutsche-Online: 
understanding German could be useful, otherwise just some great pictures.

Here you'll find all German and Swiss tv- and radio-shows.
Bob Dylan Radio Day May 24th  Karl Erik Anderssen will be with them on the phone- (radio eins, Berlin)
"BIG-6-O" RADIO+TV List - (German stations) 
May 29 Bob Dylan night - (Arte-TV) 
Nachtstudio-Ausgabe am 60.Geburtstag Bob Dylans - (ZDF) 
May 19: Happy Birthday Bob Dylan One hour TV programme - (3Sat from ORF) 
Forever young Bob Dylan wird 60 German TV 
tonight - (NDRTV) 
Back to the Sixties - Bob Dylan zum Sechstigsten Birthday show May 23 - (Thalia-Theater in Hamburg, Germany) 

Dylan im Radio:
MO 21.05. Deutschlandfunk 22:05, Rock et cetera, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Eine Collage zum 60.Geburtstag
DI 22.05. Deutschlandfunk 20:10, Hörspiel: True Dylan von Tom Shepard
MI 23.05. Deutschlandradio-Berlin 14:05, Trends und Genres
MI 23.05. WDR 5 12:05, Der Poet als Popstar, (Wiederh. 21:05)
DO 24.05.: SR2 11:30, WDR 3 13:04, WDR 5 9:03 / 19:45, Zeitzeichen

Dylan im TV:
MI 23.05 Bayrisches Fernsehen 23:45 Uhr, Don't Look Back, Amerikanischer Dokumentarfilm von 1967, Regie: D. A. Pennebaker, (Originalfassung mit deutschen Untertiteln)
FR 25.05. 3sat 11:45 Uhr, nachtstudio, Mit Volker Panzer und Gästen. Forever young - Bob Dylan wird 60

DI 29.05. arte 21.40, KNOCKIN' ON DYLAN'S DOOR, BEGEGNUNG MIT BOB DYLAN
Dokumentation von Gerold Hofmann, Deutschland 2001, Deutsche und französische Erstausstrahlung. Mit: Günter Amendt, Hugues Aufray, Thomas Brasch, Doris
Dörrie, Jack Lang, Manfred Mann, Nana Mouskouri, Wolfgang Niedecken, Fritz Rau u. a. http://www.arte.de/program/dindex.html

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Italy
May 24 Bob Dylan-fest in Mirapuri Coiromonte, Italy - (Check out Michel Montecrossa first) 
Never-ending birthday for Bob  

Ireland

Dublin celebrates Dylan's 60th by unveiling massive portrait
2FM Live Sunday 27th - (2fm.ie)

There's a 60th Birthday bash in the HQ hall of Fame on Abbey street, Dublin on 24th May. "Salute him when his Birthday Comes" featuring loadsa local musicians and bands, I just got off the phone with HQ and they say it will be on their website ver' soon www.imhf.com ,and seeing as though we've a few rock 'n folkers living here now who knows who might show up. (from Derek Keogh) 

Netherlands

May 25th, 17.59 uur on TV2 : 2Vandaag reports extensively on Bob Dylan

On a night like this: Bob Dylan-nacht May 18 - (concertzender.nl) 
Profiel - Bob Dylan - (NRC Handelsblad)

Dylan feires på Rockefeller Norwegian birthday celebration will include Jonas Fjeld, Eric Andersen and Garth Hudson - (avis1) (link found by Geir Olsen , Land of the Midnight Sun

Norway

Dylan 60 tribute Sat 26 in Bergen - (garage.no) (from Bergen Dylan Society)

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Spain

BILBAO (SPAIN) will have it´s own 60 anniversary Bob´s Bash. THE PLACE : The Palladium, Iparraguirre street, near the Guggenheim Museum. DAY: 
may 24 HOUR: 22:00 H.
THE PROGRAM: Roots oF Bob´s music/ twenty soul covers in cd/ complete Paris October 2000 concert/ videos / old spanish eps collection and vinyls/especial T-Shirt day/ rarities/ a Dylan freaks encounter with good beer!!! Please in you have interest, e-mail me!! JOSERRA D.J. SWAMPDOG. BILBAO,. 

The Neverending Birthday - New English and Spanish versions of the site dedicated to the festival for Dylan's birthday.

Sweden

Göteborg Dylan Festival - (dylanundercover)

Switzerland

Saarbrücken: eine Performance zum 60. Geburtstag von Robert Zimmerman - (Savoy Truffle) 
 

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United Kingdom

(BBC Radio Wales) are broadcasting a 2 hour birthday tribute show on 24th May.
The live broadcast internet sites for Radio Wales are:
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/live/rwg2.ram  (for the latest Real Audio 8)
or www.bbc.co.uk/wales/live/rwv5.ram  (for older versions)
The show is scheduled for 14.00 - 16.00 British time 
and  will include chat from Dylan related authors and live music from several solo artists and a 45 minute live set from Zimmermen (a band who have been playing Dylan songs together for 9 years, and have 2 Cds out: www.zimmermen.co.uk for details)

On Thursday May 24th, BBC Radio Scotland (MW 810kHZ, 370m, FM 92.4-94) will have two programmes marking the Birth of Bob. At 6.15pm (repeated at 11.05 pm) Brian Morton will present interviews and music on the man, as will Archie Fisher on Travelling Folk, beginning at 7.05 pm. (from Roddy Forsyth)

There are two Bob progs on BBC Radio 4. At 10.30am Saturday 19th May "Highway 60 Revisited".  Described on www.bbc.co.uk "As Bob Dylan reaches his sixtieth birthday, David Stafford looks back on key moments in the career of a man revered by some and reviled by others. Featuring Martin Carthy and Billy Bragg." .
 "A Letter To Bob..." and is on at 5.40pm on Sunday 20th and is advertised as "...On His Miscellaneous 60th Birthday: Bob Dylan turns 60 on 24th May 2001. Andrew Motion writes a personal account of his life with Dylan and sends him a birthday greeting." (from Jill Bradnum) Website Here

Andrew Muir's "Razor's Edge" / Cardiff Birthday Tribute - (The Cambridge Bob Dylan Society) 

Dylan among the Poets: Christopher Ricks explores the work of Bob Dylan, who turns 60 this year, and argues that he deserves to be considered 'among the poets'. - 
(BBC Radio 3 at 5.45 TODAY) 

1. Bob Dylan Festival in Turkey, May 24 - (CBDS) 

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Last updated on Mai 26th -  by esther velthuis