The O2

A date at The O2 arena in London on Saturday 25 April is part of his European tour which begins in Sweden on 23 March, these shows will be his first in the UK since 2007.

David Campbell, CEO & President of AEG Europe, owners and operators of The O2, said: "Bob Dylan is a hugely influential singer/songwriter, we are honoured to have one of the all time 'greats' play The O2."

Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs - the 8th instalment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series which launched 1991 - was released recently by Columbia Records to massive media acclaim. A treasure-trove of 27 songs spanning two discs, Tell Tale Signs features previously unreleased recordings and alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last two decades, including 'Time Out Of Mind', 'Love And Theft', 'Modern Times' and 'Oh Mercy'.

Bob Dylan is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having sold more than 110 million albums and performed literally thousands of shows around the world in a career spanning five decades. His most recent studio album, Modern Times - lauded by critics around the world and selling more than 2.5 million copies to date - entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #1, as well as debuting within the Top Five in 21 other countries. His previous studio albums, 'Time Out Of Mind' and 'Love & Theft', have been among his most commercially successful and critically lauded, each having sold more than a million copies and earning Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year ('Time Out Of Mind' won that award in 1998).

In 2001, he received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for best song from a motion picture for "Things Have Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys. Dylan's Chronicles - Volume I, his recent memoirs released in October, 2004, was a world-wide best seller, spending 19 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. He was awarded a 'special citation' Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

Bob Dylan remains one of the world's top touring artists, performing more than 100 concerts yearly around the globe. Tickets are now on sale via www.theo2.co.uk or by calling 0844 856 0202. For further tour dates and info please visit www.bobdylan.com.

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