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Dylan To Play China
Following news reports that Chinese authorities were poring over
Coincidentally or not, the concerts will mark Dylan’s 50th anniversary as a performer. He played his first official show April 11, 1961 in New York. Ticket prices for the China gigs range from 280 yuan ($42) to 1,961 yuan ($300).
Last year, there were rumors that Dylan was to perform in China but the shows were supposedly scrapped.
The Taiwanese promoter for those shows, Jeffrey Wu, claimed that China’s Ministry of Culture demanded Dylan sign a pledge “promising not to hurt the feelings of the Chinese people,” but some other reports claimed that the negotiations for the concerts never got that far.