Bob Dylan In Japan - Pollstar News

Bob Dylan completes the triumvirate of big acts from the ’60s playing Japan with his announcement of a major tour in March and April.

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Festival Des Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix City Center, Carhaix-Plouguer, France

Dylan will play six shows at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo March 31 through April 8; two shows at Zepp Sapporo, April 13-14; Zepp Nagoya April 17-18; one show at Zepp Fukuoka April 19; and four shows in a row at Zepp Namba in Osaka April 21-24.

Ticket prices, which range from $124 to $210, rival those of The Rolling Stones, who will roll into Tokyo in early March, and are a bit more expensive than for Paul McCartney’s November stadium tour.

Nevertheless, McCartney made off like gangbusters.

Various media are reporting that the ex-Beatle grossed $40 million on his six Japan shows, or a little less than 40 percent of his total 2013 world tour.

All the shows, with stadium capacity, sold out.

The Stones will be play just one venue in Japan – Tokyo Dome – and only for three nights.

Dylan’s 14 shows should make a lot of money, although the Zepp venues are relatively small.