Bob Dylan's new album hits stores Tuesday, August 29th. Listen to the last song on the album "Ain't Talkin" here: http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc118/ Bob Dylan dishes 'Modern Times' tour dates August 24, 2006 04:33 PM by Jon Zahlaway liveDaily Senior Writer Bob Dylan has rolled out the itinerary for his recently announced fall tour, and has tapped Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters and The Raconteurs to rotate through the opening slot. The outing gets underway Oct. 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is scheduled to hit two dozen cities by mid-November, including two-night stands in San Francisco, Boston and the Chicago area. Details are shown below. Kings of Leon will open from the tour's kick-off through Oct. 28; Foo Fighters, who will perform an acoustic set, will be on board from Oct. 29 through Nov. 8; and The Raconteurs have signed on for Nov. 9 through the tour's planned Nov. 18 finale in Philadelphia, according to Dylan's newly revamped website. The fall run comes in the wake of Dylan's current summer outing, which is touching down at minor-league ballparks throughout the US, and features opening sets from both Elana James and Jimmie Vaughan. On Tuesday (8/29), Dylan offers up "Modern Times," his first new studio set since 2001's "Love and Theft." This disc, which is the folk legend's 44th album, features 10 new Dylan originals he recorded last winter with his touring band: guitarists Stu Kimball and Denny Freeman, multi-instrumentalist Donnie Herron, bassist Tony Garnier and drummer George Recile. Dylan sang and played keyboards, guitars, and harmonica. Joining Dylan and his band on the ballpark tour are guitarist Jimmie Vaughan--brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan--featuring veteran roadhouse singer Lou Ann Barton and Austin-based musician Junior Brown, who plays "a demonic hybrid 'guit-steel' instrument, a combination 6-string electric guitar and pedal steel guitar, a device he cooked up one night in a dream," according to a press release. August 2006 24 - Pawtucket, RI - McCoy Stadium 26 - Pittsfield, MA - Wahconah Park 27 - Manchester, NH - Merchantsauto.com Stadium 29 - New Britain, CT - New Britain Stadium 30 - Rochester, NY - Frontier Field September 2006 1 - Wappingers Falls, NY - Dutchess Stadium 2 - Cooperstown, NY - Doubleday Field 3 - University Park, PA - Medlar Field at Lubrano Park 5 - Fort Wayne, IN - Memorial Stadium 7 - Rochester, MN - Mayo Field 8 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Stadium 9 - Fargo, ND - Newman Outdoor Field October 2006 11 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum 13 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena 14 - Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum 16, 17 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 18 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena 20 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum 22 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena 24 - Denver, CO - Fillmore 25 - Lincoln, NE - Pershing Auditorium 27, 28 - Hoffman Estates, IL - Sears Centre Arena 29 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 31 - Madison, WI - Kohl Center November 2006 2 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills 3 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre 5 - Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place 7 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre 8 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre 9 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center 11, 12 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena 13 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum 15 - Amherst, MA - Mullins Center @ University of Massachusetts 16 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena 17 - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum
****. No Texas dates. I missed him last time. I'd give my right hand to see Bob Dylan live. Haha Kings of Leon opening. How awesome will those shows be.
