Moncton has scored another world-class concert. As mentioned in the Times & Transcript this week, legendary songwriter Bob Dylan, known for hits like "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Like A Rolling Stone", "Mr. Tambourine Man" and countless others, will perform at the Moncton Coliseum on Tuesday, May 20.
The show was confirmed yesterday by promoter Gillett Entertainment Group out of Montreal. The tour is part of a four-date Maritime tour that will see Dylan perform in Saint John on May 19, Moncton on May 20, Halifax on May 21 and St. John's on May 24.
Tickets to the Moncton show go on sale this Saturday, March 29, at 9 a.m.
In a career spanning five decades, Bob Dylan has released 44 albums and sold nearly 100 million worldwide.
His records have earned Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, Dylan was included in TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and in 2004, he was ranked number two in Rolling Stone magazine's list of Greatest Artists of All Time, second only to The Beatles.
His most recent album, Modern Times, was released in 2006 and it received rave reviews. It was his first number one album in the U.S. since 1976.
Dylan last performed in Moncton five years ago.
Tickets to Bob Dylan's show on Tuesday, May 20, are $49.50 and $69.50.
They go on sale this Saturday and will be available at the Moncton Coliseum box office, by phone at 857-4100 or online at www.monctoncoliseum.com or www.geg.ca.