It took a while but at age 73, Bob Dylan is set to play his first-ever concert at the Sydney Opera House as part of his upcoming Australian tour.
Dylan, who is also playing three shows at the State Theatre, ends his Australian tour at the world-famous waterfront venue in the Concert Hall on September 7.
But tickets for the Opera House show - which go on sale at 8am on July 4 - don't come cheap. Standard tickets start at $199 although for a music legend the top tier is a comparatively reasonable $249.
Comparative to say, Barbra Streisand, who is considered to be the most expensive legacy act, with her lowest-priced tickets often priced over $500 and up to $1500.
There is no indication yet that luxury or plantinum-type packages will be available.
Dylan's tour begins in Perth on August 13 and takes in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide before reaching Sydney. Tickets went on sale on June 3 and are sold out for Sydney's State Theatre shows and believed to be nearly sold out for Melbourne.
Meanwhile, Dylan's place as one of the most important innovators in contemporary music history is expected to be further underlined at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday in New York. His handwritten lyrics for the song Like A Rolling Stone are expected to fetch over $US530,000 ($565,000).
A Sotheby's employee shows the handwritten lyrics for Bob Dylan's
Like a Rolling Stone song that is up for auction. Photo: Reuters
Like a Rolling Stone song that is up for auction. Photo: Reuters
Richard Austin, head of Tuesday's two-part sale at Sotheby's told AFP it was the first time a six-minute single was released, allowing people to go beyond short format, and marked one of the first cases of viral marketing.
Executives opposed its release because of its length, but an employee took it to a nightclub where it played all night, leading to DJs to clamour Columbia records for its eventual release, which came in 1965.
Austin said there was "a lot of interest" in both sets of Dylan lyrics ahead of the auction, calling them a "wonderful thing just to see."
Dylan's final lyrics for the protest anthem A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall also go under the hammer, estimated to be worth $US400,000-$US600,000 by Sotheby's.
The auction celebrates various rock performers who have gripped the world for the past 60 years.
A piano first played by Lennon when he was recording the album Imagine and later played in multiple studios by him, Dylan and Reed, among others, is valued at $US100,000 to $US200,000.
Among the other items are the infamous contract that Jimi Hendrix signed in 1965, in which he agreed to play exclusively for record label PPX for just one American dollar. It's valued at $US100,000 to $US200,000.
BOB DYLAN TOUR DATES
August 13-14 - Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth (All Ages)
ticketek.com.au, 132 849
August 18-20 - Palais Theatre, Melbourne (All Ages)
ticketmaster.com.au, 136100
August 25 - Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (All Ages)
ticketek.com.au, 132 849
August 29 - Royal Theatre, Canberra (All Ages)
ticketek.com.au, 132 849
August 31 - Entertainment Centre, Adelaide (All Ages)
ticketek.com.au, 132 849
September 3-5 - State Theatre, Sydney (All Ages)
ticketmaster.com.au, 136100
September 7 - Sydney Opera House (All Ages)
sydneyoperahouse.com, (02) 9250 7777
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/bob-dylan-to-play-first-sydney-opera-house-gig-20140623-zsikp.html
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