BOB DYLAN IN CHINA

According to John Baldwin's Desolation Row e-newsletter this morning, though as yet unconfirmed by bobdylan.com, Dylan will be going on from his March dates in Japan to play several concerts in the People's Republic of China - and, provocatively, in Taiwan - in early April, followed by Hong Kong and South Korea. Dates look like this:

March 12, Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan: Capacity: 2200
March 13, Zepp Osaka, Osaka
March 15, Zepp Osaka, Osaka
March 16, Zepp Osaka, Osaka
March 18, Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan: Capacity: 1800
March 19, Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya
March 21, Zepp Tokyo: Capacity: 2709
March 23, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo
March 24, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo
March 25, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo
March 26, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo
March 28, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, unconfirmed
March 29, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo
April 2, Taipei, Taiwan
April 4, Beijing, China
April 6, Shanghai, China
April 8, Hongkong , China
April ??, Seoul, South Korea

Then we're told he'll later be playing Gothenburg, Sweden on May 28th and very possibly in St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy, on July 10th (both unconfirmed).