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Thursday, May 13, 2021

Chrissie Hynde To Release New Album Of Bob Dylan Covers

The Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is gearing up to release a brand-new collection of Bob Dylan covers.

Titled Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan, Hynde's new effort was created in collaboration with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne, who she communicated with almost entirely over text, she revealed to Rolling Stone.

"A few weeks into lockdown last year, James sent me the new Dylan track 'Murder Most Foul.' Listening to that song completely changed everything for me," shared Hynde. "I was lifted out of this morose mood that I'd been in," after which she called up Walbourne and together, they decided to work on the album.

The album will also be accompanied by a television special, "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," which will detail the behind-the-scenes of the production of the album.

Produced by White Light Film Productions and directed by Michael Nunn & William Trevitt, the special is slated to premiere on Monday, May 24 on the occasion of Dylan's 80th birthday. Meanwhile, the album is scheduled for release on Friday, May 21.

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Exhibition Of Bob Dylan's Artwork Coming To The U.S.

The first comprehensive exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork in the United States will open at Florida International University's Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum on November 30.

The exhibition, titled "Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum," will run through April 17, 2022, and spans six decades of Dylan's drawing, painting and sculpture.

Dylan's paintings, drawings and ironwork sculptures have inspired leading museums and galleries from all over the world to exhibit his work.

Concurrent with the opening of "Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum", The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab (WPHL), FIU's humanities and arts hub, will present DYLAN@FIU: A symposium exploring Bob Dylan's career and cultural influence. The symposium will coincide with Miami Art Week.

FIU President, Mark B. Rosenberg, said, "When I saw the catalogue representing the beautiful and comprehensive Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum exhibition that premiered in Shanghai in 2019, I knew immediately that I wanted to bring this iconic artist's rarely seen visual works to South Florida, to be enjoyed by our students, our broader community and visitors from across the country and around the globe."

(Photo: Raph_PH)

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Elton John Reveals The Song He Will Never Sing Again After End Of Tour

Elton John, who is preparing to restart his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, revealed he'll "probably throw a party" to celebrate never having to sing "Crocodile Rock" ever again, saying it's not among his favorites.

"The last time I have to sing Crocodile Rock I will probably throw a party," John said while speaking on Watford FC footballer Troy Deeney's "Deeney Talks" podcast. He added that he will never sing the song again after his tour ends in 2023.

"It was written as a kind of a joke, like a pastiche," he said. "And it became a big hit and people love to sing along - so who am I to say 'I am not going to play it' because I play to amuse and to entertain people. But I have to say when the last show is done at the end of the tour I will never ever sing that song again."

"Crocodile Rock," written by John and Bernie Taupin, earned John his first U.S. No. 1 in 1973, and went platinum.

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