US superstar Bob Dylan announces huge Scottish shows – but there’s a twist

MUSIC legend Bob Dylan has announced two Scottish shows at an iconic venue – but there’s a twist for fans.

The 83-year-old hitmaker will play two nights at Usher Hall in Edinburgh in November this year as part of his worldwide tour.

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But the shows will be phone-free and fans will be required to put their phones into pouches which will lock automatically in the venue.

The US folk icon has been touring since 2021 for his Rough and Rowdy Ways album.

Having played Glasgow, London and Oxford back in 2022, Dylan is set to take Edinburgh by storm come November.

Born Robert Zimmerman, Dylan burst on to the folk scene in the early 1960s before controversially picking up an electric guitar on stage in 1965.

He has sold more than 125million records and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 — the first songwriter to receive such a distinction.

His songs have been covered more than 6,000 times by artists including The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Guns N’ Roses.

One of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters in history, Dylan has a number of connections to Scotland.

In 2004, Dylan was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the University of St Andrews in Fife.

In 2011, he bought a set of bagpipes from the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.

His most famous song, The Times They Are A-Changin’, was even inspired by Scottish ballads.

He even owned a huge Edwardian mansion in the Scottish Highlands near Nethy Bridge for over 20 years which he used as a hideout and was later sold for over £3million.

Tickets for Bob Dylan‘s Edinburgh shows go on sale on Friday 19 July at 9am.