Bob Dylan returns to these shores in April for his first shows since the release of Modern Times earlier this year. Tickets go on sale today (8th December) and are available from the outlets detailed below.

April 2007
11th: Glasgow SECC (0870 040 4000)
12th: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (0870 707 8000)
14th: Sheffield Hallam FM Arena (0114 256 5656)
15th: London Wembley Arena (0870 060 0870)
17th: Birmingham NIA (0870 909 4144)

Ticket prices are £37.50 and £32.50 (subject to booking fee).

Modern Times, which came out at the end of August and is Bob's first new album in five years, has proved to be his best selling record in over 20 years. Public awareness of Dylan is at an all-time high. The first volume of his memoirs, Chronicles, was one of the most acclaimed and best-selling non-fiction works of 2004, and last year's No Direction Home film, directed by Martin Scorsese, captivated audiences worldwide as it documented Dylan's early career and rise to fame. The film won a Peabody Award in 2006. As previously announced, Bob Dylan's XM Satellite Radio shows in the US, Theme Time Radio Hour, will be aired for the first time in the UK this month. Six of the shows will be broadcast on Radio 2 on consecutive evenings from Saturday December 23, before continuing on 6 Music on New Year's Eve and then on Friday nights from January 12.