Posted on 07/04/2010 11:25:17 AM PDT by mdittmar
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Bob Dylan's late summer performance has been confirmed and tickets go on sale next week for the Sept. 3 concert at Yakima County Stadium. John Mellencamp and a yet-to-be-announced third act will open the show.
"It's a huge, huge show for Yakima," said K.L. Wombacher, general manager of the Yakima Bears.
Dylan's and Mellencamp's websites had previously announced the stadium concert, but Bears officials were waiting to confirm the show.
Tickets are $55 and go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, with a presale through Dylan's website beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Presale tickets are also available for Bears season ticket holders and sponsors beginning Wednesday.
Tickets are available through the Bears downtown office, by calling 877-435-9849 or online at www.ticketfly.com.
Not only does this mark the first time Dylan or Mellencamp has played Yakima, it's also the first concert to be held in Yakima County Stadium, Wombacher said. The Bears wrap up their regular season home games the night before.
"We've wanted to do concerts for some time now, and with these guys doing ballparks, it was a perfect fit," Wombacher said. "I've talked with other GMs in baseball that have hosted these concerts and they just said it's awesome."
Last summer Dylan, Mellencamp and Willie Nelson embarked on a 22-date outing that stretched coast to coast, but missed the Northwest.
Wombacher said he's been in talks with Jam Productions, the company putting on the show, for about four months.
"They wanted to come to the Northwest and they were looking at a few teams in our league," he said. "We were real interested in bringing this show to Yakima."
All tickets for the concert are general admission and Wombacher said he anticipates the stage being set up in deep center field.
"People can sit in the bleachers or watch from the field," he said.
The show will start at 6:30 p.m. with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket.
You'd have to pay me an awful large sum of money to sit through 3-4 hours of that crap.
I love Bob Dylan and have seen him twice in the last four years. Once with Willie Nelson and once with Mellencamp and Willie Nelson. Bob has a fantastic band, but as a performer he stinks. You can hardly tell what song he is singing because he sings like he’s in a coma and the arrangements hardly give away the melody of the song.
I found him worth seeing because he’s a legend, but out of the three Mellencamp (much to my surprise) is the much better show.
Boy, talk about a line up.
Next you'll tell me your a Cub fan.
I'd rather listen to nails on a chalk board than any one of them.
“I would gouge my eyes out, and cut my ears off before attending a Robert Allen Zimmerman concert.”
Even more so for Melonhead’s dribble.
we took our kids to dylan about four years ago. it
was awful. i did not realize he couldn’t sing at all.
i really felt it was a case of fraud, so buyer beware.
if you want to go to say you’ve seen him, fine. but
don’t expect to be pleasantly entertained.
Mellencamp’s stuff in the 80’s was fantastic. I would go if it was strictly those songs.
“I would gouge my eyes out, and cut my ears off before attending a Robert Allen Zimmerman concert.”
Same here!
WHY do people INSIST on supporting these unAmerican LIBERALS? WHY? They laugh all the way to the bank and TRASH OUR COUNTRY!
Saw Willie Nelson twice,Dylan ain’t my cup of tea.
RE: WHY do people INSIST on supporting these unAmerican LIBERALS?
I could be wrong, but weren’t you a Romney backer over the last couple of years?
And by the way, Dylan has actually become pretty conservative in his politics.
Why does one talk like Cannibal Lectar or a retard in general?
Is this an open casket concert? I mean, isn’t he dead yet?
IBDCSP - In Before Dylan Can’t Sing Posts!
If you are going to insult me, at least be intelligent about it.
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