When did Bob Dylan sing about the Vietnam War? much less devote 50 years of his career to it???
The actual history is that Bob Dylan may even have been a supporter of the United States and freedom during the Vietnam War judging by interviews of the time, and his fight against being co opted by the anti-war movement, and of course, judging by his lack of Vietnam War songs.
Bob Dylan to rock Vietnam in special concert
Published April 10, 2011 | Associated Press
After nearly five decades of singing about a war that continues to haunt a generation of Americans, legendary performer Bob Dylan is finally getting his chance to see Vietnam at peace.
The iconic American folk singer and songwriter was set to play a special concert in the former Saigon on Sunday evening, where he's expected to belt out some of his classic anti-war tunes, nearly 36 years after the Vietnam War ended.
Dylan's music during that tumultuous era helped define a generation, touching thousands of young people who took to the streets demanding that Washington stop the war in Vietnam.
The concert's promoter has said that about half of the 8,000 seats at Ho Chi Minh City's RMIT University were sold to a mix of young and old fans, both Vietnamese and Western.
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