Clad in a T-shirt for U.K. punk pioneers The Clash, 16-year-old Kyo Asada probably doesn¡¯t fit most people¡¯s image of a typical Bob Dylan fan. But judging from the crowd lined up outside Tokyo¡¯s Zepp DiverCity on the opening night of his latest Japan tour, Dylan draws a diverse bunch ¡ª not just the middle-aged music nerds you might expect, but also plenty of 20-somethings and teenagers.
¡°It¡¯s my first time seeing him,¡± Asada says ¡ª hardly surprising, given that he would have been 12 the last time Dylan rolled through town. ¡°I listened to some of his CDs and I liked what I heard.¡±
So why not go see him in the flesh? This has been a good few months for music fans in Japan looking to get better acquainted with the icons of rock history. Dylan is just the latest in an extraordinary run of veteran ¡ª dare I say legendary ¡ª artists who¡¯ve descended on the country in the past half-year.
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