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Cat Power sings Dylan '66

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cat power with stark shadow across face

Cat Power performs a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time.

Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966—but long known as the “Royal Albert Hall Concert” due to a mislabeled bootleg—the original performance saw Bob Dylan switching from acoustic to electric midway through the show, drawing ire from an audience of folk purists and forever altering the course of rock-and-roll.

In her own rendition of that historic night, Cat Power inhabits each song with equal parts conviction and grace and a palpable sense of protectiveness, ultimately transposing the anarchic tension of Dylan’s set with a warm and luminous joy. Her spellbinding performance both lovingly honours her hero’s imprint on history and brings a stunning new vitality to many of his most revered songs.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Members' Priority Booking Young Barbican

This concert may contain strobe lighting effects and haze.

End time for this performance will be added nearer to the event date.

Produced by the Barbican in association with AEG.

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