Chinese fans charmed and puzzled by Bob Dylan
时间：2011-04-07 07:55:48
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BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- American music legend Bob Dylan on Wednesday night made a smooth debut1 in Beijing, heralding2 his long-awaited Chinese mainland concerts to mark the energetic(精力充沛的) artist's 50 years on the performance stage.
Dylan, who will turn 70 in May, played 17 songs ending with "Forever Young" to a nearly packed audience at downtown Beijing's Workers Gymnasium.
Hundred of
mesmerized3 fans clapped and at some points danced to the beat as Dylan band played two encores including the popular "Like A Rolling Stone."Dylan did not talk other than introducing members of the band throughout the two-hour concert.
"It is the most moving performance I attended recently. You had expected to see a living fossil but instead saw an energetic warrior," Chinese rock star Zheng Jun said in a post on his microblog.
Cui Jian,
dubbed4 as China's "Godfather of Rock", was also
spotted5 in the audience. But he declined to speak to media after the concert.
The audience are mostly young Chinese Dylan fans in their 20s and 30s and a significant number of older foreigners living in China. Fans were seen clad in Dylan T-shirts while one wearing a cowboy hat.
More than 5,000-plus tickets, with minimum price set at 280 yuan (43 U.S. dollars), were sold out one day before the concert, according to Gehua Live Nation Entertainment and Sports, the Chinese promoter.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
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