Dylan comes on stage and doesn't speak. The audience are reverentially quiet, too. The Royal Albert Hall has turned into a cathedral, and we are here to worship the high priest of rock: Bob Dylan.
Luckily for us, half of the set that Dylan plays comes from his 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' album, which I feel is his best album for decades. The LP (his 39th studio release) suits his rough, deep and talking voice that is now a substitute for his previous whining tone - endearing as that was. Because the album is so recent, it means that Dylan has not had the chance to get too bored of the songs on it, so he has not mangled and 'destroyed' them in the way some claim he has done so with the classic songs from his repertoire that he plays on tour.
