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Bob Dylan performed before more than 4,000 cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, in Eisenhower Hall. Many future army officers stood up and sang along to his anti-war song "Blowin' in the Wind".
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- The album „The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration“, honoring Bob Dylan's career, was released.
- After turning down an invitation to the original festival in 1969, he performed on the final day of Woodstock '94. On the main North Stage, he sang “It Ain't Me Babe”, “It's All Over Now, Baby Blue”, “Masters Of War”, “Just Like A Woman” and “Highway 61 Revisited”. Meanwhile, on the South Stage, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong threw handfuls of mud at fans, triggering a massive mud fight. Bassist Mike Dirnt lost his front teeth in the chaos after being struck by a security guard.
- Bob Dylan performed in Columbus, Ohio, at the Ohio State Fair.
- Columbia Records released his 21st studio album, “Shot of Love,” which reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 33 in the US; its religious themes drew mixed critical reactions.
- Bob Dylan released his 19th studio album, “Slow Train Coming”, through Columbia Records, his first album following his conversion to Christianity. The religiously focused songs expressed his personal faith and emphasized the importance of Christian teaching and philosophy. The album reached No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand and Norway, No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in the U.S. It included “Gotta Serve Somebody”, which reached No. 24 on the U.S. chart and became Dylan's last single to reach the U.S. Top 40. In 1980, it won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male. According to one of the sources, the album alienated some of his longtime fans.
- “Gotta Serve Somebody” entered the U.S. chart and became Bob Dylan's twelfth U.S. Top 40 hit. The song was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, in 1980.
- The song “Gotta Serve Somebody” gave Bob Dylan his twelfth U.S. Top 40 hit. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama and won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male.
- Bob Dylan appeared at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
- Bob Dylan performed at The Olympia in Detroit, Michigan.
- After a 37-year absence, Bob Dylan returned to the Newport Folk Festival, performing a two-hour, 19-song set.
- Bob Dylan's song “Like a Rolling Stone” won an Uncut magazine poll of the music, films, television shows and books that changed the world.