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NOVEMBER 18, 2003 GREEN GLENS ARENA, MILLSTREET, IRELAND After two years and four months Bob Dylan did revisit the Emerald Isle intending to play two shows toward the end of his European tour in 2003. The second concert was to be at the Green Glens Arena, in Millstreet, County Cork, which is located in the south west of the country, just 44 miles north-west from where my wife and I live. It amazes me that this minute provincial town was to host a Bob Dylan concert, right after Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, London and Dublin. Below you can see some images of the area and of Millstreet's one main street. All pictures were taken on Saturday, August 16, 2003. On the day of the concert itself I was leaning against the entrance door of Millstreet’s Green Glens Arena, hoping to get a real good view for my last show for this year, when the door opened and the two dozen people already waiting were allowed inside to hear the press release read: "Mr Dylan is ill. He has severe viral laryngitis. After consulting with doctors in Dublin and Killarney, it was strongly recommended that Bob Dylan not perform tonight’s show …." By now I know that Bob had arrived by bus in Killarney around four in the morning after the Dublin show. So he must have consulted said "doctors in Dublin" already on the day of his concert at "The Point Depot". He stayed at the Killarney Park Hotel, consulted doctors there, and left by bus for Sheffield around nine in the evening. So there was no concert in Millstreet. |
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