Bob Dylan Announced That He Will Perform Three Shows in Sweden in April 2017 – Will He Be Delivering His Nobel Lecture?

Bob Dylan has announced that he will play three concerts in Sweden on his European tour. The unfathomable 75-year-old Nobel laureate is set to perform on April 1st and 2nd at the Stockholm Waterfront and again at Sparbanken Skane Arena on April 9.

Dylan was announced to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October. However, he was absent during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony just two days ago.

One of the requisites of the Nobel honor is that the laureate has to deliver a lecture about their field of expertise within 6 months from winning. After Dylan's absence at the Nobel gala, the Swedish Academy are hopeful that he will take this chance to deliver his lecture.

If Dylan is able to comply with the requisite and deliver his lecture, he will receive $870,000. The monetary award comes with winning a Nobel Prize.

Dylan's Silence After Winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dylan's silence upon winning the Nobel Prize for Literature has drawn a lot of mixed reactions. Some people saw it as a classic Dylan-esque statement in itself; others took it to be a display of rudeness and arrogance.

Dylan has already clarified that he was still in shock. His Nobel acceptance speech was delivered by America's ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji. The speech itself was the epitome of modesty. "I'm sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize," Dylan wrote.

"From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words."

Patti Smith Performed for Dylan at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony. In a very pleasant turn of events, Patti Smith was sent by Dylan to be his stand-in for the ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Wearing a classy suit with her signature gray locks, the singer was joined by the Philharmonic in her outstandingly stirring performance of Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall."

During the second verse, she was filled with emotions and had difficulty with some of the lines. She apologized and asked the band if it was okay to start over. "Sorry, I'm so nervous," she said with a smile.

Dylan wrote the song in 1962 for his second album entitled "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan." Dylan's no-show acceptance of his Nobel with a folk song sung by another pays perfect tribute to his second album's title.