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Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS) Music legend Bob Dylan took to the stage and performed his iconic track ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ for the first time in 15 years.

The music legend performed at Willie Nelson’s ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’, and near the end of the set he performed his 1965 cult-classic track, reports ‘Female First UK’.

The evening ended with another surprise as Dylan covered The Pogues’ ‘A Rainy Night in Soho’ to close off the 13-track setlist. Dylan also performed ‘Forgetful Heart’ for the first time since 2015 and many more live rarities.

As per ‘Female First UK’, earlier this year, two pages of Bob Dylan’s lyrics sold for more than half a million dollars. The 83-year-old singer was the subject of a sale from Julien’s Auctions in Nashville, with over 60 items including photos, music sheets, a guitar, and art work, going under the hammer, generating almost $1.5 million in both in-person and online bidding and sales. And the typewritten two pages of Dylan’s drafted lyrics to ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ accounted for one third of the total sales, with the winning bidder agreeing to fork out $508,000.

The yellow sheets of paper also included the folk legend’s handwritten annotations to the three drafts of the 1965 songs. The next highest-selling items were a 1968 oil-on-canvas painting created and signed by the ‘Lay Lady Lay’ singer in 1968 and a custom 1983 Fender guitar which he had owned and played, which went for $260,000 and $225,000 respectively. All but 10 of the lots were from the personal collection of late music journalist Al Aronowitz, and his son Myles told the New York Times newspaper he’d found Dylan’s lyrics while searching through 250 boxes of his father’s “remarkable” collection over a period of several years.

He noted, “He never threw anything away”. The journalist had previously claimed Dylan had written the original drafts in his New Jersey home after splitting from girlfriend Suze Rotolo.

According to the auction house, Al wrote in a 1973 article. “Bob Dylan wrote ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ one night in my house in Berkeley Heights, N.J., sitting with my portable typewriter at my white formica breakfast bar in a swirl of chain-lit cigaret (sic) smoke, his bony, long-nailed fingers tapping the words out on my stolen, canary-colored Saturday Evening Post copy paper while the whole time, over and over again, Marvin Gaye sang ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ from the 6-foot speakers of my hi-fi in the room next to where he was, with Bob getting up from the typewriter each time the record finished in order to put the needle back at the start (sic)”.

He later “found a waste basket full of crumpled false starts” and though he was about to take them to the trash, he took out the “crumpled sheets, smoothed them out.

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Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan recently sent shockwaves through his fanbase with a cryptic tweet that simply read, “Time to go.”

The cryptic post quickly fueled speculation, with many users wondering if the actor was signaling his retirement from films and his show, “Kaun Banega Crorepati.”

However, the mystery surrounding Bachchan’s tweet was cleared up during the latest episode of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 16,” where the legendary actor addressed the speculation head-on.

The makers shared a promo video of the episode where Big B humorously responded to a contestant’s playful request for him to dance. With his signature wit, he joked, “Kaun nachega? Arre bhai sahab, naachne ke liye yahan nahi rakha hai humko,” leaving everyone in fits of laughter.

The conversation quickly turned to Amitabh’s cryptic tweet when a member of the audience asked about the meaning of his message, “Time to go.” Known for his sharp wit, Bachchan responded with a laugh, “There was a line that said, ‘It’s time to go…’ so what’s wrong with that?”

Another curious fan asked, “Where are you going?” The ‘Sholay’ actor, in his characteristic style, replied, “It means it’s time to go…” Before he could finish, the audience burst out in unison, saying, “Aap yahan se kahin nahi jaa sakte!” (You can’t leave from here!)

Amitabh then clarified, putting all rumors to rest. He explained, “Arre bhai sahab, it’s time for me to go to work… What are you guys saying! And when we finish here at 2 AM, by the time I reach home, it’s 1-2 AM already. I was writing, and I got so sleepy that I fell asleep right there… ‘Time to go,’ and I just dozed off!”

In his latest blog, the 82-year-old actor had written, “Saturation… and the paucity of space… two sides of the same coin… unavoidable… but present, causing the mind to work in deeds that it may never have encountered…” He added, “The spread of information vast and in multiples, compels one and all to visit each… and by the time one has thought where to go the influence of the others takes prominence to the extent that the first is lost and forgotten…”

Following this blog post, Amitabh took to his X account and wrote, “Time to go,” which only added to the growing speculation.

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Chennai, April 19 (IANS) Well known actress, producer and politician Khushbu Sundar has now announced that her X account had been hacked.

Taking to her Instagram timeline, Khushbu wrote, “Hi friends, my #TWITTER @khushsundar account is hacked. I am not able to log and its not accepting my id or password. I am blocked out. Any news, updates, posts, or any activity on my twitter page is not done by in the last nine hours. Trying to sort this out. Kindly bear and keep me posted if you see any kind of activity on my TWITTER page. See you soon on Twitter. Till then, I am here.”

She also made a formal announcement by putting out another post. She said, “Attention, everyone! My twitter account has been hacked. If anyone knows how to retrieve it, please help me out. It’s urgent! #CyberHelp #AccountRecovery #UrgentAssistance @twitter.”

The actress also posted a screenshot of her profile page on X that read, “A woman of gut & grits. A woman of today for a better tomorrow. Happy Mother of two angels! BJP MLA Candidate 2021 BJP NEC #BJP4India #Modi4India.”

On the professional front, the actress, who is also a producer, is awaiting the release of the much-awaited comedy heist drama ‘Gangers’.

Khushbu’s production house Avni Cinemax is presenting the film, which features her husband Sundar C and comedian Vadivelu in the lead.

Recently, the actress had shared the hilarious trailer of the film on her social media timelines.

She had said,“The OGs are back to take over the new era with #GANGERS.Get a peak into their mad-fun world with the #GangersTrailer. 𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟒.”

The trailer gives away the fact that the film will be an out and out entertainer, full of laughs, action and romance.

The film, which has been written and directed by Sundar C, has music by Sathya and cinematography by E Krishnasamy. Editing for the film is by Praveen Antony. The film, which has been produced by A.C. Shanmugam, A.C.S. Arunkumar, Kushboo Sundar, is set to hit screens on April 24 this year.

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