He is considered one of the most important solo artists of the rock era, as an incarnation of a counterculture and is celebrated as one of the most important songwriters of the century. The US news magazine "Newsweek" describes him as important to pop music as "Einstein is to Physics". On the 24th May, 2008 Bob Dylan celebrates his 67th birthday and his time frame of the Never Ending-Tour includes his coming to Austria! On the 10th June, he is playing in the Wiener Stadthalle and on the 11th June, in the Salzburg Arena.
