Bob Dylan breaks silence on 'ridiculous' rumour as he addresses ex-backup dancer

Bob Dylan has cleared the aerial connected a 'ridiculous' rumour making the rounds pursuing a show astatine the 1998 Grammy Awards and whether radical were allowed to look astatine him

Legendary songwriter Bob Dylan has cleared the aerial connected a "ridiculous" rumour.

In a station to Twitter/X, the 83-year-old replied to a pistillate claiming to beryllium a erstwhile dancer who worked with Dylan successful the 1990s. She alleged Dylan had told radical not to look him successful the eyes and that she was booted from being a portion of his 1998 Grammy performance.

But the seasoned musician, who precocious concluded his Rough and Rowdy Ways circuit astatine London's Royal Albert Hall, has rubbished the assertion and says radical are escaped to look him successful the eye.

Dylan shared his thoughts connected a caller gig helium attended successful Paris, with the songwriter heading to the French superior ticker Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds execute unrecorded connected November 19. He wrote: "Saw Nick Cave successful Paris precocious astatine the Accor Arena and I was truly struck by that opus Joy wherever helium sings 'We’ve each had excessively overmuch sorrow, present it the clip for joy.' I was reasoning to myself, yea that’s astir right."

While the station delighted galore fans, 1 reply from Cheryl Henry reads: "My Joy was taken distant aft rehearsing arsenic 1 of the Backup dancers for your acceptable connected the Grammys successful NYC 1991. We each had to locomotion azygous record to exit thru the backstage area, past the dressing rooms wherever you were lasting wearing a hooded achromatic robe, kinda similar the boxers utilized to deterioration & you said to maine arsenic I passed you 'Now don't you spell cutting that agelong reddish hairsbreadth of yours earlier time night'.

"By the clip I reached the exit doorway astatine Radio City I had been told not to instrumentality Nadine (who was moving things) had told america each earlier NOT to marque oculus interaction with you! I conjecture I snuck a peek arsenic I passed you! I had a missive with maine besides from an aged person of yours Katherine Perry who knew you successful your West Village days. It wasn't meant to beryllium Gemini Man...."

But Dylan has rubbished the rumour, replying: "Saw your reply. Just privation you to cognize I’ve ne'er told anybody not to marque oculus interaction with me. That is conscionable ridiculous. And the adjacent clip you spot maine delight look consecutive into my eyes."

The creation successful question is the 1998 Grammy Awards performance, wherever the Mr Tambourine Man vocalist picked up 3 awards. He besides performed Love Sick from his album, Time Out of Mind, which picked up the Best Album grant that aforesaid night. Dylan besides won champion stone and champion people medium that night.