BOB DYLAN announced Wednesday that he will offer his first streaming performance, under the title “Shadow Kingdom,” on July 18.

It’s being characterized as “his first such special in (nearly) 30 years” — the previous point of reference not being a streaming concert in the 1990s, but rather his “MTV Unplugged” concert of 1994, the last time he did any kind of broadcast special.

This being Dylan, little to nothing is being revealed about the nature, setting, personnel or content of the show, other than that it will present the singer “in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work, created especially for this event.”

The webcast is happening on Veeps and tickets are already on sale there. The cost is a flat US$25; unusually for a streaming concert at this time, there are no add-on merch items (let alone a virtual meet-and-greet or post-show web reception). The performance begins streaming July 18 and can be rewatched — or purchased for the first time — for two and a half days after that, ending July 20.

The announcement said that this will be his first performance since the release of last year’s acclaimed “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” suggesting that at least some material from that album will make its way into his set list. His last in-person show was in December 2019, well before anyone in the outside world had any idea he had an album in the works.

Dylan turned 80 last month. He kept up his usual rigorous touring schedule in 2019, taking to the road for about five of the last nine months of the year. No announcements have been made about whether he might return to the road later this year or next.(SD-Agencies)