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The Overtones is currently touring across 1 country and has 4 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Sheffield City Hall Oval Hall in Sheffield, after that they'll be at Baths Hall in Scunthorpe.

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The Overtones announce ‘Good Times’ Christmas tour

The Overtones will head the road at the end of the year for the ‘Good Times’ Christmas Tour it has been confirmed.

The vocal group has also released a cover of Kool & The Gang’s hit ‘Ladies Night’ to mark the occasion. You can take a listen to the track below:

The tour will see the group performing their original hits such as ‘Gambling Man’ along with classics from the likes of The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, and Christmas favourites.

Talking about the ‘Good Times Christmas Tour’, the band say: “We’re beyond excited to be heading back out on our ‘Good Times’ tour! After the incredible reaction we had after last year’s tour we thought we’d keep to the ‘Good Times’ theme. It’s all about the feel-good vibes and happy times with family and friends! We’re equally as thrilled to be releasing ‘Ladies Night’ to coincide with the tour announcement! It’s a timeless classic and one we’re so happy to be sending out to our fans and new followers alike.”

The Overtones – Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw – are best-known for exquisite vocals, incredible harmonies, perfectly-timed dance moves and distinctive style. They have achieved five Top 10 albums, 11 sell-out UK tours with their latest album ’10’ also becoming the group’s very first UK Number 1 on the Official UK Independent Album Chart.

The 2024 tour dates are:

6 th  — LLANDUDNO, Venue Cymru

7 th  — SHEFFIELD, City Hall

9 th  — NEWCASTLE, Tyne Theatre & OH

10 th  — SCUNTHORPE, Baths Hall

11 th  — SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower

13 th  – BLACKPOOL, Grand

14 th  – YORK, Opera House

17 th  — GLASGOW, Concert Hall

18 th  — ABERDEEN, Music Hall

19 th  – INVERNESS, Empire Theatre

22 nd  — DUNSTABLE, The Grove

23 rd  — TORQUAY, Princess Theatre

24 th  – LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall

27 th  — CARDIFF, New Theatre

29 th  — SWINDON, Wyvern

30 th  – POOLE, Concert Hall

1 st  — FOLKESTONE, Leas Cliff Hall

2 nd  — SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion

3 rd  — DARTFORD, Orchard Theatre

5 th  — PETERBOROUGH, New Theatre

6 th  — GUILDFORD, G-Live

7 th  — LONDON, Indigo at the O2

11 th  – CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange

12 th  – STOKE, Victoria Hall

14 th  — BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall

Tickets are available for the tour at https://theovertones.tv/shows/ .

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The Overtones: Good Times Christmas Tour 2024

Mon 25 nov 2024 | 7:30pm.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are having to reschedule the date to Mon 25 November. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused and we look forward to seeing you there!

To purchase a VIP upgrade (which includes access to soundcheck, a meet and greet photo opportunity and a small gift), please click here . Please note, VIP upgrades are an add-on; you must buy a standard ticket and a VIP upgrade in order to access the show .

Following an incredible nationwide tour last year, the No1, multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group is bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ this winter… and it’s your official start to Christmas!

Over the last fourteen years, The Overtones have released seven studio albums, enjoyed many sold out tours, appeared on major TV shows and headlined in world renowned venues including the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and have also performed The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Buckingham Palace.

Consisting of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw, this four-piece group is best known for their exquisite vocals, flawless harmonies, effortless and synchronised dance moves and their charming, distinctive style. The tour promises to be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring songs for all the family-from original hits like ‘Gambling Man’ through to classic songs by artists such as The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more PLUS some festive favourites and BRAND NEW tracks.

Reviews: “One of the UK’s most popular and prolific acts”–HELLO Magazine “Perfect harmonies, just fabulous”–Sky News “Pure Swagger”–Attitude Magazine “The UK’S hottest harmony group”–This Morning “So impressive hilarious & charming”–Sunday Express

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The multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group are back on tour – bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ with their unique blend of original material and feel-good classics.

The four-piece, made up of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw are best known for their exquisite vocals, pitch perfect harmonies, effortless and perfectly timed dance moves, and their distinctive style.

The tour will be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring original hits like Gambling Man  as well as classic songs by The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more. You’ll also enjoy some festive favourites and brand new tracks.

It’s your official start to Christmas!

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Following an incredible nationwide tour last year, the No1, multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group is bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ this winter... and it’s your official start to Christmas!

The tour promises to be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring songs for all the family - from original hits like ‘Gambling Man’ through to classic songs by artists such as The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more PLUS some festive favourites and BRAND NEW tracks.

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Following an incredible nationwide tour last year, the No1, multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group is bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ this winter... and it’s your official start to Christmas!

Over the last fourteen years, The Overtones have released seven studio albums, enjoyed many sold out tours, appeared on major TV shows and headlined in world renowned venues including the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and have also performed The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Buckingham Palace.

Consisting of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw, this four-piece group is best known for their exquisite vocals, flawless harmonies, effortless and synchronised dance moves and their charming, distinctive style.

The tour promises to be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring songs for all the family - from original hits like ‘Gambling Man’ through to classic songs by artists such as The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more PLUS some festive favourites and BRAND NEW tracks.

“One of the UK’s most popular and prolific acts” HELLO Magazine

“Perfect harmonies, just fabulous” Sky News

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Following an incredible nationwide tour last year, the No1, multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group is bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ this winter... and it’s your official start to Christmas!

Over the last fourteen years, The Overtones have released seven studio albums, enjoyed many sold out tours, appeared on major TV shows and headlined in world renowned venues including the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and have also performed The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Buckingham Palace.

Consisting of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw, this four-piece group is best known for their exquisite vocals, flawless harmonies, effortless and synchronised dance moves and their charming, distinctive style.

The tour promises to be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring songs for all the family - from original hits like ‘Gambling Man’ through to classic songs by artists such as The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more PLUS some festive favourites and BRAND NEW tracks.

VIP package includes: • Exclusive access to sound check • Photo opportunity and the chance to chat with the boys • Small gift

The Meet & Greet experience will start at 5.30pm and finish at 6.30pm - please arrive between 5pm & 5.15pm if you have purchased a VIP ticket in order for the Meet & greet to start promptly.

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Following an incredible nationwide tour last year, the No1, multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group is bringing back the ‘GOOD TIMES’ this winter... and it’s your official start to Christmas!

Over the last fourteen years, The Overtones have released seven studio albums, enjoyed many sold out tours, appeared on major TV shows and headlined in world renowned venues including the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and have also performed The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Buckingham Palace.

Consisting of Mark Franks, Darren Everest, Jay James and Mike Crawshaw, this four-piece group is best known for their exquisite vocals, flawless harmonies, effortless and synchronised dance moves and their charming, distinctive style. The tour promises to be a non-stop party from start to finish featuring songs for all the family - from original hits like ‘Gambling Man’ through to classic songs by artists such as The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and many more PLUS some festive favourites and BRAND NEW tracks.

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• Celebration by Kool & the Gang
• Come Back My Love by The Wrens
• Do You Love Me? by The Contours
• Give Me Just a Little More Time by Chairmen of the Board
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• Ladies' Night by Kool & the Gang
• Love Really Hurts Without You by Billy Ocean
• Moon River by Henry Mancini
• Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison
• Only You by The Platters
• Runaround Sue by Dion
• September by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
• Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley
• Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
• You to Me Are Everything by The Real Thing
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What are the must-see concerts of 2024?

Posted: March 25, 2024 | Last updated: March 26, 2024

With every new year comes artists that release new music. To help support the music, they typically announce tours that coincide with it, allowing fans to catch their favorite artists in different cities to perform the new tunes and the classics. 

While some artists are using the stage as a farewell, others are bringing fans into a new era. Here is a list of tours that are sure to be the hottest tickets in town.

Justin Timberlake

After a six-year hiatus since his previous album Man of the Woods, Justin Timberlake is back with his sixth studio album Everything I Thought I Was.  In support of his new album, Timberlake is hitting the road across North America with his "The Forget Tomorrow World Tour." The singer will start his trek on April 29th in Vancouver and end on July 9th in Kentucky. 

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Megan Thee Stallion

Just two years since her previous album Traumazine , the world's resident hottie Megan Thee Stallion is heating up the charts with her latest single "Hiss." Upon the heels of her latest release, Megan interviewed with Good Morning America and revealed that her new album is on the way and she'll be embarking on the "Hot Girl Summer Tour."

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2024 might be the year of Usher. After being crowned the king of Las Vegas due to his three-year sold-out residency at Caesar’s Palace and MGM Dolby Live, in late 2023 the NFL announced Usher as the halftime show performer for Super Bowl LVIII. Shortly after the halftime news, Usher announced he would be releasing his ninth album Coming Home, and embarking on a worldwide tour. By the way, Usher's halftime performance at SB LVIII was a rousing success .

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are keeping their fans fed with live shows. "The Unlimited Love Tour" started back in 2022 and continued through 2023, and the band has continued to extend it this year with an additional 16 shows. This time around, they're bringing a few special guests along, including Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, and more. The Red Hot Chili Peppers will wrap the tour up on July 30th in St. Louis.

In October 2023, reggaeton star Bad Bunny announced his upcoming "Most Wanted Tour" to help promote his latest album  Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana. Bad Bunny started his North America trek on February 21st, which will run through May 26th. When he made an Instagram post promoting the tour, he made it clear saying, “If you’re not a real fan, don’t come.” 

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Janet Jackson

In 2023, Janet Jackson embarked on her sold-out "Together Again" tour with special guest Ludacris. Well, she’s bringing the tour back again, and this time she’s bringing Nelly along for the ride. Jackson and Nelly will trek across 35 cities including Chicago, New Orleans, Toronto, and Los Angeles. 

Adele’s Las Vegas residency began back in late 2022, and her final shows in Sin City will end this year. Although tickets on Ticketmaster for her shows are currently sold out, fans can still snag tickets on secondary platforms like Vivid Seats and StubHub. The "Weekends with Adele" residency will have its final show on June 15th. 

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After reuniting at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, rock band Blink-182 embarked on a tour and plan to make it a second time around. With the release of their latest album  One More Time, it’s the perfect time to give their fans another chance to see them across stadiums and arenas worldwide. The tour is set to begin on June 20th in Orlando, Fla., and will end on August 30th in Glasgow, U.K. 

Drake and J. Cole

Thanks to the success of their 2023 collaboration “First Person Shooter,” Drake and J. Cole are hitting the road for their "It's All A Blur Tour—Big as the What?" tour. While Drake recently wrapped up his joint tour with 21 Savage, this time around, he and Cole are touring cities in smaller markets. The tour will begin on February 2nd in Tampa, Fla., and end on April 16th in Denver, Co. 

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Foo Fighters

Summertime is always a great time to see your favorite bands. Rock band Foo Fighters are taking over stadiums across 10 cities, with opening act appearances from The Pretenders and The Hives. "The Everything or Nothing at All Tour" will kick off on July 17th in New York City and close out on August 18th in Seattle. 

While 2024 marks the end of Billy Joel’s long-running Madison Square Garden residency, he’s still taking his show on the road across several stadiums. For a few of the select shows, Joel will be joined by legendary acts Sting and Stevie Nicks. 

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Nicki Minaj

After a five-year hiatus since her previous album Queen, Nicki Minaj returned in 2023 with her long-awaited album  Pink Friday 2. To help celebrate the new album, Minaj’s fan base (the Barbz) is in for a treat as she embarks on "The Pink Friday 2 World Tour" starting in March. Minaj is also slated to make appearances at festivals like Rolling Loud California and Dreamville. 

The Rolling Stones

Even after six decades since their first U.S. tour, The Rolling Stones are still in high demand for live shows. The rock band is set to hit the road on a 16-city tour to support their latest album Hackney Diamonds. The tour will run from April 28th through July 17th. 

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The time has come to say farewell to Sum 41. Back in May 2023, the band announced they would be calling it quits as a group. After the release of their album Heaven :x: Hell, they announced their final shows as "Tour of the Setting Sun." Joined by special guest The Interrupters, the tour is set to take place across Asia, Europe, and North America. 

In December 2023, Dreamville artist Bas released his long-awaited fourth album We Only Talk About Real S—t  When We’re F—d  Up which featured several collaborations alongside J. Cole, Amaarae, Adekunle Gold, and more. To help support the album, Bas is taking his music on the road with a 23-city North America tour. Bas will begin the tour on March 3rd in Dallas and wrap up on April 9th in New York. 

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Olivia Rodrigo

Just two years after her first headlining tour, rising star Olivia Rodrigo is embarking on her "GUTS World Tour." In celebration of her sophomore album Guts, she will take on 77 shows, joined by openers The Breeders, Chappell Roan, PinkPantheress, and Remi Wolf. Rodrigo began the tour on February 23rd in Thousand Palms and will wrap it up on August 17th in Inglewood. 

In support of his latest album Standing Room Only, country legend Tim McGraw is bringing his talent to the stage. The three-time Grammy winner’s tour will begin on March 14th in Jacksonville and end on June 27th in Phoenix. 

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Tamia and Joe

For the R&B lovers, get ready to hear love ballads and smooth jams from two of the genre’s finest, Tamia and Joe. The tour kicked off on February 9th in Washington D.C. and will end on May 4th in St. Louis. 

Pop singer Tate McRae has been on a hot streak in 2023. From her hit song “Greedy,” to releasing her sophomore album Think Later, to an epic  Saturday Night Live performance, it seems like McRae is ready to take her career to another level. This year, she's set to embark on the "Think Later" 2024 tour, which kicks off April 17th in Dublin, Ireland. Joining McRae as her opening acts will be charlieonnafriday and Presley Regier. 

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band postponed their 2023 tour after the singer had to treat a health matter, but the band is ready to take their show on the road this year. The tour is set to kick off on March 19th in Phoenix, Arizona, and other cities on the trek will include San Diego, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and more. 

Green Day is headed out for a stadium tour and they’re bringing a few friends with them. The pop-punk trio will embark on the "Saviors Tour" that will include acts Rancid and The Linda Lindas, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins. In support of the band’s newest album Saviors, the North American leg of the tour will kick off on July 29th in Washington, D.C. 

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Jewel and Melissa Etheridge

Country music fans, get ready to unite as Jewel and Melissa Etheridge co-headline a tour for the summer. The North America tour is set to kick off on July 11th in Montana and will end on October 5th in Arkansas. 

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EVNNE announce 2024 ‘Ride With EVNNE’ North America tour

Featuring shows in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico

K-pop boyband EVNNE have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Ride With EVNNE’ North America tour, with concerts in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

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EVNNE and event organisers SHOWKASE have announced the dates and details for the boyband’s first North American tour, titled ‘Ride With EVNNE’, which will be held across August this year. later this year.

K-pop boyband will kick things off at the Le National venue in Montreal, Quebec on August 7. Thereafter, the boyband will play three US shows in Chicago, New York and Atlanta over the next week.

From mid to late August, EVNNE will also play concerts in Mexico and the US territory of Puerto Rico. Those will take place between performances in Texas and California.

According to the announcement post, ticket information like sale dates and prices will be announced soon. Keep tabs on this page for the latest updates.

The dates for EVNNE’s 2024 ‘Ride With EVNNE’ North America tour are:

AUGUST 2024 07: Montreal, Quebec, Le National 08: Chicago, Illinois, Thalia Hall 11: New York, New York, The Racket 13: Atlanta, Georgia, Buckhead Theatre 16: San Juan, Puerto Rico, Teatro Enter Bayamon 18: Fort Worth, Texas, Ridglea Theater 22: Mexico City, Mexico, Auditorio BB 24: Los Angeles, California, Vermont Hollywood

#ENNVE ✨SURPRISE!✨ Come 'Ride With EVNNE' as they embark on their first North American tour this summer 🙌! 🎟️Ticket information will be announced soon, so please keep up to date on our socials! #ShowKase #KPOP_ShowKase #EVNNE #이븐 #EVNNEinNorthAmerica #RIDE_WITH_EVNNE_TOUR pic.twitter.com/7YoOPTwXvE — SHOWKASE (@kpopshowkase) May 9, 2024

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EVNEE’s upcoming 2024 ‘Ride With EVNNE’ North America tour comes shortly after the boyband announced their upcoming third mini-album ‘RIDE or DIE’. The project will be released on June 17 at 6pm KST.

EVNNE made their debut in September 2023 with their first mini-album ‘Target: Me’. The group is formed by Park Han Bin, Lee Jeong Hyeon, Mun Jung Hyun, Park Ji Hoo, Yoo Seung Eon, Ji Yun Seo and Keita, who were contestants of the South Korean reality show  Boys Planet .

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Daniel Kramer, Who Photographed Bob Dylan’s Rise, Dies at 91

For 366 days, he captured intimate images of the singer-songwriter as he changed the look and sound of the 1960s.

By Alex Williams

Daniel Kramer, a photojournalist who captured Bob Dylan’s era-tilting transformation from acoustic guitar-strumming folky to electric prince of rock in the mid-1960s, and who shot the covers for his landmark albums “Bringing It All Back Home” and “Highway 61 Revisited,” died on April 29 in Melville, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 91.

His death, in a nursing home, was confirmed by his nephew Brian Bereck.

Rolling Stone magazine once described Mr. Kramer as “the photographer most closely associated with Bob Dylan.” But that designation seemed highly improbable at the outset.

Although Mr. Dylan had already begun his rise to global fame — he released his third album, “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” in early 1964 — Mr. Kramer knew little about him.

That changed in February 1964, when he watched the 22-year-old Mr. Dylan perform his rueful ballad “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on “The Steve Allen Show.” The song details a real event in which a Black woman died after being struck with a cane by a wealthy white man at a white-tie Baltimore party.

“I hadn’t heard or seen him,” Mr. Kramer said in a 2012 interview with Time magazine. “I didn’t know his name, but I was riveted by the power of the song’s message of social outrage and to see Dylan reporting like a journalist through his music and lyrics.”

As a young Brooklynite trying to carve out a career as a freelance photographer, Mr. Kramer decided he had to arrange a photo shoot with the budding legend. He spent six months dialing the office of Mr. Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman. “The office always said no ,” Mr. Kramer said in a 2016 interview with the British newspaper The Guardian. Finally, six months later, Mr. Grossman himself took his call. “He just said, ‘O.K., come up to Woodstock next Thursday.’”

A one-hour shoot on Aug. 27 turned into a five-hour shoot, which turned into a 366-day photographic odyssey in which Mr. Kramer captured rare behind-the-scenes images of Mr. Dylan at home, on tour and in recording sessions as he was lighting the fuse that helped spark the countercultural explosion of the 1960s.

Soon Mr. Kramer’s Dylan images were popping up in publications around the world. Mr. Kramer published two collections, “Bob Dylan” (1967) and “Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day” (2018), which contained nearly 200 photos.

To Dylanologists, 1965 was the year of the big bang. In July, the future Nobel Prize winner shocked traditionalists at the Newport Folk Festival by ditching his acoustic guitar for a Fender Stratocaster, backed by a fully amplified band.

It was one of the most storied, and dissected, moments in rock history. “In most tellings, Dylan represents youth and the future , and the people who booed were stuck in the dying past,” Elijah Wald wrote in “Dylan Goes Electric!” (2015). “But there is another version, in which the audience represents youth and hope, and Dylan was shutting himself off behind a wall of electric noise, locking himself in a citadel of wealth and power.”

As Mr. Kramer later put it: “Bob didn’t really want to be Woody Guthrie. He wanted to be Elvis Presley.”

The photographer had his own quibble about this historical moment: At a shoot at a Columbia Records studio in New York for the seismic 1965 album “Bringing It All Back Home,” he had already witnessed Mr. Dylan plugging in and forging his own brand of rock ’n’ roll.

“People always say that Dylan went electric at Newport in the summer of 1965,” he told Rolling Stone. “Well, not to me he didn’t. I saw him go electric that January, when it was still snowing.”

Mr. Kramer also shot the cover image for the album. One of the most recognizable in rock history, it depicts a dapper Mr. Dylan seated with a cat on his lap in the living room of Mr. Grossman’s house near Woodstock, N.Y., surrounded by a jumble of magazines, record albums and a fallout shelter sign, with his manager’s wife, Sally Grossman , in a red dress, staring on from a sofa behind him. Mr. Kramer earned a Grammy nomination for the image.

Mr. Kramer later said that he took only 10 shots that day, and that the final image was chosen because it was “the only one in which the cat was looking at the lens .”

He also discussed the circular aurora effect overlaying the image, which lent it psychedelic overtones.

“People think I used Vaseline to create that circular image or that it’s a blur,” Mr. Kramer once said. “That’s not what I did. It’s two different pictures on one film. One is moved, and one is not. I wanted to simulate a record spinning or the universe of music.”

Later that year, Mr. Kramer shot the cover for “Highway 61 Revisited,” a casual candid showing Mr. Dylan, in a Triumph motorcycles T-shirt, seated on the stoop of the Manhattan building where his manager lived and flashing a vaguely menacing glare. “He’s almost challenging me or you or whoever’s looking at it,” Mr. Kramer recalled: “‘What are you gonna do about it, buster?’”

Mr. Kramer was born on May 19, 1932, in Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Irving Kramer, a dockworker and amateur filmmaker, and Ethel (Berland) Kramer, a hospital administrator.

“At an early age I migrated to the camera ,” he said in a 1995 interview with The New York Times. “By age 14, I had a one-boy show at the junior high school.

He worked as an assistant to the photographer Philippe Halsman, and to the team of Allan and Diane Arbus , in addition to studying at Brooklyn College and serving in the U.S. Army.

During his year with Mr. Dylan, Mr. Kramer was granted unrivaled access. In an interview published by Govinda Gallery in Washington, which mounted an exhibition of his Dylan photos in 1999, Mr. Kramer recalled a show at Lincoln Center in New York in October 1964, where the venue’s management informed Mr. Kramer that he would be restricted to a glass-enclosed balcony during the performance.

“So Bob said to his manager, ‘You tell them here that if he can’t do whatever he wants to do, I’m not going on,’” Mr. Kramer recalled.

Away from the stage, he managed to capture Mr. Dylan in rare moments of downtime — aiming a cue in an upstate New York pool hall, playing chess in a Woodstock cafe. One of his most famous shots from the period was a black-and-white portrait of Mr. Dylan in sunglasses, standing in front of the empty bleachers of Forest Hills Stadium in Queens before a concert on Aug. 28, 1965.

That shoot marked the end of Mr. Kramer’s run as Mr. Dylan’s de facto house photographer. “I didn’t want people to think that’s all I did,” he said.

Shooting portraits of luminaries for a variety of publications over the years, he maintained his ability to connect with them on an intimate level. “I’ve had a writing lesson from Norman Mailer, a boxing lesson from Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, and a harmonica lesson from Bob Dylan,” he told The Times.

Mr. Kramer married Arline Cunningham in 1968. She died in 2016. No immediate family members survive.

While he was well aware that he was privileged to serve as a witness to pop music history, Mr. Kramer later said that the magnitude of what was unfolding before his lens was not always so apparent at the time.

“You don’t know someone’s changing the world,” he said, “until the world’s been changed.”

Alex Williams is a Times reporter on the Obituaries desk. More about Alex Williams

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Cannes 2024: Powerful women take center stage at opening ceremony

Mistress of ceremony Camille Cottin paid tribute to the #MeToo movement, while Juliette Binoche presented Meryl Streep with an honorary Palme d'Or.

By  Véronique Cauhapé

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The ill winds abruptly receded and the shadow of scandals dissipated. The protesting voices of the collective of cinema workers with unstable positions (who had just succeeded in raising their banner above the Palais des festivals) did not penetrate inside, where the ruckus and rumors died down. Time for a truce at least. On Tuesday, May 14, the opening ceremony of the 77 th edition of the Cannes Film Festival offered just such a truce on Tuesday, May 14. And it was one over which queens reigned.

Solid, nervous, moving and funny: Actresses, directors and singers gathered on stage to kick off the festivities. Carrying the colors of the cinema high and bright – and not shying away from the things that sometimes diminish the brightness behind the scenes – they reflected the concerns of women. And they paid tribute to them by composing a 100% female tableau, to which the mistress of ceremonies, actress Camille Cottin, provided the first touches.

A touch of humor: "Dear guests, dear friends, (...) you may not know it, but you are about to enter a parallel world known as the Cannes vortex. (...) In this world, day and night merge into one. You leave for a screening very early in the morning without having slept, and you take professional meetings in the middle of the night, on a beach named after a brand. It's normal."

A touch of irony: "I'd like to point out that nocturnal rendezvous in the hotel rooms of all-powerful men are no longer part of the habits and customs of this Cannes vortex following the adoption of the #MeToo movement, and we're delighted." And there were more serious overtones too, as she referred to a world that "worries us, even, in places, freezes our blood," the planet that is burning and the danger posed by artificial intelligence.

'Sacred place'

As Cottin emphasized, it will be possible to rejoice in this escape, "this place of encounters, debates and wonder" that the Cannes Film Festival serves up every year on a platter. The actress then welcomed the jury for the official competition – 22 films, with only four of them by women directors. This year, the jury is being presided over by Greta Gerwig, the American actress and filmmaker whose film Barbie (released in 2023) exploded at the global box office.

Gerwig – whose appointment as head of the jury breaks with four years of male presidency – expressed her delight at the 10 days that awaited her "in this sacred place," and seemed genuinely moved by the "gift" that the Festival had arranged for her: A performance by singer Zaho de Sagazan. With her powerful voice and graceful movements, she emerged from the back of the room to perform David Bowie's "Modern Love," one of the theme songs from Noah Baumbach's film, Frances Ha (2013), in which Gerwig, also the director's wife, played the lead role.

This emotional moment preceded another, that of Juliette Binoche, who couldn't hold back her tears as she paid tribute to Meryl Streep, who had come to receive an honorary Palme d'Or . "In Falling in Love [1985], I fell in love with you, you made me want to find love again, to let it go, to feel that emotion. (...) You changed the way we see women in the world of cinema. You've given us a new image of ourselves," she told the American star, whose arrival on stage a few minutes earlier was accompanied by an extended standing ovation.

The two actresses then declared the 77 th Cannes Film Festival open, with Cottin standing beside them. The image of three women dressed in long black, red and white gowns will live long in the memory. Like the colors of a flag that commands respect.

Véronique Cauhapé

Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr ; the publisher may only be liable for the French version.

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