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You didn't expect Bob Dylan's first streamed concert to be like any other act's, did you?
"Shadow Kingdom" — which premiered Sunday afternoon, of all times — is an intimate, artful performance, filmed in black-and-white in a tiny, smokey club. The musicians wore COVID masks (except for Dylan) and the audience members did not because they were actors, who were smoking, drinking and occasionally dancing.
This wasn't a livestream. That's not Dylan. Billed as "an exclusive broadcast event," these meticulously staged performances were recorded in two or three different settings, with the singer wearing a few different outfits. Some numbers were even delivered without an audience.