CNN Showbiz — Bob Dylan tells the Swedish Academy someone's turning up to celebrate his prize for literature but "It Ain't Me Babe." Christiane Amanpour has more. more info

The Quietus — Patti Smith to perform 1962 Bob Dylan song in his absence before speech is read out which he has provided more info

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Time — He initially did not respond to the Swedish Academy for weeks after winning the prize. more info

MSN Music — Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan will provide a speech and fellow American singer-songwriter Patti Smith will perform one of his best-known songs in his absence during Stockholm's prize celebrations, the awards body said on Monday. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — STOCKHOLM (AP) — He won’t be there in person but the Nobel Foundation says Bob Dylan has written a speech that will be read out at the traditional Nobel Prize banquet. Dylan, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature, declined the inv... more info

New York Times — The musician Patti Smith will perform a song by Mr. Dylan, who will not be attending the ceremony to receive his Nobel Prize for literature. more info

Reuters — STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan will provide a speech and fellow American singer-songwriter Patti Smith will perform one of his best-known songs in his absence during Stockholm's prize celebrations, the awards body said on M... more info

New York Post — For TV viewers of a certain age, Scott Patterson is synonymous with his “Gilmore Girls” character Luke Danes, the curmudgeonly, flannel-clad, backward-baseball-cap-wearing diner owner forever bantering with Lorelai (Lauren Graham). But before he ... more info

Stereogum — Angel Olsen and the Raincoats performed together last night at London’s Islington Assembly Hall as part of a series of collaborative concerts in honor of Rough Trade’s 40th anniversary. They played a mix of old and new Raincoats songs, Olsen song... more info