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Oct 14, 2011 Updated Oct 17, 2011

Bob Dylan can now take revenge on his critics - he's taken up the bagpipes.

The 70-year-old singer bought a set of traditional Scottish pipes from The National Piping Centre in Glasgow where he's playing a couple of gigs this weekend.

"He's always wanted to learn," a Centre spokeswoman said.

Dylan chose a set of R.G. Hardie pipes with a starter package including a chanter and a learning manual.

Fans attending this weekend’s gigs might want to take some cotton wool…just in case.

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Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind"...

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