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Bob Dylan Spots Camera Phones, Stops Show

dylan-1.9088616 Legendary American singer, songwriter, poet, artist and actor, Bob Dylan wipes sweat from his face while performing from his repertoire of over 400 songs and 50 albums at the 22nd annual Bluesfest music festival near Byron Bay on April 25, 2011. Dylan will conclude his tour of Australia with two shows in Sydney on April 27 and 28. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images) (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/Torsten Blackwood / AFP/Getty Images)

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There are two things about Bob Dylan that most fans have known for years: He has a strict policy against people taking photos during his concerts and he rarely speaks.

This week, during the encore of a show in Vienna, Dylan stopped singing “Blowin’ in the Wind” to admonish those in the audience who were holding up their phones.

The 77-year-old got up from his piano and went to a mic at the front of the stage and muttered something before stepping back and nearly falling over a monitor.

“Take pictures or don’t take pictures,” he snapped. “We can either play or we’re going to pose, OK?”

Dylan and members of his band then stood still as if posing while fans in the crowd yelled “Play! Play!”

Dylan has long enforced a “no-photos” rule at this shows, going so far as to have ushers shine flashlights at offenders.

Last year, Jack White stirred debate when he announced that fans coming to his concerts would have to seal their phones in bags.