If the band didn’t start playing, the audience may not have even known that Bob Dylan took the stage at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor on Friday.

Dylan was nearly invisible to the crowd as he sat behind the music stand on his grand piano and was obscured by four bright lights.

Gov. Janet Mills was one concertgoer who barely saw the legendary singer-songwriter during his 17-song set.

“Dylan, I don’t know, I’ve seen him before but he’s never been so reclusive. I had to get my telescope out and I still couldn’t see him anyway,” Mills said at an event in Bangor on Tuesday.

Dylan has taken steps throughout his career to distance himself from the audience, but his Bangor concert was the first set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour to include obstructions such as the music stand and

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