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Bob Dylan Celebrated His Nobel Prize By Playing Guitar For The First Time In 4 Years

1:53 PM EDT on October 16, 2016

Bob Dylan doesn't play guitar onstage anymore. Even when delivering the rare crowd-pleasing set without any Frank Sinatra covers, he does it from behind the safety of a piano. But on Thursday, the same day he won a Nobel Prize In Literature, Dylan played guitar for the first time since 2012, picking it up midway through performing "Simple Twist Of Fate" in Las Vegas. Watch below.

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It seems the last time he played guitar onstage was 11/9/12 in Chicago, when he was joined by Mark Knopfler. Dylan reportedly doesn't play guitar anymore because of arthritis, but maybe he was too intimidated after seeing Knopfler play?