US musician Bob Dylan (81) apologized to his fans in a Facebook post last weekend for the irritation surrounding his signatures, which were sold as hand-signed but machine-created. "To my fans and followers, it has been brought to my attention that there is some controversy over signatures on some of my recent artwork and on a limited edition 'Philosophy Of Modern Song'," he began his post. He has hand-signed every single art print over the years and there has never been a problem. "However, in 2019 I had a bad case of vertigo that continued into the pandemic years," Dylan explained.

It takes a team of five to work closely with him to make the book signings possible, "and we couldn't find a safe and viable way to do it while the virus was raging," Dylan wrote about the difficult conditions in the Corona Pandemic.

"So it was impossible to sign anything. With the contractual deadlines looming, the idea of ​​using a signing machine was suggested to me, along with an assurance that something like this would be done 'constantly' in the art and literary world." Using a machine was a mistake "that I want to correct immediately," Dylan said. "That's what I work with Simon for

The publisher Simon