Bob Dylan performs concert for audience of just one superfan

The concert was part of a Swedish film series Experiment Ensam where people experience things usually reserved for large crowd completely alone

17:01 25 November 2014

An extremely lucky Bob Dylan superfan was in "ecstacy" when his favorite singer played a concert just for him.

Fredrik Wikingsson was in awe as he sat in the second row at the Philadelphia’s Academy of Music.

"At this point I still thought I was about to get Punk'd," he says. "I thought some a--hole would walk onstage and just laugh at me. I just couldn't fathom that Dylan would actually do this."

The concert was part of an ongoing Swedish film series, Experiment Ensam, where people get to experience things completely alone that are usually reserved for a large crowd.

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The light dimmed for 10 incredibly anxious minutes after he walked in. "It was completely dark and empty," Wikingsson says. "Then a guy walks onstage and started talking to the lighting guy. Turns out it was Dylan and he nodded at me. There wasn't any ceremony at all. He just started talking to his bassist and drummer about how they were going to start the first song."

"I was smiling so much it was like I was on ecstasy," he says. "My jaw hurt for hours afterwards because I couldn't stop smiling."

As each song ended, Wikingsson found that he wasn’t sure how to react as he didn’t have the backing of a huge crowd to applaud along with. After one song he excitedly shouted out to the band that they "sound great!" prompting Dylan to laugh.