Bob Dylan paid touching tribute to his friend Van Morrison with a rendtion of Morrison's iconic 'Into The Mystic'.

Dylan played the song live for the first time, alongside classics such as 'Watching The River Flow', 'False Prophet' and 'Mother Of Muses'. Dylan closed with 'Every Grain Of Sand'.

Dylan, now 82-years-old, played the song while on The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour in Alicante, Spain. He last played in Ireland in the 3Arena last November to a sold out Dublin crowd.

'Into The Mystic' comes off Van Morrison's 1970 album, Moondance. Listen to Bob Dylan covering Van Morrison's 'Into The Mystic' below:

Dylan and Morrison share a friendship spanning over four decades, with the two sharing the stage on many special and memorable occasions.

Speaking in 2000 about Dylan's music being an inspiration to him, Van Morrison said: "I think I heard [The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan] in a record shop in Smith Street, and I just thought it was just incredible that this guy's not singing about ‘Moon in June’ and he’s getting away with it... The subject matter wasn’t pop songs, ya know, and I thought this kind of opens the whole thing up."

Van Morrison famously joined Dylan on stage at Dylan's headline gig in Slane in 1984. Carlos Santana and Bono also joined the two, as the Meath crowd was treated to a feast from music royalty.

Watch the two music icons, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, on stage together in Slane in 1984 below:

Check out the Hot Press interview with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison conducted by Bono in 1984 in Slane here.