UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 6, Page 1                                
October 8, 1992                                                
Bob Dylan to perform at Carpenter Center Oct. 23               
                                                               
     Bob Dylan, the legendary musician who "taught rock'n'roll to    
think" according to the Los Angeles Times, will perform at 8 p.m.,   
Friday, Oct. 23, in the University of Delaware's new Bob Carpenter   
Center, located at the corner of South College Avenue and Christina  
Parkway in Newark.                                                   
     Dylan's U.D. performance is scheduled just one week after the   
all-star tribute to him in Madison Square Garden. On Oct. 16, the    
world's leading contemporary recording artists-including Eric Clapton,        
George Harrison, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Sinead O'Connor, Tom
Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neil Young and Dylan himself-will gather
to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's first album on Columbia 
Records, and  each will perform a selection of his classic songs. The
concert will be recorded for broadcast in this country and abroad.   
     Tickets for the Delaware concert, which go on sale Oct. 9, are  
priced at $17.50 for those with a U.D. I.D. Only 1,200 seats will be 
available at this price, and there is a four-ticket limit on these   
tickets. Tickets for the general public are $22.50. Ticket service   
charges may apply. Tickets will be available at the Bob Carpenter    
Center box office from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and   
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10.                               
     For information, call 831-4012. Tickets also will be available by  
phone through Ticketmaster, telephone 984-2000.                      
     Dylan's songs, which have been recorded by a wide range of      
artists from Joan Baez to Johnny Cash to U2, encompass everything from        
the political to the personal, including such classics as "Blowin' in
the Wind," "Tangled Up in Blue," "Like a Rolling Stone," "All Along  
the Watchtower," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," "Mr. Tambourine    
Man," "Lay Lady Lay," "Forever Young," "Masters of War," "Just Like a
Woman," "Gotta Serve Somebody," "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and    
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door."                                         
     With a career spanning more than 30 years, Dylan has amassed    
awards, won critical acclaim and recorded trend-setting albums. But  
for the man who says, "Nostalgia is death," there's no looking back, 
and he is now performing regularly on what has been called the       
"Never-Ending Tour."                                                 
     Over the last four years, he has given more than 450      
performances, reaching some 3 million fans in the United States,     
Europe and South America. Over the course of some 100 concerts during
1992, he has performed in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in   
Hawaii and on the West Coast.                                        
     Dylan has been designated by the Recording Industry Association 
of America as one of the top five all-time recipients of RIAA gold   
records, with 22 certifications to his name. His recent recordings   
include Down in the Groove, Under the Red Sky and Oh Mercy, as well as        
the second box set devoted to his work, Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series,
Vols. 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) 1961-1991, issued last year. A new   
solo album is due to be released soon. His moonlighting band, the    
Traveling Wilburys, also has released two albums.                    
     Named by Life magazine as one of "The 100 Most Important        
Americans of the 20th Century," Dylan continues to receive awards from        
around the world. Named to the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1982, he 
was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Performance  
magazine named him "Touring Artist of the Year" for 1990.            
     In 1991, he received the special merit Lifetime Achievement Award  
at the Grammy Awards.                                                
     Dylan has appeared in several films.