COULD things get any better for the balladeer Bob Dylan?

After all, he's just won the Nobel Prize for literature, and now "The Dylan Project" line-up is set to entertain a local audience at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall.

This link is no coincidence, in fact.

A spokesman said: "When Sara Danius, secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced Bob Dylan as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature last month, she singled out for special mention his legendary double LP Blonde on Blonde, which was released exactly fifty years ago.

"This year's 'Dylan Project' show will feature their version of this seminal album, in its entirety and played in album order."

The spokesman added: "For the last eighteen years The Dylan Project have been touring the world with their affectionate salute to Bob's work."

Led by veteran Birmingham rocker Steve Gibbons, the band are all virtuoso musicians in their own right: the rhythm section of Dave Pegg and Gerry Conway, both from Fairport Convention, guitarist PJ Wright from folk-rock luminaries Fotheringay, and keyboard wizard Phil Bond.

The spokesman added: "Expect an evening of supreme musicianship and great songs with The Dylan Project."

The date for the diary is Thursday, December 8, from 8pm.

Tickets and further details on, 01905 611427.