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Mark Knopfler and band
Mark Knopfler and band
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Date22 May 2015
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VenueThe O2 arena
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AvailabilityOn sale now
Event Details
Taking to The O2 stage for the first time, Mark Knopfler, is to perform at the arena on Friday 22 May 2015. This will be the first opportunity for fans to hear live tracks from his upcoming album, Tracker, due to be released through Virgin/EMI records in January 2015.
Amid the new material, when the audiences call for the songs that became part of all our lives, he will relish it. “The thing about the old Straits songs is that these things are signposts for people’s lives. Obviously I’ll play things differently here and there to keep it alive and meaningful to me, and away from a cabaret thing. But there are things, like the twiddly bits at the end of ‘Sultans,’ if you don’t do your twiddly bits, the world’s not right for people. I like playing the old songs, I wrote them and people like to hear them, it’s as simple as that.”
Mark will be joined by a seven-piece band some of whom have been working with him for nearly 20 years; Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Jim Cox, Mike McGoldrick (whistle and flute), John McCusker, Glenn Worf (bass), Ian Thomas (drums), along with guests Canadian singer Ruth Moody and saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock.
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Date22 May 2015
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VenueThe O2 arena
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AvailabilityOn sale now