Decades ago, musician extraordinaire Mark Knopfler took the world by storm as the band leader of Dire Straits. This spring, Knopfler will take the world by storm once again with a lengthy tour in support of his brand new studio album. Pieta Brown, an American folk singer, will provide support on the outing.
The Get Lucky world tour may not be an easy one for the singer-songwriter. The American leg starts on April 8 in Seattle, and the shows continue almost non-stop until May 9 when the singer takes a brief break before taking the tour across the ocean to his native United Kingdom. All said and done, the North American leg of the tour will see the 60-year-old Knopfler play 27 shows in just 31 days – not that bad of a feat.
Touring personnel will include Dire Straits alum Guy Fletcher on keyboards, and studio drummer Danny Cummings. In Europe, the tour will stretch from May to the very end of July with a focus in Germany and the UK.
With combined solo and Dire Straits album sales of 120 million, the reasons for touring and recording are far from financial. “It’s kind of an affirmation. It’s certainly something I don’t have to do financially; I just do it because I have a compulsion to go out and play every now and again, and it’s an important part of what a traveling musician does,” said Knopfler. The Get Lucky tour dates can be accessed below.
| April 8 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre April 9 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre April 10 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium April 11 – Eugene, OR – Hult Center April 13 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre April 14 – Santa Rosa, CA – Wells Fargo Center April 15 – Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort April 16 & 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Pantages Theatre April 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre April 20 – Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre April 21 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland by AMC April 22 – St. Louis, MO – Fabulous Fox Theatre April 23 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre April 24 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre | April 25 – Minneapolis, MN – The State Theatre April 27 – Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater April 28 – Buffalo, NY – University of Buffalo April 29 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall April 30 – Montreal, QC – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier May 1 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand May 2 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre May 4 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre May 5 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre May 6 – New York, NY – United Palace May 7 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre May 8 – Atlantic City, NJ – Circus Maximus May 9 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre |
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