January 27, 2015
Currently gearing up for the release of his eighth solo album, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler will also take his distinctive brand of blues, roots-rock and country across North America later this year for a 36-city trek.
The 65-year-old had already announced plans for a European summer tour starting in Dublin in May, and after a short break, will return to life on the road with a September 10 date at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre – tickets for which are available on TicketIQ at a get-in price of $252.
The four-time Grammy winner will then hit the likes of Woodinville’s Chateau Ste Michelle Winery on Sept 11/12 (both $135), Kansas City’s Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland on Sept 28 ($135), Mashantucket’s The Grand Theater at Foxwoods on October 10 ($231) and Atlanta’s Chastain Park Amphitheatre on Oct 24 ($177) before wrapping up at Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Oct 31.
Mark Knopfler tickets are on offer at TicketIQ for over a dozen of these performances, with the Sept 20 gig at the Santa Barbara Bowl with the lowest get-in price at $101 and the Oct 6 concert at Toronto’s Massey Hall with the highest at $293.
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Knopfler will no doubt be keen to showcase all the highlights from his new record, Tracker, which is scheduled to hit stores on March 17. But his last major run of shows in support of 2012’s Privateering also saw him perform several Dire Straits classics (“Telegraph Road,” “Romeo & Juliet,” “So Far Away”), his theme to British comedy drama Local Hero (“Going Home”) and a rendition of his Emmylou Harris duet, “I Dug Up A Diamond.”
Mark Knopfler 2015 North American Tour dates
September 10 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 11-12 Woodinville, WA Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery*
September 13 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
September 16 Las Vegas, NV The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
September 18 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre
September 19 Los Angeles, CA The Dolby Theatre
September 20 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
September 21 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay
September 23 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
September 25 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
September 26 Dallas, TX The Majestic Theatre
September 28 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
September 29 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
September 30 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
October 2 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
October 3 Indianapolis, IN Old National Centre—Murat Theatre
October 4 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
October 6 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
October 7 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts—Wilfrid Pelletier Theatre
October 9 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
October 10 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino—Grand Theater
October 11 Albany, NY Palace Theater
October 13 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Hall
October 14 Niagara Falls, ON Fallsview Casino Resort*
October 16 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
October 17 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
October 18 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
October 20 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
October 22 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
October 24 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater*
October 25 North Charleston, SC North Charleston Performing Arts Center
October 27 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
October 28 Melbourne, FL King Center for the Performing Arts
October 30 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 31 Fort Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts
