Monday 18 July 2011

Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan will together for a European tour


Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan will together for a European tour this fall.

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Knopfler’s band member for this tour are Richard Bennett on guitar, Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Jim Cox on piano, John McCusker on violin and cittern, Mike McGoldrick on flute, whistles and pipes, Glenn Worf on bass and Ian Thomas on drums.

Knopfler is recording his next album to hit the road with Dylan, but the session was very glad to interrupt.

Knopfler and Dylan, first time they worked together in 1979 on Dylan’s Slow Train Coming album and Knopfler produced Infidels.

Knopfler said on his website: “I’m much looking forward to going out on the road with Bob in such a special year. Also, it was an honor to be asked to record one of Bob's songs on the forthcoming Amnesty International 50th anniversary album to mark his 70th birthday.”

Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan Tour dates:

Oct 06, 2011 - Dublin, IE The O2
Oct 08, 2011 - Glasgow, UK Braehead Arena
Oct 09, 2011 - Glasgow, UK Braehead Arena
Oct 10, 2011 - Manchester, UK MEN Arena
Oct 11, 2011 - Nottingham, UK Capital FM Arena
Oct 13, 2011 - Cardiff, UK Motorpoint Arena
Oct 14, 2011 - Bournemouth, UK BIC
Oct 16, 2011 - Lille, FR Zénith
Oct 17, 2011 - Paris, FR Bercy
Oct 19, 2011 - Antwerp, BE Sportspaleis
Oct 20, 2011 - Rotterdam, NL AHOY
Oct 21, 2011 - Luxembourg, LU Rockhal
Oct 23, 2011 - Oberhausen, DE König-Pilsener-Arena
Oct 25, 2011 - Mannheim, DE SAP Arena
Oct 26, 2011 - Munich, DE Olympiahalle München
Oct 27, 2011 - Leipzig, DE Arena Leipzig
Oct 29, 2011 - Berlin, DE O2 World
Oct 31, 2011 - Hamburg, DE O2 World Hamburg
Nov 02, 2011 - Herning, DK Jyske Bank Boxing
Nov 03, 2011 - Malmö, SE Malmö Arena
Nov 04, 2011 - Stockholm, SE Globe
Nov 06, 2011 - Hannover, DE TUI Arena
Nov 07, 2011 - Nuremburg, DE Arena Nürnberger
Nov 08, 2011 - Innsbruck, AT Olympia Hall
Nov 09, 2011 - Padova, IT Palasport Arcella
Nov 11, 2011 - Florence, IT Nelson Mandela Forum
Nov 12, 2011 - Rome, IT Palalottomattica
Nov 14, 2011 - Milan, IT Mediolanum Forum
Nov 15, 2011 - Geneva, CH SEG Geneva Arena
Nov 16, 2011 - Zurich, CH Hallenstadion

Sunday 13 March 2011

Mark Knopfler's Romeo and Juliet - video n lyrics












Mark Knopfler - Romeo and Juliet - lyrics

A lovestruck Romeo's got a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?

Juliet the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?

We come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you so now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you yeah promised me thick and thin
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above oh I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong. Juliet

I can't do the talk like they talk on TV
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and bad company
when all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie I'd do the stars with you any time

Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
And there's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong? Juliet

And a lovestruck Romeo's got a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds that streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Mark Knopfler a Life in Songs

A new released on 28 January 2011, 'Mark Knopfler: songs a life' airs tonight on BBC Four. Here through the year we take a look at his career.

1949: Born on the 12 August in Glasgow, to a Hungarian émigré father and English mother.

1967: Joins the Yorkshire Evening post as a cub reporter before going to Leeds University to read English.

1977: Forms Dire Straits with brother David on rhythm guitar, John Illsley on bass and Pick Withers. Releases self-titled first album, which is a slow-burning success around the world, thanks to single Sultans of Swing.

1983: Writes the soundtrack to the film Local Hero, starring a young Peter Capaldi.

1985: Brothers in Arms. Dire Straits’ fifth and most successful studio album, it was number one in Britain, the US, and eight other countries. To date it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.