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Looks like Chris Whitten has signed up for at least the New Zealand leg of the tour with the Dire Straits Experience.http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/84254456/Former-Dire-Straits-members-Chris-White-and-Chris-Whitten-breathe-new-life-into-bands-back-catalogue