secret show in 1992?

[Pottel]

just oticed this entry in the now defunct MK diary:
31.07.1992   CON   Dire Straits   Caf

[ustas]

yes, it was: http://www.cafeopera.se/page.asp?pageID=1301

Konsert & Show

P? Caf? Operas scen har Wyclef Jean, Black Eyed Peas,
Mariah Carey, Dire Straits, Ricky Martin, Alanis Morisette, Boys II Men, Savage Garden och m?nga fler upptr?tt.....

it has 750 seats (?)

[Love Expresso]

I think Rollergirl is needed to translate this?? 

LE

[Pottel]

i learned swedish, very quickly, just now:
What does Mick Jagger & Madonna...
...have in common with Jennifer Lopez, David Bowie, Outcast, Robert De Niro, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, HM Kung Carl XVI Gustaf, Britney Spears, Axl Rose, Prince, Paris Hilton, Mariah Carey, Kevin Costner, Spice Girls, Bj

[Tobben]

I

[Tally]

Dr Fletch to the rescue?

[border_reiver]

I remember reading about this on TR back in the days... But this is just out of my head and should probably not be accepted as facts. 

During the OES tour DS had an opening act called Was (Not Was). Incredibly awful music but nevertheless very popular back in the 90's...

Caf

[IrisRose]

A good friend just told me what he knows about this:
"After the show in Stockholm the band went in this Cafe and they played a spontaneus gig. But the most important thing is that Mark didn't go there so the players were the others DS members (I don't know  if all the others or just some of them) WITHOUT Mark so they weren't actually DS."

So, all of us who would had sold our mothers to get a recording can relax.   MK wasn't in it.  And no, I have no idea whether a recording exists.   

[dmg]

Wow!  Very interesting info, thanks for that.  I wonder who played guitar and which other members were there...

[Pottel]

well phil palmer i guess, the axe meister....

[IrisRose]

Information originally came from Chris Whitten.  One person later it came to me.   

[Maxx]

I know this is an old thread, but I feel like telling a story.

What's interesting with this is that they did the same thing during the BIA tour, one day before the two official gigs, where MK actually were present. But there has been pretty much no information or pictures from the event but I heard this from somewhere.

As border_reiver told, "Caf

[Pottel]

wooooowwww, never heard this, gonna ask guy bout it....

[jbaent]

very interesting story.

[twm]

Here's the site's translation of the first post ...

We have hosted a variety of galas and festivities for ELLE, MTV, Sony, BMW, Warner Music among others. Our guests include royalties as well as international stars and celebrities. Wyclef Jean, Mariah Carey, Dire Straits, Ricky Martin, Alanis Morisette, Savage Garden and many more have also performed here.


... though most of you had worked it out.