A Mark In Time
Previous Tours => 2019 Down The Road Wherever EU & NA tour => Topic started by: allen on May 20, 2019, 04:22:50 AM
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DTRW TOUR 2019 [C 21] UK/Europe leg 21
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VENUE & LATEST TICKET INFO
Location:- https://www.thessehydro.com/
Buy Tickets:- https://www.ticketline.co.uk/order/tickets/13340622
Clock @ Weather: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/glasgow
DIARIES
Guy Fletcher D.T.R.W. tour Diary: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/category/2019-european-tour-diary/
Richard Bennett Notes from the Road: https://www.richard-bennett.com/notes-from-the-road
A.M.I.T. HUB
Who’s going where?: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6400.0
Tickets : sale / exchange / wanted: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?board=48.0
Pre-concert meetings: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?board=49.0
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29 songs were played on the 2015 tour
21 songs yet played on this tour
SET LIST
01. Why Aye Man
02. Corned Beef City
03. Sailing to Philadelphia
04. Once Upon A Time In The West
05. Romeo and Juliet
06. My Bacon Roll
07. Matchstick Man
08. Done With Bonaparte
09. Heart Full of Holes
10. She's Gone
11. Your Latest Trick
12. Postcards from Paraguay
13. On Every Street
14. Speedway at Nazareth
Encores
15. Money For Nothing
16. Piper to the End
17. Going Home
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Just me and DMG going from AMIT?
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me and the missus will b there as well,,,,,at the very back of the arena floor
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I'll be there. Only 30 mins from home :D
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Me and my wife too.
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I'll be there. Only 30 mins from home :D
Do you live near me? :think
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Just me and DMG going from AMIT?
Don't know about you mate but as it's my last show of the tour, and possibly last ever, I'm dreading tonight. :'(
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Just me and DMG going from AMIT?
Don't know about you mate but as it's my last show of the tour, and possibly last ever, I'm dreading tonight. :'(
Enjoy the show, dmg, and everyone else attending. I know it will be a very emotional experience - my time will come in a few weeks! :'(
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I'll be there. Only 30 mins from home :D
I'm in North Ayrshire...
Do you live near me? :think
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I'll be there. Only 30 mins from home :D
I'm in North Ayrshire...
Do you live near me? :think
I'm Eastbound - toward Edinburgh.
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Will there be a stream of this show.
Thanks
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Have a nice evening!
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Just me and DMG going from AMIT?
Enjoy, you lucky mother trucker 🎸🎸🎸
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Just me and DMG going from AMIT?
Don't know about you mate but as it's my last show of the tour, and possibly last ever, I'm dreading tonight. :'(
Enjoy the show, dmg, and everyone else attending. I know it will be a very emotional experience - my time will come in a few weeks! :'(
I thought I’d be worse but I keep telling myself he’ll play a few charity gigs down the line 💪🏻💪🏻 We live in hope 🎸🎸
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any updates, sure dmg is having a good time
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WAM
CBC
STP
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MK fans are everywhere :)
Thanks cannibals:)
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WAM
CBC
STP
OUATITW
R&J
MBR
MM
DWB
HFOH
YLT
Paraguay
OES
Speedway
MFN
Piper
GH
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No Silvertown tonight either :thumbsdown
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Reading on whats app group that there is no running to the the bulls thanks to security. :thumbsdown
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Same setlist as Dublin
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Thanks for posting Cannibals!
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Thanks for posting Cannibals!
Always :thumbsup
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Reading on whats app group that there is no running to the the bulls thanks to security. :thumbsdown
Correct. Mark made a comment early in the show about the security being strange watching the audience but they remained in place throughout the show.
It didn't spoil what was an excellent concert tonight though. Mark was in top form - really attacking the guitar and turning back the years. It looked quite effortless for him tonight. Even his vocal was quite aggressive at moments tonight. I like when he performs like this!
Tonight was quite emotional for me because my first show was next door at the old venue, the SECC, back in 1991 and tonight I decided to wear my OES badge (sentimental fool that I am). Of course he only went and played OES tonight, the first time I have heard it live since 1991. I feel it completes a circle for me if this is to be the last one. I don't mind telling you all that I shed a tear after Piper but damn those security for not allowing us down to the front.
I did manage to spot Dusty on my way out and went over for an all too brief chat before rushing for my train. Great to see him again and hopefully not for the last time.
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Reading on whats app group that there is no running to the the bulls thanks to security. :thumbsdown
Correct. Mark made a comment early in the show about the security being strange watching the audience but they remained in place throughout the show.
It didn't spoil what was an excellent concert tonight though. Mark was in top form - really attacking the guitar and turning back the years. It looked quite effortless for him tonight. Even his vocal was quite aggressive at moments tonight. I like when he performs like this!
Tonight was quite emotional for me because my first show was next door at the old venue, the SECC, back in 1991 and tonight I decided to wear my OES badge (sentimental fool that I am). Of course he only went and played OES tonight, the first time I have heard it live since 1991. I feel it completes a circle for me if this is to be the last one. I don't mind telling you all that I shed a tear after Piper but damn those security for not allowing us down to the front.
I did manage to spot Dusty on my way out and went over for an all too brief chat before rushing for my train. Great to see him again and hopefully not for the last time.
Glad you enjoyed the show. Was he seating when he played My bacon roll or not ?
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Sitting on Bacon Roll, yes.
I thought the guitarsound was more powerfull on Speedway tonight. Not covered by the trumpet like some of the other nights I attended. It looked and sounded like they had a good and fun night at work
Reading on whats app group that there is no running to the the bulls thanks to security. :thumbsdown
Correct. Mark made a comment early in the show about the security being strange watching the audience but they remained in place throughout the show.
It didn't spoil what was an excellent concert tonight though. Mark was in top form - really attacking the guitar and turning back the years. It looked quite effortless for him tonight. Even his vocal was quite aggressive at moments tonight. I like when he performs like this!
Tonight was quite emotional for me because my first show was next door at the old venue, the SECC, back in 1991 and tonight I decided to wear my OES badge (sentimental fool that I am). Of course he only went and played OES tonight, the first time I have heard it live since 1991. I feel it completes a circle for me if this is to be the last one. I don't mind telling you all that I shed a tear after Piper but damn those security for not allowing us down to the front.
I did manage to spot Dusty on my way out and went over for an all too brief chat before rushing for my train. Great to see him again and hopefully not for the last time.
Glad you enjoyed the show. Was he seating when he played My bacon roll or not ?
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Wonderful show, my favourite of those I have seen down the years. Very emotional. Mark and the band in stellar form. Will write up a long account if I get time!
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DMG, I'm under the impression, after listening to the MK speech at the RAH, that he has no intention of stop playing live, but to stop doing big international tours...
Probably he will choose to do maybe a month or less in cities where he can stablish a base for a whole week and be comfortable. Like doing two weeks in the UK and Ireland doing base in London at this own home, and then some European big cities where he can base in one city to fly from and back.
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Wonderful show, my favourite of those I have seen down the years. Very emotional. Mark and the band in stellar form. Will write up a long account if I get time!
Which song did you like the most?
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DMG, I'm under the impression, after listening to the MK speech at the RAH, that he has no intention of stop playing live, but to stop doing big international tours...
Probably he will choose to do maybe a month or less in cities where he can stablish a base for a whole week and be comfortable. Like doing two weeks in the UK and Ireland doing base in London at this own home, and then some European big cities where he can base in one city to fly from and back.
That's the impression he's been giving lately, isn't it? I don't know if he thought the "hello Glasgow, but it's also goodbye Glasgow" was too downbeat for shows hence the change, but it does sound more promising. One thing is of note and that is Guy has said it will be the last and his diary entries hint strongly at that too.
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What a terrible day it was weather-wise yesterday. Dreich, pretty windy and anything but mild. Standard Glasgow weather actually to welcome Mark and remind him why the family moved south. I have mixed feelings about the venue. It's a nice bold design, however on close inspection it looks to be constructed of quite cheap materials - the Clyde Auditorium next door outshining it by a distance. Inside though it is very comfortable and the seating is roomy. There always seems to be some echo but not too bad and that always seems to be the way with these steeply-banked round venues. The sound overall was excellent and much better than Newcastle (although I attribute that to my poor seat). Slightly worse than Leeds I would say. I was sitting row E in front of Richard last night.
Overall last night the show was superb and Mark was really getting stuck into it. His singing was stronger, his playing was more aggressive and almost every song was better! MFN was maybe better in Newcastle but that was about it. His guitar was clearer on Piper with the dreaded brass accompaniment and even GH sounded okay on the Gibson LP! We got "streetsuss serenade" at the start of R&J. When did he last sing that?
Bad points go to the worst audience of the three I attended and the strictest security. Thanks for stopping us getting to the front for the encores guys, could've been a nasty accident there. ::)
Quick hello to the guy sitting next to me I had a chat with pre-show. He says he looks in now and then. Hope you enjoy your remaining shows. :wave
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The show was fantastic last night. I was row D, just in front of John and Mike. To the left of me was a massive empty space which I guess is used for the load in... and the echo was unbearable at times. It was like having 3 drummers all playing out of time. I hate the horrible hydro arena. Unfortunately it's the one of the biggest arenas we have so is favoured over a 2 night stint at one of the larger theatres. Tried my best to tune the echo out and enjoy the show. Mark and the band were in good form last night as the others have said. I thought the guitar tones were great! The kempers really shining through imo. The guitar even seems higher in the mix than some previous tours (Romeo excluded).
All in all an enjoyable experience. Next stop is MSG for me for what could potentially be his last outing. Here's hoping it isn't!
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The show was fantastic last night. I was row D, just in front of John and Mike. To the left of me was a massive empty space which I guess is used for the load in... and the echo was unbearable at times. It was like having 3 drummers all playing out of time. I hate the horrible hydro arena. Unfortunately it's the one of the biggest arenas we have so is favoured over a 2 night stint at one of the larger theatres. Tried my best to tune the echo out and enjoy the show. Mark and the band were in good form last night as the others have said. I thought the guitar tones were great! The kempers really shining through imo. The guitar even seems higher in the mix than some previous tours (Romeo excluded).
All in all an enjoyable experience. Next stop is MSG for me for what could potentially be his last outing. Here's hoping it isn't!
I was on Privateering tour on row two in front of John and I remember that sound was quite awful. Lots of echo there.
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The sound was superb where we were, at the side, front of a tiered section (Jim cox side). Hard to pick a favourite song, one of the first times at any gig I have loved every song. A terrific set list for me. The speech was interesting, as he said he thought he should retire but loves playing for people so instead he’s going to play until he falls down. To me that sounds pretty clearly that live shows in some form will continue as long as he is able to play.
I will write a long review but will have to wait perhaps until tomorrow. Wonderful, wonderful show.
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If pushed to my top 5 songs of the night, I’d go.....Matchstick, Speedway, Heart, Paraguay, Street.....
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DMG, I'm under the impression, after listening to the MK speech at the RAH, that he has no intention of stop playing live, but to stop doing big international tours...
Probably he will choose to do maybe a month or less in cities where he can stablish a base for a whole week and be comfortable. Like doing two weeks in the UK and Ireland doing base in London at this own home, and then some European big cities where he can base in one city to fly from and back.
I'm under the same impression too jbaent.....
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If pushed to my top 5 songs of the night, I’d go.....Matchstick, Speedway, Heart, Paraguay, Street.....
I love Paraguay with the horns. Takes the song to a new level imo!
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If pushed to my top 5 songs of the night, I’d go.....Matchstick, Speedway, Heart, Paraguay, Street.....
I love Paraguay with the horns. Takes the song to a new level imo!
I wouldn't say another level, just a different direction. I think the novelty is wearing a little thin on me now.
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Not sure which Strat MK is playing in the lower photo. Looks like an 'Aqua' coloured one....
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Surf green? Probably one he uses just for warm ups.
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Yes, indeed just couldn't think of the correct colour..... :clap :wave
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Surf green? Probably one he uses just for warm ups.
or to play a new song for the tour
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This was only the second show I have seen at the SSE Hydro - the other was Mark's concert at the same venue in 2015. This was far superior in every respect. I preferred our seats, even those these were further from the stage (on the first riser of tiered seats off to the Jim Cox side of the stage - last time we were a few rows back from the front - to the other side). The sound was much better - last time there was a horrible echo slapback that came at you from behind a second or so after what you had heard from the front - this time the sound was perfect. The audience annoyed me less than usual (as I get older I have far less tolerance for the chatting and phones and photos and getting up and down all the time for drinks/toilet). The staging was the best I have seen from Mark - the lighting was very atmospheric and the way they stage some of the songs (Bonepart, Money for Nothing, Speedway ect) was very dramatic and was the biggest nod to arranged dramatic performance that I have seen from Mark. And, most importantly, I enjoyed the performance more. I thought this was the finest Mark show I have seen over the last decade or more.
The Hyro was packed and Mark came on promptly. Everything looked and sounded terrific from the start - I could hear every instrument and the vocals - and that stayed the whole night. Why Aye Man in this arrangement is a great opener - I was so pleased that Nobody Does That, one of my least favourite songs from the recent album, has been dropped. Everything in this arrangement and performance told you about Mark, about the band, and about the show that was to come. It packs a hell of a punch with - everyone really playing thier heart out - reminding me of the likes of Border Reiver and What It Is as other recent(ish) openers -and yet it has that beautiful code - reminicent of Tunnel of Love's Spanish City breakdown - where everything goes so quiet, so tender, and the notes and lines he palys on the guitar hang round the song - whisps of memories - and as the fiddle comes in and out, and the horns weave in and out, and Mark turns to each - playing to them as much as to us - one those great musical moments emerges - it must last about ten minutes (the song) but I could happily let that interplay go on for twice as long and not get bored. It is a brilliant opening number. From there into Corned Beef City - another song I love live - and this version and plenty of zip and vim - sounded great and well down very well - maintaining that pace and egery of the opening song. Jim Cox really shone on this and was banging those keys like Jerry Lee. I knew, two songs in, that this was going to be a very special night and I wanted to drink it all up.
Sailing to Philadelphia was gorgeous - wonderful guitar work from Mark, and, as I found with many songs on this emotional night, his older, more broken, more weary voice, suited the melody perfectly. Gorgeous stuff. Once Upon a Time in the West was very special of course - I never saw Dire Straits live - I became a fan in the mid 80's, when I was ten or so -and when they packed up touring in 1991 I was still only 15/16 and never made it. I never thought I would see this one, but it was played magnificently and the crowd loved it. It means I have seen a batch of Dire Striats songs now played by Mark - at least one off of every studio album they made, which is great. I never got to see my favourite Straits song ever - Tunnel of Love - but I have seen plenty to make me feel lucky.
From there into easily the best Romeo and Juliet I have seen him play (live...) - another where the broken tired voice fits so well, and it was played wonderfully, and the outro with the sax is brilliant. What a treat - and again the audience loved it. The middle part of the show followed, Mark moving to the stool, but the pace and flow of the show didn't break at all. My Bacon Roll was great, and the singalong at the end is an unexpected highlight. The speech before it gave me more hope too - no goodbyes at all - in fact he said he was thinking of retiring but is now thinking he will play on until he drops. Matchstick Man was goosebump time again - fabulous arrangement - beautifully sung - the story beforehand really adding to the song that follows. The band again are just breathtaking on this. What a group of players. Bonepart and Heart Full of Holes were both superb - the latter one of the best of the night. Bonepart and that great ramshackle feel, with everyone down and in a huddle and group, with Mark admitting that they have been searching for the right tempo for the song for 18 years. Heart Full of Holes was heartbreaking - the voice, almost alone, filling the Hydro, the band so subtle. What a setlist and show they have put together for this tour. Again I thought how lucky we were to be able to see this.
She's Gone acts as a great intro into Your Latest Trick, which, vocally, was the weakest song of the night (the verse barely audible) but musically stood up well. I knew I would get On Every Street or Silvertown next - and was excited for either as I have never seen them before. We got On Every Street and it turned into another real highlight of the night. The vocal on this, in contrast to Trick, was perfect - much better than the album version - the strength in that gorgeous melody really came across and the coda/outtro was superb. One of the many things I love about Mark's music is the space he gives the music and the lyrics - and the number of his songs which have magnificant musical endings, outtros, codas etc to them - so so many, and unusual. Lou Reed did that lot. Jackson Browne a little. Not that many in that way - where the music ending is as important as the lyrical part of the song, and adds to the song often, taking the story on in the music. We got that in spades tonight...Why Aye, Speedway Street etc etc. Great stuff.
Paraguay was another standout - I love the song but this version was so much better than the 2015 tour version. The horns really make it superb - crashing out that melody and making it infenctious. This again was a huge hit in the hall and the song seemed to get everyone moving - the intros are well done and then the song just soars.
And before we knew what was happening, somehow in the blink of an eye we were at Speedway. My all time favourite live Mark song (bar Tunnel which I never got to see). And tonight's was a doozer - the sound was huge, the horns adding again, Mark playing his socks off at the end - and the staging superb, with Richard retreating into the shadows until emerging near the end to play those power chords which alwasy sound like the springboard to me for Mark to leap up (metaphorically of course...) and reach the heights of the end of the solo. LIke musical gymnasts! It was dizzying, electrifying stuff - I was up off my seat cheering and whooping. Absolutely magical stuff.
The waving, the kisses, and they were gone......but only for the build up to Money for Nothing to start. And what a showstopper this is on this tour. Sounding better than ever - stage so brilliantly (Guy on vocals, picked out in blue light, then the drums slamming in - brutal - brilliant white lighting - staccato - no-one else to be seen - and as it builds and builds to the climax, MArk slowly emerges form the back and walks very slowly to the front of the stage, hitting his mark just in time for everything to cut out apart from the buzzsaw of that fat guitar to churn out that riff. It was utterly spinetingling - the Hydro went wild and they played it like thier lives depended on it. Wow.
The double shot at the end couldn't have been better - I didn;t miss or long for either Telegraph or Brothers - the combination of Piper and Going Home was so emotional for everyone - almost too much emotion - the chills going round the hall were palpable. Both sounded great - most in the crowd on thier feet - my eyes wellingup with tears - and not for the first time during the evening (always in my mind - is this it? Is this the last time? As I feel with so many of my all time favourites who I have seen recently - who are retiring or on farewell tours. Hardly any of them under 70.....several pushing 80.....several now dead.
As thef final notes of Going Home rang out I knew I couldn't have seen a better show, a better band, had a better night. I was elated and sad and knew I would never forget it. A wonderful night. Thanks Mark, and all the band, for everything. I hope that someday we will meet again.
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Possible... But unlikely :(
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Who knows for sure??! Time will tell..... :-\
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Someone read that message from that dude who told GF on his forum not to behave like a rockstar? What an arse
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Sounds a prize T*at!!! :o
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Someone read that message from that dude who told GF on his forum not to behave like a rockstar? What an arse
It's either that or irony gone terribly wrong. Most likely he's what you say.
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Check Guy's diary.. seems one of their vans had a break-in from somebody/someones... :o
Can't people just let things of others just be? :disbelief
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Someone read that message from that dude who told GF on his forum not to behave like a rockstar? What an arse
It's either that or irony gone terribly wrong. Most likely he's what you say.
I thought he was being ironic as we all know that this band have legendarily low levels of ego, but Irony doesn't work in a text or email
It came across as very rude.
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A good review, although omitting OUATITW when mentioning DS songs:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17666605.review-mark-knopflerglasgow-hydro/
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Now tell me this isn't out of tune. From 1:32:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deVGYKlicFA
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