A Mark In Time
Previous Tours => 2019 Down The Road Wherever EU & NA tour => Topic started by: allen on August 09, 2019, 11:23:45 AM
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DTRW TOUR 2019 [C 59] USA/Canada leg 02
(https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6793.0;attach=3553)
VENUE & LATEST TICKET INFO
Location:- https://themetphilly.com/
Buy Tickets:- https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/020055520698DDCB
Clock @ Weather: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/philadelphia
DIARIES
Guy Fletcher D.T.R.W. tour Diary: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/2019-u-s-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
22 songs yet played on this tour
SET LIST
Why Aye Man
Corned Beef City
Sailing to Philadelphia
Once Upon a Time in the West
Romeo and Juliet
My Bacon Roll
Matchstick Man
Done With Bonaparte
Heart Full of Holes
She's Gone
Your Latest Trick
Postcards From Paraguay
On Every Street
Speedway at Nazareth
Money for Nothing
Piper to the End
Going Home: Theme From Local Hero
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First off "Hi" everyone. I haven't been on the forum in forever! Anyway, Philly was BRILLIANT!!! So disappointed I got shut out of the fan presale for this show. II managed to get one single ticket on the public presale. I got tickets for Lucca (great seats with the fan presale) but this performance was much better(both the musicians and the audience).
Only negative was the difficulty finding a place to park.....I almost turned about and went home..... but THANK GOD I didn't.
A +(and extra points because he wore his blue shirt!)
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I understand he played the same set again, am i wrong?
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According to setlist fm they added Piper today during the encores, so 16 songs.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mark-knopfler/2019/metropolitan-opera-house-philadelphia-pa-5b9fdb18.html
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I could order you a setlist
Just like that one there
Or the same with 14 songs
When you're dealing with a setlist
What do you prefer
Long or short?
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I could order you a setlist
Just like that one there
Or the same with 14 songs
When you're dealing with a setlist
What do you prefer
Long or short?
Lol...
I guess he could sing also:
Have you got my Mac
My mac
My big Mac
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You're all acting surprised ;D
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Bordeaux which is a brand new venue is sound wise absolutely fantastic.
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Bordeaux which is a brand new venue is sound wise absolutely fantastic.
How big is it? One thing is the sound, which is very important of course, but I feel where Mark is at now, the more intimate settings feel so much more right.
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe. The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue? It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe. The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue? It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.
Well, it’s the reason I went to Lucca instead of Antwerp, Amsterdam or Cologne (which are a one hour drive for me). Yes, you may call me nuts! ;D
In the end I do conclude the venue has a huge impact on the experience. If I’d knew this before, I’d have checked the more intimate venues during previous tours too.
In the US I went to a Bryan Adams gig in a small theatre, which was absolutely one of the best concerts I’ve attended, thanks to the venue experience.
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe. The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue? It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.
Well, it’s the reason I went to Lucca instead of Antwerp, Amsterdam or Cologne (which are a one hour drive for me). Yes, you may call me nuts! ;D
In the end I do conclude the venue has a huge impact on the experience. If I’d knew this before, I’d have checked the more intimate venues during previous tours too.
In the US I went to a Bryan Adams gig in a small theatre, which was absolutely one of the best concerts I’ve attended, thanks to the venue experience.
You're so right. Of course the sound of the venue and your seat make a huge difference too. Gotta love these old theatres though; Mark at the Playhouse in Edinburgh 2005 was one of the best shows I've been to.
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http://guyfletcher.co.uk/17th-august-2019-philadelphia/
So its 1973 he hitch hiked home from Penzance!
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He was 24 years old...
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Man, that was a strong Speedway.. at Philadelphia
https://youtu.be/b4YVuZEPyRs
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Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.
Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe. The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue? It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.
Well, it’s the reason I went to Lucca instead of Antwerp, Amsterdam or Cologne (which are a one hour drive for me). Yes, you may call me nuts! ;D
In the end I do conclude the venue has a huge impact on the experience. If I’d knew this before, I’d have checked the more intimate venues during previous tours too.
In the US I went to a Bryan Adams gig in a small theatre, which was absolutely one of the best concerts I’ve attended, thanks to the venue experience.
You're so right. Of course the sound of the venue and your seat make a huge difference too. Gotta love these old theatres though; Mark at the Playhouse in Edinburgh 2005 was one of the best shows I've been to.
I was there too - 2005 and 2008. 4th and 5th row respectively! 2005 especially, was one of my favourites! :)
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Man, that was a strong Speedway.. at Philadelphia
https://youtu.be/b4YVuZEPyRs
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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funny, I was expecting to find videos of Sailing to Philadelphia in Philadelphia ? ;D
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funny, I was expecting to find videos of Sailing to Philadelphia in Philadelphia ? ;D
Yes. I thought about it too.
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funny, I was expecting to find videos of Sailing to Philadelphia in Philadelphia ? ;D
Yes. I thought about it too.
Well, the Nazareth Speedway location is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Philadelphia, so this song is locally significant as well. The speedway is no longer operating though, and the new owners agreed to a non-compete provision to not compete with Pocono Raceway, so it is gone forever.
https://racingnews.co/2017/08/28/nazareth-speedway-plans-proposed/
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funny, I was expecting to find videos of Sailing to Philadelphia in Philadelphia ? ;D
Yes. I thought about it too.
Well, the Nazareth Speedway location is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Philadelphia, so this song is locally significant as well. The speedway is no longer operating though, and the new owners agreed to a non-compete provision to not compete with Pocono Raceway, so it is gone forever.
https://racingnews.co/2017/08/28/nazareth-speedway-plans-proposed/
Thanks for sharing, there's gotta be a record of this song some place ;)
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funny, I was expecting to find videos of Sailing to Philadelphia in Philadelphia ? ;D
Yes. I thought about it too.
Well, the Nazareth Speedway location is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Philadelphia, so this song is locally significant as well. The speedway is no longer operating though, and the new owners agreed to a non-compete provision to not compete with Pocono Raceway, so it is gone forever.
https://racingnews.co/2017/08/28/nazareth-speedway-plans-proposed/
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Thanks for sharing, there's gotta be a record of this song some place ;)
Thanks for the share :)
Very good version, guitar more hooked up with the voice, and some interesting variations\intervals used by Mark.
Good stuff....
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https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-mark-knopfler-review-met-philadelphia-20190818-eixociqjvbec7exibto7yz3ady-story.html
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https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-mark-knopfler-review-met-philadelphia-20190818-eixociqjvbec7exibto7yz3ady-story.html
Thanks for posting the review link, unfortunatelly it is unaccessible in Europe.
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https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-mark-knopfler-review-met-philadelphia-20190818-eixociqjvbec7exibto7yz3ady-story.html
Thanks for posting the review link, unfortunatelly it is unaccessible in Europe.
Thanks for sharing, here is the old and precious copy/paste... a great article.
REVIEW: Mark Knopfler at The Met Philly shows ‘That’s the way you do it’
By JOHN J. MOSER
“Look at them yo-yos/That’s the way to do it,” Mark Knopfler sang on his band Dire Straits’ biggest hit, “Money for Nothing.”
The Knopfler who played at The Met Philadelphia on Saturday was neither the rock star he described in that song, nor a yo-yo. But he emphatically showed how to do it.
In a wonderful two-hour, three-encore show that sampled his recording career of more than 40 years, backed by an intuitive and talented 10-member band, Knopfler by turns played sympathetically and powerfully over several genres, and displayed not only his talent at guitar, but at songs that touch emotions.
The opening “Why Aye Man,” the lead track off his 2002 album “The Ragpicker’s Dream,” showed that power – immediately establishing Knopfler’s distinctive sound, but also later in its nine-minute presentation also showed the nuances of his band, with fiddle and muffed trumpet.
That song helped establish the mood of the show, which offered just 16 songs that averaged nearly seven minutes each – many of them virtual soundscapes.
That wasn’t the case for the second song, the far more straight-forward, chugging country tune “Corned Beef City,” on which Knopfler played sharp, stinging guitar over boogie-woogie piano.
But it was especially true of the third song, the appropriate “Sailing to Philadelphia” – the sold-out audience of about 4,000 cheered with recognition at the first notes – with its gentle vocals and sympathetic music.
On it, Knopfler displayed his absolute mastery of the music. Playing in a red spotlight, his seemingly simple, supple notes were perfect for the feelings the song wanted to impart.
The same was true for “Once Upon a Time in the West” – the first of just five Dire Straits songs Knopfler played. It started with military fife and drums, but over its seven-minute run was a guitar showcase. And Knopfler – unlike “Guitar George” in “Sultans of Swing” – definitely made his instrument cry and sing.
The show’s clear centerpiece was another Dire Straits song – a nine-minute “Romeo and Juliet,” on which Knopfler’s singing was at its most expressive, matching the song’s heart-rending lyrics, and the band at its sharpest.
For the first half of the show, Knopfler literally let his music do the talking, but finally spoke to the crowd before two songs from his most recent disc, last year’s “Down the Road Wherever,” telling how he first came to Philadelphia on a Greyhound bus, then later with Dire Straits.
“Back then I was just a young dude,” said Knopfler, who turned 70 five days earlier and finally sat to play.
Those new songs were very good: “My Bacon Roll” was an achingly sweet, sweeping soundscape. And the far better “Matchstick Man,” played after a story about hitchhiking with his guitar on Christmas Eve, was a lovely, nostalgic story.
Knopfler displayed his versatility, playing resonator guitar (“All I wanted when I was a kid was one guitar,” he said. “Now guitars everywhere”) on the largely acoustic and very Celtic “Done with Bonaparte,” then the slow, whimsical waltz of “Heart Full of Holes.”
Another Dire Straits song, “Your Latest Trick” from the watershed “Brothers in Arms” disc, was very jazzy, opening with a long sax solo, and “Postcards from Paraguay” was a fun calypso number that had the crowd clapping along and moving in their seats.
But his Dire Straits material still might have been his best. His guitar on “On Every Street,” the title track from the band’s 1991 album, was excitingly recognizable, and the two-minute instrumental run that closed the song was piercing and soul-touching.
Knopfler closed the main set with another song from “Sailing to Philadelphia,” the mean and burning “Speedway at Nazareth” – a tip of the hat to Martin Guitar, just 75 miles away. Knopfler’s guitar was incendiary.
The encore was an equally hot version of Dire Straits’ biggest hit, “Money for Nothing” that was even more muscular than the original version – Knopfler’s guitar so hot, it was no doubt giving him the blisters on his little finger and thumb of which the song speaks as it stretched to eight minutes.
The reaction to that song suggested there was room for other Dire Straits hits. It was a disappointment he didn’t play “Sultans of Swing.” “Skateaway” or “So Far Away” or even “Walk of Life” perhaps would have added more fun to the show.
But Knopfler returned again for a far more subtle sendoff: the gentle “Piper to the End” was sad in the way the end of a great night always is, Knopfler capturing the essence in his lyrics “Now the day is almost done … Someday here we will meet again.”
And the audience even cajoled him out for a third encore, a lovely five-minute instrumental coda as the crowd clapped along.
Earlier in the set, during his first words to the crowd, Knopfler, now gray and bespectacled, said he has thought about retirement. “But then I think, I just love this.”
And that’s the way you do it.
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Thank youuuuuuuu!!!