He is coming to Italy!!

[rmarques821]

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[shangri la 1]

MARK KNOPFLER was made a "cultural ambassador of Cesena" during the 2nd " Imaginaction ", The International videoclip festival held until Sunday at Bonci.

Google Translation from here:- http://www.corriereromagna.it/gallery/cultura---spettacoli/30099/il-fondatore-dei-dire-straits-ambasciatore-cesenate.html 

CESENA. The historical soul of the mythical "Dire Straits" receives the investiture of "cultural ambassador" of Cesena with an official gesture of the Municipality. Mark Knopfler, great English musician, already founder and leader of one of the greatest bands of all time, before embarking on a brilliant career as a soloist, composer of soundtracks and producer, is the guest of honor of the second edition of " Imaginaction ", the international videoclip festival held until Sunday at Bonci. And the municipal administration decided to give it public recognition: the appointment as "cultural ambassador of Cesena". A novelty, because the precedents of this type concerned sports champions and went back a few years ago, just before Cesena was proclaimed in 2014 "European City of Sport".
«In this way - explain the mayor Paolo Lucchi and the Councilor for Culture Christian Castorri - we want to pay tribute to a great artist, who has also distinguished himself for his commitment to the promotion and dissemination of music, receiving for this honorary degree honors from University of Newcastle, Leeds and Sunderland, without forgetting that in 1999 Queen Elizabeth II appointed him Officer of the Order of the British Empire. At the same time, we intend to emphasize the role of Cesena as a city of music. This is demonstrated by the activity, not only academic but also popular, of the "Maderna" Conservatory, more than 200 years of history of the "Corelli" Musical Institute, which has brought generations of Cesena musicians up and continues today to cultivate talent and love for the seven notes. And, again, dozens of musical realities active in the area: orchestral groups, choral groups, youth groups, ranging from the most diverse genres. The presence of Mark Knopfler seemed to us, therefore, a formidable opportunity to exalt this aspect of our city ".

In the images of Gianmaria Zanotti, Mark Knopfler arriving in the City Hall and with mayor Lucchi and Councilor Castorri photos from the page - link above.

[shangri la 1]

pics 5&6

[rockaway]

Due to my poor English I can't get a thing what he's speaking, but one thing I heard clearly was "I didn't have the nerve to ...", to do what?!

Usually that phrase is followed by "ask my father for an amplifier" in Mark's interviews; but maybe it's something different this time, I've not listened yet


-I've just listened to the interview, and yep, again: "I didn't have the nerve to ask my poor dad for an amplifier"

[kaleo74]

Thanks for sharing.
Looks like anything regarding Mark’s promotions or public relations, Mr Crockford is involved, I didn’t expect that, I thought it was only when touring.

[jbaent]

Did he played anything? I can't watch the video right now as I'm on travel..

[Kris-b]

In the Facebook Group Mark Knopfler’s world you can see three videos of about 30 min. With the simultanous tranlator it is difficult to understand everythung, but Mark was in a good mood and seemed to have fun. He didn‘t play the guitar though.

[jbaent]

In the Facebook Group Mark Knopfler’s world you can see three videos of about 30 min. With the simultanous tranlator it is difficult to understand everythung, but Mark was in a good mood and seemed to have fun. He didn‘t play the guitar though.

And he had two guitars next to him...

[border_reiver]

If he can't stand up from where he's sitting...

Oh that's mean. 

Hopefully they'll announce the tour soon...

[border_reiver]

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As predictable as a 2005-2015 setlist.

[farco]

Full interview!

[rmarques821]

Full interview!

Thank youuuuu!

[hunter]

His age is really showing now.

[PensaGhost]

ottimo lavoro farco

interesting part is when he says they are trying to fix the tour schedule with the musical dates, kinda unexpected

[rmarques821]

His age is really showing now.

Yeah, but somehow, there's still people who expect him to play stuff like Tunnel of Love live.