Mark Knopfler – Down the Road Wherever Tour

Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David and which disbanded in 1995.

Mark Knopfler, one of the most critically and commercially successful artists of all time, has announced a world tour with his band. Knopfler, who recorded ?Down The Road Wherever’ in his west London studio, British Grove, will be performing on tour with an expanded ten-piece band most of whom have been working with him for more than two decades: Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Jim Cox (piano), Mike McGoldrick (whistle and flute), John McCusker (fiddle and cittern), Glenn Worf (bass), Danny Cummings (percussion) and Ian Thomas (drums). New additions will be Graeme Blebins (saxaphone) and Tom Walsh (trumpet)