Down the Road Wherever Tour

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Down the Road Wherever Tour
World tour by Mark Knopfler
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LocationEurope, North America
Associated album Down the Road Wherever
Start date25 April 2019 (2019-04-25)
End date25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)
Legs2
No. of shows86
Attendance552,447
Box office$44,054,524
Mark Knopfler concert chronology

Down the Road Wherever Tour was a 2019 concert tour by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, promoting the release of his album Down the Road Wherever. The tour started on 25 April 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, included 86 concerts in two legs, and ended on 25 September 2019 in New York City, New York in the United States. [1] Paul Sexton from UDiscoverMusic described the London show as having, "...little to do with overt showmanship and everything to do with exhilarating interaction with his bandmates." [2]

Contents

Setlist

This set list is representative of the tour's average setlist as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour. [3]

  1. Why Aye Man
  2. Corned Beef City
  3. Sailing to Philadelphia
  4. Once Upon a Time in the West (Dire Straits song)
  5. Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)
  6. My Bacon Roll
  7. Matchstick Man
  8. Done with Bonaparte
  9. Heart Full of Holes
  10. Your Latest Trick (Dire Straits song)
  11. Postcards from Paraguay
  12. On Every Street (Dire Straits song)
  13. Speedway at Nazareth

Encore:

  1. Money for Nothing (Dire Straits song)

Encore 2:

  1. Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe [4]
April 25, 2019 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
April 26, 2019 Valencia Plaza de Toros de Valencia
April 28, 2019 Madrid WiZink Center
April 29, 2019 Córdoba Plaza de Toros de los Califas
April 30, 2019 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena
May 3, 2019 Coruna Spain Coliseum da Coruna
May 5, 2019 Pamplona Navarra Arena
May 6, 2019 Bordeaux France Arkéa Arena
May 7, 2019 Toulouse Zenith Metropole
May 9, 2019 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
May 10, 2019 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
May 12, 2019 Strasbourg France Zenith Europe
May 13, 2019 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
May 15, 2019 Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena
May 16, 2019 Hanover TUI Arena
May 18, 2019 Leeds England First Direct Arena
May 19, 2019 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
May 21, 2019 London Royal Albert Hall
May 22, 2019
May 24, 2019 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
May 26, 2019 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
May 28, 2019LondonEngland The O2 Arena
May 29, 2019 Manchester Manchester Arena
May 30, 2019 Birmingham Genting Arena
June 7, 2019 Ålesund Norway SBM Arena
June 8, 2019 Bergen Bergenhus Festning
June 9, 2019 Oslo Oslo Spektrum
June 11, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
June 12, 2019 Gothenburg Scandinavium
June 13, 2019 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
June 15, 2019 Copenhagen Royal Arena
June 17, 2019 Paris France AccorHotels Arena
June 19, 2019 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
June 20, 2019 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
June 22, 2019 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
June 23, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
June 25, 2019 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
June 26, 2019 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
June 28, 2019 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
June 29, 2019 Ljubljana Slovenia Arena Stozice
July 1, 2019 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsner Arena
July 2, 2019 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
July 3, 2019 [lower-alpha 1] Kestenholz SwitzerlandAreal der Kapelle St. Pete
July 5, 2019 Leipzig Germany Arena Leipzig
July 6, 2019 Mannheim SAP Arena
July 7, 2019 Munich Olympiahalle
July 9, 2019 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
July 10, 2019 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków
July 11, 2019 Gdańsk/Sopot Ergo Arena
July 13, 2019 [lower-alpha 2] Lucca ItalyPiazza Napoleone
July 14, 2019 [lower-alpha 3] Saint-Julien-en-Genevois FranceStade des Burgondes Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
July 15, 2019 [lower-alpha 4] Nimes Arènes de Nîmes
July 17, 2019 [lower-alpha 5] Nichelino Italy Palazzina di caccia
July 18, 2019 Cattolica Arena della Regina
July 20, 2019 Rome Terme di Carcalla
July 21, 2019
July 22, 2019 [lower-alpha 6] Verona Arena Di Verona
North America [5]
August 16, 2019 Mashantucket United States Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
August 17, 2019 Philadelphia The Met
August 18, 2019 Vienna Wolf Trap
August 20, 2019 New York City Beacon Theatre
August 21, 2019
August 23, 2019 Boston Leader Bank Pavilion
August 24, 2019 Montreal Canada Place des Arts
August 25, 2019 Toronto Sony Center
August 27, 2019 Indianapolis United States Murat Theatre
August 28, 2019 Kansas City Arvest Bank Theatre
August 30, 2019 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
August 31, 2019 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
September 1, 2019 Chicago The Chicago Theater
September 3, 2019 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
September 4, 2019 Atlanta State Bank Amphitheatre
September 6, 2019 Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre
September 7, 2019 Austin Austin City Limits Live
September 8, 2019 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre
September 10, 2019 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheater
September 11, 2019 Salt Lake City Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
September 13, 2019 Portland Keller Auditorium
September 14, 2019 Woodinville Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
September 15, 2019
September 16, 2019 Vancouver Canada Orpheum Theatre
September 18, 2019 Berkeley United States The Greek Theatre
September 20, 2019 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
September 21, 2019 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
September 22, 2019 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
September 25, 2019New York City Madison Square Garden

Recording

Every show from the tour was recorded and later released as .flac or .mp3 record at Mark's Website [6]

Personnel

Notes

  1. The July 3, 2019, show is part of St.Peter at Sunset Festival
  2. The July 13, 2019, show is part of Lucca Summer Festival
  3. The July 14, 2019, show is part of Guitare en scène Festival
  4. The July 15, 2019, show is part of Festival de Nimes
  5. The July 17, 2019, show is part of Stupingi Sonic Park Festival
  6. The July 22, 2019, show is part of Verona Opera Festival 2019

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