The Straits Announce Brighton 'Warm-Up' Show & Tickets
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
The Straits have just announced a special one-off “warm-up” concert at the Brighton Concorde2 on Tuesday September 20th.
The intimate one-off warm-up concert precedes the band’s 10-date nationwide UK tour “The Sound of Dire Straits” which kicks off at the Birmingham Symphony Hall on Monday October 3rd. Very special guest on all dates is Jon Allen. The UK tour also takes in dates at Newcastle City Hall, York Barbican, Cardiff St Davids Hall, Bristol Colston Hall, London HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Ipswich Regent Theatre, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Manchester O2 Apollo.
The Straits have announced the following UK shows:
Oct 3rd - Symphony Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Oct 4th - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Oct 5th – City Hall, Newcastle
Oct 7th – Barbican Centre, York
Oct 9th – St Davids Hall, Cardiff
Oct 10th – Colston Hall, Bristol
Oct 12th – HMV Apollo Hammersmith, London
Oct 13th – Regent Theatre, Ipswich
Oct 14th – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Oct 16th – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Oct 17th – O2 Apollo, Manchester
Due to huge public demand to hear Dire Straits’ hits performed live, original Dire Straits keyboardist Alan Clark formed new band ‘The Straits’ – including Alan on keyboards, Dire Straits’ saxophonist Chris White and guitarist Phil Palmer, Tom Petty’s drummer Steve Ferrone, bassist Mick Feat (Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour), and keyboardist Jamie Squire. Clark, who first joined Dire Straits in 1980 for the 'Making Movies' album, recruited South African singer/ guitarist, Terence Reis, to step into Mark Knopfler’s shoes as front man.
In May 2011, The Straits performed their first concert at the Royal Albert Hall in front of 4,000 Dire Straits fans. The stunning set of greatest hits, including ‘Money for Nothing’, ‘Romeo & Juliet’, ‘Sultans of Swing’, and ‘Tunnel of Love’ went down a storm with the audience. In June they performed at the Cornbury Festival, Oxfordshire to a crowd of 14,000. “I was very sceptical about The Straits before I saw them,” said one fan. “I couldn’t believe that they could be the same without Mark Knopfler. How wrong I was. For me, The Straits were the absolute highlight of the festival. I was moved to tears at almost every track.”
Listen to The Straits rehearsing 'Money For Nothing' below.
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