DIRE STRAITS EXPERIENCE – 40TH YEARS ANNIVERSARY (FEAT. CHRIS WHITE & CHRIS WHITTEN)

The music of Dire Straits is, after all these years, still alive.

Sunday 5 November 2017 8361

It has been more than 35 years since the opening line of Sultans Of Swing was first heard being broadcast around the world. In the process, it introduced us to a majestic guitar player and songwriter in Mark Knopfler, and to what has become a musical universe unto itself: the music of Dire Straits.

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Over 20 years have passed since Dire Straits disbanded, leaving a catalogue of some of the finest compositions and musical performances that the heyday of rock ever produced. If anything, their reputation has only grown with time. Record sales of more than one hundred and twenty million albums continue to increase as new young fans discover the music and join the band’s massive worldwide following.

It was against the backdrop of this two-decade break that members of Dire Straits, Alan Clark, Chris White and Phil Palmer formed The Straits in 2011. With the prolific Knopfler enjoying an incredibly successful solo career, Alan Clark called upon the singer songwriter, Terence Reis to front the band in his absence. By the time The Straits ended, three and a half years later, the band had played more than 150 shows in 25 countries around the world.

A series of shows in New Zealand and Australia has seen Chris White and Terence Reis collaborating again for The Dire Straits Experience. Joining them is a stellar band of some of the finest professional musicians the UK has to offer. And so it is that these songs, in all their ambition, grandeur and aching beauty, are once again presented live… for the fans that that have kept them alive.

“ Vanaf de eerste noot die zijn lippen verlaat, vanaf de eerste streel van zijn vingers over de gitaarsnaren, weet je dat hij het onmogelijke doet. Terence Reis brengt de Dire Straits helemaal terug. “

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