Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Der Kopf von Dire Straits hat seine Gitarren immer noch voll im Griff!

Leider habe ich beim Wahl meines Standortes schön vorne an der Bühne nicht beachtet, dass Mark am Mik-Ständer so eine Ablagefläche montiert hat, so dass kaum je freie Sicht auf seine Gitarre möglich war. Er hat quasi das ganze Konzert sitzend gespielt (Rückenprobleme?).

Am Schlagzeug sieht man Danny Cummings, welcher auf der letzten grossen Welttournee von Dire Straits ebenfalls mit dabei war.


Locarno
Piazza Grande
Moon and Stars 2010


Interessant, was Richard Benett (stand ebenfalls auf der Bühne) in seinem Blog zu diesem Konzert schreibt:
Tonight's show was one of the most beautiful settings I've ever played. A large town square in Locarno, surrounded by old apartment buildings painted, peach, blue, yellow, brown...all lit, and down the winding street a beautiful old clock tower. The square was jam packed as far as the eye could see...shoulder to shoulder, people standing on the balconies of their apartments drinking and watching the show and even people standing in the arches of the clock tower. By mid-show a crescent moon began rising over the horizon. Our itinerary says the capacity was 10,000 but judging from the sea of people it would have been more like 15,000+. Another hot, steaming gig but one of the best we've played of the tour and the audience was fantastic. The show flew by and before I knew it we were playing the last encore. I didn't want it to end. I hope to come back here and play the Moon and Stars Festival again, it was magic.