Category: Touring
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Time Flies….
Wow – I cant believe it’s been February since my last post. Suffice to say I’ve been very busy and very grateful for it. Since March I’ve been to Slovakia, Czech, Austria and Sweden with the Dire Straits Exeprience. We had a tour of the Netherlands in May and various trips to France in June, […]
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A Return To ‘Gigging’ Life
I’m glad to say some normality has finally returned to gigging life, albeit slowly and cautiously. The Dire Straits Experience have at last been busy. March included a two week tour of France with no less than 11 shows, all with fantastic audiences, food and hospitality. After a brief 3 day respite back home we […]
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And We’re Back…
Welcome back after what feels like a very surreal and enforced sabbatical. I’m pleased to say that glimmers of normality appear to be returning. A few weeks ago I experienced my first proper gig in over 18 months at a beautiful setting at the Festival in Vilar les Dombes just north of Lyon. The Dire […]
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2020 Kicks Off With Some SAS Action
What better way to start the New Year than with a bit of Rock ’n Roll with Spike Edney’s Allstar Band. Sadly the great man was unable to attend himself due to his Queen commitments. Instead, Guitar Rock Lord, Jamie Moses lead us on this fabulous gig in Madrid on the 20th Jan. (picture attached). […]
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DSE Final Tour of 2019
What a great way to finish the year with 12 gigs in just over 2 weeks covering Belgium, Holland and France. As per usual, great audiences and great venues. That just about wraps it up for 2019 – a very busy year for the Dire Straits Experience although we are awaiting confirmation of a possible […]
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Now That’s What I Call The 80s
A slight departure from the norm for me. Whilst not being available to play on this new show from the Raymond Gubbay team, I did however get involved with programming all the specialised sounds for the three keyboard players on the show. Nearly 150 patches prepared especially for the excellent arranging of my friend, Clive […]
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To Africa And Beyond With The DSE
It has been a very busy time with the Dire Straits Experience having just returned from a 3 show tour in Finland. With less than a day to rest in the UK we then left for South Africa having 2 shows planned in Mozambique, one in Pretoria outside of Johannesburg and then on to the […]
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The ‘Invasion’ Will Have To Wait !
A few days ago I received the very sad news that this year’s 80s Invasion tour would be cancelled. This promised to be one of the best lineups of 80s artists that I’ve worked with. Eight UK shows had been planned with artists including Jason Donovan, 5-Star and Sister Sledge. It has however been a […]
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Henley Rewind and Travels Beyond for the DSE
Despite the Summer lull in DSE gigs thanks to two weather-related last-minute cancellations, we were happy to appear at the Henley Rewind Festival on August 17th. Sadly only a 40 minute appearance for us due to so many artists on the bill, but enough to keep us in trim for the forthcoming September gigs where […]
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Dame Shirley in Sardinia
A very unexpected but fun gig indeed. On the 8th August myself and a pretty sizeable orchestra were flown out to Sardinia to accompany Dame Shirley Bassey performing at a big UNICEF charity gig. Whilst only a brief appearance I was lucky enough to hear her 2 greatest hits performed live – Goldfinger and Diamonds […]