Category: Touring
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DSE – Summer Travels In Europe
The Dire Straits Experience continues with their very busy schedule this Summer. Since the end of June we’ve been to Avoine and Istres in France. Last weekend we had gig in Croatia returning the next day to Heathrow and getting straight onto a sleeper touring bus that took us overnight to the Rewind Festival in […]
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Back To The Netherlands
Other than a one-off gig in Lunen in Germany, the Dire Straits Experience will be touring the Netherlands with 7 gigs from the 15th through to the 24th May. Peter Boone, Dutch promoter and personal fan of the band has supported their tours now for a good few years and continues to fill out concert […]
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More Dire Travels
And so the gigs go on for the Dire Straits Experience. From Budapest in early April to Russia a week later. Three gigs covering Moscow, Ufa and Yekateringberg. One unexpected mode of transport was the overnight sleeper train to Ufa. I even managed to bump into some old mates in Red Square ! And then […]
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More Dire Travels In Europe
And we’re off again – The Dire Straits Experience are set for a very busy February starting off in Slovenia this Friday the 8th. Back home for a few days and then off for two and a half weeks on the road touring Austria, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. We have a new drummer […]
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The Ministry of Sound Goes Classic !
“And now for something completely different”… to quote a rather famous TV show. On Saturday 26th January I’ll be playing at the Royal Festival Hall in a premier concert of 90s Dance Music reworked in an orchestral style by Tom Player and conducted by Lee Reynolds. The London Concert orchestra will feature 50 musicians, including […]
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The Helsinki ‘Experience’
Moving a little closer to Santa this week. Helsinki in Finland awaits the Dire Straits Experience on the 21st December. I’ve had little break from the band during the Brendan Cole tour so I’ll be returning fresh and ready to rock.
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‘Ding Dong Merrily in Dubai’
We’re back ! Raymond Gubbay concert promoter will be putting on seven Christmas concerts from 13th – 15th December at the Dubai Opera House. Big woolly sweaters will feature inside with an average temperature of 25 degrees outside. All a little bit disorientating but great fun and full of Christmas cheer !
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Brendan Cole’s Back !
As followers of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing show will know, Brendan Cole is sadly no longer appearing every Saturday night on their TV screens. But that hasn’t deterred his love of the theatre. From the 27th October, his ‘All Night Long’ show will be appearing for an extended period until 21st November all over […]
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The Yamaha Genos Keyboard in Concert
Im going to be travelling around the country this week, compliments of Yamaha, doing a mini concert tour featuring the amazing Genos keyboard. I’m no stranger to music technology but this keyboard really is something quite special. To the un-trained eye, it might seem like another home-style all-singing / all-dancing instrument but actually there’s far […]
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Down Under with the DSE
After three intense days rehearsal at Soundstage studios in Acton, we leave for Australia on 18th September for the Dire Straits Experience ‘down-under’ tour. Eight gigs all over the country including one in New Zealand and all within the space of two weeks. Undoubtedly a bit of a punishing schedule lies ahead but think of […]