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DIRE STRAITS TRIBUTE BAND
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This Dire Straits tribute band is a brand new UK based tribute band to Mark Knopfler's legendary Dire Straits. The band has that launched in 1977 has spawned some of the greatest loved songs of all time including Sultans of Swing, Walk of Life, the iconic Money for Nothing and the spine-tingling Romeo and Juliet.
At the height of their career, Dire Straits were the biggest stadium live band in the world and their 1985 Brothers in Arms tour at Wembley and 1992 On Every Street tour were major highlights in the rock history.
Formed in 2015, this 6 piece Dire Straits tributes the energy and arrangements that made those live shows so iconic, bringing the feel and personality of the original band back once again to live audiences with jaw dropping accuracy.
This is a band of outstanding professional and dedicated musicians with the experience and talent to bring Dire Straits back to life with an unparalleled accuracy that will have you believing that the band has re-formed.
This band is a tribute to Dire Straits with the most authentic sound of any in the UK. The band have painstakingly studied and recreated the sound of the original Dire Straits recordings and live performances with unparalleled accuracy to arrangement, playing style and overall sound and texture in order to present a jaw dropping 90 minute show that will excite the most die hard of Dire Straits fans.
It is worth noting that the band are best suited to theatres and hotels and are also booked for some functions and events but are not ideal for small private functions.
The band's repertoire includes:
• So Far Away
• Money For Nothing
• Sultans of Swing
• Walk of Life
• Romeo and Juliet
• Why Worry
• Your Latest Trick
• On Every Street
• Tunnel of Love
• Lady Writer
• Let's go down to the waterline
• Brothers in Arms
• Skateaway
• Telegraph Road
• My Parties
• Expresso Love
• Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)
• Twisting by the pool
• Heav
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