Dire Straits — Live in Auckland
Recorded March 1, 1986
Mount Smart Stadium · Auckland · New Zealand
Setlist
Wrong timestamp?
Tour albumBrothers in Arms1985 · Brothers in Arms TourThe tour promotes Brothers in Arms, with seven songs from the album in the performance.“To see the New Zealand leg of the Brothers in Arms Tour, preserved by cameras meant for the stadium video screens.”
Context
On March 1, 1986, the Brothers in Arms Tour arrives at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. The trip had begun in April of the previous year and still runs until the end of April. On the New Zealand stage, Dire Straits brings together seven musicians to carry this stadium leg.
Mark Knopfler shares guitars with Jack Sonni, while Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher handle keyboards. The set places Ride Across the River, Why Worry and The Man's Too Strong beside Sultans of Swing and Romeo and Juliet. So Far Away gets a calypso passage before the main version.
The tour ends in Sydney the following month, but Auckland remains absent from the identified official releases. The images shot for the video screens survive in unofficial circulation, without the encores and with the opening cut. Tunnel of Love closes the preserved material, not the entire performance that night.
- So Far Away includes a calypso passage before the main version.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Mark KnopflerVocals and guitar
- John IllsleyBass and backing vocals
- Alan ClarkKeyboards
- Guy FletcherKeyboards
- Terry WilliamsDrums
- Jack SonniGuitar and backing vocals
- Chris WhiteSaxophone, flute, tambourine and backing vocals
Trivia
The footage comes from the cameras meant for the stadium video screens, not from a commercial release.
So Far Away appears with a calypso passage before the main version.
The encores were not recorded or preserved in the circulating material.
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Tour of Brothers in Arms (1985)
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1986·Live in Sydney
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