Mark Knopfler announces six-date May 2019 arena tour

Part of a larger European trek that opens in Barcelona in April and wraps up in Verona in July, Mark will play headline UK shows in Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Birmingham in May.

Tickets to the ‘Down The Road Wherever’ tour go on sale at 9am on Friday 2nd November.

The tour supports the album of the same name, ‘Down The Road Wherever’, which is released on Friday 16th November on Mark’s own British Grove imprint via Universal/Virgin EMI.

Mark says of the tour: “My songs are made to be performed live. I love the whole process of writing them alone and then recording them with the band, but ultimately the best part is playing them to an audience live.

“I enjoy the whole circus, travelling from town to town and interacting with this group of players is a total pleasure. I’m really looking forward to it.”

Co-produced by Mark and keyboardist Guy Fletcher, 13 tracks on ‘Down The Road Wherever’ are penned solely by Mark except ‘Just A Boy Away From Home’, which features the melody of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’; the anthem of Mark’s beloved football club Liverpool FC.

‘Down The Road Wherever’ will be released on digital download, CD, double vinyl (with one bonus track), deluxe CD with two bonus tracks, and as a box set including the album on both vinyl and deluxe CD.

The box set will also contain a 12” vinyl EP with four bonus tracks, a download code for all tracks, a 12” print of the artwork and a 12” guitar tablature of a selected song.

See Mark Knopfler at the following shows:

MAY 2019
Leeds First Direct Arena – Sat 18th
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena – Sun 19th
Glasgow SSE Hydro – Sun 26th
London The O2 – Tue 28th
Manchester Arena – Wed 29th
Birmingham Resorts World Arena – Thu 30th