Mark Knopfler & Friends - Romeo & Juliet [London -02]

"Almost Dire Straits"

Mark Knopfler live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 2002.07.23.

This is the first of four charity gigs, this one for "Save the baby". The gig was in two parts, first part with Notting Hillbillies, and second part almost as a Dire Straits reunion, when Chris White join the band together with John Illsley. This was John's first appearance on stage since the last Straits concert, back in October 9th 1992. This was also Danny Cummings' first appearance on drums with Mark on stage, but as you maybe know, he played percussion during the -92 tour.

The band during second half;

Mark Knopfler - guitar, vocal
John Illsley - bass
Danny Cummings - drums
Robbie McIntosh - rhythm guitar
Guy Fletcher - keyboard
Chris White - saxophone
Bobby Valentino - violin

Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mark
• knopfler
• dire
• straits
• romeo
• and
• juliet

[DogSwede1]

Love these snaps, 04:31

Not so common anymore.

The audience seems to like it too. :)

[1800IMAFrek]

Sometimes, he is pretty cute without knowing it ; ) can't wait for his next tour...

[ygreciano]

Amazing.I can't get tired of this song :)

Thanks a lot for sharing that,Dogswede1 !

[mrengftw]

Richard Bennett is from the USA. He only plays in Europe during a MK tour. This was just a concert, which was not part of a tour. That could be the most obvious reason. If you watch other ones, you will notice it.

Btw, the singing audience is annoying.

[tomootes]

I'm glad Knopfler understands the power of the saxophone : ]

it ads an dimension to concerts.

[fivefif]

damn sax player interrupted the master!

[denonmirage]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[prompen3]

I wonder why Richard Bennett didn't play on this gig?

[grozengyz]

Great!

Thanx for posting.

[U2Miguel]

Thanks :)