I was at the Manchester show last night and it was the best MK concert I've been to and I've seen one concert on every tour since my first one in
Sheffield in 1991. The crowd was really enthusiastic and the band were in tremendous form. Our seats were B block, row H, seats 11 and 12 - that is 8 rows
from the front and right in the middle! I wore my KNOPFLERADO t-shirt but saw no other forum members - and no-one approached me about it so I guess
Millionaire Blues and the Silb who were also due to be there were nowhere near me. The sound of the instruments was first rate from where we were but we just
occasionally 'lost' Mark's voice - small price to pay for the fantastic views and the utterly mind-shattering music. Pretty much the usual set
list but too many highlights to mention - Speedway, Hillfarmer's Blues, Marbletown...which was always a skipper when I played the CD were out of this world
and my all-time favourite 'Our Shangri-la' for personal as well as musical reasons was just wonderful. I loved the lighting throughout - as did my
long-suffering husband who occupies himself watching all the 'techie' stuff whilst I just leave the planet!!! Well worth the wait!
Manchester Review - AWESOME
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A little review from the newspaper :
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk:80/entertainment/music/live_reviews/s/1050137_ mark_knopfler__men_arena |
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Posts: 1361 (19/05/08 19:19:39) |
Thank you for this review JJ4diamond! It is good to hear that you had a great time at the concert too! What a pity that you didn't meet the other fans of
this forum. When I was in Amsterdam I met some of them early in the midday and for the rest of the day we had a great time together!
Henk again thank you for the review, I like to read them! I didn't get messages yet from Google! 
Fieneke
My music station at: http://audiocandy.com/mdat/bands/8948/
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I was also at the concert on Saturday in Manchester. It was fantastic. . Non stop from about 7.50pm until just after 10.00pm.
The audience were asked to not take video on their mobile phones but unfortunately some people did do it. Mark wagged his finger at some people for doing it. |
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I was also at the Manchester gig on Saturday night - Block B front row right in the middle and the show was fantastic. I was also at the Newcastle gig last
night with my parents and for us we certainly saw Mark and the band at their best. Mark really interacted with the crowd and they loved it. The highlights
for me were Hills Farmer's Blues and Sultans of Swing and of course Local Hero where everybody in the concert hall got on their feet in tribute to this
fabulous performer. I love to see Mark play in my home town and I wouldn't have missed this concert for the world. Mark you did us proud last night.
THANK YOU...
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