Mark Knopfler
@MarkKnopfler
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New studio album One Deep River out now | Johnson & Knopfler's Music Legends on Sky Arts & NOW
Joined July 2013
Dire Straits perform at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, during the 'On Location' tour in 1980. Photo by Janet Macoska
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Taken by photographer Guido Harari in the summer of 1982 at Power Station studios, NY, whilst the band recorded their fourth studio album 'Love Over Gold'.
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Watch: The Notting Hillbillies performing 'Bewildered' live at The Late Show broadcast in March 1990. Catch the complete performance on YouTube: https://t.co/AKBbODZnDG
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Mark's song 'Sailing To Philadelphia' was inspired by the story of the Mason-Dixon Line in the US. For the 250th anniversary of the mapping of the line in 2017, Mark presented an episode of BBC Inside Out North East and Cumbria; sharing the story of surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
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The Notting Hillbillies performing 'Setting Me Up' live at The Late Show broadcast in March 1990. Watch the full performance on YouTube: https://t.co/abRSUw7pvc
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Mark and cricketer @sachin_rt pictured after swapping their bat and guitar in Mumbai in 2005.
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Mark and Chuck Ainlay continue their detailed tour of British Grove Studios, including the common use of Studer tape machines in the recording process. Watch the complete studio tour on YouTube, recorded around the release of Mark's 2009 album Get Lucky: https://t.co/0FWheHqgO0
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Watch: Mark Knopfler and band performing 'Let It All Go' from his album Kill To Get Crimson at the AVO Session in Basel, Switzerland on the 12th November, 2007. See the full performance: https://t.co/ClCNTXQ9e4
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Mark has donated a special signed copy of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms 40th anniversary box set to @StreetsofL's Starry Night prize draw 2025, raising money to help people who are homeless in London. Enter here: https://t.co/6SB92xuXXj
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Originally broadcast on NRK1 TV in Norway on 3rd November 2000 as part of a special feature titled 'A Meeting In Holland Park', Mark speaks about the first time he heard rock and roll music played loud during a visit to Whitley Bay.
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Mark and @EmmylouSongbird performing 'Right Now', taken from the Real Live Roadrunning concert film recorded live on 28th June 2006 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Watch the complete performance on YouTube: https://t.co/878aJxDUTY
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On This Day: 35 years ago today The Notting Hillbillies performed at Rock Steady on October 11th 1990. Watch the full show now on YouTube: https://t.co/ZCh9svPkVb
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Mark in conversation about the release of his EP, The Boy, and his love of the EP format. Listen back to The Boy now: https://t.co/Vsxu77n7kz
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Mark and band performing 'Sailing To Philadelphia' live during an exclusive Prince's Trust event in London in 2009. In celebration of 25 years since the release of Mark's album of the same name, it has been reissued on 2LP clear vinyl. Get your copy: https://t.co/RhErB1ecIk
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Mark Knopfler’s sophomore solo album, Sailing To Philadelphia, celebrates 25 years. The anniversary reissue is out now on 2LP clear vinyl for the first time, and Blu-ray featuring a brand new ATMOS mix by Guy Fletcher. Get your copy: https://t.co/RhErB1ecIk
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Mark speaks about his favourite elements of the music making process as part of a documentary filmed around the release of his album Sailing To Philadelphia in September, 2000. Pre-order the 25th anniversary reissue, out 26th September: https://t.co/RhErB1dESM
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Watch: The Notting Hillbillies performing 'Feel Like Going Home' live on the C4 show Rock Steady broadcast in October 1990. See the full performance: https://t.co/Qv2gzBSAU5
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Mark spoke to Paul Sexton about the lyrical content of his most recent studio album One Deep River during a release day event in April last year. Stream and purchase the record: https://t.co/iZdZzszR86
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On This Day: In 2007, Mark's fifth album Kill To Get Crimson was released. 'The title comes from a song with the line 'kill to get crimson', about an artist's lust for colour. The painting, by John Bratby, seemed to me to be connected to the record.' https://t.co/8r06VhMlyZ
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A huge congratulations to the 60,000 participants of the @Great_Run yesterday. An incredible achievement by all.
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