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[Jules]

What happened after 1998? Does DS overseas still exist?

Yes.

In 1998 Ed Bicknell was out of DS OVERSEAS as he quit as MK manager.

I believe John once said every year he and Mark spent a day or two to discuss some DS stuff.
Beats me what they are talking about. Probably the money..

DS is only that now, almost nothing new, just the old catalogue being exploited.

Perhaps some legal issues regarding tribute bands using their brand? That would be my second guess.

There is no legal issue as long as they don't use just "dire straits", if they add Legacy, Experience, Legends or whatever, is not the same name.

[ds1984]

Smell of Dire Straits (choice of flavour at the entrance) 

[Jules]

Smell of Dire Straits (choice of flavour at the entrance) 

That's disgusting...

[Eddie Fox]

What happened after 1998? Does DS overseas still exist?

Yes.

In 1998 Ed Bicknell was out of DS OVERSEAS as he quit as MK manager.

I believe John once said every year he and Mark spent a day or two to discuss some DS stuff.
Beats me what they are talking about. Probably the money..

DS is only that now, almost nothing new, just the old catalogue being exploited.

Perhaps some legal issues regarding tribute bands using their brand? That would be my second guess.

There is no legal issue as long as they don't use just "dire straits", if they add Legacy, Experience, Legends or whatever, is not the same name.

In the promo material, yes. However, they are announced as DS with a new lineup on TV shows, interviews and articles, and they never deny it. I have several examples from their gigs in Brazil. Marco even talks about being invited to replace Mark in the band in an interview.

[Jules]

Mmmm... That rings a bell to me... Same old boring complaint that always come back from time to time.

[Eddie Fox]

Mmmm... That rings a bell to me... Same old boring complaint that always come back from time to time.

Boring? How would you feel if another man told people your children were his? Let's say you have kids with your wife, then you get divorced, she marries another guy and every time he's walking your children with your ex and someone assumes they are his he nods yes and talks about how great it is to be their father. Not acceptable.

[Jules]

Booooooooooooring

[Love Expresso]

Mmmm... That rings a bell to me... Same old boring complaint that always come back from time to time.

This comes across as unbelievably arrogant. Who are you to decide? This is AMIT and not JBAENTS PERSONAL BLOG or something. If you are bored, don't comment. You are not FORCED to comment every single post here.

LE

[Jules]

Mmmm... That rings a bell to me... Same old boring complaint that always come back from time to time.

This comes across as unbelievably arrogant. Who are you to decide? This is AMIT and not JBAENTS PERSONAL BLOG or something. If you are bored, don't comment. You are not FORCED to comment every single post here.

LE

I will ask for your permission first from now before I hit the send button, if it's ok with your, Sir.



Ps/ Funny that I'm the arrogant 

[superval99]

Mmmm... That rings a bell to me... Same old boring complaint that always come back from time to time.

This comes across as unbelievably arrogant. Who are you to decide? This is AMIT and not JBAENTS PERSONAL BLOG or something. If you are bored, don't comment. You are not FORCED to comment every single post here.

LE

I will ask for your permission first from now before I hit the send button, if it's ok with your, Sir.



Ps/ Funny that I'm the arrogant 

Haha, Benny Hill!        I met him many years ago and he signed my autograph book!   

[Jules]

Moderators, please, I need a clarification regarding rules.

Moaning about moaners about Mk is fines freedom of speech.

Moaning about moaners about DS legacy and others Ds tribute bands with ex members is being arrogant and allow other forumers to call arrogant to who moan about those moaners.

Am I right with this rule? Or I'm wrong?

[Love Expresso]

This band that is touring the US has reached a new negative peak or lowpoint in it's behaviour. A Dutch newspaper reported online that "Dire Straits are touring without Mark Knopfler". Eddy had every right to point out to this and even gave you a great analogy with what he meant exactly. Especially your second "booooring" WAS rude. You killed his ambition to talk about this and his experience in Brazil with your "boring" and insinuated he would "moan". I called not you arrogant but said that your post came across so. Now in your question to the Moderators you insist in calling his post "moaning".

Good luck with the Moderators.

LE 

[Jules]

So...

Everytime DSl go on tour and interviewed, being asking the SAME questions, giving the SAME answers, they reach new low levels of low point in their behaviour.... I'd like to see that scale to measure it because everytime they reach the lowest point and then the lowest and again the lowest... Wow. I'm amazed. And always telling the same thing, they reach a lowest point saying and doing the same...

Forgive me but... Booooring

[cannibals]

In the end who wants to go to Dire Straits without Mark Knopfler?? I really am surprised that people would go to that. It is like seeing the Police without Sting, Supertramp without Roger Hodgson.....

[Robson]

In the end who wants to go to Dire Straits without Mark Knopfler?? I really am surprised that people would go to that. It is like seeing the Police without Sting, Supertramp without Roger Hodgson.....

 

Or Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant.