Does it matter in which country you pre-order for the tour locations; so for examample: would I be able to book a tour in the Benelux if I'd pre-order from the Official (UK) Store?
I bet anyone would get the MK.com presale as Val and Ingrid said, and all of this are just commercial hooks.
I see. I was asking because the bol.com (dutch webshop) specifically says that if you pre-order, you'll get "access to the the ticket pre-sale of the Mark Knopfler Benelux tour", implying that you might not be able to book a tour outside the Benelux, would you hypothetically want to.
The virgin/emi/universal UK also says that if you pre-order with them you have presale codes for the UK and Ireland tour...
When the venues are seated, sometimes they have seats compromised for different presales in different sites...
Guess they like to create mess... If you don't mind pre-ordering at bol.com, try it, maybe you have extra chances, but it's not sure. It might be just a commercial hook.