Suggestion: How about making a setlist prediction game for the tour?

[dmg]

Exactly. Once Upon A Time...Where...impossible. Piper...possible. Punish The Monkey - I do not believe

Guy said there will be changes so anything is possible.   

Piper may alternate with GH but that's about it I think.

[Robson]

It is true. I once did not believe in returning Your Latest Trick

[Jules]

Exactly. Once Upon A Time...Where...impossible. Piper...possible. Punish The Monkey - I do not believe

Guy said there will be changes so anything is possible.   

Piper may alternate with GH but that's about it I think.

Faith...

[Mudrian]

I'd love to see "Once upon  a time " in the set list.....and "Piper to the end"....and "Punish the monkey"....and "where do you think you' re going"....and many more....

Two of them absolutely impossible, one quite unlikely and the other has chances.

I know, I know.... just dreaming.....
I destroyed the vhs of Alchemy by watching Once upon a time again and again.......these first notes on the candy apple red schecter  ....

[crimmer]

had alovely walk in sunny old England today 20oc in feb is un heard of ,
was walking up on Dartmoor thinking about the tour again!! ,
thinking about setlist ...again

good on you son could be an opener ,due too brass section

but how about a on every street / speedway. then into telegraph road with nigel playing sax on first solo like on OES tour


so going off that and last tour my thinking today (but will prob change tomorrow ) last big go around more straits sounding stuff ... maybe??


good on you son
what it is
sailing to Philadelphia
privateering (hopefully 2011/2013 version)
father and son/ hill farmers
back on the dance floor
shes gone / your latest trick
romeo
sultans
song for sonny liston
intro's
one song at a time
on every street/speedway
telegraph road
brothers
so far away
matchstick man
in the sky or river towns or shangri- la
going home or piper to the end


good mix of straits, folky albums, and still think he can play all of this , was listening too Pittsburgh 2015 today was loving hill farmers , what do people think?

[holaknopfler]

had alovely walk in sunny old England today 20oc in feb is un heard of ,
was walking up on Dartmoor thinking about the tour again!! ,
thinking about setlist ...again

good on you son could be an opener ,due too brass section

but how about a on every street / speedway. then into telegraph road with nigel playing sax on first solo like on OES tour


so going off that and last tour my thinking today (but will prob change tomorrow ) last big go around more straits sounding stuff ... maybe??


good on you son
what it is
sailing to Philadelphia
privateering (hopefully 2011/2013 version)
father and son/ hill farmers
back on the dance floor
shes gone / your latest trick
romeo
sultans
song for sonny liston
intro's
one song at a time
on every street/speedway
telegraph road
brothers
so far away
matchstick man
in the sky or river towns or shangri- la
going home or piper to the end


good mix of straits, folky albums, and still think he can play all of this , was listening too Pittsburgh 2015 today was loving hill farmers , what do people think?

A lot of stuff he has played to death IMHO, setlist needs a major refreshment.

[LarsO]

Trapper Man
Wag The Dog
Back On The Dancefloor
What It Is
Sailing To Philadelphia
Romeo & Juliet
Sultains Of Swing
One Song At A Time
Golden Heart
Boom Like That
Kingdom Of Gold
Wild Theme
Good On You Son
Telegraph Road
——-
Brothers In Arms
So Far Away

[Jules]

Trapper Man
Wag The Dog
Back On The Dancefloor
What It Is
Sailing To Philadelphia
Romeo & Juliet
Sultains Of Swing
One Song At A Time
Golden Heart
Boom Like That
Kingdom Of Gold
Wild Theme
Good On You Son
Telegraph Road
——-
Brothers In Arms
So Far Away

I'll pay the double of a ticket price to listen to sultains of swing!

[vr46mk]

So, how many songs that used to be on the setlist in previous tour will appear again? What do the people in here think?

It should be harder for them to squeeze in the songs in the set list with every new album 
If this really turns out to be the last tour, why don't they make the set-list at least 20 songs and give the fans a really solid and nice farewell tour?

I would like to hear OES live and I think with the saxophone etc standard (?) line-up in this tour, it might happen even in Europe and not only in the US part?

[dmg]

So, how many songs that used to be on the setlist in previous tour will appear again? What do the people in here think?

It should be harder for them to squeeze in the songs in the set list with every new album 
If this really turns out to be the last tour, why don't they make the set-list at least 20 songs and give the fans a really solid and nice farewell tour?

I would like to hear OES live and I think with the saxophone etc standard (?) line-up in this tour, it might happen even in Europe and not only in the US part?

There'll be a trumpet in there as well as a sax so expect lots of brass sounds. 

I would think given he dropped TR during the latter stages of the Tracker tour that the set will become smaller on the forthcoming tour.  He was obviously finding it hard going on such a long tour and I would expect him not to play TR again sadly.  I hope I'm wrong as it is the only song (along the TOL, but that is a no-no) that can truly end a concert with a climax.  Good though Speedway is, it just doesn't have the epic length to justify that place in the set.  Even Marblebore would be a better closer! 

[superval99]

I'm hoping for a longer setlist this time, mainly because the band is bigger which would take some of the strain off MK - definitely songs with sax and trumpet will be included.   Some songs could be played that don't have much, or any, solo guitar, such as "When You Leave".   I'm sure he will still play TR, but not at every concert.   

[RNRS001]

Exactly. Once Upon A Time...Where...impossible. Piper...possible. Punish The Monkey - I do not believe

Guy said there will be changes so anything is possible.   

Piper may alternate with GH but that's about it I think.

I mean no offense to Guy Fletcher but he once said the show was so very different from a previous tour when 10 out of 16 songs were similar from last time the band played a show in Europe. Besides, it's not like he's open to criticism as he gets overly defensive and offended over complaints about the lack of changes in the set.

Although Mark Knopfler's setlist are different nowdayscompared to 20 years ago you don't really miss much if you skip a tour (or two). 2015 was the first time he really changed up the first half of the set in about 15 years. Still, Romeo & Juliet will still be in the middle, Speedway and Telegraph Road will be in the end and So Far Way with Brothers In Arms will most likely show up in the encore.

I hope he'll change it up as much as he did 4 years ago though. Just retire the Dire Straits stuff already. Telegraph Road lost its punch years ago - he's just noodling around til the song reaches the end. I've been wishing for On Every Street for years but once he's started playing it it just doesn't sound right either. If he can't do the songs justice then why bother? There's plenty of solo stuff to explore still. I used to buy tickets for Mark Knopfler the day they went on sale but with the stale and rather predictable shows I just no longer bother.

[dmg]

Exactly. Once Upon A Time...Where...impossible. Piper...possible. Punish The Monkey - I do not believe

Guy said there will be changes so anything is possible.   

Piper may alternate with GH but that's about it I think.

I mean no offense to Guy Fletcher but he once said the show was so very different from a previous tour when 10 out of 16 songs were similar from last time the band played a show in Europe. Besides, it's not like he's open to criticism as he gets overly defensive and offended over complaints about the lack of changes in the set.

Although Mark Knopfler's setlist are different nowdayscompared to 20 years ago you don't really miss much if you skip a tour (or two). 2015 was the first time he really changed up the first half of the set in about 15 years. Still, Romeo & Juliet will still be in the middle, Speedway and Telegraph Road will be in the end and So Far Way with Brothers In Arms will most likely show up in the encore.

I hope he'll change it up as much as he did 4 years ago though. Just retire the Dire Straits stuff already. Telegraph Road lost its punch years ago - he's just noodling around til the song reaches the end. I've been wishing for On Every Street for years but once he's started playing it it just doesn't sound right either. If he can't do the songs justice then why bother? There's plenty of solo stuff to explore still. I used to buy tickets for Mark Knopfler the day they went on sale but with the stale and rather predictable shows I just no longer bother.

Agree regarding OES;  the recent versions were terrible.  TR may have lost it's punch but it still has that special quality and epic length to make it one of only two songs he can conclude the main set with.

There are many other DS tunes I'm sure he could try as well as solo stuff, ones mentioned on here frequently.

[cannibals]

I hope they will give Silvertown Blues another try....

[holaknopfler]

1. Back on the Dancefloor
2. Trapper Man
3. Privateering
4. Sailing to Philadelphia
5. She's Gone / Your Latest Trick
6. One Song At A Time
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. Sultans Of Swing
9. When You Leave
10. El Macho
11. On Every Street
12. Good On You Son
13. Speedway At Nazareth
14. Matchstick Man
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15. Brothers in Arms / So Far Away
16. Heavy Up / Going Home



Could be a realistic guess? Difficult..