Perhaps MK reads this forum and is playing a game with us...the more we demand certain songs or express disappointment that something is skipped, the more he downgrades the set list!
By the end of the tour we will have said goodbye to MFN, BIA, WAM, TR and Silvertown only for them to be replaced with Haul Away, Marbletown, Fish and the Bird etc 
I certainly hope TR doesn't reappear and would hate TOL to make an appearance then! Fingers crossed for Fish and the Bird. Loving the songs being removed from the setlist.
Seriously though, I've been listening to BIA from last night and really enjoyed it. I was quite emotional watching the old man performing one of his anthems for one of the final times and it quite struck me. Alternating this for MFN is not an issue as it doesn't make a difference to the way the set goes. It's personal preference for some.
As for TR and the songs that have been removed, well...
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I'd like to make a point with those claiming I've been moaning recently. I have actually been opening my heart to you with many emotions going through me right now. Some frustration, anger but probably sadness most of all. I think we're all in the same boat on here but some express ourselves differently for various reasons. I just want our man to go out with the bang he deserves and not go out with a whimper playing songs like MM, Bonaparte, Postcards, NDT and HFOH. To be honest most competent artists could do these with this band. Mark is worthy of so much more and the gems he has removed means there is very little left to the shows. Can any Knopfler fan really be happy at him going out like this? If he had done a tour of a dozen dates would he have dropped all these songs? This would've been the best option for him.
