#59 DTRW TOUR - Aug 17 2019 - Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA, US

[allen]

DTRW TOUR 2019 [C 59] USA/Canada leg 02


VENUE & LATEST TICKET INFO
Location:- https://themetphilly.com/
Buy Tickets:- https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/020055520698DDCB
Clock @ Weather: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/philadelphia

DIARIES
Guy Fletcher D.T.R.W. tour Diary: http://guyfletcher.co.uk/2019-u-s-tour-diary
Richard Bennett Notes from the Road: https://www.richard-bennett.com/notes-from-the-road

A.M.I.T. HUB
Who’s going where?: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=6400.0
Tickets : sale / exchange / wanted: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?board=48.0
Pre-concert meetings: https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?board=49.0

PREVIOUS/NEXT MARK KNOPFLER Concert
Previous concert:- https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=7081.0
Next Concert:- https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=7110.0

Buy USB’S of this concert:- https://store.markknopfler.com/down-the-road-wherever-live-2019?utm_source=website&utm_medium=landingpage&utm_campaign=04_25_19&utm_content=dtrw_liveconcerts
29 songs were played on the 2015 tour
22 songs yet played on this tour

SET LIST
Why Aye Man
Corned Beef City
Sailing to Philadelphia
Once Upon a Time in the West
Romeo and Juliet
My Bacon Roll
Matchstick Man
Done With Bonaparte
Heart Full of Holes
She's Gone
Your Latest Trick
Postcards From Paraguay
On Every Street
Speedway at Nazareth
Money for Nothing
Piper to the End
Going Home: Theme From Local Hero

[hark67]

First off "Hi" everyone.  I haven't been on the forum in forever!   Anyway, Philly was BRILLIANT!!!  So disappointed I got shut out of the fan presale for this show.  II managed to get one single ticket on the public presale.   I got tickets for Lucca (great seats with the fan presale) but this performance was much better(both the musicians and the audience).   
Only negative was the difficulty finding a place to park.....I almost turned about and went home..... but THANK GOD I didn't.   
A +(and extra points because he wore his blue shirt!)

[Jules]

I understand he played the same set again, am i wrong?

[Jules]

According to setlist fm they added Piper today during the encores, so 16 songs.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mark-knopfler/2019/metropolitan-opera-house-philadelphia-pa-5b9fdb18.html

[localhero1986]

I could order you a setlist
Just like that one there
Or the same with 14 songs
When you're dealing with a setlist
What do you prefer
Long or short?

[Jules]

I could order you a setlist
Just like that one there
Or the same with 14 songs
When you're dealing with a setlist
What do you prefer
Long or short?

Lol...

I guess he could sing also:

Have you got my Mac
My mac
My big Mac

[hunter]

You're all acting surprised 

[hunter]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

[ds1984]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

Bordeaux which is a brand new venue is sound wise absolutely fantastic.

[hunter]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

Bordeaux which is a brand new venue is sound wise absolutely fantastic.

How big is it? One thing is the sound, which is very important of course, but I feel where Mark is at now, the more intimate settings feel so much more right.

[dmg]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe.  The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue?  It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.

[localhero1986]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe.  The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue?  It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.

Well, it’s the reason I went to Lucca instead of Antwerp, Amsterdam or Cologne (which are a one hour drive for me). Yes, you may call me nuts!

In the end I do conclude the venue has a huge impact on the experience. If I’d knew this before, I’d have checked the more intimate venues during previous tours too.

In the US I went to a Bryan Adams gig in a small theatre, which was absolutely one of the best concerts I’ve attended, thanks to the venue experience.

[dmg]

Looking at Guy's photos from this venue, I can just say wow. Exactly, those are the venues that I would have loved to hear Mark in. Except maybe RAH, is there any venue in Europe like the MET that Mark played? It seems like the smaller, more intimate venues are in the US. I guess it always was like this. Or? The huge multi-use arenas in Europe (O2 etc.) are simply disgusting.

Probably the main reason ticket prices in the US are much higher than in Europe.  The question is: would we be prepared to pay an extra £10-20 for a more intimate venue?  It soon mounts up when you attend a few shows.

Well, it’s the reason I went to Lucca instead of Antwerp, Amsterdam or Cologne (which are a one hour drive for me). Yes, you may call me nuts!

In the end I do conclude the venue has a huge impact on the experience. If I’d knew this before, I’d have checked the more intimate venues during previous tours too.

In the US I went to a Bryan Adams gig in a small theatre, which was absolutely one of the best concerts I’ve attended, thanks to the venue experience.

You're so right.  Of course the sound of the venue and your seat make a huge difference too.  Gotta love these old theatres though; Mark at the Playhouse in Edinburgh 2005 was one of the best shows I've been to.

[Knopflerfan]

http://guyfletcher.co.uk/17th-august-2019-philadelphia/

So its 1973 he hitch hiked home from Penzance!

[Robson]

He was 24 years old...