Tracker Tour

Tracker Tour

World tour by Mark Knopfler
Location	Europe, North America
Associated album	Tracker
Start date	15 May 2015
End date	31 October 2015
Legs	2
No. of shows	86
Mark Knopfler concert chronology

The Tracker Tour was a 2015 concert tour by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, promoting the release of his album Tracker. The tour started on 15 May 2015 in Dublin, Ireland, included 86 concerts in two legs, and ended on 31 October 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States.^[1]

Description

The concerts typically consisted of Knopfler and his band performing a sixteen-song set, drawing from each period in the artist's thirty-seven year career, including songs he wrote and recorded for Dire Straits. The tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Jim Cox (piano, organ, accordion), Ian Thomas (drums), John McCusker (violin, cittern), and Michael McGoldrick (whistles, uilleann pipes). Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone) and Ruth Moody (vocals) appeared with the band for some concerts.^[2][3]

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold/Available	Box Office
Europe[1]
15 May 2015	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	N/A	N/A
16 May 2015	Manchester	England	Phones 4u Arena	N/A	N/A
17 May 2015	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield	N/A	N/A
19 May 2015	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro	N/A	N/A
20 May 2015	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena	N/A	N/A
22 May 2015	London		The O2 Arena	N/A	N/A
23 May 2015	Birmingham		LG Arena	N/A	N/A
25 May 2015	London		Royal Albert Hall	N/A	N/A
26 May 2015				N/A	N/A
28 May 2015	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	N/A	N/A
29 May 2015	Nice	France	Palais Nikaia	N/A	N/A
31 May 2015	Salem	Germany	Salem Schloss	N/A	N/A
1 June 2015	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	N/A	N/A
2 June 2015	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	N/A	N/A
3 June 2015				N/A	N/A
5 June 2015	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	11,257 / 15,558	$782,447
6 June 2015	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	N/A	N/A
8 June 2015	Stavanger	Norway	DNB Arena	N/A	N/A
9 June 2015	Bergen		Koengen	—[lower-alpha 1]
10 June 2015	Oslo		Frognerbadet	—[lower-alpha 2]
12 June 2015	Trondheim		Sverresborg Arena	—[lower-alpha 3]
13 June 2015	Uppsala	Sweden	Botaniska Trädgården	N/A	N/A
14 June 2015	Copenhagen	Denmark	Tivoli Gardens	N/A	N/A
16 June 2015	Hamburg	Germany	O2 World Hamburg	N/A	N/A
17 June 2015	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen	N/A	N/A
19 June 2015	Mainz		Zollhafen Nordmole	N/A	N/A
20 June 2015	Mannheim		SAP Arena	N/A	N/A
21 June 2015	Cologne		Lanxess Arena	N/A	N/A
4 July 2015	Bad Kissingen		Luitpoldpark	N/A	N/A
5 July 2015	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	N/A	N/A
7 July 2015	Hanover		TUI Arena	N/A	N/A
8 July 2015	Berlin		O2 World Berlin	N/A	N/A
9 July 2015	Leipzig		Leipzig Arena	N/A	N/A
11 July 2015	Munich		Olympiahalle	N/A	N/A
12 July 2015	Oberosterreich	Austria	Burg Clam	—[lower-alpha 4]
13 July 2015	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena Kraków	N/A	N/A
14 July 2015	St. Margrethen	Austria	Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen	N/A	N/A
16 July 2015	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	France	Stade des Burgondes	—[lower-alpha 5]
17 July 2015	Sion	Switzerland	Sion Sous les Étoiles	N/A	N/A
18 July 2015	Padua	Italy	Piazzola sul Brenta	N/A	N/A
20 July 2015	Barolo		Piazza Colbert	—[lower-alpha 6]
21 July 2015	Rome		Parco della Musica	N/A	N/A
22 July 2015	Lucca		Piazza Napoleone	—[lower-alpha 7]
24 July 2015	Huesca	Spain	Auditorio de Lanuza	—[lower-alpha 8]
25 July 2015	Ávila		Finco Megosillo	—[lower-alpha 9]
26 July 2015	Seville		Estadio de La Cartuja	N/A	N/A
28 July 2015	Oeiras	Portugal	Parque dos Poetas	—[lower-alpha 10]
29 July 2015	Santiago de Compostela	Spain	Multiusos Fontes do Sar	N/A	N/A
31 July 2015	Barcelona		Poble Espanyol	N/A	N/A
North America[1]
10 September 2015	Vancouver	Canada	Queen Elizabeth Theatre	N/A	N/A
11 September 2015	Woodinville	United States	Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery	N/A	N/A
12 September 2015
13 September 2015	Portland		Keller Auditorium	N/A	N/A
16 September 2015	Las Vegas		The Colosseum at Caesars Palace	N/A	N/A
18 September 2015	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	N/A	N/A
19 September 2015	Los Angeles		Dolby Theatre	N/A	N/A
20 September 2015	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	N/A	N/A
21 September 2015	San Diego		San Diego Bay	—[lower-alpha 11]
23 September 2015	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	N/A	N/A
25 September 2015	Austin		The Moody Theater	—[lower-alpha 12]
26 September 2015	Dallas		Majestic Theatre	N/A	N/A
28 September 2015	Kansas City		Arvest Bank Theatre	N/A	N/A
29 September 2015	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre	N/A	N/A
30 September 2015	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater	N/A	N/A
2 October 2015	Chicago		Chicago Theatre	N/A	N/A
3 October 2015	Indianapolis		Murat Shrine	N/A	N/A
4 October 2015	Ann Arbor		Michigan Theater	N/A	N/A
6 October 2015	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall	N/A	N/A
7 October 2015	Montreal		Place des Arts – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier	N/A	N/A
9 October 2015	Boston	United States	Orpheum Theater	N/A	N/A
10 October 2015	Mashantucket		Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino	N/A	N/A
11 October 2015	Albany		Palace Theater	N/A	N/A
13 October 2015	Pittsburgh		Heinz Hall	N/A	N/A
14 October 2015	Niagara Falls	Canada	Fallsview Casino Resort	N/A	N/A
16 October 2015	Red Bank	United States	Count Basie Theatre	N/A	N/A
17 October 2015	Philadelphia		Academy of Music	N/A	N/A
18 October 2015	Washington, D.C.		Warner Theatre	N/A	N/A
20 October 2015	New York		Beacon Theatre	N/A	N/A
21 October 2015				N/A	N/A
22 October 2015	Durham		Durham Performing Arts Center	N/A	N/A
24 October 2015	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater	N/A	N/A
25 October 2015	North Charleston		North Charleston Performing Arts Center	N/A	N/A
27 October 2015	St. Augustine		St. Augustine Amphitheatre	3,876 / 3,876	$290,715
28 October 2015	Melbourne		King Center For The Performing Arts	1,946 / 1,946	$161,937
30 October 2015	Clearwater		Ruth Eckerd Hall	N/A	N/A
31 October 2015	Fort Lauderdale		Au Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts	2,606 / 2,624	$188,960

Setlists

• 15 May (Dublin) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Kingdom of Gold" (with Ruth Moody), "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "I Used to Could", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Mighty Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Our Shangri-La", "Wherever I Go" (with Ruth Moody), "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 25 May (London) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues" (with Ruth Moody), "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "I Used to Could", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Mighty Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Wherever I Go" (with Ruth Moody), "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 2 June (Paris) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Kingdom of Gold" (with Ruth Moody), "Skydiver" (with Ruth Moody), "I Used to Could", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Mighty Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "Wherever I Go" (with Ruth Moody), "Our Shangri-La" (with Ruth Moody), "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 14 June (Copenhagen) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "Song for Sonny Liston", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "Brothers in Arms", "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 9 July (Leipzig) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Haul Away", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 13 July (Kraków) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Haul Away", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "Brothers in Arms", "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 21 July (Rome) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth" "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Wherever I Go", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 31 July (Barcelona) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth", "Telegraph Road", Encores: "Brothers in Arms", "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 10 September (Vancouver) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Seattle" (with Ruth Moody), "Kingdom of Gold" (with Ruth Moody), "Skydiver" (with Ruth Moody), "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Haul Away", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth", "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 13 September (Portland) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Seattle" (with Ruth Moody), "Skydiver" (with Ruth Moody), "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Might Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth", "Telegraph Road", Encores: "Wherever You Go" (with Ruth Moody), "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 23 September (Morrison) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "Speedway at Nazareth", "Telegraph Road", Encores: "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 2 October (Chicago) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Mighty Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "On Every Street", "Speedway at Nazareth", Encores: "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 11 October (Albany) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Kingdom of Gold", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "On Every Street", "Speedway at Nazareth", Encores: "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 17 October (Philadelphia) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Might Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "On Every Street", "Speedway at Nazareth", Encores: "So Far Away", "Piper to the End"^[4]
• 20 October (New York City) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Might Man", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "On Every Street", "Speedway at Nazareth", Encores: "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]
• 21 October (New York City) – "Broken Bones", "Corned Beef City", "Privateering", "Father and Son", "Hill Farmer's Blues", "Skydiver", "She's Gone", "Your Latest Trick", "Romeo and Juliet", "Sultans of Swing", "Haul Away", "Postcards from Paraguay", "Marbletown", "On Every Street", "Speedway at Nazareth", Encores: "So Far Away", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"^[4]

References

Notes

1. The 9 June 2015 concert in Bergen is a part of Bergen Calling.
2. The 10 June 2015 concert in Oslo is a part of Norwegian Wood.
3. The 12 June 2015 concert in Trondheim is a part of Trondheim Festival.
4. The 12 July 2015 concert in Oberosterreich is a part of Clam Live 2015.
5. The 16 July 2015 concert in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is a part of Guitare en Scène.
6. The 20 July 2015 concert in Barolo is a part of Collisioni Festival.
7. The 22 July 2015 concert in Lucca is a part of Lucca Summer Festival.
8. The 24 July 2015 concert in Huesca is a part of Festival Pirineos Sur.
9. The 24 July 2015 concert in Huesca is a part of Festival Músicos en la Naturaleza.
10. The 28 July 2015 concert in Oeiras is a part of EDP Cool Jazz Fest.
11. The 21 September 2015 concert in San Diego is a part of Humphreys Concerts By The Bay.
12. The 25 September 2015 concert in Austin is a part of Austin City Limits Live.

Citations

1. "Current Tour". Mark Knopfler Official Website. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "2015 Tracker Tour". MKNews. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. "Mark Knopfler 2015 Tour Diary". Guy Fletcher. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. "Mark Knopfler Concert Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links

• Mark Knopfler official website