Tour line-up:
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Mark Knopfler Guitar, vocals |
David Knopfler
Guitar, vocals |
John Illsley
Bass, vocals |
Pick Withers
Drums |
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On 8th June 1978, Dire Straits released their debut album Dire Straits. After a short rehearsal between 6th and 8th June 1978 at Whood Wharf (Greenwich, London), the band went out on tour to promote their first album. See here a nice picture of Mark and his famous red Strat. Click here and here for a nice adverstisement of the first single Sultans of swing and here for an advertisement featuring some of the tour dates. On 19th July 1978, Dire Straits recorded a BBC Radio show. It was not a regular gig on the tour. The recording resulted in the album Live at the BBC. See here for a ticket for that day. On 14th October 1978, Dire Straits did a TV recording for Chorus TV in Paris. It was not a regular gig. On 1st September 1978, Dire Straits were recording for the Dutch TV programme Top Pop where host Ad Visser handed over the very first gold album. Click here to see a great picture of that special moment. You can also read that in a letter from manager Ed Bicknell. And click here for a picture of Dire Straits in action during this tour, Hamburg, 28th October 1978. |
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Official recordings made during this tour
| Concert | Bootleg release | Official release |
| Paris (19.07.1978) |
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| Rotterdam (19.10.1978) |
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Total concerts played:
55
June 1978
09.06.1978
Lafayette Wolverhampton UK
10.06.1978 JB's Dudley UK
13.06.1978 University Sheffield UK
14.06.1978 Polytechnic Huddersfield UK
15.06.1978 University Leicester UK
16.06.1978 Country Club Kirklevington UK
17.06.1978 Rock Garden Middlesbrough UK
18.06.1978 Forde Green Hotel Leeds UK
20.06.1978 Tiffany's Edinburgh Scotland
21.06.1978 Dundee College of Technology (Bowling
Alley) Scotland
23.06.1978 76 Club Burton-on-Trent UK
24.06.1978 Boat Club Nottingham UK
25.06.1978 Memorial Hall Newbridge UK
27.06.1978 Rafters Manchester UK
28.06.1978 Talk Of The East Lowestoft UK
29.06.1978 Granary Bristol UK
30.06.1978 Metro Club Plymouth UK
July 1978
01.07.1978
Polytechnic Oxford UK
02.07.1978 Albany Empire Deptford (London) UK
03.07.1978 Top Rank Sheffield UK
04.07.1978 Barbarella's Birmingham UK
05.07.1978 Marquee Club Wardour Street London UK
06.07.1978 Marquee Club Wardour Street London UK
08.07.1978 Civic Hall St. Albans UK
October 1978
11.10.1978
Nieuwe Stadsfeestzaal Mechelen Belgium
12.10.1978
Zaal Lux Herenthout Belgium
13.10.1978 Casino Berengen Belgium
15.10.1978 Groene Maarsen Zedelgem Belgium
16.10.1978
University Leuven Belgium
18.10.1978 Huize Maas Groningen The Netherlands
19.10.1978 Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam The Netherlands
20.10.1978 Stadsschouwburg Eindhoven The Netherlands
21.10.1978 Vereeniging Nijmegen The Netherlands
22.10.1978 Stadsschouwburg Sittart The Netherlands
23.10.1978 Paradiso Amsterdam The Netherlands
25.10.1978 Beursschouwburg Brussels Belgium
28.10.1978 Musikhalle Hamburg Germany
29.10.1978 Neue Welt Berlin Germany
November 1978
01.11.1978
University Bradford UK
02.11.1978 Polytechnic Nottingham UK
03.11.1978 Polytechnic Newcastle UK
04.11.1978 University Durham UK
05.11.1978 Civic Hall Dunstable UK
07.11.1978 Institute of Higher Education Colchester UK
08.11.1978 University Keele UK
09.11.1978 University Hull UK
10.11.1978 University York UK
11.11.1978 University Sheffield UK
13.11.1978 Town Hall Birmingham UK
14.11.1978 University Leicester UK
15.11.1978 University Manchester UK
16.11.1978 Polytechnic Leeds UK
17.11.1978 Polytechnic Bristol UK
18.11.1978 College Of Education Hitchin UK
22.11.1978 Lyceum Strand London UK
