Touring is a serious business and requires a lot of planning. For each tour, itineraries (travel plans) are made. The sizes of the itineraries vary from pocket size, A5 to A4 format. These itineraries are very rare (only made for band, management and touring personnel) and therefore hard to get. They include information for tour dates, venues, hotels and travel arrangements for both band and crew. Also listing crew & band members as well as managers, promotors, tour related offices, load-in times, times for soundchecks, venue capacities and more. I thought it would be great to dedicate a section to these highly interesting itineraries so fans can see what they actually look like. I listed all the ones I know and have pictures of. Some of these itineraries are part of my private collection. Fellow fan and the biggest collector I know, Mimmo Carrata, was so kind to scan some of the front covers of all the itineraries that I am missing. So, a big thank you to Mimmo for helping me out with this to make this section more complete!

Note: I only created this section to show what these rare itineraries look like. Don't ask me for details which can be found inside, I will not reveal any content for privacy reasons.

If you have any Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler or The Notting Hillbillies tour itinerary that is missing in my collection and you are willing to sell it or trade it for material from my bootleg collection, please contact me.

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Communiqué" tour
Itinerary for Europe

30th January - 20th February 1979
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Communiqué" tour
Itinerary for USA

21st Ferbuary - 5th April 1979
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Communiqué" tour
Itinerary for Europe

30th October - 30th November 1979
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Love over gold" tour
Itinerary for UK

29th November - 21st December 1982
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for First leg of the tour 1985

25th April 1985 - 16th July 1985

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for North American tour 1985 - part I

17th July 1985 - 18th August 1985

Front cover is missing, but most likely
similar to this

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for North American tour 1985 - part II

1st September 1985 - 14th October 1985

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for European tour 1985

20th October 1985 - 31st December 1985

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for Australian and New Zealand tour 1986

5th February 1986 - 20th April 1986
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "Brothers in arms" tour
Itinerary for Australian and New Zealand tour 1986

26th January 1986 - 20th April 1986
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Eric Clapton (featuring Mark Knopfler and Elton John)
Tour "25th Anniversary Tour"
Itinerary for Japanese leg of the tour

20th October - 7th November 1988

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for German concerts in 1991, provided by German concert promoter Marek Lieberberg. Featuring information about the visited cities, important telephone numbers, restaurants, bars, sports activities, museums, etc. This itinerary belonged to Noccer, one of the bus drivers.
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for UK & European concerts in 1991. Featuring technical information about each venue; building information, barricade, rigging, clearance, power in the building, dressing rooms, catering, load in and load out, follow spots and special remarks. This itinerary belonged to Noccer, one of the bus drivers.
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for This is a crew tour guide issued for the Dublin concerts 23rd to 27th August 1991. It features all kinds of interesting places to visit in Dublin.
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for UK & Europe

22nd August - 15th October 1991
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Australia & New Zealand

26th October - 22nd December 1991
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for USA & Canada

26th January - 7th April 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Europe 1992 - Part I

15th April - 24th June 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Europe 1992 - Part II

21st June - 5th August 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Europe 1992 - Part III

17th August - 10th October 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for German concerts in 1992, provided by German concert promoter Marek Lieberberg. Featuring information about the visited cities, important telephone numbers, restaurants, bars, sports activities, museums, etc. This itinerary belonged to Noccer, one of the bus drivers.
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Aircraft Charter Itinerary - Summer 1992

17th April - 3rd August 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Aircraft Charter Itinerary - Summer 1992

29th June - 3rd August 1992
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Dire Straits
Tour "On every street" tour
Itinerary for Original Outdoor Technical Rider

19 pages Outdoor Technical Rider, 3 pages with drawings of mix-tower and the full itinerary for the Scandinavian part of the tour in 1992. Also including original papers from John Horwood to the Swedish promotor about the fireworks at the end of the show and the reason why they use it. And...highly interesting letters from Ed Bicknell (19 pages in all) to promoters and other people with info about the media, upcoming shows, Philips sponsoring, how many tickets sold at various venues, mentioning why they skipped South America, support acts, awards and more.

 

Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Golden heart" tour
Itinerary for Ireland & UK

21st April - 27th May 1996
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Golden heart" tour
Itinerary for Europe - Part I

27th May - 7th July 1996
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Golden heart" tour
Itinerary for Europe - Part II

7th July - 5th August 1996
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist The Notting Hillbillies
Tour UK tour 1997
Itinerary for Complete tour

7th May - 23rd May 1997
Part of my private collection
Additional info In September 2000, Ed Bicknell donated various Dire Straits awards and other rare items for a charity auction. The auction was held on the homepage of Mark Knopfler News and closed on 30th September. Ed gave all the money he made from this auction to the charity. Click here to see the"Letter of Authenticity" from Damage Management Ltd signed by Ed Bicknell. Note the misspelling of "itineary".

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Sailing to Philadelphia" tour
Itinerary for South America & North America

23rd March - 29th May 2001
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Sailing to Philadelphia" tour

2nd June - 31st July 2001
Itinerary for Europe
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Shangri-La" tour
Itinerary for Southern Hemisphere

25th February - 22nd March 2005
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Shangri-La" tour
Itinerary for Europe

31st March - 15th June 2005
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Shangri-La" tour
Itinerary for North America

24th June - 31st July 2005
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
Tour "All the roadrunning" tour
Itinerary for Complete tour

24th May - 30th June 2006
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Kill to get crimson" tour
Itinerary for Europe

27th March - 16th June 2008
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Kill to get crimson" tour
Itinerary for North America

24th June - 31st July 2008
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Get lucky" tour
Itinerary for Europe

19th May - 31st July 2010
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Get lucky" tour
Itinerary for USA

4th April - 9th May 2010
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour European tour 2011
Itinerary for Complete tour

1st October - 22nd November 2011
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour North American tour 2011
Itinerary for Complete tour

2nd October - 21st November 2012
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Privateering" tour
Itinerary for European tour

23rd April - 31st July 2013
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Tracker" tour
Itinerary for European tour

26th April - 31st July 2015
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Tracker" tour
Itinerary for North American tour

9th September - 31st October 2015
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Down the road wherever" tour
Itinerary for European tour

25th April - 22nd July 2019
Part of my private collection

 



 

Artist Mark Knopfler
Tour "Down the road wherever" tour
Itinerary for North American tour

13th August - 25th September 2019
Part of my private collection


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