MONACO 1985
 
Artist Dire Straits
Venue Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco
Date 10th June 1985
Source Audience
Format 2CD-R
Tracks CD 1
  1. Intro
  2. Ride across the river
  3. Expresso love
  4. So far away
  5. Romeo and Juliet
  6. Private investigations
  7. Sultans of swing
  8. Why worry
  9. Walk of life
  10. Two young lovers
  11. The man's too strong
Tracks CD 2
  1. Money for nothing
  2. Wild west end
  3. Tunnel of love
  4. Brothers in arms
  5. Solid rock
  6. Going home
Additional comments

Fairly good sound quality. Nice versions of The man's too strong and Brothers in arms. Funny to hear Mark Knopfler dedicates a song to somebody, which happens very rarely. Before Going home he says: "We're gonna play this one for a friend of ours, called Simon". I always wondered who this person was. Another fan told me that he read an article in a French newspaper dated from the 22nd June 1985 which might clear up who this Simon is: during the day of 10th June 1985 before the show in the "Stade Louis II" at 9.00 pm, Dire Straits were at the hotel in Monaco. Some technician of the crew was near the swimming pool and a light-technician has been electrocuted, he had a cardiac-arrest and he died. So, this technician probably was Simon... This recording is virtually 100% complete, only the last 20 seconds of Sultans of swing are missing and there's a little break in the middle part of Tunnel of love. Both little omissions must be due to tape change.