Mark Knopfler

Update - Sunday - 3rd December 2006

GOSH - Great Ormond Street Hospital - recently held the latest of their fabulous Xmas auctions with lots from a whole host of famous people.

GOSH is one of Mark's favourite charities and this year they put together two great Mark Knopfler lots.

Lot 1: Sold for £454

Lot 2: Sold for £170

Many thanks to all who placed a bid.

Update - Monday - 13th November 2006

Available now on DVD, Real Live Roadrunning, the Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris show at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on the 28th of June, 2006. Released worldwide on 13th November (14th in USA).

Exclusive to Mark-Knopfler.co.uk, VIP members can watch DVD streams of tracks from Real Live Roadrunning in the VIP Area.

Watch the DVD trailer!

Track list:

1. Right Now
2. Red Staggerwing
3. Red Dirt Girl
4. I Dug Up A Diamond
5. Born To Run
6. Done With Bonaparte
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. Song For Sonny Liston
9. Belle Starr
10. This Is Us
11. All The Roadrunning
12. Boulder To Birmingham
13. Speedway At Nazareth
14. So Far Away
15. Our Shangri-La
16. If This Is Goodbye
17. Why Worry

CD

1. Right Now
2. Red Staggerwing
3. Red Dirt Girl
4. Done with Bonaparte
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. All That Matters (bonus track)
7. This Is Us
8. All the Roadrunning
9. Boulder to Birmingham
10. Speedway at Nazareth
11. So Far Away
12. Our Shangri-La
13. If This Is Goodbye
14. Why Worry

Vocals & guitars Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Keyboards Guy Fletcher
Additional guitars Richard Bennett
Drums Danny Cummings
Fiddle & mandolin Stuart Duncan
Keyboards Matt Rollings
Bass Glenn Worf

Recorded by Dave Dixon on AMD64 technology
Produced, engineered and mixed by Guy Fletcher
Assisted by Richard Cooper and Graham Meek
Mixed at British Grove Studios, London
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering & DVD, Maine

Thursday - 19th October 2006

The Variety Club of Great Britian has presented Mark with their Silver Heart Award, the highest accolade the Variety Club can confer on an artist.

The award was presented to Mark at a special tribute lunch held at the Civic Centre in Newcastle-Unpon-Tyne. Around 700 guests attended the event which was MC'd by Jools Holland. Mark was joined by Guy Fletcher on keyboards for a performance of Local Hero.

Update - Friday - 27th October 2006

Mark is featured on the following albums.

Mark and Jools Holland recently recorded a version of the Hank Williams track, You Win Again, to be featured on the upcoming Jools Holland collaboration album Moving Out to the Country. The album will be released through Warners on November 20th. Other artists featured on the album include: Brian Eno, Richard Hawley, Bob Geldof, Lulu, Tom Jones, Marc Almond, India Arie, Paul Carrack, David McAlmont, Ruby Turner, Sam Brown, Dr John, Solomon Burke and Allen Toussaint.

Mark also features on Paul Burch’s new album EAST TO WEST!  For more info go to www.paulburch.com.

Tony Joe White's latest album, Uncovered, released on the 5th of September, features Mark on the track Not One Bad Thought.

And, finally, Jimmy Buffett's new album, Take The Weather With You, features a cover of Whoop De Doo from Mark's Shangri-La CD with Mark on guitar. The album entered the Billboard Country Chart at No. 1 and at No. 4 in the Billboard Top 200 chart. Further info at http://www.buffettworld.com/.

Updated -  Thursday - 21st September 2006

Mark performed in a benefit concert at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Wednesday, September 20th, accompanied by Guy Fletcher, Richard Bennett and Glen Worf.

Opera House president Steve Malcom shared that “having Mark Knopfler travel to the US to do just this concert in support of the Opera House is simply amazing. We are grateful to him and to a local friend of the Opera House who has made this upcoming evening of music from one of the world’s great guitarists possible.”