local-hero.org : new feature !   

I have built what I had in my head since one year : a slideshow for the pics !

On each concert's page where there are pics hosted on flickr or picasa, there is now a button which fires a slideshow that makes you view each pic in big size.

Want an example ? No problem, take a look here.

Tour 2011 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler, videos and audio   

Several videos have been added for Dublin, Glasgow #1 and Manchester.

Explore the to view them all :-)

Discover the three new MK songs from the second night in Glasgow : "Corned Beef City", "Privateering" and "Haul Away".

Tour 2011 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler, some videos from the kickoff night in Dublin   

Tour 2011 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler on the road !

The kickoff date has taken place yesterday night in Dublin.

More informations in the concert's page.

Tour 2011 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler together this fall for a european tour

Mark Knopfler will be on stage with Bob Dylan for around thirty dates this fall through Europe.

Most of the presales begin this monday at 9am, so hurry up :-)

More details in the .

Archives : BBC Four documentary "A life in songs"

If you have missed the documentary about Mark's career "A life in songs" broadcasted on BBC4, here is a chance to see it in four parts :

Gerry Rafferty has died

Sad news, the scottish singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died this tuesday 4th of january, aged 63. He had sung on The Way It Always Starts from the Local Hero movie soundtrack. Mark had played on his album Another World in 2002.

Listen with Spotify

We owe him the 70's hits Baker Street (1978) and Stuck in the Middle With You.

In Gerry's memory here is the video clip of Baker street (this street is worldly known since the british writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had made his heroes Sherlock Holmes and the Docteur Watson live there) with the famous saxophone riff and the guitar solo :

Happy New Year 2011 !

I wish you a happy new year 2011, let's hope for a new MK album :-)

local-hero.org : v3 launched

As Mark will be tonight in Paris Bercy I officially launch the version 3 of this website, even if the new features have appeared week after week since the beginning of the tour :

• new design
• a gallery widget on each concert page (which dynamically retrieve the pics from the flickr and picasa links)
• a calendar to simplify the navigation through the tour dates
• creation of a Twitter account so that you can easily follow the updates
• buttons added to the social networks to share the links with your friends
• a widget dedicated to the official recordings (simfylive)
• a chat to discuss live

I hope you will like the 2010 version of the website, I have worked on it for hours :-) Enjoy the gigs and don't forget to leave your reviews !

Alchemy released in DVD & Blu-Ray on 10th of May

More than 25 years after this mythical gig, the official DVD & Blu-Ray release will be out the 10th May 2010. For this release the sound has been remixed in 5.1 surround by Chuck Ainlay and the image has been restored.

Hmmm, this trailer brings good memories back. Impressive picture ! You can notice that Mark's voice is different that what we used to hear.

After the double LP, the double K7, the double CD, the VHS, the Laserdic and the bootleg DVD it's decided : I'm going to buy a Blu-Ray player !

Tour 2010 : all about the concerts

Follow the tour with the : dates, setlists, reviews, photos, ...

Archives : "Running on down this road" live @ Snape, 25/04/1990

In 1990 the Notting Hillbillies made a UK tour following the release of their album "Missing... presumed having a good time".

In the setlist was this track from the Brendan Croker's solo album "The Great Indoors".

Listen to this stunning version of "Running on down this road" : so nice !

Archives : "Baloney Again" live @ Nulle Part Ailleurs, 11/10/2000

During his "Sailing to Philadelphia" promo tour MK has come to the "Nulle Part Ailleurs" TV show on Canal+ to play "Baloney Again".

This is for me the best live version, so emotional, so... perfect, played onyly with Guy Fletcher on keyboards.

Enjoy !

Tour 2008 : new audio clip "Donegan's Gone" from the London gig 26.05.2008

This song has been played only in London, with Joe Brown as guest :

Tour 2008 : new audio clip "Secondary Waltz" from the Edinburgh gig 18.05.2008

Back from my "UK tour" ;-) As an "appetizer" here is "Secondary Waltz" played in Edinburgh :

Tour 2008 : audio clip "Postcards From Paraguay" from the Paris gig 09.04.2008

First audio clip of my recording in Paris Bercy :

Tour 2008 : new audio clip from the Nantes gig 08.04.2008

Just for the pleasure, a second audio clip "True Love Will Never Fade" from my recording in Nantes :

Tour 2008 : remastered audio clip of "Marbletown" from the Nantes gig 08.04.2008

New version of "Marbletown", extracted from my first live recording ever. Now the sound has been remastered (thanks to Lolo) :