Kill to Get Crimson Tour

Kill to Get Crimson Tour
Mark Knopfler concert chronology
World tour by Mark Knopfler

Location	Europe, North America
Associated album	Kill to Get Crimson
Start date	29 March 2008 (2008-03-29)
End date	31 July 2008 (2008-07-31)
Legs	2
Number of shows	94

The Kill to Get Crimson Tour was a 2008 concert tour by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, promoting the release of his album Kill to Get Crimson. The tour consisted of two legs: Europe and North America. The tour started on 29 March 2008 in Amsterdam, and included 94 concerts in 88 cities, ending on 31 July 2008 in Miami Beach, Florida. The tour included a six-night run at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with Bap Kennedy as the supporting act. Jesca Hoop was the opening act for the North America leg of the tour.^[1]

The tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitars, vocals), Richard Bennett (guitars), Danny Cummings (drums), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Matt Rollings (keyboards), Glenn Worf (bass), and John McCusker (fiddle, cittern).^[1]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Setlist
Europe^[1]
29 March 2008	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	1
30 March 2008	Amsterdam		Heineken Music Hall	2
31 March 2008	Rotterdam		Ahoy	1
2 April 2008	Barcelona	Spain	Palau St Jordi
3 April 2008	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes
4 April 2008	Lisbon	Portugal	Campo Pequeno
5 April 2008	Atarfe	Spain	Coliseo Atarfe
7 April 2008	Toulouse	France	Zenith
8 April 2008	Nantes		Zenith	3
9 April 2008	Paris		Bercy	1
10 April 2008	Strasbourg		Zenith	4
11 April 2008	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena	1
12 April 2008	Erfurt	Germany	Messehalle
14 April 2008	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
15 April 2008	Milan	Italy	Datchforum	5
16 April 2008	Mantua		Palabam	6
17 April 2008	Bolzano		Palaonda	6
19 April 2008	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum	5
20 April 2008	Oslo	Norway	Spektrum	1
21 April 2008	Bergen	Norway	Vestlandshallen	6
22 April 2008	Karlstad	Denmark	Löfbergs Lila	6
23 April 2008	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet	5
25 April 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	5
26 April 2008	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace	6
27 April 2008	Moscow	Russia	Olimpiski	6
2 May 2008	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar	5
3 May 2008	Berlin	Germany	Velodrom
4 May 2008	Frankfurt		Festhalle
5 May 2008	Hamburg		Color Line Arena
6 May 2008	Leipzig		Leipzig Arana
7 May 2008	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle
9 May 2008	Hanover		Tui Arena
10 May 2008	Oberhausen		Oberhausen Arena
11 May 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobile Arena	6
12 May 2008	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Arena	5
13 May 2008	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
14 May 2008	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
16 May 2008	Birmingham	England	NEC
17 May 2008	Manchester	England	MEN Arena
18 May 2008	Edinburgh	Scotland	Playhouse	7
19 May 2008	Dublin	Ireland	RDS	5
20 May 2008	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey	5
21 May 2008	Newcastle	England	City Hall	7
22 May 2008	Cardiff		CIA	5
24 May 2008	Brighton		Brighton Centre
25 May 2008	London		Royal Albert Hall
26 May 2008				8
27 May 2008				9
28 May 2008				8
29 May 2008				8
30 May 2008				5
1 June 2008	Sønderborg	Denmark	Augustenborg Castle	10
2 June 2008	Cologne	Germany	Arena	5
3 June 2008	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	5
4 June 2008	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal	10
6 June 2008	Rome	Italy	Palalottomatica
7 June 2008	Pesaro		BPA Palace
8 June 2008	Udine		Villa Manin, Codroipo
9 June 2008	Zagreb	Croatia	Dom Sportova
10 June 2008	Belgrade	Serbia	Arena	11
11 June 2008	Sofia	Bulgaria	Culture Palace	11
13 June 2008	Istanbul	Turkey	Kuruçesme Park	10
15 June 2008	Athens	Greece	Lycabetus Theatre	10
North America^[1]
24 June 2008	Morrison	United States	Red Rocks Amphitheater	12
25 June 2008	Salt Lake City		Abravanel Hall	12
26 June 2008	Las Vegas		The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel	13
27 June 2008	Los Angeles		The Greek Theatre	14
28 June 2008	Berkeley		Greek Theater	14
29 June 2008	Jacksonville		Britt Pavilion	15
1 July 2008	Portland		Arlene Schnitzer Hall
2 July 2008	Woodinville
3 July 2008	Vancouver	Canada	Orpheum Theatre
4 July 2008	Kelowna		Prospera Place	15
5 July 2008	Calgary		Jack Singer Concert Hall
7 July 2008	Edmonton		Jubilee Auditorium
8 July 2008	Saskatoon		Sid Buckwold Theatre
9 July 2008	Regina		Conexus Centre of the Arts
11 July 2008	Winnipeg		Centennial Concert Hall
12 July 2008	Minneapolis	United States	Orpheum Theatre	13
13 July 2008	Chicago		Chicago Theater
15 July 2008	Nashville		Ryman Theatre
16 July 2008	Kettering		Fraze Pavilion	14
17 July 2008	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheater	13
18 July 2008	Ottawa	Canada	National Arts Centre	13
19 July 2008	Boston	United Statees	Bank of America Pavilion	14
20 July 2008	Syracuse		Landmark Theatre	13
22 July 2008	Vienna		The Filene Center
23 July 2008	New York City		The Filene Center	13
25 July 2008	Newark		Performing Arts Center	14
26 July 2008	Philadelphia		Mann Center	14
27 July 2008	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium	13
29 July 2008	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheatre
30 July 2008	Clearwater		Ruth Eckerd Hall
31 July 2008	Miami Beach		Jackie Gleason Theater	13

Setlists

Setlist 1: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Daddy's Gone to Knoxville, Postcards from Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 2: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Daddy's Gone to Knoxville, Devil Baby, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 3: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Done With Bonaparte, Postcards from Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 4: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Daddy's Gone to Knoxville, Postcards form Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 5: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Postcards from Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 6: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Postcards from Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 7: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Secondary Waltz, Postcards from Paraguay, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 8: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Picture of You and Donnegan's Gone (both with guest Joe Brown), Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 9: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Secondary Waltz, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 10: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 11: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 12: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Song for Sonny Liston, Done With Bonaparte, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 13: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Song for Sonny Liston, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 14: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Song for Sonny Liston, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home

Setlist 15: Cannibals, Why Aye Man, What It Is, Sailing to Philadelphia, True Love Will Never Fade, The Fish and the Bird, Hill Farmer's Blues, Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing, Marbletown, Speedway at Nazareth, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Our Shangri-La, So Far Away, Going Home^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Kill to Get Crimson Tour 2008". Mark Knopfler News. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

External links

Mark Knopfler

Studio albums	Golden Heart Sailing to Philadelphia The Ragpicker's Dream Shangri-La Kill to Get Crimson Get Lucky Privateering Tracker

Soundtracks	Local Hero Cal Comfort and Joy The Princess Bride Last Exit to Brooklyn Wag the Dog Metroland A Shot at Glory

Collaborations	Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies) Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilations	Screenplaying Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Singles and EPs	"Darling Pretty" "Cannibals" "Rüdiger" "What It Is" "Sailing to Philadelphia" "Silvertown Blues" "Why Aye Man" "Boom, Like That" The Trawlerman's Song (EP) One Take Radio Sessions (EP) "True Love Will Never Fade" "Punish the Monkey" "Border Reiver" "Remembrance Day"

Videography	A Night in London Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Band personnel	Richard Bennett Jim Cox Chad Cromwell Danny Cummings Phil Cunningham Stuart Duncan Guy Fletcher Paul Franklin Mike Henderson John McCusker Michael McGoldrick Tim O'Brien Matt Rollings Ian Thomas Geraint Watkins Glenn Worf

Tours	Golden Heart Tour Sailing to Philadelphia Tour Shangri-La Tour All the Roadrunning Tour Kill to Get Crimson Tour Get Lucky Tour Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2011 Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2012 Privateering Tour Tracker Tour

Related articles	Mark Knopfler discography Brewers Droop Dire Straits The Notting Hillbillies British Grove Studios

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