Music review: An Evening with Mark Knopfler and Band, Hydro, Glasgow
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RELAXED but still committed, at 69 Mark Knopfler dismisses any thoughts of retirement. As a multi-platinum selling act in the 70s and 80s, he can afford to tour with a band of 10, reputedly sharing mastery of 48 instruments between them, ranging from the bouzouki to the uilleann pipes. The pace was unhurried at the Hydro as he meandered amiably through his back catalogue, dipping into his latest, wandering troubadour album, Down The Road Wherever, dusting off a few Dire Straits classics, and generally ranging over his impressive body of work with a degree of nostalgia, occasional whimsy but the tight, dedicated craft of a man still in love with music