Almost sold out for one of the few Italian dates of the former leader of Dire Straits. The leopard can not change its spots, thank goodness!
Given that the only final hat-trick, made Brothers in Arms, So Far Away and Going Home (the latter ia m song ever), alone was worth the ticket price, everything else is fat that runs. " The set list contained a total of 18 pieces, many of whom among them being rearranged and Sailing to Philadelphia, Cannibals, What It Is, True Love Will Never Fade, Why Aye Man, Romeo and Juliet (near Verona is not due .... so far), Sultans of Swing Telegraph R oad, the latter played masterful levels of Alchemy, which is certainly not little.
Certainly, a focus on quality at the expense of quantity, but the lack of "classics" such as Money for Nothing and Walk of life is, in my opinion, almost gone in the second plan.
The imperfections of the whole band, including two veterans who were the good old days (the versatile drummer Danny Cummings and Guy Fletcher) have a solid basis for the sound of Knopfler, capable of giving as usual sound clear and clean. He started at 21 cracked, betraying the impatience of a boy and giving almost 2 hours non-stop poetry.
impressive performance on the violin by John McCusker, a monster more than a musician.
Two gems worthy of note: before the concert, the red and white fender was on display on stage illuminated by a light almost ethereal: the evening began auspiciously. In fact, towards the end of the concert, the circular support of lights lifts and slopes, from horizontal to vertical (a bit Pink Floyd-style to tell the truth) and revealing the motiv
or central metal and eternal National Style O, the perfect setting to project colored light games, while Mark Knopfler enjoyed to dazzle the audience using the guitar as a mirror.