Mark Knopfler Tickets

It's wonderful to be part of a live concert where the Performer and the Audience are so enjoying each other. Mark Knopfler and his 7 amazing bandmembers put on a show at Keller Auditorium in Portland, OR last night that was nothing short of awesome. A set list that spanned some 30+ years of early Dire Straits classics and Knopfler's top notch work of the past 15 years. And Portland fans let them know, in no uncertain terms, how much they appreciated it. 3 Encores! The man is 60+. Talk about a Ticket To Heaven!

One of the best shows I have ever seen. He is one of the greatest guitar players in the world.

Knopfler was brilliant, as well as his rockin' ceilidh band. Sadly, sound on the vocals was not adequate volume or balance - take your pick. Keller Auditorium lighting crew - whoever was on the spotlight - less espresso, dude - highly distracting and totally unnecessary to move that puppy around.

The music was wonderful - Mark and the guys are in another class!

Amazing guitar work of course, couldn't understand a word he said though, over bassed sound guy as usual, why concert sound engineers don't make the vocals the priority always ceases to amaze me. mark's guitar was articulated very well though, would have liked more oldies and the hard driving stuff, the Irish ballads were pretty but got old quick.

The eight musicians and countless instruments made for a wonderful sound -- much more robust than Dire Straits. Which may be why they didn't play very many of the old tunes -- much to my disappointment. The Keller needs to get better spotlight operators. The person who was in charge of the far right spot couldn't seem to hold still on Mark -- pretty distracting!

Really great to see Mark live! My only regret is waiting too long to get a ticket, so my seat was far away from the stage. Get up close if you can.

Once opening act was over, this was a great concert! Mark continues to deserve the title of "best guitar player in the world". His band was fantastic. Well worth the wait for him to come back to Portland.

Forget all the legends on guitar...Mark Knopfler is the GREATEST. He and his band rock. Every song is a joy to listen to. His opening act was wonderful, too.

Mark Knopfler is a class act. I loved that the opening act started early and was only 35 minutes long. I loved that Mark and band played for almost two hours and did two encores. The audience was well-behaved (as I imagine most of his audiences are) and the house rocked. Mark has such a great energy. His band members are multi-talented and the instrumental collaborations were awesome. We will definitely go to another of Mark's shows. We had tickets a year or so ago to see him and, can you believe it, forgot to go! This more than made up for it.

That was an incredible 2 hours of nonstop playing and gorgeous vocals. Knofler's voice cannot be mistaken for anyone else's and the rich sensuality of it still just knocks me out after all these years. To say nothing of the man's ability to play guitar. The finesse of his playing was stunning. Hard to believe his hands could still fly that quickly over those strings by the end of the performance. And his band!!!!!!!!! I could go on and on.......

The show was great! He is so talented! His band is great too! I had been waiting a long time to see him, so it was worth it! I only wish he could have played all night!

He is the most astounding musician--his talent is so natural and without limit as is also true of the excellent musicians that were with him. His voice just adds to the experience. You could tell how much they all enjoyed playing together and there was no pretense, just pleasure, love and the joy of listening to beautiful, smooth sounds. They clearly love the audience without being pretentious--no American Idol attitudes going on here. It was simply, a wonderful evening!

If you're looking for a nice evening with a ton of great musicianship, you'll enjoy this concert. There was only 4 times that the group really got together and "turned it up" and the audience loved it. Needed to be a lot more of that, in my opinion.

Knopfler is a masterful musician. This was evening spent with the elite of the music world. HIs band mates definitely share his expertise and the evening was one of passion and movingly profound. And most importantly - he still ROCKS!

Mark and his entire band was unbelievable. They played for 2 hours straight and used so many different instruments. 2 encores. A great mix of new and old songs. I could not have requested anything better!

Mark is touring with his usual band of suspects plus some extras that really added to the performance. There were 8 in total (perhaps why ticket prices were so painful). I'm going to reseach Tim O'Brien - he was masterful but then so was everyone else. Great set list that covered all the highlights in his catalog with some extended instrumental jams. This is the beginning of the tour and I hope someone that reads this can make a few adjustments: guitar cam with artistic image made it hard to see his fingers, the bass was putting off an obnoxious hum and the center spot on Mark kept bobbling. But don't get me wrong - the show was a "don't miss" to anyone down the road on his tour schedule. I was thrilled to hear Romeo and Juliet (but he has never let me down before)... also Telegraph Road, What It Is, Brothers in Arms. How come no one else plays a National Guitar? LOVE THAT GUITAR! Highlight? .... the huddle at the end of the encore and then Piper to the End - lovely.

Mark Knopfler put on a great show. A couple of encores kept the place buzzing, but I thought that the audience was disappointed that he didn't do "Money For Nothing".

Wonderful music, great crowd, focus was music and not polytechnics or other "fluff". Pure, delicious music.

The show was great! It was actually much better than I expected. It rates in the top concerts I've been to over the years.