Dire Straits Legacy and Nazareth unite for a series of shows along Australia’s east coast.
Dire Straits Legacy (DSL) features many key original members of Dire Straits who contributed towards their unique sound as well as recording and touring with Dire Straits, becoming integral contributors to their success, selling over 120 million albums worldwide and becoming a household name.
Alan Clark, Dire Straits’ first keyboardist, Grammy Award winner and Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2018, plus Phil Palmer & Danny Cummings, both of whom recorded the fabulous On Every Street. Plus, Mel Collins who played saxophone on Love Over Gold and Twisting By The Pool. All of them performed live with Dire Straits on multiple global tours.
Dire Straits Legacy and Nazareth tour
- Friday, January 5: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
- Saturday, January 6: State Theatre, Sydney
- Monday, January 8: Twin Towns, Gold Coast
- Tuesday, January 9: Twin Towns, Gold Coast
- Wednesday, January 10: Twin Towns, Gold Coast
- Friday, January 12: Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
- Saturday, January 13: Eatons Hill, Brisbane
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The DSL line-up is completed by Primiano Di Biase, George Michael’s bassist Steve Walters, drummer Alex Polifrone and frontman Marco Caviglia who is widely regarded as an authority on Mark Knopfler’s unique guitar-playing style.
Drawing from six platinum albums, the band’s incredible live show features all of the classic Dire Straits hits including Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet, Walk of Life, Brothers in Arms, Tunnel of Love and many more.
Joining Dire Straits Legacy are Nazareth. Rising out of the pubs, clubs and dance halls of their native Scotland in 1970, they paved the way for the many other great Scottish bands like Simple Minds, Texas, Big Country, Del Amitri and more.
With hits spanning five decades including: Broken Down Angel, Bad Bad Boy, Turn On Your Receiver, My White Bicycle plus mega hits, Dream On, This Flight Tonight, Hair Of The Dog and of course, one of the most iconic ballads ever, the timeless Love Hurts.
Nazareth have released an incredible 25 studio albums across the span of their career and their influence can be felt all the way to the top of rock music’s food chain, evidenced by both Guns ’N’ Roses and Metallica covering their songs.
In 2024 the band consists of bass player and founding member Pete Agnew, Jimmy Murrison, the longest serving guitarist in Nazareth’s history, Lee Agnew, drummer since Darrel Sweet’s death in 1999 and Carl Sentance vocalist since 2015 after Dan McCafferty retired.
Tickets on sale now from www.apexentertainment.com.au.
