The Notting Hillbillies UK tour 1990
The band (Mark Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker, Guy Fletcher) recruited additional members: Dire Straits manager Ed Bicknell (drums), ex-memeber of 5 O'Clock Shadows Marcus Cliff (bass), legendary U.S. session musician Paul Franklin (pedal-steel guitar) and set UK tour (41 shows) to promote the release of the album Missing... presumed having a good time.
The Snape show (May 15, 1990) was filmed and broadcasted on TV. Also, the concert at Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow) was recorded for radio broadcast.
March
- 31.03.1990 Paramount City Theatre London UK
April
- 02.04.1990 Assembly Rooms Tunbridge Wells UK
- 03.04.1990 Civic Hall Guildford UK
- 04.04.1990 Hexagon Theatre Reading UK
- 05.04.1990 Civic Hall Aylesbury UK
- 06.04.1990 Corn Exchange Cambridge UK
- 07.04.1990 Apollo Theatre Oxford UK
- 08.04.1990 Hippodrome Theatre Bristol UK
- 09.04.1990 Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone UK
- 10.04.1990 Congress Theatre Eastbourne UK
- 11.04.1990 Dome Theatre Brighton UK
- 12.04.1990 Guildhall Portsmouth UK
- 14.04.1990 Guildhall Southampton UK
- 15.04.1990 Arts Centre Poole UK
- 16.04.1990 The Academy Plymouth UK
- 17.04.1990 Verbeer Manor Willand Near Exeter UK
- 18.04.1990 Riviera Centre Torquay UK
- 19.04.1990 Leisure Centre Newport UK
- 20.04.1990 Apollo Theatre Manchester UK
- 21.04.1990 Royal Court Theatre Liverpool UK
- 22.04.1990 City Hall Sheffield UK
- 25.04.1990 Pavilion Theatre Glasgow UK
- 26.04.1990 Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh UK
- 27.04.1990 Town Hall Middlesbrough UK
- 28.04.1990 University Newcastle UK
- 29.04.1990 Opera House York UK
- 30.04.1990 City Hall Hull UK
May
- 01.05.1990 Ritz Theatre Lincoln UK
- 02.05.1990 Astoria Ballroom Leeds UK
- 03.05.1990 Astoria Ballroom Leeds UK
- 04.05.1990 Assembly Rooms Derby UK
- 05.05.1990 University Of East Anglia Norwich UK
- 06.05.1990 Town Hall Birmingham UK
- 07.05.1990 Festival Hall Corby UK
- 08.05.1990 University Of Essex Colchester UK
- 10.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
- 11.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
- 12.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
- 13.05.1990 Dominion Theatre London UK
- 14.05.1990 Dominion Theatre London UK
- 15.05.1990 The Maltings Snape UK
MK studio diary 2011 by Guy Fletcher
Mark and Guy are back in the studio working on a new record
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