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Brothers in Arms Tour

{{Short description|1985–86 concert tour by Dire Straits}}

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{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Brothers in Arms Tour

| image = Brothers in Arms Tour Poster.jpg

| image_size =

| landscape =

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| artist = Dire Straits

| location = {{Flatlist|

  • Europe
  • Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania

}}

| type = World

| album = Brothers in Arms

| start_date = {{Start date|1985|04|25|df=y}}

| end_date = {{End date|1986|04|26|df=y}}

| number_of_legs = 5

| number_of_shows = 248

| last_tour = Love over Gold Tour
(1982–83)

| this_tour = Brothers in Arms Tour
(1985–86)

| next_tour = On Every Street Tour
(1991–92)

}}

The Brothers in Arms Tour was a concert tour by British rock band Dire Straits. The tour promoted and supported the group's fifth album, Brothers in Arms, which was released in May 1985.

The tour started on 25 April 1985 in Split, Croatia and ended on 26 April 1986 in Sydney, Australia. It included dates in the Balkans, Israel, Europe, North America, and Oceania. The tour included 248 concerts in 23 countries and 118 cities.{{cite news|title=An 80s experience to remember|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10547017/An-80s-experience-to-remember|agency=Stuff.nz.|date=15 December 2017}} More than two and a half million people attended the tour.{{cite news|title=SA gigs for Dire Straits frontman|url=https://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/SA-gigs-for-Dire-Straits-frontman-20041130|agency=News 24|date=26 September 2014|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034437/https://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/SA-gigs-for-Dire-Straits-frontman-20041130|archive-date=16 December 2017|url-status=dead}} With 900,000 tickets sold in Australia and New Zealand it was the biggest concert tour in Australasian music history, until it was overtaken in 2017–2018 by Ed Sheeran on his ÷ Tour.{{cite news|title=Ed Sheeran adds final Australian shows; breaking all records|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/ed-sheeran-adds-final-australian-shows-breaking-all-records/news-story/ac81a728476a08c7d59e1c2a1fd79ef7|agency=News.com.au.|issue=26 May 2017|date=15 December 2017}}

Description

The tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), John Illsley (bass, backing vocals), Alan Clark & Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Terry Williams (drums), Jack Sonni (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Chris White (saxophone, flute, tambourine, backing vocals).

During the tour, Dire Straits performed "Money for Nothing" with Sting and "Sultans of Swing" at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985. Their performance was included on the DVD release of that event. The final concert on 26 April 1986 in Sydney, Australia was broadcast on television.

The band's concert of 10 July 1985 at Wembley Arena, in which they were accompanied by Nils Lofgren for "Solid Rock" and Hank Marvin joined the band at the end to play "Going Home" (the theme from Local Hero), was partially televised in the United Kingdom on The Tube on Channel 4 in January 1986.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/188185 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022120838/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/188185 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2012 |title=Dire Straits Live In '85 at Wembley Arena (1986) |publisher= BFI |place = UK |date=16 April 2009 |access-date= 17 April 2011}} Although never officially released, bootleg recordings of the performance entitled Wembley does the Walk (2005) have been circulated. In addition, three soundboard recordings were made in San Antonio, Houston, and Ohio, which have also circulated as bootlegs.

A full length concert from the tour became available on album for the first time in May 2025, when 40th anniversary editions of the "Brothers In Arms" album were released. The five LP box set and triple CD editions included a live concert from the band’s Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio from 16 August 1985.

The Brothers in Arms Tour consisted of four legs:

  • Europe and Israel
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Australia and New Zealand

Tour dates

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width=100%

! style="width:25%;"| Date

! style="width:25%;"| City

! style="width:25%;"| Country

! style="width:25%;"| Venue

colspan="4"|Europe
25 April 1985

|Split

|Yugoslavia

|Gripe

colspan="4"|Asia
30 April 1985

|Jerusalem

|rowspan="3"|Israel

|Sultanpool

1 May 1985

|rowspan="2"|Tel Aviv

|rowspan="2"|City Park

2 May 1985
colspan="4"|Europe
6 May 1985

|rowspan="2"|Athens

|rowspan="2"|Greece

|rowspan="2"|Sportspalace

7 May 1985
8 May 1985

|rowspan="2"|Montreux

|rowspan="2"|Switzerland

|rowspan="2"|Golden Rose Festival

9 May 1985
10 May 1985

|rowspan="2"|Belgrade

|rowspan="4"|Yugoslavia

|rowspan="2"|Pioneer Hall

11 May 1985
12 May 1985

|Zagreb

|Dom Sportova

13 May 1985

|Ljubljana

|Tivoli Hall

14 May 1985

|Graz

|rowspan="2"|Austria

|Eishalle

15 May 1985

|Vienna

|Stadthalle

16 May 1985

|Brno

|Czechoslovakia

|Stadion Za Lužánkami

17 May 1985

|rowspan='4'|Budapest

|rowspan='4'|Hungary

|rowspan='4'| Sportshall

18 May 1985
19 May 1985
20 May 1985
22 May 1985

|Eindhoven

|rowspan="4"|Netherlands

|P.O.C.

23 May 1985

|Arnhem

|Rijnhal

24 May 1985

|Amsterdam

|Jaap Edenhal

25 May 1985

|Rotterdam

|Ahoy

26 May 1985

|Genk

|rowspan="2"|Belgium

|Limburghal

27 May 1985

|Brussels

|Forêt Nationale

28 May 1985

|Caen

|rowspan="4"|France

|Palais Des Sports

29 May 1985

|Brest

|Parc De Penfeld

30 May 1985

|Nantes

|La Beaujoire

31 May 1985

|Bordeaux

|Patinoire

1 June 1985

|Bilbao

|rowspan="4"|Spain

|Plaza De Toros Vista Alegre

3 June 1985

|Madrid

|Estadio Román Valero

5 June 1985

|rowspan="2"|Barcelona

|rowspan="2"|Municipal Velodrome

6 June 1985
7 June 1985

|rowspan="2"|Toulouse

|rowspan="2"|France

|rowspan="2"|Palais Des Sports

8 June 1985
10 June 1985

|rowspan="1" colspan="2"|Monaco

|Stade Louis II

11 June 1985

|Orange

|France

|Theatre antique d'Orange

12 June 1985

|Grenoble

|France

|Palais Des Sports

13 June 1985

|rowspan="3"|Geneva

|rowspan="7"|Switzerland

|rowspan="3"|Patinoire

14 June 1985
15 June 1985
16 June 1985

|rowspan="2"|Zürich

|rowspan="2"|Hallenstadion

17 June 1985
18 June 1985

|rowspan="2"|Basel

|rowspan="2"|St. Jakob Sporthalle

19 June 1985
20 June 1985

|Dijon

|France

|Palais Des Sports

21 June 1985

|Luxembourg

|Luxembourg

|Patinoire De Kockelscheuer

22 June 1985

|Deinze

|Belgium

|Brielpoort

23 June 1985

|rowspan="3"|Paris

|rowspan="3"|France

|rowspan="3"|Palais Omnisports De Bercy

24 June 1985
25 June 1985
28 June 1985

|rowspan="4"|Birmingham

|rowspan="19"|England

|rowspan="4"|National Exhibition Centre

29 June 1985
30 June 1985
1 July 1985
2 July 1985

|rowspan="2"|Brighton

|rowspan="2"|Conference Centre

3 July 1985
4 July 1985

|rowspan="13"|London

|rowspan="9"|Wembley Arena

5 July 1985
6 July 1985
7 July 1985
8 July 1985
9 July 1985
10 July 1985
11 July 1985
12 July 1985
13 July 1985{{efn|Performed at Wembley Stadium at 6 p.m. for Live Aid, later playing at Wembley Arena."Tour dates". https://www.oneverybootleg.nl/tourdates_1985_1986.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2024.}}

|Wembley Stadium (Live Aid), Wembley Arena

14 July 1985

|rowspan="3"|Wembley Arena

15 July 1985
16 July 1985
colspan="4"|North America
23 July 1985

|Montreal

|rowspan="7"|Canada

|Forum

24 July 1985

|rowspan="2"|Ottawa

|rowspan="2"|Civic Centre

25 July 1985
26 July 1985

|rowspan="4"|Toronto

|rowspan="4"|Varsity Arena

27 July 1985
28 July 1985
29 July 1985
1 August 1985

|Saint Paul

|rowspan="31"|United States

|Roy Wilkins Auditorium

2 August 1985

|Milwaukee

|Auditorium

3 August 1985

|Hoffman Estates

|Poplar Creek

4 August 1985

|Clarkston

|Pine Knob

5 August 1985

|Cuyahoga Falls

|Blossom Music Center

6 August 1985

|Pittsburgh

|Syria Mosque

7 August 1985

|Philadelphia

|Mann Music Center

8 August 1985

|Columbia

|Merriweather Post Pavilion

10 August 1985

|Atlanta

|Fox Theatre

11 August 1985

|Nashville

|Tennessee Performing Arts Center

13 August 1985

|Oklahoma City

|Zoo Amphitheater

14 August 1985

|Dallas

|Reunion Arena

15 August 1985

|Austin

|Coliseum

16 August 1985

|San Antonio

|Municipal Auditorium

17 August 1985

|Houston

|Southern Star Amphitheatre

3 September 1985

|rowspan="2"|Morrison

|rowspan="2"|Red Rocks Amphitheatre

4 September 1985
6 September 1985

|Tempe

|Activity Centre

7 September 1985

|San Diego

|State University

8 September 1985

|Costa Mesa

|Pacific Amphitheatre

9 September 1985

|rowspan="4"|Los Angeles

|rowspan="4"|Greek Theatre

10 September 1985
11 September 1985
12 September 1985
13 September 1985

|rowspan="2"|San Francisco

|rowspan="2"|Concord Pavilion

14 September 1985
15 September 1985

|Sacramento

|California Exposition

17 September 1985

|rowspan="2"|Portland

|rowspan="2"|Civic Auditorium

18 September 1985
19 September 1985

|rowspan="2"|Seattle

|rowspan="2"|Seattle Center Coliseum

20 September 1985
21 September 1985

|Vancouver

|rowspan="7"|Canada

|War Memorial Gym

22 September 1985

|Victoria

|Memorial Arena

23 September 1985

|Vancouver

|Pacific Coliseum

24 September 1985

|Edmonton

|Northlands Coliseum

25 September 1985

|Calgary

|Olympic Saddledome

26 September 1985

|Edmonton

|Northlands Coliseum

27 September 1985

|Calgary

|Olympic Saddledome

1 October 1985

|rowspan="3"|New York City

|rowspan="13"|United States

|rowspan="3"|Radio City Music Hall

2 October 1985
3 October 1985
4 October 1985

|Providence

|Civic Center

5 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Boston

|rowspan="2"|Wang Theatre

6 October 1985
7 October 1985

|Portland

|Cumberland County Civic Center

8 October 1985

|Boston

|Boston Garden

9 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Hartford

|rowspan="2"|Civic Center

10 October 1985
11 October 1985

|Uniondale

|Nassau Coliseum

12 October 1985

|New York City

|Madison Square Garden

13 October 1985

|East Rutherford

|Meadowlands Arena

colspan="4"|Europe
22 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Drammen

|rowspan="2"|Norway

|rowspan="2"|Drammenshallen

23 October 1985
24 October 1985

|rowspan="3"|Stockholm

|rowspan="3"|Sweden

|Café Opera

25 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Johanneshov

26 October 1985
28 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Helsinki

|rowspan="2"|Finland

|rowspan="2"|Ice Hall

29 October 1985
31 October 1985

|rowspan="2"|Brøndbyvester

|rowspan="2"|Denmark

|rowspan="2"|Brøndbyhallen

1 November 1985
2 November 1985

|Hamburg

|West Germany

|Alsterdorfer Sporthalle

3 November 1985

|Groningen

|Netherlands

|Martinihal

4 November 1985

|Hanover

|rowspan="2"|West Germany

|Eilenriedehalle

5 November 1985

|West Berlin

|Deutschlandhalle

7 November 1985

|Vienna

|Austria

|Stadthalle

8 November 1985

|Munich

|West Germany

|Basketball-Halle

9 November 1985

|Wels

|rowspan="4"|Austria

|Eishalle

10 November 1985

|Graz

|Eishalle

11 November 1985

|Linz

|Sporthalle

12 November 1985

|Innsbruck

|Olympic Hall

14 November 1985

|Lyon

|rowspan="2"|France

|Parc Des Expositions

15 November 1985

|Clermont-Ferrand

|Maison Des Sports

18 November 1985

|Nuremberg

|rowspan="5"|West Germany

|Frankenhalle

19 November 1985

|Stuttgart

|Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

20 November 1985

|Frankfurt

|Festhalle

21 November 1985

|Cologne

|Sporthalle

22 November 1985

|Essen

|Grugahalle

23 November 1985

|rowspan="2"|Leiden

|rowspan="2"|Netherlands

|rowspan="2"|Groenoordhal

24 November 1985
25 November 1985

|Brussels

|Belgium

|Forêt Nationale

27 November 1985

|rowspan="4"|Paris

|rowspan="4"|France

|rowspan="4"|Palais Omnisports De Bercy

28 November 1985
29 November 1985
30 November 1985
3 December 1985

|rowspan="4"|Newcastle upon Tyne

|rowspan="21"|England

|rowspan="4"|City Hall

4 December 1985
5 December 1985
6 December 1985
7 December 1985

|rowspan="4"|Manchester

|rowspan="4"|Apollo

8 December 1985
9 December 1985
10 December 1985
11 December 1985

|rowspan="2"|Deeside

|rowspan="2"|Leisure Centre

12 December 1985
13 December 1985

|rowspan="2"|Shepton Mallet

|rowspan="2"|Showering Pavilion

14 December 1985
15 December 1985

|rowspan="2"|Birmingham

|rowspan="2"|National Exhibition Centre

16 December 1985
17 December 1985

|rowspan="7"|London

|rowspan="7"|Hammersmith Odeon

18 December 1985
19 December 1985
20 December 1985
21 December 1985
22 December 1985
23 December 1985
29 December 1985

|rowspan="3"|Edinburgh

|rowspan="3"|Scotland

|rowspan="3"|Playhouse

30 December 1985
31 December 1985
colspan="4"|Oceania
7 February 1986

|rowspan="2"|Hobart

|rowspan="16"|Australia

|rowspan="2"|King George V Oval

8 February 1986
12 February 1986

|Adelaide

|Football Park

14 February 1986

|rowspan="13"|Melbourne

|rowspan="10"|Sports and Entertainment Centre

15 February 1986
16 February 1986
17 February 1986
18 February 1986
19 February 1986
20 February 1986
21 February 1986
22 February 1986
23 February 1986
24 February 1986

|rowspan="2"|Myer Music Bowl

25 February 1986
26 February 1986

|Olympic Park Oval No. 1

1 March 1986

|rowspan="2"|Auckland

|rowspan="4"|New Zealand

|Mount Smart Stadium

2 March 1986

|Western Springs

4 March 1986

|Wellington

|Athletic Park

7 March 1986

|Christchurch

|Lancaster Park{{cite web |url=https://www.christchurchnz.info/business/lancaster-park |title=Lancaster Park |author= |access-date=15 January 2021}}

10 March 1986

| rowspan="16" |Sydney

| rowspan="37" |Australia

|rowspan="13"|Entertainment Centre

11 March 1986
12 March 1986
13 March 1986
14 March 1986
15 March 1986
16 March 1986
17 March 1986
18 March 1986
19 March 1986
20 March 1986
21 March 1986
22 March 1986
23 March 1986

|Sydney Cricket Ground

24 March 1986

| rowspan="2" |Entertainment Centre

25 March 1986
27 March 1986

|Brisbane

|QE2 Stadium

29 March 1986

|Rockhampton

|Rugby Park

31 March 1986

|Mackay

|Showgrounds

2 April 1986

|Townsville

|Showgrounds

4 April 1986

|Cairns

|Showgrounds

8 April 1986

|Darwin

|Showgrounds

11 April 1986

|Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park

|Uluru

13 April 1986

|rowspan="8"|Perth

|rowspan="8"|Entertainment Centre

14 April 1986
15 April 1986
16 April 1986
17 April 1986
18 April 1986
19 April 1986
20 April 1986
23 April 1986

|rowspan="4"|Sydney

|rowspan="4"|Entertainment Centre

24 April 1986
25 April 1986
26 April 1986

Setlists

  • 25 April 1985 (Split) - "Ride Across the River", "Expresso Love", "So Far Away", "Romeo and Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Sultans of Swing", "Walk of Life", "Why Worry", "Six Blade Knife", "The Man's Too Strong", "Two Young Lovers", "Money for Nothing", "Portobello Belle", "Wild West End", "Tunnel of Love", "Brothers in Arms", "Solid Rock"
  • 13 May 1985 (Ljubljana) - "Ride Across the River", "Expresso Love", "So Far Away", "Romeo and Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Sultans of Swing", "Why Worry", "Walk of Life", "Two Young Lovers", "The Man's Too Strong", "Money for Nothing", "Wild West End", "Tunnel of Love", "Solid Rock", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"
  • 16 May 1985 (Brno) - "Ride Across the River", "Expresso Love", "So Far Away", "Romeo and Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Sultans of Swing", "Why Worry", "Walk of Life", "Two Young Lovers", "The Man's Too Strong", "Money for Nothing", "Wild West End", "Tunnel of Love", "Brothers in Arms", "Solid Rock", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"
  • North American Leg - "Ride Across the River", "Expresso Love", "One World", "Romeo and Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Sultans of Swing", "Why Worry", "Walk of Life", "Two Young Lovers", "Money for Nothing", "Wild West End", "Tunnel of Love", "Brothers in Arms", "Solid Rock", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"
  • 26 April 1986 (Sydney) - "Ride Across the River", "Expresso Love", "Industrial Disease", "So Far Away", "Romeo and Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Sultans of Swing", "Why Worry", "Your Latest Trick", "Walk of Life", "Two Young Lovers", "Money for Nothing", "Tunnel of Love", "Brothers in Arms", "Solid Rock", "Going Home: Theme from Local Hero"

Notes

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References

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{{cite web |title=Live in 85/6 |publisher=Mark Knopfler Info |url=http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1985-1986.htm |accessdate=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220080223/http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1985-1986.htm |archive-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web|title=Dire Straits:Brothers in Arms Tour |publisher=Setlist.com |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/dire-straits-4bd67bce.html?page=1 |accessdate=14 December 2015}}

}}

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