It has been my first gig in Vienna besides visits of Musikvereinssaal and Konzerthaus. It had been the 'Brothers In Arms' tour, but I would not have guessed it back to May 1985. And THANKS TO ACTION, here is even the ticket!!! We arrived in a school bus. Being already into 80ies heavy music, I was just looking forward to a concert with a decent guitar performance.
Buddies: Prof. Hofer, ACTION (you RULE!), Pez, flyingsheep, and other school buddies
Score: 4 out of 5 stars
Another gig? Rather not.
In retrospect, it's just great that our music teacher organized and joined us to this gig. I am also not so sure whether anybody of us had been aware of the massive success that Dire Straits landed with this recording.
This concert was huge in any respect and very good. Mark Knopfler played his Strat in this very special way, and even without having known Dire Straits that much, I understood the strength of his performance and of the music. But I also remember the overly lengthy songs that made it sometimes tough for me to follow (in those young times :-).
In any case, this co
ncert probably set the basis for my further quest for live gigs - just a very good start.
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