Six-piece UK tribute band recreates Mark Knopfler's guitar and vocal tones in a two-hour show of Dire Straits classics.
dIRE sTREETS are playing Babbacombe Theatre on Friday 23 April 2027, starting at 7:30 pm. It's a two-hour theatre show, so you'll be in and out in one evening. The band is a six-piece, and they've spent more than a decade taking Dire Straits' back catalogue to thousands of theatre-goers across the country. They describe themselves as the stand-out Dire Straits tribute act in the UK, and they're made up of some of the country's top tribute musicians.
The set pairs faithful renditions of classic studio tracks with extended live versions from some of the band's legendary concerts, so you get a mix of the songs as they sounded on record and as they were played on stage. The band's claim to fame is how they handle the guitar work: they say no other act comes as close to reproducing Mark Knopfler's distinctive guitar and vocal tones.
As for the venue, Babbacombe Theatre has been part of the English Riviera for over eighty years and is known for its family variety shows, especially since Matpro Limited took over in 1986. It's on Babbacombe Downs in Torquay, Devon, TQ1 3LU.
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Tickets are £31.00 at the box office, £33.00 by telephone, and £34.00 online. There are transaction fees on top of those: £3 online and £2 by telephone, with none if you buy on site. The show starts at 7:30 pm and runs for two hours.
