According to John Baldwin's Desolation Row Information Service, Bob Dylan's fall tour itinerary of Europe is almost final, and he may be touring with his former collaborator Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame):
We’ve been telling you for some time that there will be an Autumn Tour of Europe. What I can say now is that the tour has been finalized and the Promoters are just waiting for Dylan’s people to give their approval before an announcement can be made – just in case they or Mr. Dylan might object to some aspect of the arrangements. I expect to get the full details this Friday or next Monday. They want to get tickets on sale ASAP. What I can tell you is that the tour will start early October and finish mid-November. Dylan will be touring with another big name. I can’t say who without breaking confidence but our friends at ISIS believe that this might be Mark Knopfler (I’ll neither confirm nor refute this). The UK Promoter has said that fan access to a ticket allocation will be available and I expect to be running that as usual.
The rumor over at Isis is that it will be a "double-header" tour. The Dylan fanzine has learned that Knopfler has postponed the planned mixing of his new album until the new year because "something has come up".
Among the countries mentioned for the tour are United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy.
Knopfler participated on session for two of Dylan’s most acclaimed albums, 1979’s Slow Train Coming (as guitarist) and 1983’s Infidels (guitarist and co-producer).
Despite Knopfler’s disappointment with Dylan’s final version of Infidels, they shared the stage twice in 1986 down in Australia - Once at a Dylan gig with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, then later at a Dire Straits concert.
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