| World tour by Dire Straits | |
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| Location |
|
|---|---|
| Associated album | Brothers in Arms |
| Start date | 25 April 1985 |
| End date | 26 April 1986 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 248 |
| Dire Straits concert chronology | |
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.[1]
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.[2] More than two and a half million people attended the tour.[3] 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.[4]
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- ^ "SA gigs for Dire Straits frontman". News 24. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Ed Sheeran adds final Australian shows; breaking all records". No. 26 May 2017. News.com.au. 15 December 2017.
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