The Dire Straits Experience

A tribute show by The Dire Straits Experience, playing the songs of Dire Straits at Islington Assembly Hall on Upper Street in London. The performers are a separate act, not the original band.

The Dire Straits Experience is a tribute act returning to London to perform the music of Dire Straits, the rock band whose catalogue forms the basis of the programme. The performers on stage are not the original group. The project is led by Chris White, who performed and recorded with Dire Straits during their most successful years, and includes guitarist and vocalist Terence Reis, together with a line-up of musicians presented as world-class.

The repertoire draws on the Dire Straits catalogue and includes Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing, Brothers in Arms, Romeo and Juliet, Private Investigations, Walk of Life and Telegraph Road, alongside a number of other songs from the band's output. The evening suits anyone who wants to hear these rock songs performed live by a band built around this material.

Islington Assembly Hall is a live music venue and events space on Upper Street, part of the Islington Town Hall complex. It mainly hosts pop, rock and indie concerts, so a show built on Dire Straits songs sits within the kind of programme the venue normally presents.