Mark Knopfler at Broward Center for the Performing Arts

To celebrate the release of Mark Knopfler's eighth studio album Tracker, the ex-Dire Straits British singer-songwriter and guitarist will be taking his Tracker Tour across North America as part of his two-leg world tour. Famed for his fingerstyle playing, this busy Brit is a unique talent with a back catalogue of classics stretching back over two decades, as well as having toured in the past with Bob Dylan.

Considered to be the most celebrated British guitar hero to emerge in the 1970s and '80s, Knopfler led Dire Straits to new heady heights of fame, with his songwriting skills and finger-style guitaring played a crucial role in cementing their international success. Nowadays Knopfler has built an impressive career independently of Straits as a producer, sideman, songwriter, and film composer, working alongside some of the most respected and best-known figures in mu