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03-18-2003, 09:20 PM
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PLAY KING OF THE MOUNTAIN...
I Don't Want To Post Forever
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Join Date: 30 Jul 2002
Location: Sheffield
Age: 38
Gender: male
Posts: 13,330
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Mark Knopfler :/
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LONDON (Reuters) - Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has pulled out of a charity concert with guitarist Eric Clapton after a motorcyle accident in which he broke his collarbone, his record company says.
The 53-year old singer-guitarist had been due to perform with Clapton at London`s Royal Albert Hall on March 25 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Mercury Records said in a statement on Tuesday that the show, part of a week of charity concerts at the venue, would still go ahead with Clapton and pop violinist Nigel Kennedy.
Knopfler was riding his Honda motorcyle to rehearsals for his up-coming European tour on Monday morning when he collided with a red Fiat Punto in London`s smart Belgravia area.
He was taken to hospital for treatment of a broken collarbone and six broken ribs, and was later discharged in a stable condition.
The female driver of the Fiat was unhurt.
Knopfler enjoyed a string of hits with 1980s supergroup Dire Straits including "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing".
A Mercury Records spokeswoman said she had no information about how the injuries might affect Knopfler`s European concert tour, due to begin in April.
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