Mark cringes

May 12 2005 By The Evening Chronicle

Geordie rocker Mark Knopfler cannot bear to watch old TV footage of himself taken during his 1980s heydays.

The former Dire Straits guitarist and frontman has claimed he cringes at images of him belting out hits such as Money For Nothing and Sultans Of Swing.

Knopfler, 55, who grew up in Gosforth, made the revelations in an interview with Uncut magazine.

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AN ACTOR, I was born in London in 1927. I made guest appearances in Fawlty Towers and Blackadder Goes Forth, and my TV series include Butterflies and As Time Goes By.

A ROCK star, I was born Mark Berry in Manchester in 1964. I was percussionist and freaky dancer in The Happy Mondays, and won the 2005 series of Celebrity Big Brother.

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