Down the Road Wherever is the upcoming ninth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler. It is set to be released on 16 November 2018 by British Grove Records via Universal/Virgin EMI. It will be available on a variety of formats, including on CD, 2xLP and in a box set; the box set will include the preceding two formats as well as a 12-inch EP including four extra tracks. The deluxe CD inserts two bonus tracks before the final standard edition track, "Matchstick Man". The album was announced in a press release, which called it a collection of "unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs inspired by a wide range of subjects, including his early days in Deptford with Dire Straits, a stray football fan lost in a strange town, the compulsion of a musician hitching home through the snow, and a man out of time in his local greasy spoon." The 14 songs were also called "slow and elegant". Musicians that play on the album include Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Glenn Worf on bass guitar, Danny Cummings on percussion and Ian 'Ianto' Thomas on drums. Imelda May will also provide backing vocals. A music video for the first single, "Good on You Son", was released in September.

Track List:

01. Trapper Man [06:01]
02. Back On The Dance Floor [05:30]
03. Nobody's Child [04:17]
04. Just A Boy Away From Home [05:12]
05. When You Leave [04:12]
06. Good On You Son [05:38]
07. My Bacon Roll [05:35]
08. Nobody Does That [05:15]
09. Drovers' Road [05:05]
10. One Song At A Time [06:17]
11. Floating Away [05:03]
12. Slow Learner [04:34]
13. Heavy Up [06:00]
14. Every Heart In The Room [04:30]
15. Rear View Mirror [02:29]
16. Matchstick Man [02:54]