Dire Straits had a lot going for it as a band. Chief among those qualities was the songwriting of Mark Knopfler, as these ...

With a minimalist sound that sold a lot of records, Dire Straits, one of the most commercially successful rock bands of all time, joined an elite club tonight. Three former members walked onstage with ...

The track appeared on Dire Straits' 1985 album Brothers in Arms, which remains one of the bestselling LPs in history. As Knopfler worked on the No.1 hit single, his thoughts turned to the famous “I ...

Dire Straits called it quits as a band in 1995. But in 2019, the back-catalog of the British rock band is reeling in more money than ever — thanks to an investment scheme that may help take the oft-in ...

When it comes to rock legends, few names resonate as profoundly as Keith Richards and Mark Knopfler. Richards, the iconic guitarist of The Rolling Stones, has publicly expressed his admiration for ...

Dire Straits intricate guitar parts and lackadaisical vocals will forever go down in rock history. Sadly, it looks as if the ...

Mark Knopfler wrote this song with Sting, and it wasn’t without controversy. The Dire Straits frontman's original lyric used the word “faggot” to describe a singer who got their “money for nothing and ...