From 16th-century playwrights to 1960s girl groups: the many influences behind Dire Straits' under-appreciated 1980 track, "Romeo and Juliet".

To mark the 40th anniversary of their hit album Brothers In Arms, we republished this 2015 account of Dire Straits' ...

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 ...

At 10.10pm on October 9, 1992, Mark Knopfler bid goodnight to 40,000 people and walked off stage in Zaragoza, Spain. It was the last time he did so as the singer, guitarist and undisputed leader of ...