Dire Straits were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, but few people know the real reason they chose their unique ...

The band became Dire Straits because they were, in fact, in dire straits at the time, and the name stuck! The British rock ...

"I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, ...

Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...

Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...

and always with passion and a rock attitude par excellence,” his bio on Dire Straits Legacy reads. A native of the Northeast, Sonni moved to New York City in 1976 and formed a band called The ...

Mark Knopfler says that luck played a part in the creation of Dire Straits’ classic hit Money For Nothing — not once but ...

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Money for Nothing, the Dire Straits Show, will be held at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle. The show will take place on Friday, January 23. Tickets cost £28 and are available on the Old Fire Station ...

A TRIBUTE to an iconic British rock band is set to perform at a Cumbrian music venue. Money for Nothing, the Dire Straits Show, will be held at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle. The show will ...