While Dire Straits are unlikely to ever budge on their decision to not reform, Mark Knopfler still misses playing one song ...

Money For Nothing had an intro lifted from another famous ’80s hit, and as Knopfler recalls: “I’d seen The Police on the MTV ...

Dire Strait were formed in 1977 and have been around for decades, but fans are only just finding out what inspired the ...

Mark Knopfler was a unique force in the 1970s. Emerging as an unexpected presence during a strange in-between era without any major explosive acts leading the way, Dire Straits managed to popularise ...

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

It's taken people almost five decades to realize what inspired the rock band Dire Straits to come up with their unique name ...

TASS/. Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has put more than 120 guitars and amplifiers from his collection up for sale at Christie’s in London, the auction house announced. "Renowned for his distinct ...

When these colleagues’ workflows clash, it can create tensions like the ones brewing during Bob Dylan’s Infidels sessions, which he invited Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark ...

Track features Eric Clapton, Brian May, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Walsh, among many others, plus the final recording Jeff Beck made.

Mark Knopfler says that luck played a part in the creation of Dire Straits’ classic hit Money For Nothing — not once but twice. “There were a whole bunch of fortunate incidents that collided with each ...