Decades later, Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing” still stands tall among the Greatest Classic Rock Songs ever made.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Knopfler standing against a wall. Several years ago, Mark Knopfler was riding his motorbike not far from his home in central ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It was a very special feeling to be part of something so unique," recalls bassist John Illsley. "Live Aid was a unique privilege ...

“There was no way anybody else was going to stick their hand up and say, ‘Hey, Mark, I have a great song idea!’ There was no point. He was on a racetrack.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Rob ...

In 1985, Dire Straits released their only No. 1 single, and it's a song that was co-written by Sting, lead singer of The Police.

Dire Straits may be best known for their No. 1 song “Money for Nothing” (think Sting singing “I want my MTV!”) that came from their chart-topping 1985 album “Brothers in Arms.” But as their new “Dire ...

Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler always had a deep affinity for country music, citing legends like Willie Nelson and the pedal steel guitar work of Jerry Byrd and Paul Franklin, who worked on the band’s ...

Salomone took a whole bunch of famous movie endings and tossed in the surprisingly versatile song "The Walk of Life" to ...

Dire Straits inspire a dense run of tribute concerts in Germany in late 2026, with One Night of Dire Straits and Dire Strats bringing classics like Brothers in Arms to venues from Bensheim to Cologne.