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 ...

This unlikely rock band found themselves on stage at Live Aid, playing a song that had 72,000 people singing along. Read more ...

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Before their 1980s pop conquering, Dire Straits first took the stage in a ramshackle community festival in a South London, ...

Dire Straits lead guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler was nearly 30 years old when the band released their self-titled debut album in 1978. The single “Sultans of Swing” performed well on both sides of ...

Jack Sonni, the musician best known for being "the other guitarist" in Dire Straits, has died, his former band members announced on Thursday. He was 68. A cause of death is currently unknown. The ...

The band adopted the name Dire Straits because at the outset, they were truly in dire straits — and the name stuck. Formed in London in 1977 by members Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley and ...