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' ...
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 ...
At the Fox Theatre on Thursday night, Mark Knopfler basked in the glow of a standing ovation after playing his Dire Straits hit "Sultans of Swing," for which he'd stripped his large band back to a ...
Some 30 years ago, Alan Clark and Chris White were the sultans of swing. Today the former members of Dire Straits are still doing the walk of life, reviving memories of decades past with The Straits.