The sophomore slump caught up with Dire Straits, but they quickly atoned for that with a third-album masterpiece. This esteemed British band rose to the occasion on Making Movies, which was released ...

For all of the great music Mark Knopfler has made over the years, this is the only one that he would be happy to revisit.

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 ...

In 1985, Dire Straits released “Brothers in Arms,” one of the world’s best-selling albums, with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide. The album garnered a Grammy in 1986 for Best Engineered ...

Teenage boys played it on repeat in their rooms, even getting their New Romantic girlfriends hooked. Dads blasted it during their morning commute, while younger kids mimicked the tunes on their air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 10.10pm on October 9, 1992, Mark Knopfler bid goodnight to 40,000 people and walked off stage in Zaragoza, Spain. It was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The band Dire Straits during the recording of "Brothers In Arms" - from left to right Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, ...