Teenage boys listened to it endlessly in their bedrooms and even got their New Romantic girlfriends into it too. Dads played it in the car on the way to work – while younger kids strummed along on ...

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 ...

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. The band Dire Straits during the recording of "Brothers In Arms" - from left to right Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, ...

For years, I loved Dire Straits. For years after, I hated them, or professed to, and thought I had loved them only because I knew no better. When you consider that their productive years (1978–1985; ...

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 ...

John Illsley has been called ‘the engine room’ of Dire Straits. It’s an apt description. This is the man who drove the songs, the pace and the beats, a co-founder of the band who went the distance.

Dire Straits started out with brother Mark and David Knopfler, who founded the group with John Illsley and Pick Withers. Each of them had their own careers or were studying at university when the band ...