Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler labels 'Going Home' as the most reflective song due to its appeal when played at the end of their ...

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 ...

Moving into the 1980s, things were fraught in Dire Straits, with leader Mark Knopfler and brother David having a schism that ...

Given that one plays guitar and the other piano, Mark Knopfler and Bruce Hornsby might seem like the most obvious “kindred ...

Oscar Wilde once claimed, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life,” but when it comes to this classic Dire Straits hit, we (and bassist John Illsley) would argue that life and art can act ...

Dire Straits will release a 3-CD expanded edition of their massively successful 1985 album Brothers in Arms on May 16. Two of the three CDs are dedicated to a previously unreleased live recording from ...

Fans won’t have to pay “Money for Nothing” to see a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer at the free city summer concert this year.

If you’re a fan of wonderful songwriting, there might not be anything more exciting than when a major writer tackles a sprawling topic. Many times, they’ll make connections that break down complex ...

Teenage boys were glued to it in their rooms, and even their New Romantic girlfriends got hooked. Fathers blasted it during the morning drive, while the young ones jammed on air guitars as they tuned ...