Dire Straits became a byword for a certain sort of safe, homogenised music, and Knopfler was turned into a caricature of the middle-aged rocker, with jacket sleeves rolled up and wearing a headband.

It’s been four decades since Dire Straits, Phil Collins and Sting ruled the radio and record stores with multi-platinum ...

The single and the debut album earned Dire Straits critical praise and a large fan base – quite a feat for a band that had only gotten together a little more than a year before. While "Sultans ...

Jack Sonni, former guitarist for British rock band Dire Straits, has died, the group announced on social media. “#JackSonni Rest In Peace” the band wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- John Illsley covers a lot of ground in his just-published memoir “My Life in Dire Straits.” But you won’t read a thing about the group’s botched 2018 Rock and Roll Hall ...