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Money For Nothing had an intro lifted from another famous ’80s hit, and as Knopfler recalls: “I’d seen The Police on the MTV ...
British rock group Dire Straits had a monster hit back in the 1980s with their song Money for Nothing. If you want to enjoy ...
Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...
Mark Knopfler was a unique force in the 1970s. Emerging as an unexpected presence during a strange in-between era without any major explosive acts leading the way, Dire Straits managed to popularise ...
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Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...
"I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, ...
The Manx guitar slinger is headed back to Cleveland with his best work yet. We talk to Davy Knowles about his latest album ...
Bob Dylan invited Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler to collaborate in the early 1980s, but neither artist was prepared for the other's workflow.
Kiki Wong, Dead Kennedys, the Smithereens' Jim Babjak, Cracker's Johnny Hickman, King Diamond, Third Man Hardware, Sue ...
For a young Mark Knopfler, things were no different. Born in 1949, the Dire Straits guitarist and vocalist would have been in his formative years at the height of the 1960s when popular music was ...
General Hospital spoilers reveal Port Charles is holding its breath as danger looms over two of its most polarizing figures — Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard)! A double ...