This cover image released by Rhino Records shows the box set cover for “Dire Straits Live 1978-1992." (Rhino Records via AP) Dire Straits may be best known for their No. 1 song “Money for Nothing” ...

Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler always respected country, from Willie Nelson and his later collaborations with the Notting Hillbillies.

After a lengthy hiatus, Rediscovery returns with a Japanese SHM CD edition of Dire Straits' final studio record, 1991's On Every Street. While many folks who bought it on the strength of the ...

Dire Straits are a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell. In an era ...

Dire Straits delivered on every front: Moving ballads? Check. Synthy ’80s pop ditties? Check. Stormy, winding riffs? Also, check. With these myriad melodies, the British rockers powered up the charts ...

Being two titans of British music that dominated the American charts in the 1980s, who out of The Police and Dire Straits won the album sales war?

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 ...

With a potential sales and licensing deal between EMI Music and Universal Music Group off the table, execs at debt-wracked EMI are concocting a new business plan, seeking a cash infusion needed to ...

Dire Straits may be best known for their No. 1 song “Money for Nothing” (think Sting singing “I want my MTV!”) that came from their chart-topping 1985 album “Brothers in Arms." But as their new “Dire ...