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The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame
To mark the 40th anniversary of their hit album Brothers In Arms, we republished this 2015 account of Dire Straits' ...
From 16th-century playwrights to 1960s girl groups: the many influences behind Dire Straits' under-appreciated 1980 track, "Romeo and Juliet".
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 ...
Adele has passed Dire Straits on the UK best-selling albums list of all time. The singer's second album 21 has passed the band's 1985 hit record Brothers In Arms to become the sixth highest-selling ...
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 last time he did so as the singer, guitarist and undisputed leader of ...
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