Several years ago, Mark Knopfler was riding his motorbike not far from his home in central London when he was sideswiped by a car. The impact sent him spinning, smashing his bike and breaking his ...

The sophomore slump caught up with Dire Straits, but they quickly atoned for that with a third-album masterpiece. This esteemed British band rose to the occasion on Making Movies, which was released ...

“There was no way anybody else was going to stick their hand up and say, ‘Hey, Mark, I have a great song idea!’ There was no point. He was on a racetrack.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Rob ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the Fox Theatre on Thursday night, Mark Knopfler basked in the glow of a standing ovation after playing his Dire Straits hit "Sultans of Swing," for which he'd stripped his large band back to a ...

A red Baldwin Burns Double Six solid electric 12-string guitar that was lent to Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler in the mid-’70s – and not returned for over five decades – is set to fetch more than $40,000 ...

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 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 ...