Dire Straits News and Photos

Mark Knopfler, SECC Glasgow, review

Sat, May 18 2013 12:42pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Rock stars often say they want to get away from the superstar circus and just play the old-time music they love, but Mark Knopfler is one of the few that has truly succeeded.

Watch: Bhi Bhiman Covers Dire Straits with Buster Keaton Pratfalls

Mon, May 13 2013 2:09pm - Source: Cover Me

Tomorrow, Bhi Bhiman releases covers album Substitute Preacher , his mostly-acoustic take on everyone from the Police to Dio. As these things often do, the project started with one song.

The Rockometer: Cruise Your Illusion by Milk Music

Sun, April 14 2013 11:11pm - Source: I ROCK CLEVELAND

The album title, Cruise Your Illusion, a slight play on the Guns 'N' Roses double album set, Use Your Illusion, should have been your hint.

Mark Knopfler's Russian Concerts Canceled Due to Human-Rights Crackdown

Fri, April 05 2013 4:45pm - Source: Spinner

Guitarist Mark Knopfler canceled two shows in Russia in protest over what he says is a crackdown on human rights groups in the country, as President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed Western criticism of his government's raids on non-governmental organization.

Readers’ Top 10 for 2012: The Beatles, Toto’s Steve Lukather, Bob Dylan, Rush, The Monkees, Donald Fagen

Fri, December 28 2012 12:56pm - Source: Something Else!

In 2012, readers flocked to a boisterous discussion on those times when the Beatles didn't exactly impress.

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2012

Wed, December 26 2012 1:22pm - Source: Something Else!

We've each already had our say, individually.

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Rock and Pop Music

Sun, December 16 2012 12:32pm - Source: Something Else!

The Dinosaurs of Rock roamed the Earth again in 2012, racing up the charts past bands half their age and chewing through expectations.

So (25th Anniversary Edition)

Wed, November 21 2012 10:06am - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

What was it about the 1980s that made it so viable for artists in their mid-30s to mid-40s to become hit-makers?

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler show setlist

Mon, November 19 2012 8:11am - Source: Music-News.com

It was a long-rumoured tour that finally came to fruition starting back on October 5.

Best of September 2012: Reader picks include Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Jeff Lynne

Mon, October 01 2012 1:25pm - Source: Something Else!

Bob Dylan, both with and without his legendary collaborators the Band, roared to the top of Something Else!

‘That would have been just terrible’: Mark Knopfler had to edit Privateering after creative outburst

Tue, September 25 2012 5:08pm - Source: Something Else!

The wildly productive Mark Knopfler, who's just issued a song-packed two-disc collection of rootsy goodness, tells Paul Sexton of the Independent that it actually could have been a triple album.

Mark Knopfler: How I fit Bob Dylan in around the school run

Sun, September 16 2012 9:17pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Instead of which, last week the former Dire Straits frontman released his seventh solo studio album (not counting nine film soundtracks, a record with Emmylou Harris and other collaborations beyond number).

TVD Ticket Giveaway: Bob Dylan and His Band plus Mark Knopfler at Verizon Center, 11/20

Mon, September 10 2012 8:21pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Tickets go on sale Friday (at 10am), but one of you will already have a pair of tickets to see Bob Dylan November 20th at the Verizon Center because we're giving them away before you can even buy them!

Privateering

Fri, September 07 2012 12:41am - Source: MOG

I always eagerly await a Mark Knopfler release.

Listening Booth: Mark Knopfler, “Privateering”

Wed, September 05 2012 6:25pm - Source: Pop Dose

Mark Knopfler's transition from Dire Straits to solo artist wasn't as jarring as some may suspect.

Mark Knopfler: how did we avoid disaster?

Wed, September 05 2012 2:22pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Knopfler recognises different strands to his writing.

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 61

Wed, September 05 2012 12:24pm - Source: Pop Dose

Although it's been some time before the late Hal David's work appeared in this column, we'd be remiss if we didn't note his passing and acknowledge once again what a huge impact he and Burt Bacharach had on American pop music.

Mark Knopfler

Tue, September 04 2012 11:22am - Source: The Music Mix

Mark Knopfler �s latest continues the laid-back roots approach that has typified his post- Dire Straits output.

Mark Knopfler – Privateering (2012)

Wed, August 29 2012 12:12pm - Source: Something Else!

Mark Knopfler works with a loose theme here, that of living by your wits on the high seas, but the broader messages found on Privateering are sure to resonate with anyone who's faced down life's mighty struggles.

Mark Knopfler Announces 2013 UK Tour

Tue, August 28 2012 9:46am - Source: Stereoboard

British singer-songwriter-guitarist Mark Knopfler, frontman and co-founder of rock legends Dire Straits, has announced a 2013 UK tour, which includes a run of dates at Londons Royal Albert Hall. Then, they begin their six-date residency at Royal Albert Hall, which concludes their tour on June 1st.

The Vinyl Diaries: Bob Dylan, “Empire Burlesque”

Thu, August 23 2012 1:55pm - Source: Pop Dose

One night not long ago, our little hamlet in central Pennsylvania fell under a vicious, unprovoked attack by a line of thunderstorms sufficiently severe as to knock out power on my block for an entire evening.

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler US tour

Fri, July 20 2012 3:29am - Source: Music-News.com

After a misfire last month, Bob Dylan has announced a U.S. tour with former Dire Straits lead Mark Knopfler.

Desert Island Discs: 1980s Rock and Pop Edition

Tue, July 03 2012 11:35am - Source: Something Else!

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip … through our record collections.

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler tour announced

Sun, June 17 2012 11:25pm - Source: Music-News.com

Bob Dylan is hitting the road with Mark Knopfler this year but so far the dates only include the upper Midwest and east coast of America.

Steely Dan Sunday, “Time Out Of Mind” (1980)

Sun, June 03 2012 12:39pm - Source: Something Else!

Becker and Fagen dug "Sultans Of Swing" like the rest of us did when this first Dire Straits hit was making hay on the radio in 1979.

Adele overtakes Dire Straits in UK’s best-selling albums list

Fri, March 23 2012 3:10pm - Source: Music Week

The Tottenham titan now finds herself in sixth position having already passed Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on Monday.

Best Sellers From The ’80s: Dire Straits And “Brothers In Arms”

Sat, December 17 2011 2:20pm - Source: WNEW

One of the earliest albums to be released as a CD (and to be recorded fully in the digital realm), Brothers in Arms was a distant departure from the Dire Straits of their first album just six years prior.

Video: Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler Duet on 'Forever Young'

Tue, November 22 2011 4:35pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler wrapped up their European tour last night at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London with a duet on "Forever Young."

Bob Dylan - Live at Hammersmith Apollo

Mon, November 21 2011 9:01pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Never one to take the obvious route, Bob Dylan was hardly likely to start aged 70.

Come Back, Dire Straits

Fri, October 07 2011 4:25am - Source: Bottom of the Glass

Was there ever a safer, more pedestrian rock band than Dire Straits?

The Very Guest Of…Sting

Mon, October 03 2011 5:13pm - Source: Pop Dose

With a lengthy catalogue of soft rock and adult contemporary hits, it's easy to make jokes about Sting as the ultimate background music artist.

Three Best Dire Straits Songs

Sat, September 24 2011 8:39pm - Source: WNEW

They are a band that, in their best years, were unmatched in both their songwriting and their musicianship.

Popdose Flashback ’91: Dire Straits, “On Every Street”

Fri, September 09 2011 2:52pm - Source: Pop Dose

I knocked around the fringes of academia for years, but it's just as well that I never became a teacher — because there's nothing I find more irritating than a C+ paper from an A student.

Canada amends Dire Straits ruling

Thu, September 01 2011 2:32am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Canada's broadcast standards council has amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits' 1985 hit Money For Nothing unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in the song was inappropriate, it must be taken in context.

Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Radio Ban Lifted in Canada

Wed, August 31 2011 7:52pm - Source: Spinner

Remember the outrage Dire Straits fans felt when the English band's smash hit 'Money for Nothing' was banned on Canadian radio after complaints over the use of the word "faggot" in the 1985 track?

Forgotten Favorites: Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer”

Fri, July 29 2011 12:23pm - Source: WNEW

Though pop radio likes to play "What's Love Got to Do With It," our Forgotten Favorite for today, Tina Turner 's "Private Dancer," is a better choice.

Forgotten gems: Dire Straits – Communiqué (1979)

Tue, June 14 2011 12:34pm - Source: Something Else!

Having originally picked up a used copy of Communiqué , I shelved it for a while when I realized that I just wasn't all that in the mood for Dire Straits at the time.

Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky (2009)

Wed, March 30 2011 12:40pm - Source: Something Else!

So I was bored the other night and decided to flip through the on-demand offerings on the cable, and came across a short concert segment of Deep Purple doing "Space Truckin."

Mark Knopfler: a Life in Songs, BBC Four, preview

Fri, January 28 2011 7:20am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

A Life in Songs, which airs tonight on BBC Four, is a documentary which takes a meandering look at Knopfler's career, from his beginnings in the north-East of England to global superstardom in the mid-80s.

Dire Straits Keyboardist Calls Canada's 'Money for Nothing' Ban 'Hilarious'

Fri, January 14 2011 4:05pm - Source: Spinner

Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher responded Thursday (Jan. 13) on his official site regarding the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council's decision earlier this week to remove the English band's hit song 'Money for Nothing' from the airwaves for a derogatory word in its lyrics.

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