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 ...

Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler always had a deep affinity for country music, citing legends like Willie Nelson and the pedal steel guitar work of Jerry Byrd and Paul Franklin, who worked on the band’s ...

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 ...

Released as the first single from Dire Straits‘ eponymous 1978 debut, “Sultans of Swing” hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has remained a staple song within the British rockers’ classic catalog.

CAPE MAY — The Dire Straits Legacy Band will perform 8 p.m. on Aug. 24 at Cape May Convention Hall as part of the Cape May Summer Concert Series. The Dire Straits Legacy Band features a lineup of ...