In 1985, Dire Straits released their only No. 1 single, and it's a song that was co-written by Sting, lead singer of The ...

Decades later, Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing” still stands tall among the Greatest Classic Rock Songs ever made.

Driven by the popularity of their lead single “So Far Away,” followed by the second single “Money for Nothing,” the album’s ...

Dire Straits remain one of the most widely played rock bands on U.S. classic rock and adult hits radio, driven above all by the lasting impact of Brothers in Arms and singles like Money for Nothing.

To music fans of a certain age, the chirpy synthesiser riff at the start of Walk of Life by Dire Straits will evoke happy memories of the 1980s: the compact disc revolution, untrammelled consumerism ...

35 years on, we revisit Dire Straits’ 'On Every Street' and discover an album that deserves far more credit than its ...