Exploring comments made by Dire Straits musician Mark Knopfler about his collaborative album with Chet Atkins which he ...

I remember at 16 sitting up all night trying to play the guitar, driving my poor parents nuts. They were begging me to go to bed, to stop banging my foot on the floor. In my head I had already left ...

The guitarist has no apparent desire to reunite the band, but says this tune reminds him of the thrill of playing to huge crowds ...

Knopfler produced the record along with former Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher, who has been one of his primary collaborators since the group disbanded in 1995. They cut it at London’s British ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1985, Mark Knopfler turned a deliveryman's complaints inside a New York appliance store into "Money for Nothing," the Dire ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 13: Singers Sting (R) and Mark Knopfler from rock band Dire Straits (L) perform at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London, 13th July 1985. The concert raised ...

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has said it’s unlikely he would ever play as part of the group again. Knopfler said he wouldn’t play with the band again as he wanted to “expand and work with ...

Mark Knopfler has announced plans to release his 10th solo studio album, One Deep River, on April 12. The record is a follow-up to the ex-Dire Straits frontman’s 2018 release, Down the Road Wherever.

In advance of a Hollywood Bowl score-to-picture evening, the filmmaker and Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher remember Knopfler's unusual choice to use a Synclavier instead of an orchestra. Rob Reiner’s ...

For Mark Knopfler, this year’s 30th anniversary of Dire Straits‘ Brothers in Arms — and its Number One hit, “Money for Nothing” — is bittersweet. In retrospect, the record marked the beginning of the ...

Mark Knopfler’s “Going Home” debuts on several U.K. singles charts, driven by hometown pride, a recent performance, and lasting fan devotion. ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 16: Mark Knopfler from Dire ...

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