Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead
vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and
backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick
Withers (drums and percussion). Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of
musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest to ... read more

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Bruno Mars | Yo La Tengo | Ke$ha | Plan B Feat Labrinth | IncBruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven (Atlantic) Who has locked Bruno Mars out of heaven? If it's anyone other than...
Posted 24 November 2012 12.05am — Comment on this

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Plans Major U.S. Arena Tour With Mark Knopfler

Bob Dylan has wrecked The Whos big day by announcing an upcoming North American arena tour with former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler hours after the British rockers s...
Posted 19 July 2012 1.32am — Comment on this

411 Music Ten Deep 6.6.12: The Top 10 Song About the Music Business

From The Ramones' "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?" and Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" to Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar" and more, 411's C.A. Bell counts down the to...
Posted 6 June 2012 8.07am — Comment on this

Adele's 21 overtakes Michael Jackson's Thriller

London singer's 4.2m-selling album enters top five bestsellers of all timeAdele's album 21 has outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller, becoming the fifth biggest-selling albu...
Posted 3 May 2012 7.45pm — Comment on this

Readers recommend: songs about teenagers – results

Teenage angst has paid off well … with this RR playlistYouth is wasted on the young, as jealous old George Bernard Shaw once said. But that didn't seem true of the ...
Posted 19 April 2012 12.45pm — Comment on this

Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler – review

Arena, ManchesterQuite why the former Dire Straits frontman and the 20th century pop colossus who only last week added runner-up in the Nobel prize for literature to his ...
Posted 11 October 2011 4.15pm — Comment on this

Canada lifts ban on Dire Straits' 'Money For Nothing'

1985 hit was pulled due to use of 'faggot'
Posted 1 September 2011 10.35pm — Comment on this

Dire Straits 'Money For Nothing' No Longer Banned In Canada

CBSC says...
Posted 1 September 2011 1.28pm — Comment on this

Dire Straits - Dire Straits Ban Lifted In Canada

A bizarre radio ban on Dire Straits' Money For Nothing hit has been lifted in Canada. The 1985 track was pulled from stations earlier this year (11) following complaints ...
Posted 1 September 2011 1.47am — Comment on this

The Darkness - The Darkness' Dire Influence

The Darkness' new album is influenced by Dire Straits. The recently reformed 'Cannonball' group are putting the finishing touches to their comeback album, and have a surp...
Posted 4 August 2011 5.20pm — Comment on this

MTV at 30: from Dire Straits to Jersey Shore

MTV turns 30 this year. It's come a long way from its early days of wall-to-wall music videosMTV is 30! Shall we give it the bumps or the elbow? Are we grateful that it s...
Posted 24 July 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Dire Straits songs in the past year.

  • Sultans of swing  627 plays
  • Money for nothing  615 plays
  • Walk Of Life  408 plays
  • Romeo and juliet  204 plays
  • So far away  169 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Dire Straits over the past year.

  1. Absolute Classic Rock 1032 plays
  2. Absolute 80s 600 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 410 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 70s 331 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 90s 4 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 00s 4 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 60s 3 plays

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