From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had ...

Mark Knopfler is one of the most successful British musicians in history, and one of the most admired guitarists. With his former band Dire Straits, he sold more than 100 million albums worldwide ...

The fairgrounds were full of family entertainment, an amusement park, and where Knopfler remembers seeing his “first hearing ...

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Effortless and masterful stuff. Alex Ross Henton, Oxon Makes my heart soar, Fantastic song! MIcky Boo, Bexley MK and Dire Straits are the best.The live versions of R&J & Tunnel of Love on Alchemy ...

The class of 1985 is now officially middle-aged. It's been four decades since Dire Straits, Phil Collins and Sting ruled the radio and record stores with multi-platinum albums like Brothers in ...

Since coming on the scene as the frontman of iconic U.K. band Dire Straits in 1977, Mark Knopfler has been viewed, deservedly, as a guitar icon. From their first hit, the top ten song ...

Inside the amusement park was a ride called the Tunnel of Love, a memorable one for Knopfler that later inspired the Dire Straits song of the same name. Released on the band’s 1980 album Making ...