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 Arms, No Jacket Required and The Dream of the Blue ...

Two of these albums were nominated for British album of the year twice at the Brits. Dire Straits‘ Brothers in Arms won on its second try (in 1987). Radiohead’s Kid A lost both times (2001-02).

Taken from the 1980 Dire Straits album Making Movies it can still be found in song polls today. It ranked number 36 in Radio 2’s recent Top 50 songs and did even better in the Daily Mail’s All ...

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United ...

Cameron was smitten by the music of ‘Dire Straits’ from the moment he heard their first album played on German radio back in 1978. In 1982 he was playing ‘Sultans of Swing’ on stage in ...