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Dire Straits' 30-million-selling Brothers In Arms marks its 40th birthday with energised extras
Mark Knopfler’s crowning achievement: mildly dated, largely evocative, expanded with live shows
The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame
How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s
The song that transformed Dire Straits' fortunes and set them on the path to global fame
Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo play in a deserted pub, Sultans Of Swing sent Dire Straits on a journey to superstardom
The indie-pop superstar who had Thin Lizzy, Dire Straits and, umm, Christopher Biggins visit his family home when he was a kid.
A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
Shane MacGowan: Music critic extraordinaire
Shane MacGowan didn't hold back when asked to review the music of his peers
“Those Dire Straits songs walked away from me long ago. They belong to you now”: the life and times of Mark Knopfler, rock’s reluctant superstar
Ex-Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler on motorbike crashes, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and his complicated relationship with his old band
"The BBC said, We don’t want to play this song because there are too many words in it": Why Dire Straits had to break America before they were embraced in England
Dire Straits may have been the biggest English rock band of the '80s, but it took recognition in the US to kickstart their success in their homeland
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