Dire Straits

Dire Straits released only a handful of albums during their brief time together, and each offers some essential band songs. But which holds up best?

Dire Straits released their second album, 'Communique,' on June 15, 1979.

A new commercial for a drug aimed at people with type 2 diabetes features Dire Straits' hit 'Walk of Life.'

In truth, they'd never come across as overly eager about courting rock radio — and really didn't need to be.

The Cars take on Dire Straits in the first round of the UCR Hall of Fame.

The Straits have played a series of successful shows filled with classic songs by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. Up next, long-time Dire Straits keyboardist Alan Clark says the offshoot group is ready to record some new music.

Former members of Dire Straits will tour the U.S. as the Straits in 2014.

Their debut album came out of nowhere in 1978. Really.

‘Sultans of Swing’ was both the first single from Dire Straits’ debut album and a revealing first-person account of the average working band’s hardscrabble, often thankless existence playing British pubs during the '70s. It’s only fitting, therefore, that Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler was inspir…

He's a multiple Grammy winner, one of rock's most respected guitarists, and a founding member of the multiplatinum AOR legends Dire Straits -- and yet Mark Knopfler's new album doesn't have an American release date. What gives?