Dire Straits

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 inspired to write the tune in a pub, pint in hand, whilst watching just one such band calling themselves –

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?

It's a difficult thing to etch out your own style among all of the talented musicians in the rock world world, but Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, who turns 63 on Aug. 12, was able to do so quite well. Forming the band in 1977 -- after stints as a journalist and teacher -- Knopfler's influential laid back style of playing and writing made the Dire Straits stand out among the era's punk and p

A new Burger King commercial looks to tie their food in with your summer traditions. The one-minute ad uses Dire Straits' 1985 Top Ten hit, 'Walk of Life.'

‘Sultans Of Swing’ was Dire Straits’ debut single. Let that sink in -- the fully-formed, blues-drenched tune was the first song many heard from the British act. However, its appeal was evident long before it hit No. 4 on the Billboard singles chart in 1979, or our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list: A 1977 demo version of the song reportedly earned the band a record deal.