So we agreed “So Far Away” would be a good first single to let people know Dire Straits had a new album out. It was the most remarkable experience of our time as a band. You couldn’t get any ...

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 ...

The fairgrounds were full of family entertainment, an amusement park, and where Knopfler remembers seeing his “first hearing “really loud” rock concert. Inside the amusement park was a ride called the ...