The first live album by Dire Straits celebrated the long road they’d travelled and served notice that they were on their way to becoming the world’s biggest rock band of the day. Alchemy ...

Dire Straits’ box set The Studio Albums 1978-1991 has given the beloved, erstwhile British band their first appearance in the Top 10 of the UK album chart for 22 years. The set was released for ...

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 ...