From 16th-century playwrights to 1960s girl groups: the many influences behind Dire Straits' under-appreciated 1980 track, "Romeo and Juliet".

Forming an opinion on classic British rockers Dire Straits isn’t probably high on your to-do list. Unless you’re already a fan, the band is maybe nothing more than that “Sultans of Swing” song, or ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

At 10.10pm on October 9, 1992, Mark Knopfler bid goodnight to 40,000 people and walked off stage in Zaragoza, Spain. It was the last time he did so as the singer, guitarist and undisputed leader of ...

Though it regrouped in the Nineties, Dire Straits was officially dissolved 30 years ago and Knopfler has since worked with a wonderfully eclectic range of artists, among them Emmylou Harris, Chet ...