Dire Straits’ official X (formerly known as Twitter ... "Frustration, just working at his guitar. I said to him, 'Just one condition. Whatever I do, man, try your damnedest not to let it ...

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s ...

Mark Knopfler was becoming recognised as a guitar hero for a new generation, but he still idolised the legends of decades prior.

(I suppose all the real heavy-duty Dire Straits fans had snapped up tickets for the next night’s show, which had been announced first.) Not surprisingly, Knopfler and his trusty guitar were the ...