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Should we learn to love Mark Knopfler

4792 days ago
Guardian Music — For years the 80s star has remained resolutely uncool, but Bob Dylan doesn't seem to agreeChances are, if you're over 35, you were responsible for one of the 30m worldwide sales of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms. It's the fifth best-selling album in ... more info
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The Straits tour gathers momentum in the UK‏

4793 days ago
Altsounds — Following The Straits' recent stunning debut show at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2011, original Dire Straits members Alan Clark and Chris White continue their UK tour as the recently formed band "The Straits" tonight at the York Barbican (Friday Oct... more info
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Rihanna at the O2 Arena – review

4796 days ago
Guardian Music — Singer supplies plenty of big hits and spectacle, but the more relentless the raunch, the less interesting her music becomesAs the crowd assembles at the O2, you don't have to look far for evidence that Rihanna long ago turned from an R&B star into a... more info
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Popdose Flashback ’91: Dire Straits, “On Every Street”

4822 days ago
Popdose — I knocked around the fringes of academia for years, but it’s just as well that I never became a teacher — because there’s nothing I find more irritating than a C+ paper from an A student. And that’s what On Every Street is, for the most part.... more info
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Canada lifts ban on Dire Straits' 'Money For Nothing'

4830 days ago
NME — 1985 hit was pulled due to use of 'faggot' more info
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Dire Straits 'Money For Nothing' No Longer Banned In Canada

4831 days ago
Gigwise — CBSC says... more info
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Dire Straits - Dire Straits Ban Lifted In Canada

4831 days ago
ContactMusic — A bizarre radio ban on Dire Straits' Money For Nothing hit has been lifted in Canada. The 1985 track was pulled from stations earlier this year (11) following complaints over the use of the word 'faggot' in the lyrics, and radio bosses were told they... more info
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The Darkness - The Darkness' Dire Influence

4858 days ago
ContactMusic — The Darkness' new album is influenced by Dire Straits. The recently reformed 'Cannonball' group are putting the finishing touches to their comeback album, and have a surprising musical influence to add to "AC/DC, Queen and Aerosmith" which informed t... more info
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MTV at 30: from Dire Straits to Jersey Shore

4870 days ago
Guardian Music — MTV turns 30 this year. It's come a long way from its early days of wall-to-wall music videosMTV is 30! Shall we give it the bumps or the elbow? Are we grateful that it still exists, or should we show it, and its never-ending reality shows, the door ... more info
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Exclusive Video Sneak Peek: Weird Al Yankovic, “Perform This Way”

4906 days ago
VH1 Blog —   With previous Weird Al YankoVICTIMS including Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Madonna, Nirvana, Coolio, Dire Straits, and the late, great, Michael Jackson, it would appear that Lady Gaga is in good company. On the heels of last night’s “The Edge of Gl... more info
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