Dire straits

Dire Straits, possibly in Newcastle where Mark Knopfler is from!

Dire Straits' Guitar @ blues bar, Chicago.

Did you know Paula Yates stopped at a petrol station on the way to the gig to buy some flowers for Princess Diana?

Why the biggest-selling British rock band of the 80s deserve to be rescued from the dustbin of history.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1985 Vinyl release of "Brothers In Arms" on Discogs.

Dire Straits, ‘Sultans Of Swing’ (‘R&R’ magazine, Jan. 19, 1979). Click to enlarge.

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“Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits.”

It’s not Rock’n’Roll unless there are pictures to prove it.

Music, Paintings and Video from John Illsley of Dire Straits.