Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler’s new ‘Going Home’ video reveals “who’s who” of star collaborators

The huge charity track – featuring the likes of Brian May, Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood and the late Jeff Beck – is currently on course to hit Number One in the UK

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to star in new docuseries ‘Music Legends’

The show will see the two classic rockers explore the careers of some of their contemporaries

Listen to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May and more’s star-studded cover of Mark Knopfler’s ‘Going Home’: “It brings you to tears”

Funds raised from the re-recording of his 1983 solo hit will be donated to cancer charities

Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single

It will also feature the final recording by Jeff Beck

Dire Straits icon Mark Knopfler’s guitars sell for more than £8million at auction

"We’ve had great times together, so I am sad to see some of them go – but I’ve got enough left to play. More than enough"

Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to auction ‘Money For Nothing’ guitar and over 100 other instruments

The guitar was also used for the band’s Live Aid set in 1985

Dire Straits turn down “huge amounts of money” to reform

"I wish people would stop offering me huge amounts of money to put [Dire Straits] back together"

Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni has died

He played guitar on the rock band's biggest album 'Brothers In Arms'

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has turned into a museum. Time for change

Kate Bush, Foo Fighters and Dionne Warwick are among the artists not yet inducted. Did rock and pop grind to a halt around 1986?
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