Dire Straits

Sting: Our 1985 Cover Story

This article originally appeared in the July 1985 issue of SPIN. 60° West Longitude, 16°45' North Latitude—"Captain sir, permission to break out the…
Timothy White / September 8, 2019

Dire Straits Awkwardly Enter Rock Hall of Fame Without Speaker or Performance

Dire Straits were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last night, and it was really awkward. All of the other artists inducted —…
Peter Helman, Stereogum / April 16, 2018

Dire Straits’ Mark and David Knopfler Reportedly Won’t Attend Their Rock Hall Induction

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony takes place this weekend, and it looks like neither of Dire Straits’ Knopfler brothers will be…
James Rettig, Stereogum / April 10, 2018

Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, The Cars, and More Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The inductees to the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame for 2018 are Nina Simone, The Cars, Bon Jovi, The Moody Blues, and Dire Straits. One of…
Winston Cook-Wilson / December 13, 2017