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The queen is back: Tina Turner preparing new movie at 78 age

One interesting project, after a long time, made Tina Turner to return on the stage. Namely, Phyllida Lloyd the award-winning director of the musical Mamma Mia, began to ...
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Rock N’ Roll has lost another legend, Fats Domino died at the age of 89

The Rock N’ Roll pioneer, Fats Domino died at the age of 89. Domino has sold more than 65 million records around the world. Among the best-selling singles ...
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Anabela Silva with new cover version of “Why Worry”

We already wrote two blog posts about this beautiful girl from Portugal. Anabela Silva (21) is again with the Dire Straits Blog. The reason why we wrote this ...
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George Young the man without whom ACϟDC would not exist, died at the age of 70

ACϟDC producer and The Easybeats’ star – George Young has died at the age of 70. ACϟDC said in a statement the band would not exists without Young’s ...
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Mark Knopfler may be a special guest at the John Illsley UK 2017 Tour

One of the four founders of Dire Straits, the ex-bassist of the band John Illsley have already confirmed and started his UK 2017 Tour. This time, his special ...
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‘Sultans of Swing’ have reached 100M views on YouTube

In the past two months one of the videos from Dire Straits have reached 100 million views on YouTube. It’s about for their video for the song ‘Sultans ...
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Guitar Stories

Gibson Guitar Factory looking for new home

The guitar company Gibson Brands Inc. is putting its Downtown Memphis factory on the market because they are look for a new smaller home. The 18-year-old Gibson guitar ...
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Mark Knopfler on new Tommy Emmanuel CD

Mark Knopfler is among the guest artists featured on Accomplice One – Tommy Emmanuel’s new album. Mark and Tommy perform together on a track written by Mark called ...
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Wes Leurs is back with original music influenced by Mark Knopfler

If you are our true fan and reader and if you constantly reading our blog posts, you already familiar with Wes Leurs. A few months ago, we wrote ...
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Why Dire Straits should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

As we know, Dire Straits has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2018. Despite being eligible since 2003, this is the first ...
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