Bass player John Illsley says lead singer’s absence a ‘personal thing’…Bon Jovi and Nina Simone also inducted on the night. Dire Straits bass player John Illsley accepts the ...
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Last night Dire Straits were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Bassist John Illsley together with Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher were in Cleveland to ...
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This month we already started to share some interesting pictures from our fans on Instagram. Actually we’re going to share pictures from Dire Straits vinyls. So, below are ...
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Sometimes you just want to enjoy listening a good song with a good solo in background and not too much lyric on. If you look back in the ...
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Now is semi-officially that the front man of Dire Straits will not be at the ceremony in Cleveland this month. Mark Knopfler says he’d like one of two ...
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The drummer who was joined to Dire Straits on their last world tour in 1991-1992 is born on this day in 1959. Chris Whitten – is born on ...
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Fans hoping to see a Dire Straits reunion at the April 14 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony could be disappointed. In a recent Q&A on ...
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Dire Straits will be among the inductees when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomes its class of 2018 next month, alongside a somewhat eclectic crew: Bon ...
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As you already know, Dire Straits Blog follows and support several careers of young musicians, some of them are professionally engaged and some are amateurs. Today we have ...
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On this day in 1978 Dire Straits were in the studio working on their debut album ‘Dire Straits’. Dire Straits had no easy ride en route to the ...
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