Former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has launched his own gin. The guitarist has collaborated on the latest limited-edition spirit from independent manufacturer Portobello Road Gin. Gin enthusiast ...
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Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
With new music by Mark Knopfler, this stage adaptation of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film is a delight. “You can put a number on anything,” sings Mac, an American ...
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The debate rages as to whether God – aka Eric Clapton, who was tagged as the guitar deity in the mid-1960s in the U.K. – was best in ...
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Sultan of swing – Mark Knopfler talks the power of music, playing with his childhood icons and why he had to step back from Dire Straits in a ...
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On this day back in 1987, “Brothers in Arms” by legendary British Band Dire Straits won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. Believe it or not, it’s ...
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Mark Knopfler has added two new London gigs (dates) to his world tour. The former front man of Dire Straits now will play a couple of dates at ...
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Mark Knopfler and his band perform two Rome concerts under the stars this summer. Namely, on 20-21 July, Mark Knopfler will perform two outdoor concerts at the Baths ...
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Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo in a deserted pub, a song about a struggling band set Dire Straits on the way from dire straits to superstardom. ...
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He is one of the UK’s most successful musicians. A legend. Yet writing songs for a new musical version of the beloved film ‘Local Hero’ put doubts in ...
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The writer-guitarist discusses his ninth solo studio album, a record on which he reaches well beyond the folk-roots base of his latter-day work. For most artists with a ...
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