Dire Straits
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| Web site | www.facebook.com |
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| Origin | Deptford |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Deptford | |
| London | |
| England | |
| Members | Mark Knopfler |
| David Knopfler | |
| John Illsley | |
| Chris White | |
| Genres | Roots Rock |
| Blues Rock | |
| Pub Rock | |
| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Music Video |
| MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year | |
| Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | |
| Brit Award for MasterCard British Album of the Year | |
| Brit Award for British Group | |
| Juno Award for International Album of the Year | |
| MTV Video Music Award for Best Group | |
| Official site | facebook.com |
| Upcoming events | London, United Kingdom |
| Dübendorf, Switzerland | |
| Also known as | Café Racers |
| Songs | 1978 |
| List | 1978 |
| 1985 | |
| Albums | Brothers in Arms |
| Dire Straits | |
| Alchemy: Dire Straits Li... | |
| On Every Street | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 662234 |
About Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers. They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995. Their first single, "Sultans of Swing", from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts.
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... If compilation albums were included in list of the UK s best-selling records, it would take ninth place, nestling between Michael Jackson s Bad and Dire Straits Brothers In Arms...
Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler to auction Brothers In Arms guitars
...By Mark SavageMusic correspondent, BBC NewsDire Straits star Mark Knopfler is to auction more than 120 of his guitars and amps, with 25% of the proceeds going to charity...
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... " Tens of thousands of British companies are now in financial Dire Straits now that the era of cheap money is firmly behind us, " she said...
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... Key infrastructure systems - water, rail transport, electricity - are in Dire Straits...
Tina Turner: 10 simply the best songs and the stories behind them
... Private Dancer (1984)The title track from the best-selling album was first recorded by Dire Straits, having been written by the band s frontman Mark Knopfler...
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... Number-cruncher extraordinaire Sir John Curtice has written a primer on the polling - including the very important reminder that the last time this set of seats were up for grabs in 2019, both the Conservatives and the Labour Party were in Dire Straits...
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... Elon Musk has previously said that the firm s finances were in Dire Straits when he took over and that Twitter was operating at a loss of $4m per day...
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... Its finances were in Dire Straits and like other platforms, it was struggling to keep abuse and misinformation under control...
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