During their career
Dire Straits sold over 120 million albums and spent over a thousand weeks on the UK charts.
Dire Straits are one of the most successful bands to ever come out of the UK, they have sold in excess of 120 million albums worldwide and were the UK's first stadium rock band.
The high quality show pays meticulous attention to every detail, to faithfully recreate the distinct sound of
Dire Straits in an unforgettable sonic spectacular.
HOW come
Dire Straits seemed to finish whilst they on top?
"I was a huge fan of Mark's work and he'd seen us play back home and asked if we'd open up for
Dire Straits.
Members of iconic rock band
Dire Straits are back and vowing to take their music to new heights in this new incarnation.
Number 1 album
DIRE Straits with Money For Nothing was at the top 25 years ago.
The last time Mr Corr was questioned he admitted he was in "
dire straits" and had tried to protect his finances, on his seven-year-old son's behalf, following the judgment.
THE former
Dire Straits front man has grouped together an amazing line-up of musicians for his current tour, which is in support of his latest album, Privateering.
The Arab Spring Stages -- By
Dire Straits' Hits In addition to their glorious music,
Dire Straits proved to be prescient in their choice of song titles.
Sales figures from the Official Charts Company show it is also just 12,000 copies away from the sixth best-selling album,
Dire Straits' long player 'Brothers In Arms', and is likely to move further up the chart soon.
WHAT a sad desperate lot the Tories appeared in their conference, out of touch and exhibiting their inability to handle - or even come to close to handling - the
dire straits the country was left in by Labour.
Following THE STRAITS' recent debut show at the Royal Albert Hall in May, Alan Clark, Phil Palmer and Chris White (from
Dire Straits) are off on an 11-date UK tour in October.
The country is in
dire straits and the dinosaurs at the unions want to make things worse.