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Dire Straits
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Brothers In Arms Half Speed Master
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Communique
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Brothers in Arms
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On Every Street
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$32.85
Private Investigations: Best of
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On the Night
$13.85
Love Over Gold
$11.95
Brothers in Arms Remastered
$11.55
Money for Nothing
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Dire Straits Very Best Sultans Of Swing
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Live: On The Night
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On Every Street
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concerts and tour dates
Past
DEC
01
2018
Valencia, Spain
Jerusalem Club
I Was There
OCT
04
2018
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Parker Playhouse
I Was There
MAY
13
2017
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
WTC Expo
I Was There
APR
21
2017
Aurich, Germany
Stadthalle
I Was There
APR
20
2017
Oldenburg, Germany
Kongresshalle
I Was There
DEC
05
2013
Roma, Italy
Teatro Olimpico
I Was There
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Fan Reviews
Mark
October 14th 2018
Great show! Thought the lead singer managed to be similar to Knopfker albeit different enough not to sound like he was copying. Really enjoyed it!
Ft Lauderdale, FL@Parker Playhouse
Ron
October 6th 2018
Great renditions of Down to the Waterline and Sultans of Swing... Money for Nothing... although without Marc Knopfler... still worth it... well done.
Ft Lauderdale, FL@Parker Playhouse
About Dire Straits
Dire Straits was a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-'80s helped make Dire Straits' sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band - along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood - become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.
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Genres:
Classic Rock, Rock
No upcoming shows
Send a request to Dire Straits to play in your city
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Similar Artists On Tour
Live Photos of Dire Straits
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Dire Straits merch
Brothers In Arms Half Speed Master
$49.27
Dire Straits - Communique - 2 CD Albu...
$21.99
Communique
$40.98
Brothers in Arms
$44.99
On Every Street
$43.24
Dire Straits
$32.85
Private Investigations: Best of
$20.57
On the Night
$13.85
Love Over Gold
$11.95
Brothers in Arms Remastered
$11.55
Money for Nothing
$7.98
Dire Straits Very Best Sultans Of Swing
$13.98
Live: On The Night
$14.97
On Every Street
$12.69
Dire Straits
$9.59
View All
concerts and tour dates
Past
DEC
01
2018
Valencia, Spain
Jerusalem Club
I Was There
OCT
04
2018
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Parker Playhouse
I Was There
MAY
13
2017
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
WTC Expo
I Was There
APR
21
2017
Aurich, Germany
Stadthalle
I Was There
APR
20
2017
Oldenburg, Germany
Kongresshalle
I Was There
DEC
05
2013
Roma, Italy
Teatro Olimpico
I Was There
Show More Dates
Fan Reviews
Mark
October 14th 2018
Great show! Thought the lead singer managed to be similar to Knopfker albeit different enough not to sound like he was copying. Really enjoyed it!
Ft Lauderdale, FL@Parker Playhouse
Ron
October 6th 2018
Great renditions of Down to the Waterline and Sultans of Swing... Money for Nothing... although without Marc Knopfler... still worth it... well done.
Ft Lauderdale, FL@Parker Playhouse
About Dire Straits
Dire Straits was a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-'80s helped make Dire Straits' sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band - along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood - become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.
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Genres:
Classic Rock, Rock
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