Jack Sonni, former guitarist for British rock band Dire Straits, has died, the group announced on social media. “#JackSonni Rest In Peace” the band wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter ...

"All killers and no fillers" is how Jamie Dickson, a music journalist from Guitarist magazine, characterized Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms, which hits its 40th anniversary tomorrow. "It was the ...

The iconic band Dire Straits earned their name from the actual financial pinch they found themselves in in their early days. It was back in 1977 when Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley ...

Dire Straits called it quits as a band in 1995. But in 2019, the back-catalog of the British rock band is reeling in more money than ever — thanks to an investment scheme that may help take the ...

By Lars Brandle Jack Sonni, the ex-guitar player with Dire Straits, whose contributions can be heard on the band’s 1985 release Brothers In Arms, one of the U.K.’s all-time best-selling albums ...

Jack Sonni, an American guitarist who played on Dire Straits‘ mammoth 1985 album Brothers in Arms and was onstage with the band at Live Aid that year, has died at 68. The group shared the news ...

Explore Explore Dire Straits See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news When the syndicate was made available to its network of investors, Royal Exchange put out a total ...

As Mark Knopfler proved this year by not even showing up when his band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dire Straits are never, ever getting back together. However, that’s not ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- John Illsley covers a lot of ground in his just-published memoir “My Life in Dire Straits.” But you won’t read a thing about the group’s botched 2018 Rock and Roll Hall ...

His lines were as fluid, melodic and crisp as they were when he grabbed our attention with "Sultans of Swing," the first single released from Dire Straits' 1978 debut. And yet, he did his best ...

This Saturday, six acts will be officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — Bon Jovi, the Cars, Nina Simone, the Moody Blues, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and, yes, Dire Straits.