Christie's of London has announced a huge Mark Knopfler guitar auction, set to take place on January 31, 2024. The news has been accompanied by a clip in which Knopfler talks through some of the ...

Mark Knopfler, frontman of British rock band Dire Straits, is parting with what he calls his “treasured six-string companions.” The musician’s collection of more than 120 guitars and amps will be sold ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions The electric guitar swept Mark Knopfler's generation off its feet. He ...

You don’t have to be a guitar nut to recognize the sound of a Fender Stratocaster, the weapon of choice for guitar gods from Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour to Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore ...

Guitar hero Mark Knopfler is rock's anti-star: no cool outfits, self-conscious posing, long-winded solos or jumpin'-jack flash. At the sold-out Orpheum Theatre on Saturday night, Knopfler, 58, showed ...

Down a London backstreet, an anonymous rider glides unnoticed, slipping discretely past a garage door. The giveaway is the guitar etched into the motorcycle's gas cap. The rider is Mark Knofler, and ...