Welcome to the world of tribute acts, who get paid to enjoy plenty of glamorous perks while belting out ready-made hits. There’s never any pressure tocome up with new songs and they don’t even have to ...

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s ...

Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...