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| - Dire Straits Was a British rock band, whose songs "Brothers In Arms" (in "Out Where the Buses Don't Run") and "Ride Across The River" (in "Knock, Knock... Who's There?) appeared in the TV show Miami Vice.
- Dire Straits (絶体絶命, Zettai zetsumei?) is the 5th chapter of Urusei Yatsura Tankobon and Urusei Yatsura Wideban.
- The Dire Straits are a group of resource rich islands.
- Dire Straits foi unha banda inglesa activa entre 1977 e 1995. O grupo creárono Mark Knopfler (voces e guitarra), o seu irmán menor David Knopfler (guitarra e voces), John Illsley (baixo e voces) e Pick Withers (batería e percusión), xunto co manager Ed Bicknell. A pesares de que a banda se formou nunha época na que destacaba o punk rock, Dire Straits tocaban un estilo máis convencional.
- Dire Straits was a sports themed American country music folk rock group, founded by Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals, and sexy headband), David Knopfler (no relation, ukelele and harpsichord), John Illsley (tuba), Pick Withers (bongos), Dr Parkinson (triangle) and Sting (a sad ploy to increase sales). Although they began making music at the height of punk and *gasp!* disco they ended up being more awesome than either the Bee Gees or the Ramones. Their influences include Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Hank Williams, Michael McDonald and Jesus. In short they are one of the greatest but most underrated bands of their time. The band's best known songs are "Hitler & Mussolini", "Public Enquiries", "Money For Nothing (Aid for Africa)" "Mothers in Arms" and their greatest hip hop hit "Sultans of Bling".
- "Dire Straits" is the 385th episode of Casualty and the 25th episode of the 17th series.
- Calling Elvis was a single off their last album, On Every Street. The music video contained the band as Supermarionation-type puppets, and was directed by Gerry Anderson.
- Dire Straits is the sixth episode of Dragons: Race to the Edge, Season 4. It was released on Netflix on February 17, 2017. The name of episode was first revealed in the Everything Geek Podcast Interview with Douglas Sloan and Art Brown.
- Dire Straits were a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll. Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, the band's stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more "rootsy" influence that emerged from pub rock. Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic.[3] Dire Straits' biggest selling album, Brothers in Arms, has sold over 30 million copies, and was the first album to sell a million c
- Dire Straits were a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll. Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, the band's stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more "rootsy" influence that emerged out of pub rock. Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic. Dire Straits' biggest selling album, Brothers in Arms, has sold over 30 million copies.
- Peel was originally a fan of the group, with especially a soft touch for their track Sultans of Swing, which Sheila Ravenscroft (Peel's wife) mentioned in Peel's autobiography Margrave of the Marshes (page 364), when they were travelling to Niagara Falls in 1978: "It might dent this reputation to reveal this, but John had a soft spot for the Dire Straits song 'Sultans Of Swing', and we both sang it at the top of our voices when we were driving to Niagra Falls."
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