John Illsley, founder member and bassist of Dire Straits brings The Life and Times of Dire Straits tour to Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall. Tickets ...

Bass player John Illsley will perform at the venue on November 13 as part of his 21-date UK tour. In The Life and Times of ...

That changes with “My Life in Dire Straits,” the just-published memoir by John Illsley — the British band’s bassist, co-founder and, along with guitarist and frontman Mark Knopfler, its ...

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That changes with “My Life in Dire Straits,” the just-published memoir by John Illsley — the British band’s bassist, co-founder and, along with guitarist and frontman Mark Knopfler, its ...

Everything changed for Dire Straits when they made Brothers In Arms: Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher look back ...

John Illsley. Diversion, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-63576-915-9 Illsley, bass player of the British rock band Dire Straits, delivers a fascinating take on the band’s history.

John Illsley Compared This Dire Straits Hit To Picasso Dire Straits achieved their greatest commercial success with the release of their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms, in June 1985.

Dire Straits bassist 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 of ...

According to the book My Life in Dire Straits, Knopfler wrote a song called “Private Dancer.” Band member John Illsley explained why “Private Dancer” was excluded from Love Over Gold.

Illsley takes an extensive look back at the group's history in his new memoir, My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History, which arrives Nov. 9.