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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=10688 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:02:02 -0400 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:44:12 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=10688 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-felt-a-resistance-early-on-mark-knopfler-was-pushed-to-start-playing-les-pauls-but-it-was-the-perfect-choice-for-this-dire-straits-classic https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-felt-a-resistance-early-on-mark-knopfler-was-pushed-to-start-playing-les-pauls-but-it-was-the-perfect-choice-for-this-dire-straits-classic Music News: "I confess I pushed him more towards the Les Paul sound", Knopfler's guitar tech Ron Eve said.]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/your-pads-get-softer-and-you-lose-your-facility-mark-knopfler-admits-he-wouldnt-be-able-to-play-brothers-in-arms-guitar-parts-so-well-today https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/your-pads-get-softer-and-you-lose-your-facility-mark-knopfler-admits-he-wouldnt-be-able-to-play-brothers-in-arms-guitar-parts-so-well-today Music News: "I probably wouldn't be able to play them so well now. But I'm hoping to put my head down and really get back into some proper playing in the near future."]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-not-pleased-by-that-mark-knopfler-reveals-one-guitarist-who-made-chet-atkins-slightly-put-out-once https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-not-pleased-by-that-mark-knopfler-reveals-one-guitarist-who-made-chet-atkins-slightly-put-out-once Music News: "He wrote to whatever magazine it was and said, 'You can learn to do this with your own two hands — you don't need double-tracking.'"]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:37:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-never-without-that-on-a-recording-session-mark-knopfler-opens-up-on-gibson-guitar-he-got-from-his-rock-hero https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-never-without-that-on-a-recording-session-mark-knopfler-opens-up-on-gibson-guitar-he-got-from-his-rock-hero Music News: "He reached under the sofa and he pulled out this dusty old case. And he says, 'Mark, I want you to have this guitar."]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:07:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/if-you-wrote-the-songs-youre-kind-of-allowed-to-be-crap-mark-knopfler-shares-opinion-on-his-own-playing-explains-what-counts-for-him https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/if-you-wrote-the-songs-youre-kind-of-allowed-to-be-crap-mark-knopfler-shares-opinion-on-his-own-playing-explains-what-counts-for-him Music News: "That's how I see myself as a guitar player. Not much more than that."]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-good-enough-to-improvise-like-a-jazz-musician-mark-knopfler-on-the-most-important-thing-in-a-solo-and-the-one-solo-he-considers-his-best https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-good-enough-to-improvise-like-a-jazz-musician-mark-knopfler-on-the-most-important-thing-in-a-solo-and-the-one-solo-he-considers-his-best Music News: "I did everything wrong, but I think they're perfect notes [laughs]."]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:49:37 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_explains_why_using_a_pick_is_fantastic_says_his_fingerstyle_was_a_mess_at_first.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_explains_why_using_a_pick_is_fantastic_says_his_fingerstyle_was_a_mess_at_first.html Music News: "I was starting to develop a style which any guitar teacher would tell you is just wrong."]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:19:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_explains_how_he_unintentionally_became_a_songwriter_opens_up_on_his_relationship_with_electric_guitar.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_explains_how_he_unintentionally_became_a_songwriter_opens_up_on_his_relationship_with_electric_guitar.html Music News: "[With] someone like Jim Cox on the piano, the relationship with the instrument is absolute. And I can't get that going with the guitar."]]> Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:54:28 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_opens_up_on_how_dire_straits_fame_affected_him_if_youre_playing_events_all_the_time_then_you_are_losing_something_as_well.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_opens_up_on_how_dire_straits_fame_affected_him_if_youre_playing_events_all_the_time_then_you_are_losing_something_as_well.html Music News: "It suits some people. You can get used to the scale of it. I don't know if I ever really did."]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:22:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/some_guitars_would_be_just_too_hard_to_say_goodbye_to_mark_knopfler_reveals_thought_process_behind_massive_guitar_sale.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/some_guitars_would_be_just_too_hard_to_say_goodbye_to_mark_knopfler_reveals_thought_process_behind_massive_guitar_sale.html Music News: Knofpler explains why he kept his "Sultans of Swing Strat" but sold the "Money for Nothing" Les Paul alongside many other axes. ]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:34:51 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_opens_up_on_deteriorating_guitar_skills_the_musician_part_of_me_is_much_reduced_but_the_writer_part_is_strong_as_ever.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_opens_up_on_deteriorating_guitar_skills_the_musician_part_of_me_is_much_reduced_but_the_writer_part_is_strong_as_ever.html Music News: "I should really take steps to spend more time behind the instrument, to just get playing."]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:37:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david_gilmour_tony_iommi_brian_may_slash_and_others_join_forces_for_a_stirring_cover_of_mark_knopflers_going_home_featuring_final_recording_of_jeff_beck.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david_gilmour_tony_iommi_brian_may_slash_and_others_join_forces_for_a_stirring_cover_of_mark_knopflers_going_home_featuring_final_recording_of_jeff_beck.html Music News: Producer Guy Fletcher described Jeff Beck's part in the song as "absolutely meant to be. And what he did with it, it just brings you to tears."]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:24:43 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_recruits_tony_iommi_slash_brian_may_david_gilmour_and_many_others_for_charity_single_it_features_jeff_becks_final_recording.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_recruits_tony_iommi_slash_brian_may_david_gilmour_and_many_others_for_charity_single_it_features_jeff_becks_final_recording.html Music News: An all-star lineup, featuring over 60 musicians. ]]> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:54:24 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/mark_knopflers_guitar_collection_sells_for_over_11000000_and_breaks_record_with_the_59_brothers_in_arms_les_paul.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/mark_knopflers_guitar_collection_sells_for_over_11000000_and_breaks_record_with_the_59_brothers_in_arms_les_paul.html Gear: 28 Guitars were sold for over $100,000.]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:46:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_reveals_what_surprised_him_about_les_pauls_explains_why_massive_guitar_collections_arent_a_must.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_reveals_what_surprised_him_about_les_pauls_explains_why_massive_guitar_collections_arent_a_must.html Music News: "There's a much better way that you can work with a Les Paul, and I had to learn that."]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:56:34 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/a_guitar_is_your_friend_for_life_mark_knopfler_recalls_words_of_wisdom_chet_atkins_shared_with_him_about_guitars.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/a_guitar_is_your_friend_for_life_mark_knopfler_recalls_words_of_wisdom_chet_atkins_shared_with_him_about_guitars.html Music News: "Anybody that's been unfortunate enough to work in the studio with me will know that you're looking for characters for songs, you're looking for a voice in the song."]]> Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:08:52 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_my_guitar_style_is_probably_all_wrong_a_guitar_teachers_nightmare.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_my_guitar_style_is_probably_all_wrong_a_guitar_teachers_nightmare.html Music News: "I hold a guitar like a plumber holds a hammer," the Dire Straits frontman says.]]> Sat, 05 Oct 2019 10:49:00 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_is_now_using_kemper_profiling_amps_live_heres_what_he_sounds_like.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_is_now_using_kemper_profiling_amps_live_heres_what_he_sounds_like.html Music News: "This switch from 'real' amps to digital devices is not for the faint-hearted," Mark's keyboardist Guy Fletcher wrote.]]> Thu, 16 May 2019 15:51:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_sultans_of_swing_was_no_1_all_over_the_world_but_i_didnt_get_any_money_from_it_for_ages.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_sultans_of_swing_was_no_1_all_over_the_world_but_i_didnt_get_any_money_from_it_for_ages.html Music News: "It slowly edges up to where you get a reasonable royalty," the Dire Straits frontman said.]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2018 08:27:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_releases_new_song_and_announces_new_album_for_november_2018.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_releases_new_song_and_announces_new_album_for_november_2018.html Music News: Details available inside.]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:54:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_6_guitars_that_defined_my_music_career.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_6_guitars_that_defined_my_music_career.html Music News: Featuring Dire Straits mastermind's very first six-string - a 1962 Hofner Super Solid V2.]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:21:46 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_announces_new_solo_album_and_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_announces_new_solo_album_and_tour.html Music News: Ex-Dire Straits mainman announces "Privateering" follow-up.]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:20:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_competition.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_competition.html Music News: Guitarists are invited to audition online for the chance to win a one-to-one mentoring session with Mark Knopfler.]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:29:16 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_to_tour_us_this_spring.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_to_tour_us_this_spring.html Music News: Mark Knopfler has added a few more shows to his springtime North American run behind his latest studio set, "Get Lucky."]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:44:12 -0500