50 million albums, longest album in the charts to date, longest tour and number of gigs played ever.
If there's any band that took the world by storm, it has to be Dire Straits. The quality of the musicianship was outstanding and maybe hasn't been matched since...certainly during live performance.
Welcome to the home of sHIRE sTRAITS, a tribute to Dire Straits,
We are based in Gloucestershire, UK
Our aim is to reproduce the live sound of Dire Straits during their hey day of the mid 80s and early 90s. As the die hard fans well know, Dire Straits changed many of their songs when playing live, so, there are various versions of the more famous songs. As a result we were left with a dilemma of which version of each song to cover. We have chosen a mixture of the Alchemy, Brothers in Arms and On Every Street Tours. The later songs like the bug are missing the pedal steel guitar at this time, but not for long! We can play up to 4 versions of each song including acoustic and calypso alternatives to all the favourites!
We are available for bookings, for any type of occasion. We carry our own Lighting, PA and Disco. The music page has live recordings of us while we were working on the set. Please feel free to call to discuss your requirements.