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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Famous member of legendary British rock band coming to Stroud
A FOUNDING member of a legendary British rock band is coming to Stroud. John Illsley, bass player of Dire Straits, will do a live Q & A all about his band at the Sub Rooms in November. Dire Straits - who were mainly active in the 80s and the first half of the 90s and who are also in the rock and roll hall of fame - sold more than 30 million copies of their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. Illsley will be interviewed by the band's former co-manager and he will also perform other classic hits from the group. He will appear at the Sub Rooms on Sunday, November 2. For tickets visit the website.
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Dire Straits' Knopfler, Illsley tell story of recording Brothers In Arms as album reissued
Mark Knopfler and John Illsley have differing memories of the creation of Dire Straits' most successful album. 'It was like any other album,' says the former frontman and songwriter Knopfler, 75, almost stoically. In contrast, bassist Illsley, also 75, and still close friends with his former bandmate, said he immediately recognised that the band's fifth studio album could be something special. 'I knew instinctively we had some great material here,' he says. 'We were going to have a really good album.' Play Illsley was proved right. Brothers In Arms, featuring classics like 'Money For Nothing' and 'Walk Of Life', became a global success, selling more than 30 million copies and becoming one of the bestselling albums in music history. A new edition is now being released to mark its 40th anniversary.
