When Sultans of Ping set out to lampoon full-fat 1970s rock there was a certain inevitability in their choice of Mark Knopfler’s Dire Straits and their hit ‘Sultans of Swing’ as punching bag.

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album '21' outsold Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller', becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Canada’s broadcast standards council has amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits’ 1985 hit 'Money For Nothing' unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in the song was inappropriate, it must be taken in context.