Their best selling album Brothers in Arms was an international blockbuster selling over 30 million copies and becoming the fourth best selling album in UK chart history. Their special appearance was featured in the worlds largest selling English-language daily newspaper, The Times of India.ĭire Straits are one of the best bands to ever come out of the UK, they have sold in excess of 120 million albums worldwide and were the UK’s first stadium rock band. Sept 2011 saw them take their show to India to perform at a sell-out concert where they headlined an event held at one of Bangalore’s largest Amphitheatres. The band have also had the pleasure of performing as show opener for the legendary Roy Wood on part of his Theatre Tour. 2010 saw them headline the main night on Europes Biggest Tribute Festival. The Money For Nothing stage show has been performed all over Britain and the world, at all types of venues & events – from music festivals, theatres, nightclubs and venues. The band also include versions from ‘On the Night’ and ‘Live The BBC‘. “Make no mistake, they are good, very good” – The Observerįeaturing all the hits from their first ever single ‘Sultans of Swing’ to ‘Brothers in Arms‘, ‘Walk of Life’ and their last single released in 1992 ‘The Bug’ – also the legendary ‘Money For Nothing’ (ft Sting) which was the first ever video played on MTV. Howie and all the band have studied Dire Straits in great depth to re-create their tribute to be as close as possible to the real thing and a respectful tribute to their idol and guitar legend. The abundant energy and the excellence and musicality of their performance makes Money For Nothing a “must see” for any rock enthusiast or Dire Straits fan.įronting the band is the outstanding Howie G (who you may recognise from his years with The Classic Rock Show) Behind him the line-up features top-class and experienced musicians that make this band a worthy tribute to Dire Straits. Money for Nothing was formed in 2000 as a tribute to one of the world’s premier rock bands – Dire Straits. In this episode of Rockin’ You All Night, guitar virtuoso: Gus G is interviewed.“Undoubtedly the best Dire Straits tribute in Europe” Interview with Gus G by the Rockin’ You All Night podcast: R.Y.A.N. 6, 2018: GUS G – Money For Nothing (Dire Straits cover) Pumpehuset, Copenhagen Gus G performing cover of Dire Straits‘ “Money For Nothing” at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen, Denmark on Apr. It seems like it has got a life of it’s own.” I think that it’s our most streamed song on Spotify. We were finishing up the recordings of the album The Premonition, and it was like our last day in the studio, and he said, ‘We should do something… for a bonus track.'” Gus G added: “It was intended to be like a bonus track, and it ended up being on the main track list on the record. In terms of how the song “Maniac” ended up being covered on Firewind‘s 2008 album The Premonition, Gus G indicated: “That was actually Bob‘s idea. I got the idea to revamp it, and make it a bit heavier.” I was making a short list, just writing down songs and she goes, ‘You should do “Money For Nothing.” Then, I looked it up on YouTube to see if there’s been any recent remakes, and I didn’t really find anything. I wanted to do a cover, at least one or two for this record…. When asked about what made him decide to cover the song “Money For Nothing”, Gus G advised (as transcribed by Rockin’ You All Night with slight edits): “It was my wife’s idea. Gus G‘s latest solo studio album Fearless was released via AFM Records back in April 2018 and includes a cover of Dire Straits‘ hit single “Money For Nothing.” Guitarist Gus G states that it was his wife’s idea for him to cover Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing”įormer Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G was interviewed by Ryan Witting for the Rockin’ You All Night podcast back in September 2018.