I don't believe this, but . . .

[knopfling]

http://www.timesofoman.com/featuredetail.asp?fid=1567

Are Dire coming bake at last?
Judson Bennette/ TONY JAMES FEATURES
Thu Jan 19 2012 09:12:23 GMT+0400 (Arabian Standard Time) Oman Time     
   
Millions of fans just couldn

[Jarle]

As much as I hope it is true, the article seems a bit odd:

Finally he was persuaded by the group

[Pottel]

also this part is very odd:
We were intending to do one gig and call it a day, Mark Knopfler remembers.

[Pottel]

and:
Today, Dire Straits still sell over 20 million records a year and insiders say plans for a tour are well advanced

[Jackal]

A poorly written, poorly researched article with factual errors and math that doesn't add up is nothing new, but I wonder what's in it for the journalist or the newspaper? Journalists often create sensational stories to sell more newspapers, but it's not exactly "Lennon and Harrison Clones Produced in Lab - The Beatles to Reunite".

[superval99]

Maybe they mean "The Straits"   

[Jules]

The fact that this "piece of news" is just on an arabic newspaper and so poorly written, and not in every newspaper in the world, makes it very very unlikely...

I guess he got confused with The Straits concert, heard bells and wrote that.

[Pottel]

valid assumption. good to see the usual suspects writing bits and pieces again...

[Love Expresso]

So you all mean it is NOT true?? 

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[Banjo99uk]

Oh damn it, so their was no point in me fighting my way through the cobwebs to find my Dire Straits t-shirts, what a shame and what a waste of my afternoon. Thats the last time I trust the internet.

[Rollergirl]

Oh damn it, so their was no point in me fighting my way through the cobwebs to find my Dire Straits t-shirts, what a shame and what a waste of my afternoon. Thats the last time I trust the internet.

 

[Neville Sherman]

Load of goo! No chance, not a prayer!

[dmg]

If it's because of The Straits then it goes to show people just the confusion the name can cause to the more ill informed.

[tunnel85]

That guy clearly mixed up everything.
That said my feeling is that there IS something cooking.
It can't be a tour with full band because John and Mike are already booked. At least until August.
DS reunion for the Olympic Games or MK touring with Bob ?
 ... Maybe both 

[vgonis]

What a cute little story. Seems like it is written just before the "On every street" announcement, with a little fabricated facts to spice up the mixture and enough details to stir up conversations in MK forums and updated just about to fit the date it appears. But not exactly. Anyway, it would be a nice surprise if MK considered playing with the Straits, as Dire straits. After all Guy has been reading feedback and opinions from fans and forums, and maybe he passes them on to MK. (Now if this isn't a fabricated story...)