Just after 6pm on July 13, 1985, Dire Straits took to the stage at Wembley Stadium as part of Live Aid, playing to a global TV audience that reached a mind-frying 1.9 billion. In their slot between U2 ...

TORONTO — Canada’s broadcast standards council Wednesday amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits’ 1985 hit “Money for Nothing” unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in ...

In the early '80s, when cable television was still a new thing, every cable provider didn't carry every cable channel. Even as MTV was changing the face of pop music in America, the channel struggled ...

CRTC said public blowback from ban on British pop song due to a homophobic faux-pas prompted the review. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief TORONTO — Canada’s TV regulator has ordered the country’s ...

The British pop song can once again air on the Canadian airwaves after earlier being judged politically incorrect for its use of the word "faggot." By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief TORONTO – ...

Council amends ruling on Dire Straits' song Canada's broadcast standards council Wednesday amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Money for Nothing" unfit for radio, saying that ...