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We had to say goodbye to a staggering number of guitar geniuses this year. We salute those players and their contributions to the instrument

We track the year’s biggest six-string stories – from landmark gear developments to devastating departures and 2023’s most headline-grabbing players

Matthew Perry, Tina Turner, Sinead OConnor, Sir Bobby Charlton, Paul OGrady, Barry Humphries, Mohamed Al Fayed, Burt Bacharach, Jeff Beck, Jerry Springer, David Crosby, S Club 7s Paul Cattermole, Martin Amis and Glenda Jackson were among the stars and notable figures who died in 2023.

Dire Straits have turned down “huge amounts of money” to reform the band in recent years, one of their founding members has revealed. 

Jack Sonni played with Dire Straits in front of a billion people. In 1986, he surfed one of Mexico's heaviest waves. The author remembers "the other surfer."

Oscar-nominated Rocky actor Burt Young has sadly died. He was 83-years-old. The actor was best-known for playing Paulie Pennino alongside Sylvester Stallone.

Dire Straits Legacy Dire Straits Legacy—already featuring longtime keyboardist Alan Clark and, until his death last month, Brothers in Arms-era rhythm guitarist Jack Sonni—brings together the band’s original backing ensemble to rip out Knopfler’s songs.

They will perform on the four-stop concert series, A Summer's Day Live.

Former Dire Straits guitarist, Jack Sonni has died at age 68. His contributions can be heard on the band's 1985 album, Brothers In Arms, which has sold over 30 million copies. Sonni was known as the "other guitarist" alongside frontman Mark Knopfler. He toured with the band in 1985-1986 and played s