Dire Straits "Money for Nothing"). Similarly, the album's title track was also relatively unsuccessful, failing to reach the UK Top 40. The final single released from the album and from the band in the UK was "The Bug", which contains backing vocals by Vince Gill, who was also invited to join the band full-time but declined to pursue a solo career. Session drummer Chris Whitten joined Dire Straits as a side-man when the band embarked on an extensive two-year, 300-show tour, playing in front of some 7.1 million ticket-buying fans. While musically more elaborate than the previous 1985–86 world tour, the band's
Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song) covered by the British singer-songwriter Passenger in 2014 for the "Sounds of the 80's" covers album released in conjunction with the BBC Radio 2 programme of the same name. American singer/songer Ben Bedford often sings an acoustic version of the song in his performances. Austin, Tx based guitarist Monte Montgomery also covered this song in 2003 on his live album New and Approved (track 6) which was recorded at the Cactus Cafe and authorized by release on his own label. The track features Montgomery's faster than light licks on this solo-guitar track. British folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley covered the track