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Sting photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sting photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sting Kicks Off His 57th and 9th Tour In Vancouver

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on February 8, 2017

in News

Last week, Sting opened his 57th & 9th Tour at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC with a 22 song set that had a large helping of tracks from the new album along with some of a primer on the Police and the rest of his solo career.

Eight of the ten tracks from the new album were covered during the evening, missing only If You Can’t Love Me and Inshallah.

What was missing was a number of Sting’s solo hits that had been a part of many of his previous tours sets including If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Fields of Gold and When We Dance. In their place were a number of deeper cuts including She’s Too Good For Me from Ten Summoner’s Tales and I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying from Mercury Falling.

On the other hand, Sting touched on many of the greatest hits of the Police with only Next to You from Outlandos d’Amour the only track that had not been a single for the group.

Note that, so far, Sting has stuck to this set in subsequent shows.

Main Set

Heading South On the Great North Road (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
Synchronicity II (from the Police album Synchronicity, 1983)
Spirits in the Material World (from the Police album Ghost in the Machine, 1981)
She’s Too Good for Me (from Ten Summoner’s Tales, 1993)
One Fine Day (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
I Can’t Stop Thinking About You (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
Englishman in New York (from …Nothing But the Sun, 1987)
Down, Down, Down (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
Pretty Young Soldier (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
Petrol Head (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
Fragile (from …Nothing But the Sun, 1987)
Message in a Bottle (from the Police album Reggatta de Blanc, 1979)
Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie cover, with Joe Sumner)
50,000 (from 57th & 9th, 2016)
I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying (from Mercury Falling, 1996)
So Lonely (from the Police album Outlandos d’Amour, 1978)
Walking on the Moon (from the Police album Reggatta de Blanc, 1979)
Desert Rose (from Brand New Day, 1999)
Roxanne (from the Police album Outlandos d’Amour, 1978)

Encore

Every Breath You Take (from the Police album Synchronicity, 1983)
Next to You (from the Police album Outlandos d’Amour, 1978)

Encore 2

The Empty Chair (from 57th & 9th, 2016)

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