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Sting’s Popularity Made Everyone In The Police Rich

The Police star Stewart Copeland never resented the fact Sting became the star of the band, because it meant he could get to hotel rooms much faster. The drummer has…

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Sting and Stewart Copeland get together for BBC Documentary

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Stewart Copeland has reteamed with his The Police bandmate Sting for a new BBC documentary all about their love of music. The drummer has travelled the world talking to music…

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Sting and Shaggy Animated In ‘Just One Lifetime’ Video

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…was released in February, and more material from their studio sessions will follow, according to an announcement on Sting’s website. Sting and Shaggy, real name Orville Richard Burrell, have just…

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Harry Connick Jr To Star In The Sting Musical

by Paul Cashmere

Harry Connick Jr will perform a limited run of shows starring in The Sting before it heads to Broadway. Harry has been tapped for the part of Henry Gondorff, the…

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Sting Fills In For Cast Member In His Own Musical

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…his career in the mid-70’s, playing bass in the pit orchestra. Currently playing at the Northern Stage is a reworked edition of Sting’s musical The Last Ship. Sting wrote both…

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Sting and Shaggy Have A New Song Together

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

One of the bigger surprises that has been announced this year is the collaboration between Sting and the late-90, early-2000’s reggae inspired hitmaker Shaggy. 44/876 is set for a April…

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Sting and Shaggy Team Up From Some Summery Caribbean Sounds

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…by Martin Kierszenbaum, who is Sting’s manager and Shaggy’s former A&R executive. After Sting heard a new track that Shaggy was working on, they decided to go into the studio…

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Sting To Release Live At The Olympia Paris DVD

by Paul Cashmere

Eagle Vision and Cherrytree Management today announced the release of Sting: Live At The Olympia Paris on November 10 on DVD, blu-ray and digital download. Sting: Live At The Olympia…

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Sting To Be Honored At The Smithsonian

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Two music powerhouses come together Friday, September 8, for an unprecedented event at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Iconic singer-songwriter Sting, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

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Sting and James Taylor Record With Mormon Tabernacle Choir

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…Records from the RIAA. The tracks on the new album have been recorded over a number of years with some sourced from special events such as Sting and Yo-Yo Ma’s…

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

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

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…

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Sting and Justin Timberlake Nominated For Oscars

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

While it is doubtful that they can beat the juggernaut that is La La Land, both Sting and Justin Timberlake have been nominated in the Best Song category at the…

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Brad Pitt Joins Sting and Chris Cornell For Charity Gig

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Brad Pitt turned his attention to charity on Saturday as he joined rockers Sting and Chris Cornell to raise funds to fight a rare skin disease. Fresh from his surprise…

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Sting Is About To Become A Grandfather

by Paul Cashmere

Sting and Trudie Styler are set to become grandparents next month (Jan17). Sting and Trudie, who are parents to four children together, are excitedly awaiting the birth of their eldest…

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Sting Sets His Northern Hemisphere 2017 Dates In Place

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After a couple of years of touring with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel, Sting is ready to go back out on the road as a solo act. Sting is promoting…

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Eagles of Death Metal Not Removed From Sting Bataclan Gig Manager Says

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Eagles of Death Metal’s manager has denied the rockers were kicked out of Sting’s memorial gig at the Bataclan. An official at the concert hall in Paris claimed he had…

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Sting Reopens The Bataclan 12 Months After Terrorist Attack

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…would be renovating the theater before reopening later in 2016. That reopening came on Saturday night as Sting took the stage for an eighteen song set that mixed music from…

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Sting To Receive American Music Award of Merit

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Sting has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the American Music Award of Merit at the American Music Awards on November 20. Sting has never performed on the American…

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Sting Honored At BMI Awards

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The BMI last night honoured internationally-celebrated songwriter Sting as BMI Icon at the 2016 BMI London Awards. Music industry guests including Hozier, Rudimental, Snow Patrol, Disciples and Wayne Hector filled…

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Sting, Usher, Tears For Fears, Backstreet Boys iHeartRadio Setlists

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…In between, the crowd heard short sets from Sting, Tears For Fears, Backstreet Boys, Pitbull, Ariana Grande, Florida Georgia Line, Zedd and Cage the Elephant. Sting’s somewhat eclectic set concentrated…

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Sting To Perform At AFL Grand Final Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Sting, the AFL’s worst kept secret, has been officially confirmed. Despite numerous denials, the AFL has announced the performance the legend will perform at the pre-game show. “It’s a great…

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Sting To Be Honoured As BMI Icon

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…contribution to music. Sting’s longevity stands as a testament to his innovative songwriting skills and showmanship. In recent years Sting has been in demand as a songwriter and has collaborated…

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Sting Is Doing It All Over Again On Vinyl

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

On September 30, Sting will release The Studio Collection, a career-spanning vinyl LP box set featuring all of his seminal solo studio albums brought together for the first time. The…

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Sting To Release His First Rock Album 17 Years

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Sting has had a lot of projects over the last seventeen years but one of them was not an album of rock and pop music. On November 11, the singer…

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Sting and Peter Gabriel Open Tour In Ohio #SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

…with Sting In Your Eyes (from So, 1986) Encore Sting with Peter Gabriel Every Breath You Take (from the Police album Synchronicity, 1983) Peter Gabriel with Sting Sledgehammer (from So,…

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Sting and Peter Gabriel To Tour For Live Nation

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

…Scissors will find Peter Gabriel and Sting performing both separately and together, playing their own songs as well as melding their bands to explore each other’s most celebrated hits. Sting…

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Sting Recalls The Time He Met David Bowie

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Sting has released a heartfelt tribute to his friend David Bowie as part of a statement about the rocker’s death. Sting, 64, who is five years younger than Bowie, recalled…

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Sting Meets Missing People’s Relatives For Amnesty In Mexico

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In support of Amnesty International’s campaign against disappearances in Mexico, world-renowned singer and songwriter Sting met this weekend with relatives of some of the thousands who have gone missing in…

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Listen To Ivy Levan And Sting ‘Killing You’

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Rock legend Sting features on new comer Ivy Levan’s song “Killing You” from her debut album, No Good. Sting, who has previously done very few pop-oriented songs, collaborated with Levan…

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Sting Checks In For Bryn Terfel 50th

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Sting will be among the very special guests joining Bryn Terfel on stage for a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the opera star’s 50th birthday. The…

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