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Andy Summers And Robert Fripp Complete Recordings Are Coming In March

When Andy Summers spoke to Noise11 in 2024 he mentioned the impending release of an expanded edition of ‘I Advanced Mask’, his 1981 album with Robert Fripp.

Tagged as: 80s, ambient, Andy Summer, experimental, progressive, Robert Fripp, rock, The Police, UK

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Sting at A Day On The Green 2023 photo by David Jackson

Sting Cancels Show Due To Ill Health

by Music-News.com

Sting has cancelled several of his upcoming shows due to ill health.

Tagged as: 70s, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Andy Summers ‘The Cracked Lens + A Missing String’ Melbourne #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Without a doubt Andy Summers is a bona-fide legend. Those five albums as lead guitarist for The Police are five of the greatest albums on the rock era. There is no questioning the credentials of Andy Summers but ‘The Cracked Lens + A Missing String’ lost me.

Tagged as: 70s, Andy Summers, rock, The Cracked Lens + A Missing String, The Police, UK

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Andy Summers and Robert Fripp ‘I Advance Masked’ To Be Expanded

by Paul Cashmere

‘I Advance Masked’, Andy Summers’ first project outside The Police, will be expanded to a three disc edition for release in September.

Tagged as: 70s, Andy Summers, I Advance Masked, jazz, Robert Fripp, The Police, UK

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Andy Summers of The Police To Play Australian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

The Police lead guitarist Andy Summers will tour Australia as a solo artist in September.

Tagged as: 70s, Andy Summers, rock, The Police, UK

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The Police To Release Enormous ‘Synchronicity’ Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

The Police will release a 6 disc edition of ‘Synchronicity’ on July 24, 2024 with 55 previously unreleased tracks.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Sting, Synchronicity, The Police, UK

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Diddy Ordered To Pay Sting $5000 a Day For Unauthorised Sample

by Music-News.com

Diddy now pays Sting $5,000 ($AUD7,484) daily for the unauthorised sampling of The Police’s 1983 hit Every Breath You Take on his 1997 Biggie Smalls tribute, I’ll Be Missing You.

Tagged as: 90s, Diddy, R&B, Sting, The Police, USA

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Stewart Copeland To Release ‘Stewart Copeland’s Police Diaries’

by Paul Cashmere

The Police drummer and co-founder Stewart Copeland has announced the upcoming release of ‘Stewart Copeland’s Police Diaries’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Stewart Copeland, Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries, The Police

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REVIEW: Sting Showcases The Importance Of The Rock Era To Our Culture

by Paul Cashmere

The Police ‘Roxanne’ was released 45 years ago. That is how long a lot of us have had Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) in our lives.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Joe Sumner, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting Pays Tribute To Michael Gudinski

by Paul Cashmere

Sting has used his time in Melbourne to visit the statute of Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski outside Rod Laver Arena where he played last night.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Frontier Touring, Michael Gudinski, music industry, rock, Sting, The Police

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Sting to be Awarded Fellowship of the Academy at the Ivors

by Music-News.com

The Ivors Academy has today revealed Sting as the latest songwriter to become an Academy Fellow, the highest honour the Academy bestows. He will receive the award at The Ivors on 18th May in London. The Academy also reveals Amazon Music as the new title sponsor of The Ivors in a collaboration that will amplify and scale the awards’ recognition and celebration of songwriters globally. To commemorate Sting’s fellowship, Amazon Music has shared an exclusive demo of Sting’s track ‘If It’s Love’ off his latest album, The Bridge – offering a rare insight into the creative process of one of the world’s most eminent songwriters.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Joe Sumner, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting Has Played The First ‘My Songs’ Australian Show in Perth

by Paul Cashmere

Sting kicked off his My Songs tour in Australia on Friday with his son Joe Sumner opening for him and joining him later for The Police’s classic ‘King of Pain’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Joe Sumner, My Songs, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Joe Sumner with Fiction Plane at the MCG Melbourne 2007 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Joe Sumner Anoints First Solo Album ‘Sunshine In The Night’ And Recruits Brendon O’Brien Into His Band’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Sunshine In The Night’ will be the name of the debut solo album for Joe Sumner.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Brendan O'Brien, Fiction Plane, Joe Sumner, rock, Sting, The Police

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The Sting 2023 My Songs Tour Has A lot Of Police Goodies

by Paul Cashmere

Sting reactivated his ‘My Songs’ world tour in Abu Dhabi on 27 January and in the past week performed four times in South Africa before bringing the tour to Australia next week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Live Nation, My Songs, Sting, The Police, UK

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Kevin Bacon Plays The Police, Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper

by Paul Cashmere

Kevin Bacon has taken fans on a time warp into the 80s with three of his favourites from The Police, Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper.

Tagged as: 80s, Bacon Brothers, Cyndi Lauper, Kevin Bacon, Michael Jackson, pop, The Police, USA

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The Police ‘Every Breath You Take’ Clocks Up One Billion YouTube Streams

by Music-News.com

The Police’s ‘Every Breath You Take’ music video has surpassed 1 billion streams on YouTube making it the 225th video to achieve this huge milestone.

Tagged as: 80s, Every Breath You Take, rock, The Police, UK

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Sting To Perform In Australia For A Day On The Green In February

by Paul Cashmere

Sting will return to Australia in February 2023 for shows for A Day On the Green.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Day On The Green, James Reyne, Joe Sumner, live music, Sting, The Police, UK

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The Police To Expand ‘Ghost In the Machine’ For Vinyl Reissue

by Paul Cashmere

A new edition of The Police’s fourth album ‘Ghost In the Machine’ will be released on vinyl in November with three additional tracks.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Ghost In the Machine, rock, The Police, UK

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The Police Nearly Through Out ‘Every Breath You Take’

by Music-News.com

Andy Summers says Sting and Stewart Copeland were ready to throw out ‘Every Breath You Take’.

Tagged as: 80s, Every Breath You Take, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting To Star In BBC Radio 4 Drama

by Music-News.com

Multi-platinum singer, song-writer and actor, Sting returns to BBC Radio 4 audio drama in I Must Have Loved You, a play he has co-created with writer Michael Chaplin.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Sting, The Police, UK, Universal

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Sting Sells The Police Catalogue To Universal

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Universal Music Publishing Group announced the acquisition of 17-time GRAMMY Award winner Sting’s career catalog of music. The deal is rumoured to be worth 220 million pounds.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Sting, The Police, UK, Universal

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The Police Share Christmas Version of ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’

by Music-News.com

A previously unseen music video for The Police’s 1980 UK Number One hit ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ has been unearthed from the band’s archives after 41 years. The video has now been released for Christmas 2021.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Don't Stand So Close To Me, rock, The Police, UK

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Sting Thanks Music Therapy Students

by Music-News.com

The first students to graduate from a North East music therapy centre have received a special message from the superstar who launched them on their journey.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting Goes Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

Sting has kicked off his Las Vegas residency which sees his playing his ‘My Songs’ show through until June 2022.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Las Vegas, rock, Sting, The Bridge, The Police, UK

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Sting Releases New Details For ‘The Bridge’

by Music-News.com

Sting has announced his 15th studio album, ‘The Bridge’, and released the lead single, ‘If It’s Love’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Las Vegas, rock, Sting, The Bridge, The Police, UK

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Sting To Take Up Residency In Las Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

Between October 29 and November 13 Sting will become a Vegas act.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Las Vegas, My Songs, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Stewart Copeland of The Police and India’s Ricky Kej Create ‘Divine Tides’

by Paul Cashmere

Cultures have collided with The Police’s Stewart Copeland teaming up with India’s Ricky Kej to create a soundscape album ‘Divine Tides’.

Tagged as: Asia, India, Ricky Kej, rock, Stewart Copeland, The Police, USA, world

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Sting Says The Police Reunion Was A Mistake

by Music-News.com

Sting regrets The Police’s reunion. Sting reunited with bandmates Andy Summers and Stuart Copeland in 2007 – 19 years after they split – and then embarked on a global tour in 2008.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, new wave, punk, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting To Release Duets Album

by Music-News.com

Sting has announced the release of his forthcoming duets album by performing with Brooklyn rapper Gashi during his virtual appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, jazz, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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Sting Honored For Environmental Activism

by Music-News.com

Sting has been honoured for his environmental activism by Prince Albert II of Monaco at a star-studded gala event.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, jazz, rock, Sting, The Police, UK

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