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Live Nation is pleased to announce that this fall, Sting will embark on the Back to Bass Tour throughout North America as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of his solo career by taking it back to bass… all the hits, stripped down, as they haven't been played in years. In support of his forthcoming box set collection 'Sting: 25 Years', slated for release on September 27, the tour features Sting backed by a 5-piece band in an intimate theatre setting. Sting will be joined by a band including his longtime guitarist Dominic Miller, Rufus Miller (guitarist), Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer), Peter Tickell (electric fiddle), and Jo Lawry (vocalist)...
THE LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN presents ''Drum Solo Week II,'' once again featuring some of the finest drummers in contemporary music, Monday, August 22nd-Thursday, August 25th (11:35pm-12:37am, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The week features appearances by a broad range of drummers from iconic multiplatinum selling POLICE founder, composer and drummer STEWART COPELAND on Wednesday, Aug. 24, voted this February as one of Rolling Stone's 10 Greatest Drummers of all-time, performing with PAUL SHAFFER and the CBS Orchestra...
Cherrytree/A&M Records/Universal Music Group is pleased to announce 'Sting: 25 Years', the definitive box set collection slated for release on September 27, 2011. Featuring three CDs comprised of 45 remastered tracks personally curated by Sting, a previously unreleased live concert DVD and a comprehensive hardcover book, this retrospective captures for the first time both the highlights and rarities of Sting’s enduring solo career.
'Police in the East', a documentary-style film of the Police's tour of Japan, Hong Kong, India, Egypt and Greece in 1980 is to be screened by the BBC at 10pm on the evening of June 3, (repeated early hours June 4). This is the first broadcast of this documentary since the mid-1980s and although much of the footage was released on the 'Police Around The World' video, there are some significant differences and this documentary is well worth catching...
Three decades into one of rock's most impressive and unpredictable careers, Sting is still hungry for new musical adventures.
Henry Padovani is to be one of the panel judges on the new series of the French "X Factor". The new series starts in France on 15 March at 8:45pm.
Confirmed today, Sting will perform at the Explanada Monumental in Lima, Peru on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 as part of his critically-acclaimed world tour, Symphonicity. Accompanied by the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and conducted by Maestro Steven Mercurio (Pavarotti, Bocelli), Sting will perform his greatest hits, re-imagined for symphonic arrangement. Members of the Sting fan club will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase preferred-seating tickets beginning January 6 at 9:00am (local)...
Confirmed today, Sting's Symphonicity tour, featuring his greatest hits re-imagined for symphonic arrangement, will appear at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile on Friday, February 25. Sting's performance on Friday, February 25th marks his second appearance at the festival where he previously performed in 1982 with The Police. Tickets for the Sting Symphonicity concert, featuring an orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio will go on sale Thursday, December 16th at 9:00 am. Members of the Sting fan club will have the opportunity to purchase tickets beginning Thursday, December 16th at 10am (local) through Tuesday, December 21st at noon (local)...
On behalf of his album (Symphonicities) and new DVD/CD (Live in Berlin), Sting will sign copies of each release at FNAC on Via Torino in Milan on Saturday, December 18 at 9:30PM. To gain access to this special event, fans must purchase Symphonicities and/or Live in Berlin on December 18.
Winemaker Mark Beaman, whose passions are quality, sustainability and Rock 'n Roll, started the process for making "Synchronicity" by listening to the legendary Police album to uncover the layers needed in its wine. "The term Synchronicity, Sting's magnetic vocals and the theme of light and dark in the music were the main influences on the wine," Beaman said...

quote of the day
"We didn't want to sound like a conventional three piece and that's when we started to cotton on to reggae. It started from there and once we got into a studio and started to hear ourselves back then the sound started developing. Round about the period that we recorded 'Roxanne' we found a way to go and Sting started to write more songs." - Andy
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