Sting

Sting has posted a touching tribute to his tour manager Billy Francis, who has passed away after a battle with cancer.

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Sting Uses Home Studio For New Music In Isolation

Sting is still able to work on new music from his home in Wiltshire, South-West England, and he’s also praised the efforts of healthcare workers during the pandemic.

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Eurythmics Perform For The Rainforests

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were Eurythmics once again on Monday night for a three-song set for The Rainforest Fund.

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Sting To Be Honored At Global Citizen Awards

Sting is to receive the Global Citizen Artist of the Year Prize at a ceremony in London on 13 December.

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Sting Attacks Brazil’s Leader Over Amazon Fires

Sting has broken his silence on the Amazon rainforest superfire, condemning Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro’s lack of response to the crisis.

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New Music Releases for 24 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Primal Scream (GH), The Waterboys, Mavis Staples, Sting, Christie Lamb, Vince Jones, Middle Kids, Hayden Thorpe, Flying Lotus, Justin Townes Earle and the soundtracks for ‘Aladdin’ and Elton John’s biopic ‘Rocketman’.

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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.

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Sting and Stewart Copeland get together for BBC Documentary

Stewart Copeland has reteamed with his The Police bandmate Sting for a new BBC documentary all about their love of music.

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Ranking Roger of The Beat has died at age 56

The Beat’s vocalist Ranking Roger has died at the age of 56.

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Sting and Shaggy Animated In ‘Just One Lifetime’ Video

Sting and Shaggy have been animated for a new music video based on Lewis Carroll’s poem The Walrus & the Carpenter.

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Shaggy Breaks Royal Protocol At Queen’s Birthday Show

Sting feared he and his new collaborator Shaggy would be booted from Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday concert on Saturday (April 21) after the reggae star ignored royal protocol during their performance.

Tagged as: 90s, pop, reggae, rock, Shaggy, Sting, UK

Sting Fills In For Cast Member In His Own Musical

Sting revisited some familiar territory in more ways than one on Monday (March 19) in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England.

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Sting and Shaggy Have A New Song Together

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.

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Sting and Shaggy Team Up From Some Summery Caribbean Sounds

Sting and Shaggy are a team. They will release a song together titled ‘Don’t Make Me Wait’.

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Sting To Release Live At The Olympia Paris DVD

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.

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Sting To Be Honored At The Smithsonian

Two music powerhouses come together Friday, September 8, for an unprecedented event at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

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Sting and James Taylor Record With Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Yes, you read that headline correctly. A long list of artists are coming together with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their album The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Friends, out on May 12 via the choir’s own label.

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

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.

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Sting and Justin Timberlake Nominated For Oscars

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 Academy Awards.

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Brad Pitt Joins Sting and Chris Cornell For Charity Gig

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.

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Sting Is About To Become A Grandfather

Sting and Trudie Styler are set to become grandparents next month (Jan17).

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Sting Sets His Northern Hemisphere 2017 Dates In Place

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.

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

Eagles of Death Metal’s manager has denied the rockers were kicked out of Sting’s memorial gig at the Bataclan.

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Sting Reopens The Bataclan 12 Months After Terrorist Attack

One year ago tomorrow, ISIS terrorists invaded the Bataclan Theatre in Paris in part of a multi-location attack on the city, killing 89 people that were attending a concert by Eagles of Death Metal.

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Sting Honored At BMI Awards

The BMI last night honoured internationally-celebrated songwriter Sting as BMI Icon at the 2016 BMI London Awards.

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

The 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas came to a big end last night with Britney Spears opening the night and Usher closing it down. 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.

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Sting To Perform At AFL Grand Final Melbourne

Sting, the AFL’s worst kept secret, has been officially confirmed.

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Sting To Be Honoured As BMI Icon

Broadcast Music, Inc, announced today that world-renowned singer-songwriter Sting will be named the BMI Icon at this year’s BMI London Awards in recognition of his award-winning career and influence on popular music for more than four decades.

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U2, Usher, Billy Idol Line Up For iHeartRadio Music Festival

For the sixth year, iHeartMedia will present the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.

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Sting Is Doing It All Over Again On Vinyl

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.

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