News on The Police, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers

Wed Mar 10 2010 | STING IN ONE SHOT NOT

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As we reported earlier, Sting was special guest in One Shot Not on Arte, the show with Manu Katche. He performed live at the show, recorded in early February 2010. This will now be broadcasted on Arte on 1st of April 2010. Accompagnied by Dominic Miller and Vincent Segal, Sting performs 'Soul Cake' and 'The Snow It Melt The Soonest', as well as 'Englishman In New York' (with Katché on drums), 'Every Breath You Take' and 'Fragile', accompagnied by Kora harp player Ballaké Sissoko (Mali).

A teaser is also available on the Cultur Club website.

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Thu Mar 04 2010 | SACRED LOVE TRY OUT SESSION DESERT ROSE

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Anyone has an idea where the below video comes from?

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Wed Mar 03 2010 | CHERRY VANILLA'S BOOK LICK ME OUT IN 2010

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Cherry Vanilla's book entitled "Lick Me" will be out on November 1, 2010. Her story will end with The Police in April 1977 (20 pages are dedicated to her time with The Police).
Cherry Vanilla (born Kathy Dorritie) is a publicist, singer-songwriter and early 1970s Glam rock star. She has worked as David Bowie’s publicist and previously also performed in Andy Warhol's stage show Pork. Vanilla was the first female to front a rock band on the NY scene, ahead of Patti Smith and Blondie. Her high profile in NY was the impetus for Miles Copeland to invite her to England, using her as allure to attract attention to the then unknown band, The Police. The Cherry Vanilla Band consisted originally of bassist Gordon "Sting" Sumner and drummer Stewart Copeland.
Source: Wikipedia, Dietmar Cls

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Wed Mar 03 2010 | 2010 RAINFOREST FUND CONCERT

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The Rainforest Fund's 21st Birthday Celebration Benefit Concert, produced by Trudie Styler and featuring Sting and Friends will take place on May 13, 2010 at Carnegie Hall, followed by a gala dinner at the Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom.

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Sun Feb 28 2010 | STING GIGS ANNOUNCED FOR COLOMBIA, VENEZUELE AND MEXICO

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According to Colombian newspapers, Sting will perform on 6 May 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia to support the benefit "Buchanans Forever" which supports the education of poor children around the world. Also similar support gigs will be organised in Ciudad, Mexico on 8 May and Caracas, Venezuela on 1 May.

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Mon Feb 22 2010 | STING ON CLASSIC TOUR

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Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra are pairing up for a North American tour beginning this summer. The tour will feature Sting tunes like Fields of Gold as well as hits by his former band, the Police, including Roxanne and Every Breath You Take. Those songs will be arranged for the 54-piece orchestra, to be conducted by Steven Mercurio and accompanied by a quartet that includes a guitarist, a multipercussionist, another vocalist and a bassist. The tour will begin on June 2 in Vancouver and continue on to Denver, Los Angeles and the Ravinia Festival near Chicago. Additional dates in New York, Boston, Toronto and elsewhere are yet to be announced.
Check the concertdata page for the different gigs. More data are to be announced for both the USA and Europe.
Source: Live Nation

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Sat Feb 13 2010 | WE ARE THE WORLD 25 FOR HAITI

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The rather cheesy (and actually bad) remake of" We are the world", recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios), namely "We Are The World 25 For Haiti" was released. Anyway, it is for a good cause... we couldn't spot Sting though.

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Thu Feb 04 2010 | STING IN DO IT AGAIN

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Geoff Edgers is a newspaper reporter fearing the onset of his 40th birthday when he decides to find the surviving members of the Kinks – and convince them to reunite. The words ‘Tall’ and ‘Order’ come to mind, but also the words ‘Sunny’ and ‘Afternoon’ – just one of the many beautiful tracks from an impressive back catalogue. Despite the difficulty of the task, Geoff secures meetings with other Kinks fans including Sting (he plays "She really loves me" and another Kinks number), REM guitarist Peter Buck and Zooey Deschanel. The film is made by the capable hands of Robert Patton-Spruill, who also made the Public Enemy documentary, Welcome to the Terrordrome.

Source: Rotterdam International Film Festival

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Thu Feb 04 2010 | STNG TO PERFORM IN DUBAI AND MOROCCO

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Well, it seems it is for the rich only Sting likes to perform lately. Sting is to perform live at the Dubai Racing Carnival on 4 March 2010 in Meydan.
Sting will also perform on 29 May at the Rabat's Mawazine Festival - Rhythms of the World in Morocco

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Wed Feb 03 2010 | NEW LIVE GIGS BY STING COMING UP

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According to the daily Slobodna Dalmacija, plans are being made for Sting to perform a concert in Croatia to open Dubrovnik’s cultural summer at the end of May or at the beginning of June 2010. The gig would take place in the Stradun.

Our colleagues from Listing also had following interesting news:
- Sting performed in Paris on 2 February 2010 in a showcase of the car brand "Audi" to present its new model the A8. A cocktail reception at 9PM was followed by the revelation of the new Audi A8, a symphony concert, and then a private concert by Sting. He preformed:
Message in a bottle.
Englishman in New York
Every breath you take
Fields of Gold
Fragile
If I ever loose my faith in you

- Special guest Sting performed live in One Shot Not on Arte, the show with Manu Katche. The show was recorded in early February 2010.

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