STING ON YOGA REVOLUTION COMPILATION CD

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:09:43 GMT

Yoga Revolution is a new compilation CD featuring award-winning artists Sarah McLachlan, Seal, Sting, Sheryl Crow and international artists Angelique Kidjo, Anoushka Shankar, Ziggy Marley, Krishna Das, Deva Premal and Donna De Lory....

STING'S NEXT STOP TO BE INDIA?

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:08:55 GMT

According to some Indian newspapers, Sting is to prepare for a concert in India. No further information is available so far.

COCO NEWS

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:56:47 GMT

Coco Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler is shown in below video for �Quicker,� a song off "I Blame Coco"�s upcoming album, The Constant, which will be released next month.

CHRIS BOTTI ON STING

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:52 GMT

Trumpet ace Chris Botti attributes his breakthrough into music to Sting who has become a mentor and a personal friend. A nice interview about this can be read here.

BACK IN TIME WITH STING

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:16:10 GMT

Sting sings the great Bill Withers song on Night Music in 1989. He's accompanied by Bill Frisell, Fareed Haque, David Sanborn, Hank Roberts and Don Alias.

STING TO PERFORM IN NEW ZEALAND

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:25:57 GMT

Sting - accompanied by a 50 piece symphony orchestra and band - will perform at New Zealand's biggest annual concert on Saturday, February 12, 2011.

STING AND TRUDIE AT SIENA PALIO RACE

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:53:13 GMT

Sting and his wife Trudie Styler were at the Palio race in Siena on Monday August 16. 40,000 spectators flocked to Siena, Italy and gathered in the town�s cobbled streets and piazza. What they witnessed was the oldest horse race in the world, the Palio. First held in 1482 the race is famous for its age and frenzied style. Lasting only one and a half minutes, jockey�s ride bare back and race three times around the Piazza del Campo. The race sees the different neighbourhoods of Siena...

MAX HEADROOM INTERVIEWS STING

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:38:15 GMT

While Factory�s recent DVD release of Max Headroom: The Complete Series claims to be "complete", following interview did not make it on that DVD: Max Headroom interviews a young Sting and hates his shoes. Sting says golf is "an old man�s game."

HOW MORGAN SINGS ROXANNE WITH STING IN CHICAGO

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:25:33 GMT

STING IN 2012: TIME FOR A CHANGE

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:32:34 GMT

Part animation part documentary, 2012: Time for a change, with Sting and Canadian actress Ellen Page/ 2012: Time for a Change, addresses the issue of climate change in an optimistic manner that looks to traditional tribal reverence of nature and modern science as a solution. The film, which includes musician and activist Sting, and Canadian actress Ellen Page of Juno fame, hypothesizes that a change in human evolution could put us back in tune with nature and lead to us taking a role...

BOOTLEGS OF SYMPHONICITIES TOUR

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:10:58 GMT

Plenty of live recordings already surfaced of the Symphonicities tour. We hope to make a listing of the best ones in the next few weeks. Below is a list of those we are aware of that are available, together with the Rabat's Mawazine Festival and Buchanan's Forever 'Learning for life' benefit TV broadcasts: - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ, 2010-07-10 - Arena @ Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT, 2010-07-06 - Cruzan Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 2010-07-02 -...

AUCITION OF SIGNED STING'S MEMOIRS BOOK

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:38:43 GMT

For the SAG Foundation's 2nd Annual Celebrity Autographed Book Auction, a book written and autographed by Sting is currently up for auction to raise money for charity. A direct link to bid is...

STING NOW A TUSCANY ORGANIC SHOP OWNER

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:07:53 GMT

Sting and wife Trudie Styler have opened their own farm shop in the Italian region of Tuscany, selling products such us chestnut and acacia honey, organic extra virgin olive oil and biodynamic Chianti/Tuscan red wine and a speciality salami made from a local breed of pig that have been grown or reared on their 900 acre estate in the region. The estate Il Palagio will have these products for sale, directly from the farm gate. Sting unveiled the farm shop in front of neighbours, villagers and...

JAPANSE CD / DVD VERSION SYMPHONICITIES - STING

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:23:41 GMT

The Japanese edition of Symphonicities features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players) with 15 tracks, while this limited edition also includes a bonus DVD with session scenery from the Abbey Road studio...

STING AT CHELSEA CLINTON WEDDING

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:29:51 GMT

Chelsea Clinton's wedding in the small town of Rhinebeck, New Jersey, this weekend, at the country mansion owned by millionaire John Jacob Astor IV will apparently be attended by Sting and Trudie Styler.

WALKING ON THE MOON - THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE POLICE

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:11:07 GMT

Ambition brought the Police together. It also tore them apart � but not before they became the biggest band in the world and the first supergroup of the Eighties. In Walking on the Moon Chris Campion tells the full,...

STEWART COPELAND AT TROMP 2010

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:23:37 GMT

Steward Copeland will perform at the Tromp festival in The Netherlands on 13 November (Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven) where will perform with BEAM (Brabants Ensemble Avontuurlijke Muziek).

STINGUS IS TWITTERING

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:38:44 GMT

StingUs is also available on Twitter via http://twitter.com/stingus. Additionally, we are also present on Facebook via...

10 BEST POLICE SONGS ACCORDING TO AOL RADIO

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:34:49 GMT

AOL Radio put an article together on the 10 best Police songs. You can find it here.

EARLY SHOW WITH STING

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:55:38 GMT

Sting performed in CBS News' The Early Show, and brought following songs: Englishman in New York, Roxanne, She's too good for me, Next to you,.

STING TO PERFORM ON LENNON-MCCARTNEY TRIBUTE ALBUM

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:28:13 GMT

In August "All You Need Is Love - Superstars Perform Lennon & Mccartney" will be released, featuring apparently also Sting.

STING IN LUST FOR LIFE MAGAZINE

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:56:09 GMT

The Dutch Revolver's Lust for Life magazine of June features a Sting interview.

LOOKING FOR REVIEWERS NEW ALBUM STING

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:59:19 GMT

Just like with the previous CD, we also have some advanced copies available of the new Symphonicities CD. Please let us know if interested so that we can provide an overview of opinions. You can do so via our online contact form. Here are already the 1st reviews: An Auto-Cover Album Scores A GoalAn Auto-Cover Album Scores A Goal When Sting decided to DO NOT compose anymore and just record songs that already exists, he got a weird step doing the Lute album,...

STING ON CULTURE SHOW

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:48:20 GMT

This edition of the Culture Show (epdisode 16), broadcasted on Thursday, 26 November 2009 on BBC Two is presented by Lauren Laverne, and looks at the past, present and future of the British pub. For the Culture Show, Sting goes the Cumberland Arms, one of the oldest pubs in Newcastle and the heart of the city's folk scene. Sting performs from his new album If on a Winter's Night, accompanied by Kathryn Tickell on Northumbrian pipes, Peter Tickell on the fiddle and Julian Sutton on...

FREE MOBIL MAGAZINE FEATURING STING

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:43:34 GMT

The free Mobil magazine that you can find in German trains during July 2010, will feature Sting on the cover, 3 pages and a photo on page 3. Thanks Dietmar for the info!

DIFFERENT EDITIONS SYMPHONICITIES

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:05:34 GMT

Better wait before you buy Sting's new CD as apparently a normal edition will exist next to a Japanese limited edition accompanied by a DVD. Also bonus tracks have been spotted on the Japanese version: Why Should I Cry For You, Straight To...

STING ON STAGE WITH DUTCH ARTISTS AND JOE SUMNER DURING SYMPHONICA IN ROSSO

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:59:45 GMT

Sting will perform on stage with the Dutch musician Carel Kraayenhof (he plays a bandeon, a small accordion especially popular in Latin America) who also contributed to the recent album by Joshua Bell, as well as the Dutch violin player Janine Jansen. As an extra, Joe Sumner will perform a duet with Sting (his father) as well.

STING THIS MONDAY ON OIL SPILL TELETHON

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:17:38 GMT

Larry King will host Hollywood stars Cameron Diaz, Robert Redford, Sting and others for a two hour TV telethon on Monday to raise funds for Luisiana, the worst affected US state by the BP oil spill, E! Online reported. The charity event follows a plea by actor Ian Somerhalder to boost donations for the oil spill affected. Held by chat-show host Larry King, Sting joined the likes of Cameron Diaz and Robert Redford in appealing to members of the public to donate to the fund. Sting played...

STING ON A&E PRIVATE SESSIONS

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:20:20 GMT

Sting will be featured in A&E's Private Sessions series on Sunday, June 27th on A&E and on Saturday, July 3rd on BIO. Private Sessions will feature five songs (Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Fields Of Gold, Desert Rose, Next To You and Every Breath You Take ) by Sting and an interview with host Lynn Hoffman.

CURRENT BAND SET UP

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:29:43 GMT

Since 9 June, Rhani Krija joins the current Symphonicity band consisting of Dominic Miller (Sting's longtime guitarist), David Cossin (percussionist), Jo Lawry (vocalist) and Ira Coleman (bassist), plus the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio. Source: Sting.com

STING LIVE IN MIYAZAKI 1994 DVD RELEASED

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:48:01 GMT

The concert Sting gave at Seagaia World Convention Center Summit, Miyazaki, Japan, on October 31, 1994 has now also been released on proper DVD. The tracklisting: 01 Take Me To The Sunshine 02 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 03...

TRACKLISTING NEW STING SYMPHONICITIES CD

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:34:49 GMT

1. Next To You 2. Englishman In New York 3. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 4. I Hung My Head 5. You Will Be My Ain True Love 6. Roxanne 7. When We Dance 8. End of the Game 9. I Burn For You 10. We Work the Black Seam 11....

TWIN SPIRITS IN MANHATTAN

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:42:13 GMT

Sting, Trudie Styler and Joshua Bell will appear in Twin Spirits, a theatrical musical event June 30 in Manhattan in celebration of the composer Robert Schumann's 200th birthday. Tony Award winner John Caird, the co-director of Les Miserables, devised and will direct the show for Culture Project. Source: Sting.com

STING ON JAY LENO SHOW WITH NEXT TO YOU

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:34:07 GMT

Sting performed "Next To You" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 8th June 2010.

STING SUPPORTS DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:26:12 GMT

Sting has teamed up with actor/producer/medical marijuana advocate Montel Williams and businessman/philanthropist George Soros in a powerful video supporting the Drug Policy Alliances call for an end to the failed war on drugs. In the two-minute video, Sting poignantly states that he believes in the right to sovereignty over ones mind and body and that the war on drugs represents an extraordinary violation of human rights. He goes on to say that its time to step out of our comfort zone...

STING KICKS OF SYMPHONICITY TOUR IN VANCOUVER

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:53:50 GMT

Last night's kick-off gig of the Symphonicty tour at Vancouver's Centre for the Performing Arts had following setlist, and although promised, no "I burn for you": If I ever lose my faith in you Englishman in New York Every little thing she does is magic Roxanne Straight to my heart Russians Fields of gold I hung my head Shape of my heart Why should I cry for you? Wrapped around your finger Whenever I say your name When we dance Message in a bottle Next to...

ANDY SUMMERS IN BONEDO SPECIAL FEATURE

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:17:24 GMT

Bonedo, a German website for musicians, did a feature about Andy Summers, including a sound- and play-alike explaining how to achieve the sound Andy creates. You can find the special here.

STING LIVE IN MOROCCO ON TV

Sat, 29 May 2010 19:24:00 GMT

Morocco channel 1 broadcasted this evening the entire concert Sting gave with orchestra on 29 May in Rabat, Morocco at the Rabat's Mawazine Festival "Rhythms of the World". We found it thoroughly bad ....

SETLISTS OF WOLFSBURG GIGS

Thu, 27 May 2010 05:12:09 GMT

The 26-27 May gigs at Wolfsburg, Germany, at the KraftWerk of the Volkswagen Group had similar setlists: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You Message in a Bottle Englishman in New York Every Little Thing She Does is Magic I Hung My Head Roxanne Shape of My Heart Whenever I Say Your Name Next to You Fields of Gold Wrapped Around Your Finger Moon Over Bourbon Street When We Dance Every Breath You Take King of Pain Desert Rose Fragile I Was Brought To My Senses...

SETLIST DALLAS GIG

Sat, 22 May 2010 09:07:15 GMT

Sting did a semi-corporate gig for the Super Bowl in Dallas, TX on May 22, 2010 at the Winspear Opera House. The setlist was as following: 1. Intro/If I ever Lose My Faith In You 2. Message In a Bottle 3. Englishman In New York 4. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 5. Fields Of Gold 6. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 7. Driven To Tears 8. Walking On The Moon/Tea In The Sahara 9. Shape Of My Heart 10. Wrapped Around Your Finger 11. Bring On The Night/When The World Is...

STING REHARSING AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:56:23 GMT

Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra are currently rehearsing at the Abbey Road Studios for the Symphonicity Tour. This morning, he gave a small taster for a group of invited journalists. Songs performed included An Englishman in New York, I Hung My Head, My Ain True Love, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, and Next To You.

EARLY VERSIONS OF "NEW" CD SURFACED

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:26:49 GMT

Some early versions of Sting's new album "Symphonicity"with already finalised songs surfaced on the internet. At the time of writing, those links were still available. A total of 16 tracks are featured on these early copies. Our guess is however while looking at the tracklist that -apart from the new single that opens the album- this is in fact a "live" version of the 19 May 2009 gig in Chicago, USA at the Symphony Center with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra,...

MORE CLASSIC TOUR DATES TO COME

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:25:56 GMT

The European tour will begin September 3 at Oslo's Konserthus followed by a September 5 performance at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. On October 5, Sting, accompanied by Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, will perform a special concert in his hometown at The Sage Gateshead. Also announced today are performances at other prestigious venues such as London's Royal Albert Hall on October 1, Teatro Verdi in Florence on October 25, Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan on November 2, and Santa Cecilia in Rome...

STING ON SIRIUS XM RADIO SHOW

Wed, 19 May 2010 07:35:07 GMT

SIRIUS XM Radio announced that it will launch a new monthly show, "Linked--Connecting the Classics," on SIRIUS XM Pops, SIRIUS channel 79 and XM channel 77. The show, hosted by New York Philharmonic and Detroit Symphony Orchestra Board member Peter Cummings, will explore the various ways classical music connects with other musical genres, including rock, pop and jazz as well as various aspects of popular culture. The debut show on Saturday, May 22 at 9:00 am ET will feature as...

STING GOES GAGA

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:28:06 GMT

No no, we are not talking about his new album which is indeed "gaga". Rather, last night (May 13), Sting performed at the Rainforest Benefit concert with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Lady GaGa and others at Carnegie Hall. The setlist (thanks to http://listing.free.fr): Sting -- "Englishman in New York" Elton John -- "Philadelphia Freedom" Sting & Lady Gaga -- "Stand By Me" Elton...

STING AT TODAY SHOW

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:26:17 GMT

On Friday May 14, 2010, Sting did a live performance with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at The Plaza to kick off the Today Show Toyota Summer Concert Series. He performed Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, An Englishman in New York, Next to You, and Roxanne. During the interview, Sting said his interest in performing his classic hits with an orchestra began with his 2008 invitation to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and subsequent invitation to perform with...

STING NOMINATED TO RECEIVE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH AWARD

Fri, 14 May 2010 07:46:20 GMT

Sting is set to receive a top honour in recognition of his artistic and humanitarian work across the globe. The singer has been nominated for the Freedom of the Borough award in North Tyneside, the highest accolade the council can bestow. His name has been put forward by two councillors � Margaret Finlay, who represents the Wallsend ward, and Mary Glindon, who stands for Battle Hill. Several others have supported the nomination, which will be discussed at a full council meeting on...

NEW CD BY STING

Thu, 13 May 2010 09:40:05 GMT

"Symphonicity" is the new Sting CD to be released on 13 July 2010. It will include all newly arranged, orchestrated tracks including: Roxanne, Next To You, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, An Englishman In NY, I Burn For You and Why Should I Cry For You? There is also a new digital single available from the US iTunes store - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (London '10 Version)...

SAME OLD SETLIST AT BUCHANAN'S� FOREVER TO 'PRESENT'

Thu, 06 May 2010 04:10:38 GMT

During Sting's Buchanan's� Forever to 'Present' mini tour in (1 May - Caracas, Venezuela, 6 May - Bogot�, Colombia, and 8 May - Mexico City, Mexico), Sting did a very familiar setlist with no surprises: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Message In A Bottle Englishman In New York Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Fields Of Gold Driven To Tears Walking On The Moon/Tea In The Sahara Shape Of My Heart Wrapped Around Your Finger Bring On The...

EARTHDAY RALLY WITH STING

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:02:22 GMT

Sting was at the Earthday 2010 rally in Washington. He performed "Fragile", "Driven to Tears", "One World not three", "Message in a Bottle". "This is like a 'Green Tea Party' out there," Sting told CNN's Don Lemon Sunday about the Earth Day climate rally taking place in the nation's capital. "People who care. People who care about clean water and fresh air for their children to breathe. Food that doesn't kill you. A better planet. A...

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