Music, Entertainment
Sting on Jimmy Kimmel Handsome Men’s Club
Sting appeared on Jimmy Kimmel after the Academy Awards on March 7, 2010 in the following hilarious “Handsome Men’s Club” skit along with a horde of other attractive male celebrities. My favorite Sting line: “I got lost in my own eyes” and “At least I’m a funny joke.” He had some really [...]
Classically Sting Summer Tour 2010
Sting will remain comfortably in his classical groove with the announcement of a summer 2010 tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, according to the New York Times on February 21, 2010. The short list of tour cities includes Chicago at the Ravinia Festival and begins in Vancouver on June 2, 2010. [...]
Sting with Philadelphia Orchestra
Sting performed a short set of his songs accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music on January 30, 2009. Following is the setlist and an interview with one of the local TV station NBC10 Philadelphia. Photo is courtesy of Laurence Kesterson, MCT news wire. You’ll find a review of [...]
Sting Driven To Tears For Haiti
Sting performed a powerful rendition of his appropriately chosen Police song “Driven To Tears” during the Hope For Haiti Now telethon on January 22, 2010 along with Mark Whitfield on guitar, Chris Botti on trumpet, Clark Gayton on trombone, Ira Coleman on bass, and members of the band The Roots. You can always count [...]
Sting Suffers Hearing Loss and Supports Hearing Loss Campaign
It’s no secret that Sting suffers from hearing loss himself, and perhaps that is why he is now lending a helping hand in support of a global hearing loss campaign called Hear the World Initiative. Hear The World was established in 2006 by Phonak, a hearing systems manufacturer, with a [...]
What Sting Has Learned
Here is an interesting and candid “What I’ve Learned” interview with Sting from the January 2010 issue of Esquire. Be forewarned, there are a few offensive words, so read at your own risk! I like his point about the “unique vocal fingerprint” myself.
http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/sting-biography-0110
Sting: What I’ve Learned
The musician on Michael Jackson, the secrets to [...]
Sting Returns To His Newcastle Roots
Sting was the surprise guest of honor Sunday, December 20, 2009 for a very special performance in his hometown of Newcastle for Kathryn Tickell’s Surprise Party at the Sage Gateshead. Sting performed the following mix of six old and new songs from The Police and his solo catalog on classical [...]
Sting Pays Tribute to Springsteen
Sting helped pay tribute to Bruce Springsteen, one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Sting performed Springsteen’s “The Rising” along with a gospel choir to end the evening. Check out a little bit of Sting’s performance here.
Holiday Greetings From Sting 2009
Happiness is checking my email and finding in my inbox a message From: Sting, Subject: Happy Holidays from Sting, even if it is from the Sting Fan Club. Check out the following and click on the flash link under “2009 Holiday Greeting From Sting” for a little holiday cheer from the [...]
Sting Tells Wife To Turn The Lights Off!
Click on the thumbnail to read a brief interview with Sting featured in the December 2009 issue of Good Housekeeping. Turns out that Sting pesters his wife Trudie Styler to turn the lights off just like I pester my kids to turn the lights off! I’m perplexed also [...]