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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986.
On 25 September 1976, [12] while on tour with the British progressive rock band Curved Air in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the northeast of England, the band's American drummer, Stewart Copeland, met and exchanged phone numbers with ambitious singer-bassist Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, [13] who at the time was playing in a jazz-rock fusion band called Last Exit. [14]
The album was influenced by two events in Sting's life: first, the death in late 1986 of his mother, which contributed to the sombre tone of several songs; and second, his participation in the Conspiracy of Hope Tour on behalf of Amnesty International, which brought Sting to parts of Latin America that had been ravaged by civil wars, and introduced him to victims of government oppression.
Sting began wearing red and black face paint and tights as a member of nWo Wolfpac. [3] Sting and The Giant won the WCW World Tag Team Championship at Slamboree in May when Hall turned on his teammate Nash. Sting and The Giant then split due to each man joining opposite sides of the nWo, and the team was forced to vacate the titles 18 days later.
"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The song is a commentary and plea that criticises the then-dominant Cold War foreign policy and doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) by the United States and the then-existing Soviet Union .
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Eliot Paulina Sumner [1] was born on 30 July 1990 in Pisa, Italy [2] to actress Trudie Styler and musician Sting (Gordon Sumner). [3] They grew up in Wiltshire, England, [2] and were educated at Bryanston School and then the Fine Arts College in London. [4] They grew up at Lake House, the family estate near Stonehenge.
Shaun Pizzonia (born March 9, 1968), or Sting International, is an American musician, DJ, sound engineer, songwriter, and producer best known for his work with Jamaican musician Shaggy and English musician Sting. [1] [2] Pizzonia was well known for his knowledge across numerous genres, and is one of the most in-demand radio and club DJs. [3]