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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 musician and former Police frontman talks about his life and career ahead of a five-night stand at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Sting on his new trio, his old friend Billy Joel and why he'll ...
In 2007, the French government awarded Sting (along with Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland) as Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres). [4] Sting was honored by the Upright Citizens Brigade team, Fambly, in the form of a 30-minute sketch comedy show devoted to the 1999 song "Brand ...
Ten Summoner's Tales is the fourth solo studio album by English musician Sting.The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the summoner.
On 1 May 1976, Tomelty married musician Sting, the lead singer and bassist in the rock band the Police – after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of rock-musical Rock Nativity. [3] She played the Virgin Mary; he played in the band. They have two children together, Joe Sumner and Fuschia Sumner. [4] Tomelty and Sting divorced in ...
In September, Sting — who's currently on his Sting. 3.0. tour — released his latest single titled "I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)." "I want people to say, I didn't expect that from Sting ...
The Bridge is the fifteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting, released on 19 November 2021 through A&M Records, Cherrytree Music Company and Interscope Records. It is his first rock-oriented album since 2016's 57th & 9th .