Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner , (born October 2, 1951), better known by his stage name Sting , is a British musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He was the lead songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave band Police from 1977 to 1986, and launched his solo career in 1985.
He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classic, new-age and worldbeat in his music. A soloist and member of the Police, he has received 16 Grammy Awards (the first in the best instrumental rock category in 1980, for "Reggatta de Blanc"), three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and Extraordinary Contributions 2002, Golden Globe, Emmy and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2002, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the English Songwriter, Composer and Writer Academy and was also inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording. In 2003, Sting received CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for music service, made Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014, and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017.
With Police, Sting became one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Solo and with a combined Police, he has sold over 100 million records. In 2006, Paste rated it the 62nd of the 100 best songwriters. He is 63 of the 100 greatest rock artists VH1, and 80 of the 100 greatest music stars of the 20th century Q . She has collaborated with other musicians, including "Money for Nothing" with Dire Straits, "Rise & Fall" with Craig David, "All for Love", with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, "You Will Be My Ain True Love" with Alison Krauss, and introduced the North African music genre raÃÆ'¯ to a Western audience with its international hit "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born on October 2, 1951, in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, the oldest of four children from Audrey (nÃÆ' Â © e Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer. He grew up near the Wallsend shipyard, which gave him the impression. At the age of eight or ten, he was inspired by the Queen Mother who waved to her from Rolls-Royce to shift the prospect of the shipyard to a more glamorous life. He helped his father deliver milk and ten people "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar left by a friend of his emigrating father.
He attended St. Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle on Tyne. He visits nightclubs like Club A'Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, which influences his music. After becoming a bus conductor, construction worker and tax officer, he attended Northern County College of Education (now Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher. He taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years.
Sting does jazz at night, weekends and during breaks from college and teaching. He plays with Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit. He earned his nickname after his habit of wearing black and yellow sweater with circular lines with Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thinks he looks like a bee (or according to Sting himself, "they think I look like a wasp"), which triggered the name "Sting". In the 1985 documentary Bring the Night a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?" In Time in 2011 he said: "I never called Gordon You can shout 'Gordon' in the street and I'll just get out of your way."
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Musical career
1977-1986: Police and early solo work
In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London and joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form Police. From 1978 to 1983 they had five British album-topping albums, won six Grammy Awards, and two Brit Awards; for Best British Group, and Extraordinary Contribution to Music. Their initial sound is punk-inspired, but they are turning to reggae rock and minimalist pop. Their last album, Synchronicity , was nominated for five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. This includes their most successful song, "Every Breath You Take", written by Sting, in 1983.
According to Sting, who appeared in the documentary Last Play at Shea , he decided to leave the Police while on stage during the 18 August 1983 concert at Shea Stadium because he felt that playing in that place was "Everest". Although it never breaks formally, after the Synchronicity group agrees to concentrate on solo projects. As the years passed, the band members, especially Sting, rejected the possibility of reform. In 2007, the band performed reforms and toured the world.
Four of their five studio albums appeared on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest of All Time Albums, and two Sting songs, "Every Breath You Take" and "Roxanne", appeared in Rolling Stone 500 Biggest Songs of All Time Time. In addition, the two songs are among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that are Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2003 the band was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are also included in the Rolling Stone and VH1 lists of "100 Greatest Artist of All Time".
In 1978, Sting collaborated with members of Hawkwind and Gong as Radio Actors at one time "Nuclear Waste". In September 1981, Sting made his first solo performance, on all four nights of Amnesty International's fourth benefit, The Secret Policeman's Ball in London's Drury Lane theater at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis. He performed a solo version of "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle". He also leads an all-star band (dubbed "Secret Police") on his own arrangement from Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released". The band and the choir included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, all (except Beck) then worked on Live Aid. His performances are on show albums and movies. The Secret Police's Other Ball begins his growing involvement in political and social issues. In 1982 he made a solo single, "Spread a Little Happiness" from the television drama Dennis Potter Brimstone and Treacle . The song is a re-interpretation of the musical of the 1920s . Cinders by Vivian Ellis, and 20 Top hits in the UK.
1985-1989: Debut solo
His first solo album, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featured jazz musicians including Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones, Omar Hakim and Branford Marsalis. This includes the hit singles "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (supported by non-LP song "Another Day"), "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Love Is the Seventh Wave", and "Russia" from Lieutenant KijÃÆ' Â © Suite . Within a year, this album won Triple Platinum. The album received Grammy nominations for this Year's Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, and Best Recording Recording.
Sting sang the line "I Want My MTV" in "Money for Nothing", a 1985 hit by Dire Straits. In November 1984, he was part of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid, who raised money for famine victims in Ethiopia. In July 1985, Sting did a Police Blow at a Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London. He also joined Dire Straits in "Money for Nothing", and he sang two duets with Phil Collins. In 1985, Sting provided oral vocals for Miles Davis's album You're Under Arrest, taking on the role of a French-speaking police officer. She also sings backing vocals on Arcadia's single "The Promise", on two tracks from Phil Collins album No Jacket Required, and contributes to "Mack the Knife" for Hal Willner's tribute album Lost in the Stars : The Music of Kurt Weill . In September 1985, he performed "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The 1985 film Bring on the Night , directed by Michael Apted, documents the formation of his solo band and his first concert in France.
Sting was released ... Nothing Like the Sun in 1987, including singles, "I'll Be Together", "Fragile", "Englishman in New York", and "Be Still My Beating Heart" , dedicated to his mother, who recently died. It went Double Platinum. The Secret Marriage from this album was adapted from Hanns Eisler, and "Englishman In New York" is about Quentin Crisp. The title of this album comes from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. The album won Best British Album at the 1988 Brit Awards and in 1989 received three Grammy nominations including a second successive nomination for Album of the Year. "Be Still My Beating Heart" earned a nomination for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In 1989, ... Nothing Like the Sun was ranked number 90 and Police's Synchronicity was number 17 on Rolling Stone 100 the biggest album of the 1980s.
In February 1988 he made Nada como el sol , five songs from Sun which he sang in Spanish and Portuguese. In 1987, jazz director Gil Evans put him in a big band arrangement for a live album of Sting songs, and in 1988 from Frank Zappa's Broadway the Hard Way he made the "Murder By Numbers" arrangement, set to "Stolen Moments" by Oliver Nelson, and dedicated to evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. In October 1988 he recorded the version of Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale with London Sinfonietta by Kent Nagano. It features Vanessa Redgrave, Ian McKellen and Sting as warriors.
1990-1997: Greater solo success
His 1991 album, The Soul Cages is dedicated to his father, who has died. These include "All This Time", and the title of the Grammy-winning song. This album became Platinum. The album also includes the Italian version of Mad About You . It was written by his friend Zucchero Fornaciari. The song was later included in Overdose d'amore/The Ballads (1999) and at Zu & amp; Co. (2004) from the Italian bluesman. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and earned an honorary doctorate in music from Northumbria University. In 1991, he appeared in Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin . She performed "Come Down in Time" for the album, which also featured other popular artists and their songs from John/Taupin.
Ten Summoner's Tales peaked at two on the UK and US album charts in 1993, and won triple platinum in just one year. The album was recorded at the home of Elizabeth, Lake House in Wiltshire. Ten Summoner's Tales was nominated for Mercury Prize in 1993 and for the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is a word game on his last name, Sumner, and "The Summoner's Tale," one of the < i> The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The hit singles on this album include "Fields of Gold", a song inspired by a barley field next to his Wiltshire home, with a music video featuring Stuing silhouettes walking through a village containing common features seen throughout Britain such as a red phone box, and "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", the latter earning the second award for best male pop singer at the 36th Grammy Awards.
In May 1993, he covered his own Police song from Ghost in the Machine album, Demolition Man, for Demolition Man. With Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, Sting features "All for Love" for The Three Musketeers. The song is at the top of the US charts for three weeks, occupying several other charts around the world, and reaching number two in the UK. In February, he won two Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. Berklee College of Music awarded him his second honorary doctorate in May. In November, he released the compilation, Gold Field: The Best of Sting , which is certified Double Platinum. That year, she sang with Vanessa Williams in "Sister Moon" and appeared on her album The Sweetest Days. At the 1994 Brit Awards in London, he was Best British Male.
His 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly with the single "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", but dropped off the charts. He reached the Top 40 with two singles in the same year as "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can not Stop Crying" (December), which hit country music in 1997 in a version with Toby Keith. Stinging recordings for Disney's Kingdom of the Sun , which was reworked into Emperor's New Flow . The reshuffle and change of the movie plot was documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler, because the change resulted in some songs not being used. Also in 1996, she sang for Tina Turner's single "On Silent Wings" as part of her album Wildest Dreams . In the same year, his performance with Brazilian composer Tom Jobim in "How Insensitive" was on the Red Hot Rio AIDS album produced by the Red Heat Organization. Sting teamed up with Greek singer George Dalaras in a concert in Athens. "Moonlight", a rare jazz show by Sting for a 1995 remake of Sabrina , written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and John Williams, was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television. On September 4, 1997, Sting performed "I'll Be Missing You" with Puff Daddy at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1997 as a tribute to Notorious BIG. On September 15, 1997, Sting appeared at the concert at London's Royal Albert Hall concert with fellow British artist Paul McCartney, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Mark Knopfler.
1998-2004: New Day and soundtrack work
The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack was released with full songs from previous versions of the film, which included Rascal Flatts and Shawn Colvin. The last single used to promote the movie, My Funny Friend and Me, was her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Song. Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day includes the top 40 songs "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose". The album won Triple Platinum in January 2001. In 2000, he won the Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and a song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with his collaborator on the album version, Cheb Mami.
In February 2001, she won another Grammy for "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" at A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins . "After the Rain Has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. The next project is a live album in his villa in Figline Valdarno, released as a CD and DVD and aired on the internet. The CD and DVD are titled On Such a Night and are meant to re-display Sting's favorite works like "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." The concert, scheduled for September 11, 2001, was changed for terrorist attacks in America that day. Webcast closed after one song (a reworked version of "Fragile"), after which Sting let the audience decide whether to continue the show. They decided to continue and the album and DVD appeared in November as ... All This Time , dedicated "to everyone who lost their lives that day". He appeared "Fragile" with Yo-Yo Ma and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
In 2002, he won the Golden Globe Award for "Up..." from the Kate and Leopold movies. Written and performed by him, "Until..." is his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Song. At the 2002 Brit Awards in February, Sting received a prize for Extraordinary Contributions to Music. In May 2002, he received the Novello Ivor Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Songwriters Writers Academy, Composer, and British Writers. In June he was inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame. In the 2003 Queen's Anniversary Award Sting was made Commander of the Most Superior Order of the United Kingdom For service to the Music Industry . At the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards in September, Sting won an Emmy Award for Exceptional Individual Performance in Various Or Music Programs, for A & amp; E's a special one, Sting in Tuscany... All Time .
In 2003, Sting released Sacred Love, a studio album featuring collaborations with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitarist Anoushka Shankar. He and Blige won the Grammy for their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name". The song is based on Johann Sebastian Bach Praeambulum 1 C-Major (BWV 924) from Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, though Sting says little about this adaptation. This album has no hit singles like previous releases. In 2004, she was nominated for the third time for an Academy Award for Best Song, for "You Will Be My Ain True Love," from Cold Mountain , sung in a duet with Alison Krauss. The couple played songs at the 76th Academy Awards.
His autobiography
2006-2010: Experimental album and Police reunion
In 2006, Sting was on the album Gregg Kofi Brown, with "Lullaby to an Anxious Child" produced and arranged by Lino Nicolosi and Pino Nicolos from Nicolosi Productions.
In October 2006, he released an album titled Songs from the Labyrinth featuring John Dowland (Elizabethan-era compost) and Bosnian martial arts assistant Edin Karamazov. Sting's interpretation of this English Renaissance composer and his collaboration with Edin Karamazov brought recognition in classical music. As the promotion of this album, she appeared on the fifth episode of Studio 60 to perform the Dowland segment "Come Again" as well as her "Fields of Gold" in the settings for sound and two archlutes.
On February 11, 2007, he reunited with the Police to open the 2007 Grammy Awards, sing "Roxanne", and announce The Police Reunion Tour, the first concert in Vancouver on May 28, 2007 for 22,000 fans. Police toured for over a year, starting with North America and crossing into Europe, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Tickets for the UK tour were sold out in 30 minutes, the band played two nights at Twickenham Stadium, southwest London on September 8 and 9, 2007. The last concert was at Madison Square Garden on August 7, 2008, where three of his daughters appeared with him. Documentary producer Toronto Vanessa Dylyn, who produced the movie The Musical Brain, featuring neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, approached Sting about the film. Sting was interested in scanning his brain while different music was played. "Brand New Day" was the last song of the night for the Neighborhood Ball, one of the top ten balls honoring President Barack Obama on the inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. Sting joins Stevie Wonder in the harmonica.
Sting entered the studio in early February 2009 to begin working on a new album, If in Winter's Night... , released in October 2009. Initial reviews by fans who had access to early promotional copies were mixed, and some questioned the direction artistic Sting with this album. In 2009, Sting performed at the 25th Hall of Fame rock and roll concert, playing "Higher Ground" and "Roxanne" with Stevie Wonder and "People Get Ready" with Jeff Beck. Sting himself was inaugurated in 2003, as a member of the Police.
In October 2009, Sting played a concert in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for an art and cultural festival. Despite claiming he thought the concert was sponsored by UNICEF, he faced criticism in the media for receiving payouts between one and two million pounds of Uzbek president Islam Karimov for the show. Karimov was accused by the United Nations and Amnesty of human rights abuses and UNICEF stated that they had no connection with the event.
2010-2016: The Last Ship and a shared tour with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel
In 2010-2011, Sting went on a Symphonicity tour, touring South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South America and Europe. In the second half of 2011, Sting started the Back to Bass Tour, which will continue (with periodic breaks) until 2013. In October 2010, Sting played two concerts in Arnhem, Netherlands, for Symphonica in Rosso.
In 2011, Time magazine called Sting as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On April 26, he performed "Every Breath You Take", "Roxanne", and "Desert Rose" at Time 100 Gala in New York City.
Sting recorded a song called "Power's Out" with Nicole Scherzinger. This song, originally recorded in 2007, has been included in Scherzinger's album. The name is Nicole . The song was released in the 2011 debut album Scherzinger Killer Love . Sting recorded a new version of the song "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" as a duet with Glee actor/singer Matthew Morrison, who appeared on Morrison's eponymous debut album in 2011. On September 15, 2011, Sting performed " Fragile "at 92 Y Street in New York City, in honor of his friend's memory, philanthropic finance expert Herman Sandler, who died in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center.
For several years, Sting's musical, The Last Ship, was inspired by Sting's childhood experiences and shipbuilding industry at Wallsend. The Last Ship tells the story of the death of the British shipbuilding industry in the 1980s Newcastle, and debuted in Chicago in June 2014 before moving to Broadway in the Fall. Sting's eleventh studio album, titled The Last Ship and inspired by drama, was released on September 24, 2013. The album featured guest artists with roots in northeastern England, including Brian Johnson, vocalist of AC/DC.
In February 2014, Sting began a concert tour titled On Stage Together with Paul Simon, playing 21 concerts in North America. The tour continues in early 2015, with ten shows in Australia and New Zealand, and 23 concerts in Europe, ending on April 18, 2015. On June 26, 2015 in Bergen, Norway (at the Bergen Calling Festival), Sting begins 21st-date summer 2015 a European solo tour in Trondheim, Norway (in Olavsfestdagene), visiting Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sweden.
On August 28, 2015, "Stolen Car", a duet with the French singer MylÃÆ'¨ne Farmer was released. This is the cover of Sting 2003's seventh solo album Sacred Love and will serve as the first single from the tenth studio album of Farmers, Interstellaires . At the launch, the song went straight to number 1 on the iTunes France music download chart, then reached number 1 on the main French singles chart and gave Sting the first number 1 in France.
On January 19, 2016, Sting announced a new North American tour (19-day) summer tour entitled Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour, this time with Peter Gabriel.
2016-2017: the 57th & amp; 9
On July 18, 2016, Sting's first rock album in a few years was announced. 57th & amp; 9th was released on November 11, 2016. The title is a reference to the New York City junction that he crossed daily to the studio where many of the albums were recorded. It has contributions by old band members Vinnie Colaiuta and Dominic Miller, and Jerry Fuentes and Diego Navaira from Last Bandoleros. The album was produced by Sting's manager, Martin Kierszenbaum.
On November 9, 2016, Sting performed two shows at Irving Plaza, in Manhattan, New York City, playing songs from 57th & amp; 9th for the first concert: the "57th & amp; 9th iHeartRadio Album Release Party" event, and the Sting Fan Club Exclusive Exclusive Show tonight.
On November 4, 2016, Bataclan's management announced that Sting will perform an exclusive concert in Paris on November 12, 2016 for the reopening of Bataclan, supported by 3-piece bands including Dominic Miller (guitar), Vinnie Colaiuta (drum) and Rufus Miller (guitar). Sting brought seven songs from his new album 57th & amp; 9. Former French police guitarist Henry Padovani joined the band on stage for "Next to You", one of the last encore.
On November 14, 2016, Sting announced Theater, Club, and Arena Tour in North America and Europe to support the release of his new studio album 57 & amp; 9th (with special guest Joe Sumner and Last Bandoleros) will start on February 1, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia (at the Commodore Ballroom) and end on April 13, 2017 in Paris (at L'Olympia).
In 2017, Sting was announced as the joint winner of the Polar Music Awards. The award committee stated: "As a composer, Sting has combined classical music with musical skill and openness to all genres and sounds from around the world." On February 1, 2017, Sting started the 57th & amp; 9th Tour. The tour begins at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada. In 2018 he scheduled musical performances and stories at the Metropolitan Art Museum to honor the Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole.
2018-present: 44/876
On January 25, 2018, an upcoming release will be released on April 20, 2018 from 44/876 , Sting's first studio album and Shaggy as a duo. On February 7, 2018 Sting appeared as a special guest at the 2018 Sanremo Italian Music Festival, singing "Muoio per te", the Italian version of "Mad About You", lyrics written by friends and colleagues Zucchero Fornaciari, and "Do not Make Me Wait" with Shaggy.
Activism
Involvement in human rights began in September 1981 when Martin Lewis put it in the fourth Amnesty International gala, The Secret Police's Other Ball following the example set at the 1979 show by Pete Townshend. Sting doing "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle" appeared on all four nights at the Royal Theater in London. He also led other musicians (The Secret Police) including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Donovan, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in the final - the reggae-tinged Sting arrangement of Bob Dylan "I Be Be Be Released ". This show is Sting's first time working with Geldof. His relationship with Amnesty continued throughout the 1980s and beyond and he took part in Amnesty's human rights concert.
Sting has shown interest in social and political issues in the 1980 song "Driven to Tears", an indictment against world hunger. In November 1984, he joined Band Aid, a super-charity group composed mostly of the greatest British and Irish musicians of the era, and sang "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London. This led to a Live Aid concert in July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, where Sting performed with Phil Collins and Dire Straits. On July 2, 2005, Sting performed at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, which was a follow-up to Live Aid in 1985.
In June 1986, Sting reunited with the Police for the last three shows of Six days Amnesty's A Conspiracy of Hope concert in the US. The day after the last concert he told NBC Today Show: "I've been a member of Amnesty and a support member for five years, because of an entertainment event called Secret Police Ball and before that I do not know about Amnesty, I do not know about her job, I do not know about torture in the world. "In 1988 she joined musicians including Peter Gabriel and Bruce Springsteen for Human Rights six weeks Now! a tour commemorating 40 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Together with his wife Trudie Styler and Raoni Metuktire, an Indian leader of Kayapo in Brazil, Sting founded the Rainforest Foundation Fund to help save the rainforests and protect indigenous peoples there. In 1989 he flew to Altamira Gathering to offer support while promoting his foundation. His support continued and included an annual charity concert at Carnegie Hall with Billy Joel, Elton John, James Taylor, and others. The species of the Colombian tree frog, Dendropsophus stingi , is named after its name for "commitment and effort to save the rainforest". In 1988, their single "Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" recorded the misery of mothers, wives and daughters of "disappeared", political opponents killed by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
On 15 September 1997, Sting joined Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins and Mark Knopfler at Royal Albert Hall London for Music for Montserrat, a benefit to the Caribbean island that was destroyed by the volcano. Sting and Styler was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on June 30, 2000. In September 2001, Sting took part in America: A Tribute to Heroes singing "Fragile" to raise money for the family victims of the 9/11 attacks in the US In February 2005, Sting performed the Leeuwin Concert Concert in Western Australia, the concert earned $ 4 million for the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
In 2007, Sting joined Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland for the closing set at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Joining John Mayer and Kanye West, Sting and Police ended the singing "Bottled Message" In 2008 Sting contributed to the song for Tibet to support Tibet and the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. On January 22, 2010, Sting performed "Driven to Tears" during Hope for Haiti Now . On April 25, 2010, he performed at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in celebration of Earth Day 40th Anniversary. Sting is the protector of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. In 2010 he became the Protector of Poverty Alleviation and Bee Bee Farm for Development.
In 2011, Sting joined more than 30 others in an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron for "direct decriminalization of drug possession" if a policy review indicates its failure. Sting was quoted as saying: "Giving young people criminal records for small drug possessions provides little purpose - now it's time to think of more imaginative ways of dealing with drug use in our society." In August 2014, Sting was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to The Guardian who expressed their hope that Scotland would vote to reject independence in a September referendum on the issue.
On July 4, 2011, Sting canceled a concert for Astana Day Festival in Astana, Kazakhstan. Amnesty International convinced him to cancel because of concerns over the rights of migrant workers and Kazakh families. On 2 November 2012, Sting appeared on Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together and sang the "Message in a Bottle" version to raise funds for those affected by a storm on the east coast of the US that week. The event reportedly generated $ 23 million. Sting also participated as a co-host and musician during the Norwegian TV campaign throughout 2015, dedicated to rainforest conservation.
Personal life
Sting married actress Frances Tomelty from Northern Ireland, on May 1, 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, they had two children: Joseph (born November 23, 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine ("Kate", born April 17, 1982). In 1980, Sting became a tax exile in Galway in Ireland. In 1982, after the birth of his second child, he parted ways with Tomelty and began living with film actress and producer Trudie Styler. The couple married in the Camden Register Office on August 20, 1992 and their marriage was blessed two days later at 2nd century parish church St. Andrew in Great Durnford, Wiltshire, southwest England. Stingler and Styler have four children: Brigitte Michael ("Mickey", born January 19, 1984), Jake (24 May 1985), Eliot Pauline (nicknamed "Coco", July 30, 1990), and Giacomo Luke (17 December 1995). Coco is a singer who now goes by the name of Eliot Sumner, and is the founder and vocalist of group I Blame Coco. Giacomo Luke is the inspiration behind the name of Kentucky Derby who won the Giacomo horse.
Sting said that his children would not inherit his £ 180 million fortune, fearing his wealth was "albatrosses on their necks," adding that "there will not be much money left because we spend it." The 2011 Sunday Times Rich List estimates Sting to be one of the ten richest men in British music.
Both Sting's parents died of cancer: his mother in 1986 and his father in 1987. He did not attend the parent's funeral, so as not to attract media attention to them.
In 1995, Sting prepared to appear in court against his former accountant, who had abused his million pounds. Sting has several homes around the world, including Lake House and sixty acres of land near Salisbury, Wiltshire; a cottage in the Lake District, northwest England; a New York City flat; a beach house in Malibu; estate Villa Il Palagio di Rignano sull'Arno, Tuscany; and two houses in London.
Sting ran five miles (8 km) per day and did aerobics. He participated in running races at Parliament Hill and charity activities. Around 1990, Danny Paradise introduced him to yoga, and he started practicing the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga series, though he is now practicing Tantra and Jivamukti Yoga as well. He wrote the introduction to Yoga Beyond Belief , written by Ganga White in 2007. In 2008, he reportedly practiced Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation technique.
Sting's interest in yoga contributed to the rumors about his sexual prowess, including eight hours of sex with Styler. This story comes from interviews with Sting and Bob Geldof. A reporter asked, "how do you appear in bed?" and Geldof says that he is a "three minute man" but Sting can last for hours thanks to yoga.
Sting played grandmaster chess Garry Kasparov in an exhibition match in 2000, along with four bandmates: Dominic Miller, Jason Rebello, Chris Botti and Russ Irwin. Kasparov beat the fifth simultaneously within fifty minutes.
In 1969, Sting read the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake and later bought the film rights. He calls pets, racehorses, his publishing company, and one of his daughters (Fuchsia) after the characters from the books.
Sting supported his Premier League football club Newcastle United and in 2009 supported a supporters 'campaign against owner Mike Ashley's plans to sell the naming rights of St James' Park club stadium.
In a 2011 interview at Time , Sting said that he was agnostic and religious beliefs were dangerous.
In August 2013, Sting donated money to The Friends of Tynemouth Outdoor Pool to regenerate the 1920s lido at the southern end of Longsands Beach in Tynemouth, northeastern England, a few miles from where he was born.
Awards and nominations
Discography
Police
- Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
- Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
- Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
- Ghost in the Machine (1981)
- Sync (1983)
solo album
- The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)
- ... Unlike the Sun (1987)
- The Soul Cages (1991)
- Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
- Mercury Falling (1996)
- New Day (1999)
- Holy Love (2003)
- Songs from Labyrinth (2006)
- If on Winter Eve... (2009)
- Symphonicities (2010)
- The Last Ship (2013)
- 57th & amp; 9 (2016)
Collaboration
- 44/876 (2018) (with Shaggy)
Moviesography
Sting also ventured into the acting world. The roles of film, television and radio include:
- As an actor Quadrophenia (1979) - Ace Face, King of the Mods, a.k.a. Bell Boy in the film adaptation of the Who album.
- Like himself
- Bring On Night (1985) episode of
- The Simpsons "Radio Bart" (1992)
- Bau Reeves and Mortimer Episode 5 (1995)
- The Larry Sanders Show episode "Where Is the Love?" (1996)
- Ally McBeal season four episodes "Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade" (2001)
- Everyone Staring: The Police Inside Out (2006)
- Studio 60 on Sunset Strip (2006)
- Vicar Dibley Comic Relief special (2007)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Little Britain USA (2008) as Stomp, lead singer of "the Cops" (playing "Fields of Gold")
- BrÃÆ'¼no (2009)
- Still Bill (2009)
- Do More (2010)
- Life is Too Short (2011)
- The Michael J. Fox Show (2013) (singing "August Wind" from The Last Ship )
- 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
- Zoolander 2 (2016)
- 2012: Time for Change (2011)
Sting recounts the musical premiere of American Yanomamo (1983), by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon, which outlines the problems that exist in the Amazon rainforest. It was made into a film and later broadcast as Song of the Forest . He also voted for Zarm on the 1990s television show Captain Planet and Planeteers. In 1989 he starred as Macheath (Mack the Knife) in the Broadway John Dexter production of The Threepenny Opera . Sting also appears as himself in the Guitar Hero World Tour video game.
Theater
Broadway
Bibliography
- 2017: Sting - From Northern Skies to Fields Gold , Paul Carr, Reaktion Book, ISBN 978-1-78023-813-5
- 2015: Sting And The Police - Walking on Their Footprint , Aaron J. West, Rowman & amp; Littlefield, ISBN 978-0-8108-8490-8
- 2010: Walk In The Moon - Police Unforgettable Story , Chris Campion, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-84513-575-1
- 2009: Sting Words and Music , Christopher Gable, Praeger, ISBN 978-0-275-99360-3
- 2007: Lyrics by - Sting , Simon & amp; Schuster, ISBN 978-1-84737-167-6
- 2003: Otobiografi Breaking Music , Simon & amp; Schuster, ISBN 0-7434-5081-7
- 2005: Biography Silly and Me , James Berryman, John Blake, ISBNÃ, 1-84454-107-X
- 2000: Official biography of A Sting in the Tale, James Berryman, Mirage Publishing, ISBNÃ, 1-902578-13-9
- 1998: Sting - Demolition Man Biography, Christopher Sandford, Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 0-316-64372-6
See also
- List hit number one (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on Hot 100 (US)
- List hit number one (United States) dance
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart.
- Unknown people
Note
References
External links
- Sting - the official site
- Sting on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Sting discography at Discogs
- Stings on IMDb
- 84134, 84135 Stinging in the Internet Broadway Database
- Sting discography in MusicBrainz
- Sting's Beginning Address (1994) to Berklee College of Music
- Broadcast radio interviews on John Dowland songs, from NPR Today's Performance , March 6, 2007
- Sting lives in Minsk (video) on the official Belarusian website
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