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23.12.12
Merry Christmas
Here comes the time for a family gathering.
Hope your christmas tree will have ton of intersting presents for you.
22.12.12
Sting to perform in Jodhpur in march
Sting is sheduled to perform in march (8, 9 or 10) for Jodhpur One World
Retreat. It will be a private show for head injury victims. Only 250 couples
will attend the party, with 30,000$ to 60,000$ donations.
More information on jodhpuroneworld.org.
22.12.12
The last ship
I made some updates to the "what we know about the play" on the forum.
Please, check them to know all the informations about "The Last Ship", that
could be released in 2013-2014.
16.12.12
Back to bass tour : the end
The Back to bass tour has ended yesterday (well, that's what some fans
hope) in Jakarta.
You'll find all the tour history on the forum, and all informations about the
"25 years" best of, that pointed the start of this world tour on this special
page.
What will follow ?
We know that Sting's musical "The last ship" could be released in
2013/2014. We also know that he will perform in France and Marocco this
summer.
10.12.12
Back to Bass last dates reports
Follow the recent reports from the past shows from Back to Bass tour in
Eastern Europe and Asia.
Sting and his band met warm audiences (yesterday one in Manilla seems to
have been the best from the tour according to Peter and Dominic's tweets
and according to various Youtube crazy videos)
You'll find pictures and videos on the forum.
There are three shows left untill the end (well, the official one) of this tour : Bangkock, Singapore and
Jakarta.
(Photo : Nora)
10.12.12
Sting in Arras next summer
Main Square Festival, which takes place each year in Arras (France) has
unveiled some artists performing next summer.
From July 5 to 7, you'll see the french band Indochine, Green Day and Sting.
The 3-days-Pass can be ordered online on december 12 for 115€.
www.mainsquarefestival.fr
04.12.12
Sting and Don Diablo - M1 Stinger
The single "M1 Stinger" which was co-written with Sting and features
Swedish singer Noonie Bao has been released. Many remixes are in the
making. You can already find some over the web.
You'll hear some tunes borrowed to "Message in a bottle".
The video can be watched on Youtube.
You can comment on the forum.
04.12.12
A review from Hog Kong in TimeOut magazine
The man’s still got it. That is, that intangible factor that separates regular
musicians from living legends. Long ago, the man born Gordon Sumner
cemented his superstar status by amassing one hit after another in a career
that has spanned decades. And even after taking a long sabbatical from his
rock persona – choosing to pursue symphonic and new-age projects in his
time – at the HKCEC in his return to Hong Kong with his Back to Bass tour,
Sting showed that, after all this time, yes… he’s still got it.
Pulling the expected double duty of singer and bassist, he performed a host of his classic monstrous
hits permanently etched in our brains both from his early days with The Police and as a solo artist.
Backed by a five-piece band, including a rocking violinist, he kicked off the night with If I Ever Lose my
Faith in you and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, followed by an all-hit roster stuffed with tunes
that have stood the test of time. Peppered in were some ditties that may have been a bit more
unfamiliar to the captivated audience, but lacking the ability to sing along verbatim didn't stop the
crowd from swaying in their seats and hanging on every word. Strong as ever were his vocals –
something that hasn’t waned over the years – which underpinned the entire stellar set and multiple
encores.
Very few achieve the longevous musical career Sting has managed and, with his command of the
stage and perfect pitch, it is easy to understand why. So Sting, your fans we'll be watching you. Every
stage you grace, in every single place, they’ll be watching you.
Ilene Frankel - TimeOut
27.11.12
Sting in Istanbul
Sting was in Istanbul yesterday.
He was joined on stage by Serkan Çağrı.
Translated by Google from Stargazete.com :
Before the Sting concert in Istanbul met with Serkan Cagri, clarinet and a
mini-recital presented Cagri snatched.
European tour, the world famous British singer Sting arriving in Turkey
within the scope of, Ataköy Athletics Arena last night, met with fans. The
famous singer, pre-concert talks with the world-famous clarinetist Serkan
Cagri. Serkan Cagri listening to Turkish music and style of the clarinet, who
admired Sting, taking a break to play the clarinet in hand tried.
'80s Important group of talented bassist and lead singer of The Police, Sting Back to Bass Istanbul
Ataköy Athletics Hall last part of the tour at 21.00 appeared on the scene. Recently in 2006 more
than 15 thousand people who came to Istanbul and Kurucesme Arena Sting concert, this time with
instruments, sang popular songs only 5. Sting concert in Istanbul, October 21, 2011 started in Boston
in 'Back to Bass' tour 79 pillar was formed. Istanbul to Beirut after the famous musician, and after the
concert series will be 87 percent by Jakarta to end the tour.
Serkan Çağrı's facebook.
Watch the video and other pictures on the forum.
24.11.12
Nice Sting in Krasnodar
Yesterday, Sting performed in Krasnodar (Russia). A special event haapened
during the song "Desert rose".
A girl climbed on stage to dance. The security guys tried to get her out. Sting
saved her from them and let her dance during the entire song.
Nice, Sting !
Watch the video on the forum.
photo : F. Obmaykin
22.11.12
2013 Hear the World calendar
The 2013 Hear the World calendar: a unique photo collection in aid of a
good cause
Stars support the Hear the World Foundation with a series of striking black
and white portraits.
Monica Bellucci, Harry Belafonte, Sting, Georgia May Jagger: these are just a few of the many stars
who have had their photos taken for the 2013 Hear the World calendar. Pictured with one hand
behind the ear – the distinctive Hear the World pose synonymous with conscious hearing – they help
raise awareness of a much-neglected issue: the vital importance of good hearing and the serious
consequences of hearing loss. All proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go to projects
supported by the charitable Hear the World Foundation, which runs a global campaign to help
people in need as a result of hearing loss. The calendar is now available to buy in a limited edition
from www.hear-the-world.com at a price of EUR 29.90/CHF 34.90 – the perfect holiday present for
people who want to give an aesthetic gift and help a good cause in the process.
The Hear the World Foundation is campaigning for a world where everyone has a chance to
experience good hearing. It focuses particularly on providing aid for children with hearing loss, to
enable them to develop at an appropriate rate for their age. Since 2006, Hear the World has
supported more than 45 projects across five continents and has already given hundreds of people
with hearing loss the chance to enjoy a better quality of life.
Anyone can now get involved in the foundation’s mission by buying the 2013 Hear the World
calendar. This unique collection of striking photo portraits is both a work of art and an appeal for
support, with the monthly images of stars drawing attention to the importance of good hearing.
Among the notable personalities pictured are Monica Bellucci, Harry Belafonte, Sting, Georgia May
Jagger, Mini Anden, Corinne Bailey Rae, Billy Idol, John Legend, Léa Seydoux, Mimi MüllerWesternhagen and German singer “Der Graf” from the band Unheilig. All the photographs are by
Bryan Adams. All of the stars have volunteered their time to be photographed for the cause.
Hearing loss – a neglected issue
Hearing loss is an issue that is still largely overlooked, even though the figures convey a clear
message: over 630 million people across the world are affected by hearing loss, and around half of
these cases could have been avoided if preventive measures had been taken. Some 665,000 children
are born with significant hearing loss every year, with serious consequences: children whose hearing
loss goes untreated have difficulty learning to speak, which severely restricts their chances of
obtaining a school education and developing at an age-appropriate rate – especially in developing
countries.
The focus of the foundation’s work
The work of the Hear the World Foundation focuses on a number of key areas, such as the provision
of audiological care for children in need as a result of hearing loss. Other areas in which the
foundation is involved include prevention and education, science and research, and providing
training for hearing care professionals and for parental self-help groups.
Visit : www.hear-the-world.com
22.11.12
Sting and The Roots on NBC
On November 2, NBC's star-studded Hurricane Sandy relief telethon taped
across the hall from us in studio 6A. You know, no big deal, just Bruce
Springsteen, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and members of Aerosmith hanging out
and rehearsing songs.
Obviously Questlove seized the moment and, moments before "Late Night" started taping, asked
Sting if he'd join the Roots for their daily warmup song, exclusively for the viewing pleasure of our
studio audience. He said yes, and now you too can have the pleasure of watching this exclusive Police
classic "Walking on the Moon". You don't need a message in a bottle to know this is the jam.
Watch on NBC website.
20.11.12
Sting to honor Vaclav Havel
Rock stars Bono, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Yoko Ono Lennon have
covered the cost of a tapestry that will be unveiled next month to honor
Vaclav Havel at Prague's international airport, that has been renamed to
honor the late Czech president.
The airport says the tapestry, which has been designed by the Czech-born
New York-based artist Petr Sis, will be unveiled at a ceremony on Dec. 9.
The musicians donated a total of 1.5 million koruna ($76,000) to cover the project proposed by Bill
Shipsey, the founder of Art for Amnesty, a project of artists supporting the Amnesty International.
Havel was the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution that toppled four decades of
communist rule before becoming the country's president.
Source : Press release
Picture : Sting at JFK airport on Nov.10
18.11.12
Curved Air - Air Waves - Live at the BBC
A must-have collection of vintage live BBC recordings from 1970, ‘71 & ‘76
of the band championed by renowned BBC DJ John Peel, Curved Air !
Features the British prog rockers’ signature songs including “It Happened
Today,” “Vivaldi,” “Young Mother” and more!
Includes performances by Stewart Copeland (later of The Police) as well as a
personal remembrance written by Copeland for the liner notes!
Track Listing
1. It Happened Today
2. Propositions / What Happens When You Blow Yourself Up
3. Vivaldi
4. Young Mother In Style
5. Situations
6. Blind Man
7. Thinking On The Floor
8. Stretch
9. Stark Naked
10. Woman On A One Night Stand
11. Midnight Wire
12. Hot ‘n’ Bothered
13. The Fool
To be re-released on Nov.27.
Order on Cleorecs.com
13.11.12
Bid for Rainforest Fundation
The Rainforest Fundation's 12 days of Christmas Auction start today on
Ebay.
Bid from novembre 13th to 25th on Sting tickets for Back to Bass tour in
Singapore, Sting signature Precision bass guitar.
You'll find the items list on Ebay.
Visit www.rainforestfoundationuk.org for more information.
09.11.12
Sting and Lee Hall to Support In Harmony North East
Playwright Lee Hall and musician Sting have provided extra funding towards
the In Harmony NewcastleGateshead project that aims to inspire and
transform the lives of children in deprived communities, using the power
and disciplines of orchestral music-making.
The Sage Gateshead was chosen to lead the three year regional project working with Hawthorn
Primary School in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. Based on the principles of Venezuela’s
inspirational* El Sistema* – which produced the world famous Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra –
the project will give every child in the school access to a musical instrument and music tutors on a
daily basis. In order to deliver the sessions regularly, the school requires extra space to be able to
house rehearsals and workshops.
Funding for In Harmony has come from Arts Council England and the Department for Education.
Within this grant, money was allocated to fund a temporary basic portacabin to be built to be able to
provide this extra learning room. Since then, Lee Hall and Sting have made a significant further
contribution to provide an even more inviting environment for the young people to learn in, one of
which is a permanent structure using cedar cladding that will give a lasting legacy for the pupils of
Hawthorn Primary School.
Lee Hall and Sting in a joint statement said: “We are delighted to be part of this excellent and exciting
initiative. The El Sistema system has been inspiring and effective in many countries and we hope that
Newcastle and the Elswick community as a whole will benefit from its introduction.”
Alison Clark-Jenkins, Regional Director, Arts Council England said: “I am thrilled that Lee Hall and
Sting have made a contribution to The Sage Gateshead’s In Harmony project. These additional funds
not only ensure there will be a lasting legacy of the project at Hawthorn Primary School, but the
gesture solidifies the reputation of The Sage Gateshead as more than a music venue, but a force for
good in cultural education in the North East.”
Wendy Smith, Head of Strategy & Enterprise at The Sage Gateshead said: “We are thrilled to gain this
fantastic support from Lee Hall and Sting which gives the children of Hawthorn Primary School,
Newcastle a beautiful space to learn music in, now and in the future”.
The new music cabin is to be opened in the week of the 5th November when the children will have
the first opportunity to play the new instruments.
Visit : thesagegateshead.org
09.11.12
Dominic Miller : Leverkusen show recorded
Dominic Miller and band recorded last night at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival.
The full one hour amazing concert will be broadcast by WDR in Feb. 2013
On 10th December the show will hopefully be broadcasted on 3SAT
02.00hrs
It seems a unreleased song was performed.
09.11.12
Andy's new rock band
As Andy Summers prepares himself for the premiere of his movie "Can't
stand losing you - Surviving the Police" screening tonight in New Yorks
Documentary festival, he revealed a great news on Billboard and Rolling
Stone magazines.
Andy is to release an new album and tour with a new rock band called Circa
Zero with Rob Giles.
You can read here the articles :
While Summers doesn't rule out a future collaboration with his Police bandmates Sting and Stewart
Copeland, he says it's highly unlikely. As it is, he's busy with other projects, having just returned from
touring Brazil with the singer Fernanda Takai, with whom he wrote and recorded the album
Fundamental. Summers also has a new band with Rob Giles of the Los Angeles rock group the
Rescues. Calling themselves Circa Zero, Summers says the pair has written and recorded enough
songs for an album.
"The whole world is different in terms of releasing records, so I think we'll start off with a single and
see what kind of action we get off it," says Summers, who describes the music as strong rock-pop.
"I'm really quite excited about it."
(from: Rolling Stone)
Summers has certainly been getting on with his musical life during the past year. He released an
album, "Fundamental," with Brazilian singer Fernanda Takai and recently toured that country with
her. And Summers is getting ready to launch a new rock band, Circa Zero, he's formed in Los Angeles
with singer Rob Giles; the group's debut album should come out in early 2013, with a tour to follow.
"We definitely want to go out and play," Summers says. "The songs are great, very strong pop/rock,
lyrical. Rob has a killer voice. So it's been fun. I'm looking forward to having a go with it."
(from: Billboard)
"For the past year I’ve been working on a rock album with a really great singer, drummer, and rock
bass player I met here in LA named Rob Giles. We’ve got a new band, called Circa Zero. We’re going
to release the first track from our first album right after Christmas. It’s all about the songs, which are
very strong. Our sound is guitar-driven and melodic, and edgy, but neither heavy metal nor soft rock.
I’d say it’s in the vein of The Police or U2."
(from: PopDose)
NB the first single is called "Say Goodnight" and could be release after Christmas.
08.11.12
Back to Bass Fall tour has started
Yesterday, Sting and his band got back on Stage in Strasbourg (France) to
bring back the fall tour that will hit Europe and Asia.
No changes in the setlist.
You'll find pictures and videos on the forum.
(Photo : Nora)
06.11.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting, Trudie Styler and Mickey Sumner attended the Tribeca
Film Institute Benefit Screening Of 'Skyfall' After Party at the Museum of
Modern Art in New York City.
(Photo D. Kambouris)
04.11.12
Fall out poll
Message from Dietmar :
Hello
I'd like to learn more about the various FALL OUT issues.
I created a poll about the original 1977 release in the black and white
sleeve.
As you probably know there were several kinds of labels inside that sleeve.
a) crude ILLEGAL logo - press out center hole
b) crude ILLEGAL logo - small center hole
c) neat ILLEGAL logo - "Made In Gt. Britain" on bottom
d) neat ILLEGAL logo - no "Made In Gt. Britain" on bottom
e) grey striped reissue label with small ILLEGAL RECORDS "stamp"
f) grey striped reissue label with large ILLEGAL RECORDS "stamp"
Could you use this following poll and mark the versions you own and then vote.
I'm trying to see how many of each version are around...
Click here to help.
and maybe you could point out this poll to friends of yours...
thanks
Dietmar Cloes
Mine is this one. Which is yours ?
03.11.12
Hurricane Sandy Telethon Gets Help From Bruce Springsteen, Mary J.
Blige
Christina Aguilera, Sting, Billy Joel, Aerosmith and Bon Jovi also performed
and urged viewers to donate.
In an effort to alleviate some of the suffering caused by Hurricane Sandy's
devastation earlier this week, NBC Universal hosted a live benefit concert,
"Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together," on Friday (November 2). Proceeds
from the hour-long telethon, which featured a slew of charitably-minded Alist celebrities who donated their time and voices to the cause, will go to the
American Red Cross.
Hosted by "Today" show's Matt Lauer, the commercial-free affair included heartfelt performances
from East Coast natives Christina Aguilera, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Mary J Blige and Jon Bon Jovi
(who rushed home from London to be there).
Aguilera opened the telethon with a moving rendition of her hit "Beautiful," which was followed by
the first of several packages of news footage that summarized the brunt of Sandy's wrath.
One of New Jersey's most famous sons, Bon Jovi was shown paying a visit to a flooded neighborhood
in his home state, where he offered words of support and hugs to the residents. The footage
provided an intro to his live performance, an acoustic mash-up of his hits "Who Says You Can't Go
Home" and "Living on a Prayer." Billy Joel then took the stage with his almost chillingly relevant song
from 1976, "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)."
The performances were interspersed with appearances by a slew of New York's most famous faces,
including Tina Fey, Danny DeVito, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Bacon and Jimmy Fallon, who provided a
charming moment of levity with an all-star rendition of "Under the Boardwalk" with Steven Tyler,
Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen.
"Jimmy Fallon is a bold man to take lead vocals from Steven Tyler, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen,"
funnyman Stewart joked following the sing-along, before providing his own sincere request for
people to come together and help those in need.
Tyler was later joined by his Aerosmith bandmates Joe Perry and Brad Whitford for "Dream On,"
followed by an acoustic version of "Message in a Bottle" by Sting.
Bronx-born Mary J. Blige offered a few heartfelt words of encouragement to the hurricane victims in
addition to her moving performance of "The Living Proof." "My prayers go out to everyone affected
by the hurricane," she said. "Hang in there, be strong and have faith."
The evening was brought to a fitting conclusion with a few back-and-forth quips from self-proclaimed
"Jersey boys" Brian Williams and Stewart, who reminisced about traveling on specific areas of the
Jersey turnpike before turning things over to New Jersey's most famous and celebrated song man,
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band, who brought it all home with "Land of Hope and Dreams."
To make a donation, visit RedCross.org, call (800) RED-CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to
make a $10 contribution to the cause.
Source : MTV.com
Watch "Message in a bottle" performed by Sting and Joe Bonadio.
02.11.12
Why "The Police" ?
Stewart Copeland, the great drummer you can now follow on Twitter,
Instagram and Facebook often posts interesting informations and pictures
about his career.
Yesterday, he brough a great scan of his personnal notes back from 1976,
showing a list of names he could give to his new band, composed by Sting
and Henry Padovani.
Have a look at the entire picture on the forum.
31.10.12
Andy Summers - Terra Live music
Yesterday, Andy Summers and Fernanda Takai were on Terra Live music TV
set from brasilian TerraTV.
They performed a great live session, with several songs from the album
Fundamental.
The setlist (Don't know the exact order) :
Chuva no Oceano
Pra não esquecer
Fundamental
Falling From The Blue
No Mesmo Lugar
Sorte no Amor
You can watch the show on Terra TV.
Another information : Andy Summers cancelled the show sheduled with the singer Fernanda Takai at
the Patu Fu, on Wednesday (31) at the Bradesco Theatre in Sao Paulo.
According to an official communiqué, the musician had to anticipate his return to Los Angeles for
personal reasons.
More information on the forum.
28.10.12
When I Looked Again - Denise Donatelli
"When I Looked Again" is a song written by Sting and Christian McBride
back in 2002. (You'll quickly hear the style)
The song has been released by Denise Donatelli on her 4th album ''Soul
Shadows".
You can listen to the song (and the album) on www.denisedonatelli.com.
You should also her version of "Big lie small world' from her 3rd album.
This song should have been included on a McBride album, but the project was changed.
More information on the forum.
27.10.12
Sting, Trudie and Joe's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie attended the "Citizen band" show "The Panic Is
On" in the Abrons Arts Center in New York.
More information about the show : www.thecitizensband.net
26.10.12
Sting is shedulded on Fès World Sacred Music Festival in june 2013.
The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is one of the signature events of the
Spirit of Fes Foundation. The aim of this Festival is to harness the arts and
spirituality in the service of human and social development, and the
relationship between peoples and cultures.
The 19th Festival takes place in 7-15 June 2013 with the theme FES : Reflections of Andalusia
The Fès Festival explores the vast repertoire of music and rhythms created across the globe since the
dawn of time.
www.fesfestival.com
Source : L'économiste.com
26.10.12
Sting's evening
Versace Celebrates SoHo Store Opening
Last night Kanye West, Linda Evangelista, Alexa Chung and Versace's
favorite catwalkers in their sexiest attire toasted Donatella and the opening
of her new SoHo store. Later on in the evening the party moved uptown to
the Waldorf Towers where Lady Gaga joined in for an intimate dinner and a
special performance by Grimes.
By C. Rutherford
Source : www.harpersbazaar.com
26.10.12
Dominic Miller's new website
Dominic Miller's website has been totally revamped.
Have a look at www.dominicmiller.com, you'll see it's more clear and more
focused on nice photography. I like it like that.
25.10.12
United Nations day
In 1945, representatives from 50 nations met in San Francisco to draw up
the charter for the United Nations. On this day, October 24, 1945, the
United Nations official charter was ratified, the United Nations was born.
Since that time, we have been celebrating United Nations Day, every year
on October 24. We celebrate the efforts and people and nations worldwide
who continue to work together to overcome differences, attempt to settle
disputes peacefully, and support efforts for world peace, tolerance, and
better understanding and communication. Yesterday, the United Nations
was hosting an online, live webcast from their headquarters in New York
City.
A group of wonderful performers, including Stevie Wonder and Sting, were performing. The show
was broadcasted live at the United Nations Webcast site.
Sting performed "Fragile" with Stevie Wonder.
Photo : J. McCarthy
23.10.12
Billy Joel Gave a private show. Sting among guest
Yesterday, Billy Joel gave a private master class for Universal Music
Publishing execs, a few select record industry folks, and Sting. Jimmy Webb
was the moderator at the new Cutting Room on East 32nd St. and Park in
New York.
Last night (Oct. 22) in New York: Billy Joel gave a private master class for Universal Music Publishing
execs, a few select record industry folks, and Sting. Jimmy Webb was the moderator at the new
Cutting Room on East 32nd St. and Park. Long time friend Sting (they each lived in the same
apartment on Central Park West at different times), actress Lorraine Bracco, Revlon’s Ronald
Perelman and his wife Anna were among the guests from the non-exec side as Billy played some hits,
talked about pop music and dissected Webb. Billy signed a deal in August for Universal’s Rondor
Music– run by the esteemed Lance Freed–to be administrator of his huge catalog.
Joel and Universal will do a similar event in Los Angeles coming up…
Paul Rudd hosted a bowling event at Lucky Strike lanes last night for Our Time with lots of well
known friends including Amy Ryan, Matt Dillon, “Once” star Steve Kazee, Noah Emmerich, Mariska
Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Eve Plumb from “The Brady Bunch”–who’s looking for an apartment in
New York, Daphne Rubin Vega, Everett Bradley — who plays in the E Street Band, Jack McBrayer
from “30 Rock,” Fisher Stevens, David Alan Basche and Alyssa Reiner. Our Time helps kids with
stuttering problems and they run a very popular camp. A great charity:
http://www.ourtimestutter.org
Source : Showbizz411
Photo : 10th annual Rainforest Fundation benefit concert.
26.10.12
Swansong - Synchronicity by the Police
A new series in which each week Stuart Maconie examines the final album
by a major artist. This week, Synchronicity by The Police. Released in 1983,
it was the band's fifth album and it hit the number one spot on both sides of
the Atlantic.
In America, it knocked the commercial juggernaut of Michael Jackson's Thriller from the top of the
charts, selling over 8 million copies in the process. It also produced five international hit singles,
including their most famous track Every Breath You Take. As Sting & co toured the world to promote
their most successful release, each night playing 60,000 seater venues, at that point in their career
they could genuinely lay claim to being the biggest band on planet Earth.
Although the split was never officially announced, Synchronicity was to be the last studio album they
would ever record. Despite all of the success, the truth was the three members couldn't stand to be
in the same room as each other. With archive interviews from Sting and Andy Summers and brand
new contributions from Stewart Copeland, manager Miles Copeland, producer Hugh Padgham and
journalist John Pidgeon, Stuart Maconie examines what went wrong.
Listen to the show on BBC.co.uk
20.10.12
Sting writes a song for Don Diablo
Don Diablo, a popular Dutch DJ, has a track written by Sting. The DJ
announced the news on FunX radio today.
The album is called "M1 Stinger". You won't hear Sting in the song. The
vocals are sung by a singer. "It is a record that is dear to my heart," said Don
Diablo.
The DJ did more revelations, he said he is working on an album that is very
personal.
Nicky Romero which was also in the studio was told that he has created a track with "The Voice Of
Holland winner Ben Saunders". The proceeds from this single will go to KWF.
More information about Don Diablo on : www.dondiablo.com
Thanks Luuk for the news
20.10.12
Reminder : Like LiSting ?
If you like LiSting website, you'll like LiSting Facebook.
There you'll find all hot news !
Be free to like the page !
20.10.12
Too many stars on Comedy Central
Comedy Central has once again joined forces with Jon Stewart's Busboy
Productions for its fourth biennial special event, "Night of Too Many Stars:
America Comes Together for Autism Programs." The benefit will feature Jon
Stewart hosting an evening filled with live performances, sketches and short
films from a roster of comedy and celebrity all-stars. This year's event will
premiere on Comedy Central on Sunday 21st at 8/7c.
Scheduled to appear: Fred Armisen, Ed Asner, Samantha Bee, Matthew Broderick, Hannibal Buress,
Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Andy Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Dane Cook, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Tom Hanks,
Tommy Hilfiger, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jason Jones, Jack McBrayer, Tom Morello, Tracy Morgan, Bill
O'Reilly, Al Pacino, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Sudeikis, Sting, Triumph
the Insult Comic Dog, Katy Perry, Matthew Broderick, Jimmy Kimmel, Julianne Moore, Meredith
Vieira and more to be announced!
"Night of Too Many Stars" benefits a variety of autism programs across the country in support of the
overabundance of individuals with autism that so desperately need quality services. In 2010, thanks
to your support, "Night of Too Many Stars," through its partner organization, New York Collaborates
for Autism, gave more than $3.1 million in grants to 41 programs in 13 states.
Watch this great moving preview with Katy Perry and Jodi Dipiazza.
17.10.12
Sting calls off Philippine gig in pine-tree row
AFP - Rock superstar Sting has called off a one-night show in the Philippines
in protest at the removal of pine trees outside a shopping mall undergoing
redevelopment, the concert venue's owners said Friday.
The concert promoters relayed Sting's decision to the Mall of Asia Arena,
which was to have hosted the December 9 "Back to Bass Tour" event, Arena
general manager Arnel Gonzales said.
Sting did not wish to perform at Arena, owned by the country's largest shopping mall chain, after
learning that pine trees growing outside one of its provincial malls were being removed for an
expansion programme, Gonzales added.
"Somebody misled the Englishman In New York over the venue," Gonzales told AFP, referring to one
of the British-born star's hit songs.
Environmentalists had sued the owners of the SM Baguio shopping mall earlier this year to stop the
uprooting and relocation of 182 old trees, mostly pines, growing at its property that had been set for
redevelopment.
The case sparked calls for a boycott of the SM chain, controlled by the family of the country's richest
man, billionaire developer Henry Sy.
The mall chain said it had secured permits to remove the trees, but the transfer of all 182 trees to a
government lot had not been completed due to the civil suit, which remains on trial.
Gonzales said that while Arena and SM Baguio were sister companies, the concert venue had nothing
to do with the trees' transfer.
"It's something that we did not expect," he said of the concert cancellation.
Sting, former frontman of "The Police", is known for his activism on a number of social and political
issues and is closely associated with the human rights monitor Amnesty International.
The concert promoters are still negotiating to save the show by holding it at another Manila venue,
Gonzales said.
Officials of Ovation Productions, the local promoters of Sting's Manila concert, could not be reached
for comment late Friday.
Arena would refund those who had bought tickets to the show, Gonzales said. Choice seats cost up
to 15,840 pesos ($380).
The show has been moved to Araneta Coliseum
18.10.12
An englishman in Chianti
Sting and Trudie make the cover of the #14 issue of Fine Magazine.
Having lost his heart to Italy, Sting had resigned himself to the fact that his
family was unable to find a suitable home in the country. They had gone on
one fruitless exploration after another and there seemed to be no hope.
Then Trudie Styler told her husband of a new house up for sale close to the
medieval town of Figline Valdarno in Tuscany. To their amazement, Trudie
and Sting walked along a cypress-lined avenue right up to the saffron-yellow
house of their dreams.
They found a home for their family and obtained a farm into the bargain. Its main produce is packed
into tens of thousands of bottles each year.
Film producer, actress Trudie Styler and her husband, world-renowned musician Sting, have been
producing organic red wine in the Chianti wine region of Tuscany, Italy, since 2007. They are always
looking to improve the quality of their wines.
More to read on the forum.
Visit www.fine-magazines.com
18.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting performed at the Elie Wiesel Foundation gala, honoring
Tom Hanks with the Arts for Humanity Award, at the New York Public
Library...
He performed "Fields of gold" and "Every breath you take" surrounded by
Dominic Miller, Ira Coleman, Peter Tickell and Jo Lawry.
Source : Sting.com
17.10.12
Amsterdam Electric Guitar festival
As part of the Amsterdam Electric Guitar Heaven 2012 festival, which will
take place from December 7 until December 16, Andy will perform several
shows:
- 07-12-2012 Amsterdam - Melkweg, Rabozaal
"Bring on the Night" openingshow of the "Amsterdam Electric Guitar
Heaven 2012"
- 08-12-2012 Amsterdam - Bimhuis
Andy Summers and Ben Verdery / Adrian Belew solo
- 12-12-2012 Amsterdam - Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Jan Akkerman meets Andy Summers / Ensemble Klang
Thanks Rogier
17.10.12
We are Family honors Sting and Trudie
WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION® 2012 CELEBRATION GALA HONORS STING &
TRUDIE STYLER FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS
Reservoir Capital Group Founder Daniel Stern Receives Visionary Award;
and Jeni Stepanek, Ph.D., Receives Mattie J.T. Stepanek Peacemaker Award
at Ceremony and Concert Featuring Sting and Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Hosted
By Rosie Perez and Touré
(New York – October 5, 2012) – The We Are Family Foundation® (WAFF), a not-for-profit organization
founded by legendary songwriter and producer, Nile Rodgers, will honor Humanitarian Award
recipients Sting and Trudie Styler at its annual Celebration Gala, on Monday, October 29, 2012, at
Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Hosted by actress Rosie Perez and
Touré, co-host of MSNBC's "The Cycle," the evening will include a concert featuring Sting, Nile
Rodgers & CHIC and other special guests, to celebrate extraordinary global citizens who are
dedicated to making the world a better place and who have helped WAFF make a positive impact on
more than 15 million people worldwide.
Artist and activists Sting and Trudie Styler will receive the Humanitarian Award, which honors those
in the public eye who have made tremendous efforts and inroads into improving the human
condition throughout the world. Previous recipients of the Humanitarian Award include musical
legends Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Sir Elton John, and television and radio host Larry King.
Daniel Stern, founder of Reservoir Capital Group, will be honored with the Visionary Award for his
local and global philanthropic contributions. Previous recipients of the Visionary Award include
Tommy Hilfiger; Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitar and Susan and David Rockefeller Jr.
Jeni Stepanek, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation, will receive the
Mattie J.T. Stepanek Peacemaker Award, named in honor of her late son, 13-year-old poet and
peacemaker, Mattie J.T. Stepanek, for her significant contribution toward promoting a peaceful
society. Previous recipients of this award include Dr. Maya Angelou, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Quincy
Jones, Paul Simon and Archbishop Desmond and Leah Tutu.
"The We Are Family Foundation was born as a result of 9/11, after which I asked the question, 'Can
we organize for peace half as effectively as others do for hate?'" says Nile Rodgers, Founder &
Chairman of the We Are Family Foundation. "My song, 'We Are Family,' was the inspiration to bring
people together, celebrate our differences and share ideas across borders in order to solve some of
the bigger problems facing our world. We are inspired by each of our honorees this year, as their
dedication and passion to making the world a better place are their lifelong missions."
The funds raised at this year's Celebration Gala will support WAFF's mission and existing programs
including Three Dot Dash – WAFF's signature program, which identifies, supports and mentors Global
Teen Leaders actively working on programs that address basic human needs and promoting a more
peaceful world; and TEDxTeen, a global educational platform for extraordinary teens to share their
stories and inspire millions.
Tables of 10 for the 2012 Celebration Gala can be purchased in advance by contacting Michelle
Posadas via phone at 212.397.4333 or email at contact@wearefamilyfoundation.org . To purchase
individual tickets or to make a contribution to We Are Family Foundation, please visit
wearefamilyfoundation.org. Contributions are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law; the
non-deductible portion of each ticket/person is $150. Arrivals and reception begin at 6:30 p.m. on
Monday, October 29, 2012 followed by an awards ceremony, dinner and concert at 7:30 p.m.
Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom is located at 311 West 34th Street in New York City.
About the We Are Family Foundation
The We Are Family Foundation® (WAFF) is a New York City based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and
educate the next generation about respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity –
while striving to solve some of our biggest global problems at the same time. Since its inception in
2002, WAFF, founded by legendary songwriter/musician/producer Nile Rodgers, has created Three
Dot Dash, a Global Teen Leader initiative that has empowered exceptional teens from 36 countries
on six continents working together to alleviate issues related to basic human needs; created
worldwide curricula that is currently used on six continents; produced TEDxTeen, an annual
conference that gives extraordinary teens (and a few cool adults) an educational platform to share
their work, tell their stories and inspire others; built a global coalition of more than 75 organizations;
created and distributed the award-winning PSA and early childhood educational DVD program, "We
Are Family: A Musical Message for All," to more than 60,000 schools and youth programs
internationally; built 17 new schools, providing an education to more than 3,500 boys and girls in
Mali and Malawi, Africa, Nepal and Nicaragua. To date, WAFF has made a positive impact on 15
million+ people worldwide.
For more information and tickets, visit wearefamilyfoundation.org
17.10.12
"Beyond the robe" launching
Yesterday, Sting joined the Dalai Lama and personal friend Bobby Sager at a
Charity luncheon launching Sager’s new book, “Beyond the Robe” in
Boston.
Visit www.beyondtherobe.org to know more about the book.
16.10.12
Number One
Yesterday, ZDF Kultur broadcasted the interview recorded at the E-Werk in
Cologne before the concert (March 2, 2012).
Watch the full video here.
14.10.12
Dreamscapes
To be screened on october 18 in Williamstown film festival !
The Berkshire based, internationally renowned, landscape with text artist,
Stephen Hannock, is the subject of a documentary film Dreamscapes by
Wolfram Hissen.
The filmmaker is known for a long association with the project/ installation artists Christo and his late
wife Jeanne Claude.
Using cost effective video equipment Hissen shadowed Hannock at work in the studio, at home with
his daughter Georgia, during an opening at New York’s Marlborough Gallery, and on the road in
Newcastle, England unveiling a portrait of the city commissioned as a gift by its native son, the
musician Sting.
The short documentary also focuses on his unique commissions for the upscale, New York
restaurants of entrepreneur, Danny Meyer, and his associate, Tom Colicchio, who created the TV
show Top Chef and is its primary judge.
A sold out screening of the film will be shown at Images Cinema during the fourteenth annual
Williamstown Film Festival on Thursday, October 18. It will be followed by a tasting party of Coliccio’s
food, and a discussion between the artist and chef, at the restaurant Mezze.
In a warren of studio spaces we caught up with Hannock to discuss the film as well as current
projects. Last year he showed four, epic scaled paintings earmarked for major museums, at the
prestigious Marlborough Gallery. For the first time in decades he is not scheduled for an exhibition
this year. He is seizing the opportunity, during spring, to tour for three weeks with his buddy, Sting,
who will perform gigs in India.
Recently, he closed the New York studio and is now based full time in the Berkshires. He has a regular
schedule in the studio often taking years to develop and complete paintings. While traveling
frequently, including an annual “retreat” at Sting’s Italian villa, this also allows for location studies
that result in paintings. He has an “idea” for Istanbul.
Director, Wolfram Hissen
Producer(s), estWest films
Editor, Wolfram Hissen
Director of Photography, Wolfram Hissen
Composer, Sting
Primary Cast: Stephen Hannock, Gary Tinterow, Sting and Trudie Styler, Tom Colicchio, William
Lauder
37 minutes
Williamstown Film Festival
October 18, 2012
Watch the trailer and read more on the forum.
14.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Sting, Harvey Keitel and J.B.
Smoove performed onstage at Comedy Central's night of too many stars:
America comes together for autism programs at The Beacon Theatre in New
York City.
(Photo : D. Kambouris/Getty Images)
Sting performed "Roxanne".
More pictures, videos and reports on the forum.
14.10.12
Sting's evening
Last night, Sting came on stage to perform "Every breath you take" as a
guest of Russell Crowe on Gramercy Theatre in New York.
More details to come on the forum.
Photo : B. Krekau
13.10.12
Happy birthday Henry
Henry Padovani is 60 today.
Happy birthday Henry !
Blow candles, love and rock.
www.henrypadovani.com
12.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie were among the various stars attending Barbra
Streisand's concert at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York
City.
Photo : J. Devaney
10.10.12
BMI Awards
BMI celebrated in Dorchester Hotel in London the European and African
songwriters, composers and music publishers behind the most-performed
songs on U.S. radio and television on october 5th at its annual BMI London
Awards.
“Rolling in the Deep,” written by Adele and Paul Epworth, took top honors, winning the Robert S.
Musel Award for Song of the Year. EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Group
share the award as publishers.
Sting also won several awards, solo or with the Police.
"Message in a bottle", "De do do do de da da" and "If I ever lose my faith in you" passed 3 millions.
"Don't stand so close to me " and Money for nothing" reached 5 millions.
"Every breath you take" is still on top of the chart with 11 millions airing.
10.10.12
Can't stand losing you - Surviving the Police - World premiere !
7:00 PM, Fri. Nov. 9, 2012 - SVA - Tickets become available on Friday,
October 12, 2012.
Order on Docnyc.net.
Expected to Attend: Andy Summers, Andy Grieve
WORLD PREMIERE Based on the memoir by Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You follows an
extraordinary musical journey, from Summers’ early days on the English music scene to his chance
encounter with drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Sting, to the trio’s charttopping international
success as The Police. The film includes exclusive interviews with the band members during The
Police’s worldwide reunion tour, along with extensive concert footage proving they’re as vital as
ever.
83 minutes
More information on the forum.
10.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie Styler attended the "Argo"(with Ben Affleck)
screening at the Time Warner Screening Room in New York City.
All details from the evening on Showbiz411.com.
Photo : G. Gershoff
More pictures on the forum.
07.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie Styler attended the "The Girl" screening during
the 20th Hamptons International Film Festival at United Artists Regal
Cinema in East Hampton, New York.
Photo : J. Kempin
05.10.12
Children's Health Fund benefit concert
Thursday was the kind of classic night New York night you only get when the
stars line up just right.
At the Cort Theater, Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington
and the great veteran actor Ed Asner opened in a new play called “Grace.”
The theater was literally jammed, with plenty of stars who were friends of
the stars. Among them Carla Gugino, and Steven van Zandt with beautiful
wife Maureen. The performances in “Grace” are all A plus, but Michael
Shannon is the standout this time. And Ed Asner remains a treasure.
Then: quick, uptown to the Beacon Theater for Jerry Seinfeld’s kick off show of his fall tour. Colin
Quinn did ten minutes of opening act, very funny, of course, riffing on New York subjects. Then Jerry,
The Master: standing ovation. His 90 minute or so show is brilliant, topical, fresh. Years ago Jerry said
getting married and having kids wouldn’t become his material. Of course, it has–I do think he’s found
his groove there marrying his observational humor with the pace and gentility of the late Alan King.
When he gets to that area of the night, it’s a mature Jerry you could never have imagined from the
old days.
This is still a PG rated show, too. No cursing, nothing coarse, totally sophisticated, hilarious. The
writing and delivery are sharper than ever.
But I prefer the riffs on cell phones, modern communications, language. His opening bit about the
audience getting ready for the show is terrific. Jerry mixes in some old routines–star 69, etc–and it all
works. The amazing thing is you don’t get tired of hearing the greatest hits. Seinfeld is more fluid
than ever on stage, more relaxed, completely at home. Why is he there? He has no place else to be,
he jokes. He wants to be out. You think it’s a show about nothing but it’s about everything, deftly
woven together. There needs to be a real recording of this show. It’s like medicine. Are there still
comedy albums? Wherever Jerry is, don’t miss him.
And back to Radio City for Paul Simon‘s Children’s Heath Initiative 25th anniversary fundraiser. Star
studded? Some couples performed together–Sting and Trudie Styler--she was very very cute and sexy
in her singing debut–performed after making a pit stop at Tony Bennett’s fundraiser for his Exploring
the Arts. Rita Wilson sang and let Tom Hanks accompany her. James Taylor performed with his wife,
Caroline. Stevie Wonder pretty much stole the night singing three numbers with daughter Aisha
Morris. They also did “Loves Me Like a Rock” with Paul Simon.
It was literally a night of 100 stars: Vince Gill, Amy Grant and their kids; Steve Martin on banjo; Ann &
Nancy Wilson; PAul Simon with talented daughter Lulu (also daughter of Edie Brickell); Ruben Blades
with wife Lulu Mason–who has an astonishing voice; lots of videos and presentations– Hillary Clinton,
Spike Lee, Julianne Moore, Oprah, Tina Fey. Lorne Michaels was a guest. Aaron Neville sang with
Sting and Allen Toussaint. What a night!
Now the weekend comes– Mary Wilson of the Supremes plays a show in Fairfield, Connecticut
tonight at the Edgerton Center http://www.EdgertonCenter.org. Trudie Styler is off to be part of the
Hamptons Film Festival jury. David Chase premiers his “Not Fade Away” at the New York Film Festival
on Saturday and Hamptons Film Festival on Sunday. Steven Spielberg‘s “Lincoln” is the surprise
screening Monday night at the New York Film Festival.
from Showbiz411.com
Watch Sting and Trudie performing "Anything You Can Do" from "Annie get your gun" musical and
Sting and Aaron Neville performing "Rockin' Pneumonia".
More pictures and information on the forum.
03.10.12
Back to bass - Fall tour
Check all the new dates added for Back to bass Fall tour. France and Asia
are well represented.
No other european dates will be announced.
Visit the special page, or the forum.
02.10.12
Happy birthday Sting
Today, Sting is celebrating his 61th birthday.
No big celebration, no special show, just a normal and banal birthday. Just
wish that this 61th year will bring a new album for his fans !
Rolling Stone has twitted this picture showing Sting celebrating his birthday
in studio, with his gifts.
01.10.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting attended the premiere of "Frances Ha", at New York's 50th
Film festival.
This film by Noah Baumbach, co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, is
also starring sting's daughter Mickey Sumner and Adam Driver.
More information on the forum.
29.09.12
5 years ago
On september 29, 2007, The Police performed a legendary show in Paris, gathering Andy, Stewart,
Sting AND Henry for a great version of "Next to you".
A beautiful night we can celebrate today, 5 years after.
26.09.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie were honored at Harvest Club in New York. This
celebration took place to honor their worldwide environmental work.
Surrounded by Dominic Miller, Ira Coleman, Jo Lawry, Peter Tickell and a
percussionnist, Sting performed a short show.
More information on the forum.
(Photo : K. Mazur)
24.09.12
Andy on tour
Andy Summers' website has just announced dates for the brasilian tour,
promoting "Fundamental" with Fernada Takai.
October
10 Rio de Janeiro – Miranda -Radio
11 Rio de Janeiro – Lona Cultura de Jacarepagua
18 Belo Horizonte -Palladium
20 Juiz De Fora – Cine Central theatre
24 Porto Allegre – Bourbon Street
25 Florianopolis – TBA
26 Rio de Janeiro – Lona Cultural Bangu
27 Ipatinga (2 shows)
29 CD Signing – Cultural Book store
31 Sao Paulo – Bradesco Theatre
November
1 Sao Paulo – Globo TV
Follow all informations about Andy on his website : AndySummers.com
20.09.12
News from Coco
On a message posted on her Facebook, Coco writes a good news : "I've
relocated to up North to write the rest of the second album".
Follow the band on www.iblamecoco.co.uk or www.iblamecoco.c4.fr
20.09.12
News from Fiction Plane
On a message posted this morning on Facebook, Fiction Plane write they
are getting together in London to write songs for their new album at the
end of this week. Its been way to long, and we are really looking forward to
it. We will post some updates and pics when we are up and running.
Follow the band on www.fictionplane.com or on www.fictionplane.c4.fr.
20.09.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting, Trudie and Chris Botti attended "The Exonerated" Off
Broadway opening night at the Culture Project in New York.
(Photo : L.Cavanaugh)
19.09.12
News about "The last ship"
Article posted on Carel Kraayenhof's (deuch bandoneonist) website :
"Carel Kraayenhof receives second invitation from Sting
After the short summer break in which Sexteto Canyengue played at two
milongas and performed during the international tango festival in Tarbes
(France) we are back and fully running again. When we came back from
France we received an email from Rob Mathes, the wellknown producer of
CD Symphocities by Sting and his DVD Live in Berlin, with the question if
Carel would have been available on the 10th of September for a CD
recording with Sting.
Sting has written music for a theaterplay (working title) The last ship. This play is about the end of the
shipping industrie in Newcastle, the city where Sting was brought up. There have been some readaloud performances on Broadway and in London and now the record company gave its consent to
record it on CD. Sting asked Rob Mathes to contact Carel for two songs. Carel will fly this weekend,
after his concert in Dordrecht, to Southampton to rehearse and record in Sting’s private house."
On the picture twitted by Dominic Miller, you can see him and Ira Coleman recording in Lake House
last week.
More news on the forum.
11.09.12
Paul Simon to Host the Children's Health Fund 25th Anniversary Benefit
Concert
On October 4, 2012, a one-night only, all-star benefit concert marking the
25th Anniversary of the Children's Health Fund will take place at Radio City
Music Hall in New York City.
The Children's Health Fund co-founders Paul Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener
will host the evening, featuring performances from Sting & Trudie Styler,
Steve Martin, Amy Grant & Vince Gill, Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson, James
Taylor & Caroline Taylor, Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond, Stevie Wonder & Aisha
Morris, Edie Brickell, Rubén Blades & Luba Mason, plus other surprise
guests.
A limited number of tickets, ranging from $125 to $1000, will be made available to the public
beginning tomorrow, September 11 at 10AM/EST through Ticketmaster outlets and the Radio City
Box Office.
Over the past 25 years, the Children’s Health Fund has expanded nationwide to become the primary
source of medical care for thousands of homeless and low-income families and now has 25 programs
operating in 17 states and Washington, DC.
For additional information, please visit www.childrenshealthfund.org.
(Source : Sting.com)
20.08.12
New local book gets rock star approval!
Sting has recently been taking some nostalgic walks around Newcastle and
Tyneside from the comfort of his home in Italy! This is thanks to a new book
co-authored by one of his former teachers at St Cuthbert’s High School,
Peter Donaghy.
Source : community.newcastle.co.uk
Peter, along with John Laidler, has just published ‘Discovering NewcastleGateshead’ which contains
twenty-six walks around Tyneside, packed with detailed information about local people, places and
events.
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The authors are giving a free talk about their book at Gosforth Library on Thursday 13 September at
2.30pm. To book a place phone 0191 2771400 or email information@newcastle.gov.uk.
Sting says, “This has provided me with a wonderful way to be reacquainted with the rich landscape
and historical byways of my Tyneside home”. While he is full of praise for the efforts of the authors
he couldn’t resist expressing his disappointment that “the great borough of Wallsend had been
inexplicably excised from the authors’ selection” and suggested that it was probably worth a
separate book of its own! However, the authors were quick to point out that Wallsend featured in
two walks in their earlier book, ‘Metro Walks’, where they mentioned young Sting’s family home.
Peter and John, who have lived all their lives in Newcastle, say that now they are retired they have
been able to examine the area much more closely and have discovered countless aspects which they
hadn’t realised even existed.
Reserve a copy of ‘Discovering NewcastleGateshead’ online.
Source : community.newcastle.co.uk
29.08.12
Concours Rythm magazine
In recognition of this month's cover star, we have a haul of incredible
Stewart Copeland gear to give away.
You can win a Stewart Copeland Paiste Signature Blue Bell ride, a bale of the
Police man's Vater sticks and a Tama Sound lab Project snare. This little lot
is worth £1,000!
Copeland's 22" Paiste Blue Bell ride packs a beautifully dark sound with
clear glassy ping. It also looks fantastic, with (as you can guess from the
name) an attention-demanding blue band setting the metal apart from the
rest of your set-up.
The Tama snare up for grabs, meanwhile, is the 14"x6.5" Black Brass drum. The snare features a
gorgeous black nickel-plated finish with black nickel hardware. The 42-strand drum also ships with
Starclassic lugs and a 1.5mm brass shell.
After bagging those two beauties you'll want something to hit them with, and we also have a set of
12 Vater Stewart Copeland Standard sticks on offer.
Check Rhythm Magazine website to enter the contest.
28.08.12
A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection
Sting Fans! Here is an easy and fun way to win a prize. Watch a video and
win! It's that simple.
Watch Sting's video "All This Time." then answer the multiple choice
questions.
Hint: Be sure to watch the entire video.
Enter from 8/27 to 9/2 for a chance to win one of four $25 iTunes Gift
Cards!
Check http://www.watchtowinit.com
You can order "A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection" on Amazon.
27.08.12
Diffusion du concert anniversaire de Sting
Yesterday, german radio SWR1 broadcasted 55 minutes from the show
given by Sting and his friends as he celebrated his 60th anniversary in New
York Beacon Theatre.
The songs broadcasted were the one you can find in the Sting 25 years app.
Fragile (avec Stevie Wonder)
King of Pain(avec Lady Gaga)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (avec Rufus Wain)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (avec Branford Marsalis)
I Hung My Head (avec Bruce Springsteen)
Roxanne (avec Bryn Terfel)
Driven To Tears (avec Robert Downey Jr.
Consider me gone (avec Herbie Hancock et Branford Marsalis)
Brand New Day (avec Stevie Wonder)
+ Moon over Bourbon Street (issu de l'album "Live in Berlin")
Listen to the show here.
More info on the forum.
20.08.12
Sting and Trudie : 20th anniversay
20 years ago, on august 20 1992, Sting and Trudie got married is this
beautiful tiny little St. Andrew's Church.
18.08.12
Stewart in BattMag
Stewart is on the cover of september issue of french magazine Batteur
Magazine (known as "Batmag" by drummers).
You'll find in this issue #261 eight pages of interview made while performing
in Paris last july with Stanley Clarke and pictures.
More information on www.batteurmag.com
14.08.12
Rumble Fish released as Blu-Ray
The Guardian.co.uk released an interview of Stewart Copeland yesterday
about the releasing of Rumble Fish movie by Francis Ford Coppola on
august 27.
The soundtrack for this movie was composed by Stewart : the first on a long
list.
In Rumble Fish, there's a sense of time ticking down to a confrontation with
destiny. So a rhythmic soundtrack was important for Francis, which is why
he made the wild decision to choose me, a drummer in a rock band [the
Police] – a rhythmatist, as he called it – who'd never scored a film before.
I soon discovered what a fine way to make music it was – composing for a 90-minute story, not a
three-minute song. A lot of it was about sounds rather than music – the clack-clack of billiard balls,
the blaring of horns, the tick-tock of clocks – but all with the rhythmic quality Francis wanted. That
recurring theme of clocks ticking was almost the only time, in all the films I've worked on, that a
collaboration happened as planned. Most directors talk high-concept, but it's out of the window by
the first test screening.
Pretty much all the music came from guitars, bass and drums laid down by me in my studio. That was
the one culture clash between my rock background and the world of film. They kept asking: "When's
the scoring date?" Normally, that's when the director and producers hear what you've written
recorded by a full orchestra. It's a very tense occasion, and expensive if you get it wrong.
I knew none of this. I'd been doing the music as I went along, like a painter pulling colours off a
palette. So my "scoring date" consisted of me in my studio playing what I'd recorded to these flintyeyed professionals. They were dumbfounded – but overjoyed.
Source : The Guardian
12.08.12
Fundamental : launching on october 20
Andy Summers and Fernanda Takai will launch the “Fundamental” album on
october 20, with a special performance in Juiz de Fora. The event is
produced by Full House Productions.
Th japanese edition (released on aujust 31 could contain bonus tracks)
You can listen to the full album here.
The album is available on iTunes.
tracklist :
1 - Fundamental
2 - Pra Não Esquecer (I Remember)
3 - Chuva No Oceano (Teardrops In The Sea)
4 - Sorte No Amor (Music In The Darkness)
5 - No Mesmo Lugar (Here I Am Again)
6 - Falling From The Blue
7 - You Light My Dark
8 - Skin Deep
9 - Smile And Blue Sky Me
10 - I Don't Love You
11 - Human Kind
11.08.12
Sting and champagne
A Russian billionaire is to spend 1.5 million euros ($1.84 million) on a
birthday celebration in Sardinia, where guests will feast on lobster and
Champagne, and be entertained by British singer Sting.
The oligarch has booked exclusive use of the former Billionaire beach club
at Capriccioli at a cost of 30,000 euros ($36,800), the L'Unione Sarda
newspaper reported on Saturday.
Sting has been hired to perform at the August 18 party at an estimated cost of 400,000 euros
($490,000), according to the newspaper. It did not provide the name of the billionaire host. The party
is being organized by a specialist events company based in Cannes.
The huge budget includes the cost of a caterer supplying caviar, lobster and jeroboams of
Champagne. In addition, the beach on the Costa Smeralda will be decorated with a 25-meter (82-ft)
tent and artificial fountains.
The 200 guests are said to have already begun arriving in the area, on luxury yachts and private
planes.
Source : AFP
NB : The party held in Cannes.
On the picture, Sting and Nicole Scherzinger.
Your comment on the forum...
06.08.12
Back to bass : new fall tour
Following the success of Sting's 2011 – 2012 world tour, we are pleased to
announce that the Back to Bass tour will return to Europe this fall!
The tour begins November 7 in Strasbourg, France, with performances in
Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in addition to multiple dates in France.
Sting will be joined by a band featuring Dominic Miller (guitar), Vinnie
Colaiuta (drums), David Sancious (keyboards), Peter Tickell (electric fiddle),
and Jo Lawry (vocals), performing many of his greatest hits, stripped down.
Tickets for the following concerts will be available this week, with additional cities and venues to
soon be announced:
07.11.12 Strasbourg - Zénith
09.11.12 Lyon - Halle Tony Garnier
10.11.12 Amneville - Galaxie
12.11.12 Nice - Nikaia
14.11.12 Bordeaux - Patinoire Meriadeck
15.11.12 Rouen - Zenith
17.11.12 Kosice - Steel Arena
19.11.12 Ostrava - CEZ Arena
21.11.12 Lodz - Lodz Arena
28.11.12 Beirut - The Biel
03.08.12
Andy Summers - Can't stand losing you
Want to see some other stuff from this documentary ?
Just have a look at the forum, you'll see nice pictures, which are titles for
the film.
You'll also watch a short preview.
Release is due to september for first exhibition screening in film festvals.
Later for other screenings. No news yet about a DVD.
03.08.12
Sting on ZDF
A documentary about Sting will be broadcasted on ZDF kultur, on
september 17.
Have a look at NumberOne facebook.
This was recorded at the E-Werk in Cologne before the concert (March 2,
2012).
31.07.12
Last show !
Today is the last date for Back to bass tour in Kaunas (LT).
And what about tomorrow ? What do you think will be the future of Sting ?
-A CD/DVD from this last tour ?
-A DVD showing the entire performance of his 60th birthday in New York ?
-Big annoucement about The last ship ?
-???
01.08.12
Stewart Copeland on Instagram
Follow Stewart on his road with Stanley Clarke.
He posts nice pictures on Instagram.
If you have an IPhone, you know what to do with this : @stewart_copeland.
If you don't, just visit his Webstagram.
31.07.12
MI Conversation Series Welcome Stewart Copeland
The MI Conversation Series welcomes legendary drummer Stewart
Copeland of The Police.
Ranked by Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest drummer of all time, Stewart
Copeland founded The Police with singer/bassist Sting and guitarist Henry
Padovani in 1977. The winner of 6 GRAMMY Awards with The Police,
Stewart is also a film composer and earned a Golden Globe nomination for
his scoring of Rumble Fish in 1983. Copeland formed the band Animal Logic
with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland in
1989, and joined with Les Claypool (Primus) and Trey Anastasio (Phish) to
form Oysterhead in 2000.
Copeland will discuss his career, background in songwriting and advice for students with
Conversation Series host “Native Wayne” Jobson.
Online viewers may join the conversation by visiting the MI Facebook Page and submitting questions
through the chat room prior to the live student Q&A (due to time constraints, the number of
questions provided to Stewart will be limited).
Live audience is only open to current MI students and eligible alumni. Alumni, please RSVP by
emailing alumni@mi.edu.
You can watch the livestream again here.
30.07.12
Happy birthday Coco
Today, Eliot Pauline Sumner turns 22.
She was born on a 30th of july in Pisa, in Italy.
No doubt this 22th year will be full of succes !
26.07.12
Sting supports Pussy Riot
The world-renowned musician Sting joins Amnesty International in
condemning the Russian authorities’ treatment of Pussy Riot, a Russian
punk rock protest band.
Last week, a court in Moscow ruled that three members of the female punk group Pussy Riot must
remain in pre-trial custody for six more months after members of the group sang a protest song in
Moscow’s main Orthodox church in February.
Maria Alekhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who are accused of
“hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred,” face possible prison sentences of up to seven
years. Preliminary hearings in the case have begun and the three have been ordered to remain in
pre-trial custody until January 2013.
Sting, who is currently on tour and set to perform in Moscow later today (Wednesday 25 July) and in
St. Petersburg on Friday (July 27), commented:
“It’s appalling that the musicians from Pussy Riot could face prison sentences of up to seven years in
jail. Dissent is a legitimate and essential right in any democracy and modern politicians must accept
this fact with tolerance. A sense of proportion – and a sense of humor – is a sign of strength, not a
sign of weakness. Surely the Russian authorities will completely drop these spurious charges and
allow the women, these artists, to get back to their lives and to their children.”
Amnesty International considers the three women to be prisoners of conscience, detained solely for
their peaceful expression of their beliefs, and is calling on the Russian authorities to immediately
release all three women.
23.07.12
Joe : Synchronizing Crowdsourced Movies
While touring with his rock band Fiction Plane in 2010, bass player and
vocalist Joe Sumner woke up one morning to discover 450 videos on
YouTube (GOOG) of the previous night’s show in Lithuania. Uploaded by
fans with mobile phones, the footage was mostly grainy, shot from
awkward angles, and had horrible sound. But it gave Sumner an idea. “What
if we could link all of these videos and make a compelling movie?” he
remembers thinking.
Vyclone, a company Sumner founded two years ago with friend David King Lassman, attempts to
realize this vision. Its free program debuted in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store on July 18 and lets two or
more people in close proximity shoot video with their iPhones, upload the clips, and view a movie
automatically spliced together from different angles. To recognize that multiple users are filming the
same scene, Vyclone tags each video with the location where it was shot using GPS. To synchronize
the clips, it lines them up by the date and time they were shot, regardless of when they were
uploaded. A simple-to-use video editor lets users play director, toggling from one angle to the next
with the tap of a finger.
Last year Sumner, 35, began showing off a prototype to music industry bigwigs. “Within 50 seconds, I
said, ‘We’re in,’” says Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager, who invested after a short demo. The pair
later met with actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher, who impressed upon them that the
opportunity was bigger than live music. “Ashton said, ‘It’s a billion-dollar business,’” recalls Lassman,
47. “He said, ‘This is going to allow people to film life from every angle.’” His show-business
connections may have opened some doors: His dad is Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting.
The startup is based in Los Angeles and London, and has 13 employees. Lassman is chief executive;
Sumner, chief creative officer. They’ve raised $2.7 million from Oseary and Kutcher’s fund A-Grade,
along with movie studio DreamWorks, concert promoter Live Nation (LYV), and VC firm Thrive
Capital.
Sumner and Lassman see Vyclone as a tool for citizen journalists, allowing them to weave together a
documentary of a live news event. Lassman hopes it will become a killer app for home movies: “I can
film the kid blowing out the candles and I can have my buddy filming my wife, who’s sobbing, and I
can have somebody else filming grandpa and grandma with their arms around each other enjoying
the moment,” he says. “I get Vyclone to stitch that together in a multi-angle movie that tells the full
story of the moment.”
While the app is free, Vyclone may begin charging for extras, such as longer movie times and higher
resolution. Lassman says he’s been approached by record labels and media companies about cosponsoring concerts or other events where a lot of people shoot video with their smartphones.
Sumner’s band is on hiatus while he builds his company. “This is much more fun,” he says. “This is
the new rock ’n’ roll.”
Download on App Store
Product
An app that melds multiple clips of an event into one video
Pedigree
Son of Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting
Investors
Ashton Kutcher, DreamWorks, LiveNation, Madonna's manager
Source : BusinessWeek.com - Douglas MacMillan
23.07.12
Sting and Henry in Arcachon
What a nice surprise for the fans attending the show yesterday in Arcachon.
A great night, a great mood, a great concert, and an old friend, jumping on
stage to perform an old tune from an old band.
As he did in 2007 in Paris, Henry Padovani brought his guitar to perform
"Next to you" with the band.
We're waiting for the videos !!!
More information on the forum !
18.07.12
A&M celebrates 50th birthday
A&M Records Celebrates 50th Birthday With Release Of 3-Cd Set - The
Anniversary Collection Due Out August 28...
It's an archetypal story of the modern record business - two guys with a
dream running their nascent label out of a West Hollywood garage in the
summer of 1962. The label quickly gains momentum and eventually
becomes one of the most important record companies the world has ever
seen.
The two guys were Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the "A" and the "M" in A&M Records. By the way, it
was Alpert's garage and that first hit was "The Lonely Bull," performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana
Brass. And this year the two record men and UMe are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their label.
As part of the celebration, on August 28, UMe is releasing A&M 50: THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION.
A 60-track, 3-CD set curated by Alpert & Moss, THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION perfectly illustrates
what a potent effect the legendary label is still having on contemporary popular music.
Perhaps because one of its founders was an artist himself - and a hugely successful one at that - A&M
Records distinguished itself as an artist-friendly label, one that would stand behind artists they
believed in, album after album, until they found their voice and an audience.
"We wanted to make good records," says Herb Alpert, reflecting on the label's genesis. "That was our
goal. We felt if we made good records there would be an audience."
Herb and Jerry's dedication to development resulted in some of the biggest superstars in music ever:
Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Quincy Jones, Billy Preston, Cat Stevens, Carpenters, Peter Frampton,
Supertramp, Jeffrey Osborne, Styx, Bryan Adams, Joe Jackson, the Police, Sting, Janet Jackson,
Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden, and so many, many more.
As iconic as the music released over the last 50 years by A&M Records was, so was the space that
was home to the label for so many years: 1416 North La Brea, the former Charlie Chaplin Studios in
Hollywood, and now home to Henson Studios. It's interesting to note that the state-of-the-art
recording studio that Herb and Jerry built on that lot decades ago is still drawing top artists from all
over the world to record there.
"People hung out there," says Moss. "You took a walk on that lot and you wouldn't believe who you
would run into. It was interesting to everyone who worked there and it was a lot of fun."
At A&M Records, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were able to build a haven for artistic development that
rivals any record label in history. Maybe it's due, in part, to the fact that A&M was privately owned
and run by its founders for the first 27 years of its existence. The environment they created helped
spawn some of the most important artists in contemporary music, selling millions of albums
worldwide in the process and creating a legacy that is virtually unmatched in the United States. As
Sting so succinctly puts it, "We definitely felt nourished and sustained by a creative team."
And now, with the release of THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, music fans everywhere can sample the
music of one of the greatest record labels of all time, all in one convenient place.
THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Disc 1: From AM to FM
1 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull
2 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada
3 We Five - You Were On My Mind
4 Chris Montez - The More I See You
5 Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Keeps…) Higher and Higher
6 Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home
7 Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close To You
8 Cat Stevens - Wild World
9 The Human League - Don't You Want Me
10 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
11 Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do
12 Lani Hall - Sun Down
13 Amy Grant - Baby Baby
14 Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop
15 Suzanne Vega - Luka
16 Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red
17 Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection
18 UB40 - Red Red Wine
19 Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
20 Herb Alpert - Rise
21 Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Disc 2: A Mission to Rock
1 The Police - Roxanne
2 Joe Cocker - The Letter
3 Free - All Right Now
4 The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
5 Humble Pie - 30 Days In the Hole
6 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
7 The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1
8 Procol Harum - Conquistador (live)
9 Styx - Come Sail Away
10 Split Enz - I Got You
11 Squeeze - Tempted
12 Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
13 Bryan Adams - Run To You
14 Nazareth - Love Hurts
15 Supertramp - The Logical Song
16 38 Special - Caught Up in You
17 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
18 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
19 Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
DISC 3: Soul Jazz And More
1 L.T.D. - (Everytime I…) Back in Love Again
2 Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. - Black Pearl
3 Gato Barbieri - Europa
4 The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You
5 Aaron Neville - Everybody Plays The Fool
6 Billy Preston - Will It Go Round in Circles
7 Milton Nascimento - Bridges
8 Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
9 Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)
10 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
11 Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings of Love
12 Paul Desmond - Summertime
13 Quincy Jones feat. Ashford, Simpson & Khan - Stuff Like That
14 Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
15 Jesse Johnson feat. Sly Stone - Crazay
16 Stan Getz - Amorous Cat
17 CeCe Peniston - Finally
18 Barry White - Practice What You Preach
19 Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela - Skokiaan
20 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
17.07.12
STING 25 iPad App Update Features New and Exclusive Content
Free App, Produced by @radical.media, Includes Additional All-Star
Performances from Sting's 60th Birthday Benefit Concert, Plus the One
World Futbol Project PSA
NEW YORK, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today, the free iPad app STING 25 was updated with new
content including three exclusive and previously unreleased performances from Sting's 60th Birthday
Benefit Concert - "Brand New Day" with Stevie Wonder, "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" with
Branford Marsalis, and "Roxanne" featuring Bryn Terfel - as well as a global PSA produced by
@radical.media supporting the One World Futbol Project (OWFP).
STING 25, which was recently awarded the prestigious Cannes Lion for Best Visual Design/Aesthetic
at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, explores Sting's enduring solo career through
a multitude of elements, including handwritten lyrics and journal entries, rare photos, in-depth
interviews, and a variety of concert footage, including exclusive performances and behind-the-scenes
footage from his 60th Birthday Celebration benefitting the Robin Hood Foundation at New York City's
Beacon Theatre.
The in-depth 'appumentary' also features a newly released PSA with Sting and OWFP co-founder Tim
Jahnigen, created to support the organization's mission to distribute virtually indestructible soccer
balls that never need a pump and never go flat to youth in war-stricken zones, refugee camps,
disaster areas and other disadvantaged communities around the world. The name of the OWFP, an
award-winning B-corporation and creators of the One World Futbol, was inspired by Sting's song,
"One World (Not Three)."
"We believe the PSA and exclusive 'appumentary' content produced by @radical.media will inspire
millions of people to understand how much hope can come through sport," said Tim Jahnigen. "Kids
need to experience the healing joy of play, sport, and soccer, no matter how challenging their life
circumstances."
"We are proud to deliver such an important message through this groundbreaking storytelling
platform," said Justin Wilkes, President of Media & Entertainment for @radical.media. "Our goal for
the STING 25 app is to create an ongoing dialogue with the audience and hope this update will only
continue to enhance their experience with the app."
Since its inception, the One World Futbol Project has positively affected more than 525,000 lives in
137 countries through more than 138 organizations - including schools, orphanages, and nonprofits which use sport to resolve conflicts, teach tolerance, and build communities. The company is also an
affiliate member of streetfootballnetwork, which connects 94 football-for-social change non-profits
in 61 countries.
In May, Chevrolet announced a three-year partnership with the One World Futbol Project, becoming
the organization's founding sponsor. Their pledge of support will result in 1.5 million virtually
indestructible footballs being donated to youth living in communities impacted by war, disasters and
poverty.
You can help make a difference through One World Futbol Project's "Buy One, Give One" program.
For every ball you purchase, a One World Futbol will be donated to an organization working with
disadvantaged communities around the world. To get involved, visit www.oneworldfutbol.comor
Chevrolet's football site, www.chevyfc.com.
The STING 25 app is available as a free download from the App Store on iPad or at
www.itunes.com/appstore.
About @radical.media
@radical.media is a global studio that creates some of the world's most innovative content across all
forms of media. The company develops, produces and distributes television, feature films,
commercials, music programming, live events, mobile applications, digital content and design. The
company has produced a number of award-winning projects, including the Academy Award®
nominated documentary,Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory; the critically acclaimedUnder African Skies: Paul
Simon's Graceland Journey;theAcademy Award®-winning documentaryThe Fog of War;the Grammy
Award®-winningConcert for George; and the Independent Spirit Award®-winningMetallica: Some
Kind of Monster;the pilot episode of the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning seriesMad Men;six
seasons of the seriesIconoclastsfor the Sundance Channel;Oprah's Master ClassandVisionariesfor
OWN; and recently, a series of MTV documentaries onLady Gaga,Drake,Nicki MinajandDemi Lovato.
The company has garnered numerous accolades for innovative digital initiatives such asThe Johnny
Cash Project, Arcade Fire'sThe Wilderness Downtown, theSting 25App and theGagosian Gallery'siPad
App. Recently, @radical.media launched THNKR featuring extraordinary access to people, stories,
and ideas that are transforming the world. @radical.media is a FremantleMedia
Company.FremantleMedia's global production arm is responsible for many of the world's highest
rated prime time television programmes and its brand extension arm FremantleMedia Enterprises
offers a one-stop-shop for all Licensing, Distribution and Home Entertainment
globally.www.radicalmedia.com
About Sting
Composer, singer, author, activist - Sting has won universal acclaim in all of these roles yet he defies
easy labeling. In 1977, Sting formed The Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. The band
released five albums and in 2003 was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
With the release of The Dream Of The Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by Bring On The Night,
...Nothing Like The Sun, The Soul Cages, Ten Summoner's Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day, All
This Time, Sacred Love, Songs From The Labyrinth, If On A Winter's Night..., and Symphonicities, Sting
has evolved into one of the world's most distinctive and highly respected performers. To
commemorate the 25th anniversary of his solo career, the definitive box set Sting: 25 Years,
featuring three comprehensive CD's, a previously unreleased live concert DVD, plus a hardcover
book, was released in September 2011. The Best Of 25 Years is also available.
Sting has sold nearly 100 million albums from his combined work with The Police and as a solo artist,
and has earned 16 Grammys, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and three Oscar nominations.
Also an accomplished author, Sting published a memoir entitled Broken Music in 2003, which spent
13 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. He most recently released Lyrics, a comprehensive
collection of lyrics and personal commentary, also featuring photographs from throughout his career.
Sting's support for human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and the Rainforest
Fund, which he co-founded with his wife Trudie Styler in 1989, mirrors his art in universal outreach.
Following the critically acclaimed 2011 - 2012 Back to Bass tour, Sting is on the road again this
summer performing many of his most celebrated hits with a 5-piece band.
For more information, please visit www.sting.com.
About the One World Futbol Project
Launched inJuly 2010, the One World Futbol Project developed the One World Futbol-the world's
first virtually-indestructible soccer ball that never needs a pump and never goes flat, even when
punctured. For every ball bought at retail, the company donates a second ball to a community in
need. The company also sells the One World Futbol directly to institutions and organizations, and
works with schools, soccer teams, clubs and other organizations to help them raise funds while
generating donated soccer balls at the same time. The One World Futbol Project is headquartered in
Berkeley, California. To date, the One World Futbol has reached more than 137 countries through at
least 138 organizations, keeping the spirit of play alive for an estimated 525,000 children and young
people. For more information about the One World Futbol Project, visit www.oneworldfutbol.com.
Follow us on Facebook,www.facebook.com/OneWorldFutboland
Twitter,www.twitter.com/oneworldfutbol.
16.07.12
Stewart turns 60
Happy birthday Stewart !
16.07.12
Sting in perugia
As a tribute to Gil Evans, with whom he performed 25 years ago in Perugia,
Sting dedicated the show to the great jazz composer, and added "Little
wing" as an encore.
All informations, videos, and more... on the forum.
12.07.12
Sting announced for the tribute concert to Pavarotti
On September 6 will be held in Modena a tribute concert to Luciano
Pavarotti, exactly five years after the disappearance of the latter, which
occurred September 6, 2007.
This event, which will also coincide with the 20th anniversary of the foundation "Pavarotti and
Friends" (created by the Master to help Bosnian children), will show performances of artists including
Frank Sinatra, Andrea Bocelli, Ennio Morricone, Sting and Bono.
We remember that Bono had composed the song Miss Sarajevo at the request of Luciano Pavarotti.
In September 1995, He came to interpret this song as a duet with Italian tenor on stage in Modena,
along with The Edge and Brian Eno.
As part of the friendship that has bound him to Pavarotti to death of it, Bono was back singing in
Modena in 2003. On this occasion, he performed "One" solo and "Ave Maria" as a duet with
Pavarotti.
Source: U2Achtung.com
12.07.12
Sting sells wine in Antwerp
In the Antwerp Hotel Julien Sting in person presented his new wines he
makes at the domain 'Il Palagio' in Tuscany, which he co-manages with his
wife Trudie Styler. His winemaker Paolo Caciorgna and importer Bart
Rogiers were present at the event.
On the test table were the Sister Moon 2009 - IGT Toscana (his top wine, a
blend of sangiovese, merlot and cabernet sauvignon), the Casino delle Vie
2010 - IGT Toscana (a blend based on sangiovese) and When We Dance
2010 - Chianti DOCG (a new wine in range).
Some pictures can be seen on www.winestories.be.
More information (and ordering) about Il Palagio's wines on www.palagioproducts.com.
08.07.12
Fundamental CD
This is the artwork of the forthcoming album "Fundamental by Andy
Summers and Ferdanda Takai.
You can listen to a sampler on Diskunion.net and a full track on
www.territorioeldorado.limao.com.br.
More information to come.
04.07.12
Nice surprise
Yesterday, in Amsterdam, the audience had a nice surprise, as "De do do do
de da da da" has been added to the setlist.
This song has never been performed by Sting solo. It's also the first time the
song is arranged for keyboards and fiddle.
The video and some pictures can be seen on the forum.
Picture : P.Barendregt
20.06.12
Sting iPad App Awarded Mobile Lions Silver Lion
We are excited to announce that the Sting 25 iPad app has been awarded a
Mobile Lions Silver Lion for Best Visual Design / Aesthetic as part of the
Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity!
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the world's biggest
celebration of creativity in communications.
As the most prestigious international creative communications awards, more than 28,000 entries are
showcased and judged at the Festival. For nearly 60 years, the Cannes Lions Awards have set the
benchmark for excellence in creative communications. This year was the first in which Cannes Lions
accepted entries for Mobile Lions.
The Sting 25 'appumentary' explores the life, music and activism of one of the world's most
influential musicians. With unparalleled access to seminal performances, including exclusive concert
footage from Sting's Sixtieth Birthday Celebration to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation, rare photos
and personal stories, the comprehensive app depicts the past 25 years of Sting's enduring solo
career.
The free Sting25 app is available for download in the iTunes store. Get it now at
www.itunes.com/appstore.
Source : Sting.com
11.05.12
I Blame Coco on summer tour
Yesterday, I Blame Coco performed their first summer show in Gdansk - Fan
Zone Euro.
Check www.iblamecoco.c4.fr for informations about their tour.
Some pictures can be seen on the forum.
07.05.12
My first guitar
Whether it is a beautiful and classic model or an unglamorous and
inexpensive starter instrument, a musician's first guitar can be the catalyst
that motivates a lifelong passion.
The pages of this book contain interviews with 70 of the world's most wellknown guitarists across musical genres and playing styles to discover how
their love of the instrument compelled them to pursue music as a career.
These guitar icons reveal how they got their first instrument, the music they
loved, and their heroes and inspirations.
With an impressive list of subjects--including Dick Dale, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, and
Carlos Santana--as well as childhood photos from such guitar legends as Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani,
and Jimmie Vaughan, this book has appeal for guitar heroes and nonmusicians alike.
Written by Julia Crowe, foreword by Andy Summers
Release date : sept.2012
Preorder now on Booksamillion.com
07.05.12
Music of Sting at the Iridium
This show was performed At the Iridium in New York back in 2009, but the
videos appear today.
The superband performed on 16, 17 18 and 19 of july.
You might remember Vinx should have been the singer on this project.
Lineup :
Butch Thomas
Lew Solof
Kenwood Dennard
Delmar Brown
Jeffery Lee Campbell
T.M. Stevens
Coorey Glover
Felix Pastorius
Setlist :
It's probably me
Every breath you take
Roxanne
Consider me gone
Voices inside my head
... ?
Watch the videos on Youtube.
Comment on the forum.
06.05.12
Rythm magazine featuring Vinnie Colaiuta
After far too long away from the cover of Rhythm, the man regarded by
many as the world's greatest session drummer is back.
We delve into Vinnie's astonishing career with Frank Zappa, He...rbie
Hancock, Jeff Beck and more, and he talks about being back behind the kit
and on the road with Sting. Plus we get a world exclusive first look at his
brand new set-up and the session superstar talks us through his switch to
Ludwig and Paiste.
Check the july issue.
www.musicradar.com
05.06.12
Mickey Sumner will play Patti Smith
Sting's actress daughter Mickey Sumner has landed the coveted role of
punk icon Patti Smith in star-studded new movie Cbgb.
Sumner was added to the cast on Monday, alongside Foo Fighters rocker
Taylor Hawkins, who will make his acting debut as Iggy Pop in the film about
late New York club boss Hilly Kristal, portrayed by Alan Rickman.
The twosome joins Johnny Galecki and Steven Schub, who will play Terry
Ork and DeeDee Ramone in the film, and sexy Malin Akerman, who will play
Blondie star Debbie Harry.
Also among the cast: Evan Alex Cole as Richard Hell, Avatar star Joel David Moore as Joey Ramone,
Stana Katic and Rupert Grint.
Filming will begin in Savannah, Georgia and New York City later this month.
Movie spokeswoman Nadine Jolson tells WENN, "The story will follow Kristal who dreamed of having
a Country, Bluegrass and Blues club in New York City. When he had difficulty finding country and
blues bands, he opened his doors to local acts. He had one demand of the acts he booked: They
could only play their own original music.
"Living on a couch in the back of the club for the first two years, Hilly could barely make ends meet.
Nevertheless, Cbgb became such a well-respected haunt for artists that many bands begged Hilly for
a chance to play." »
Source : IMDB
05.06.12
Sting to Sing for St. Michael’s!
Sting has signed on to headline a benefit concert in support of voice
disorders research at St. Michael’s.
Sting – winner of 16 Grammy Awards – will perform June 14 at the Ricoh
Colisuem along with impressionist and comedian Frank Caliendo, with all
proceeds going to establish the first chair in voice disorders research in
Canada.
The concert is presented by the Celebration of Voice Committee, comprised
of a group of grateful patients of the voice disorders clinic and their family
and friends.
A clinic led by Dr. Jennifer Anderson and her team diagnoses and treats the most complex voice
disorders for more than 2,000 patients from across Canada each year.
Sponsorships:
View the event sponsorship opportunities (open PDF).
Questions or inquiries?
Contact Lina Castellano at 905.326.2853 or lcastellano@ozzelectric.com.
Date: June 14, 2012
Venue: Toronto - RICOH Coliseum
Itinerary
Doors open: 8:00 p.m.
Opening Act Frank Caliendo at 8:45 p.m.
Sting 9:30 p.m.
04.06.12
Back again
Sting is back for the summer leg of Back to bass tour. The first concerts held
in Thackerville - WinStar Casino. On the stage, Sting, Dominic Miller, Vinnie
Colaiuta, Jo Lawry, Peter Tickell et David Sancious.
The setlist now includes "Roxanne" and "King of pain". Fragile, Stolen car,
Heavy cloud, and Fortress around your heart have been dropped.
Watch some videos on the forum.
This summer tour starts in USA, but in a few weeks, Sting and co will arrive in Europe for a hot
summer.
More informations about he Back to bass tour on the special page.
30.05.12
One world futbal project with Sting
Chevrolet is enabling the One World Futbol Project to distribute 1.5 million
virtually indestructible footballs over the next three years to impoverished
areas, refugee camps and conflict zones. The mission is to use sport to
resolve conflicts, teach tolerance, help kids recover from trauma and build
community. And you can become a supporter of this endeavor.
Visit www.ChevroletFC.com for more information about Chevrolet's football
initiative.
Watch the video on the forum.
Share the power of play with Chevrolet at www.facebook.com/ChevroletFC or
www.twitter.com/ChevroletFC.
23.05.12
Sting - Divino Tuscany
Divino Tuscany ended this year with an amazing lunch at Il Palagio – the
private wine estate of recording artist Sting and his wife Trudie Styler – and
a performance by the Ernán López-Nussa trio, featuring legendary Cuban
drummer Enrique Pla García, promising bass player Gaston Joya Perellada,
and López-Nussa himself on piano.
The Cuban trio was joined by James' daughter Isabel Suckling, who paid tribute to hosts Sting and
Trudie by dedicating a song to them. The song, familiar to Sting, prompted the artist to jump on stage
to join Isabel and the Cubans.
Source : www.jamessuckling.com
The event took place on may 30.
Videos and pictures on the forum.
22.05.12
The US generation documentary
ICON Television Music, UNUSON Corporation and Plum Moving Media
announce the making of the definitive 1982 US Festival feature length
documentary.
“This film is the only authorized and sanctioned documentary of the 1982
US Festival”, according to Carlos Harvey, CFO, UNUSON. ”It captures the
cultural essence of the festival and tells the behind-the-scenes stories the
fans will appreciate.
I’ve had thousands of calls & emails from attendees over the years about when we’ll release a film
about the US Festival. After 30 years it seems like the right time so the fans can relive the experience
and we can create new fans too”.
On a blistering hot Labor day weekend in 1982, legendary Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak’s vision
played-out in the 110 degree California sun.
Over 375,000 people gathered at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino, for three days of music
and technology. The festival stage was built with the largest sound system constructed at the time.
Over 400,000 watts of sound power combined with the first ever large scale video-trons used for live
stage performances. Technology exhibits in five air-conditioned tents displayed the latest in cuttingedge computers, software, video games and electronic musical devices.
“The US Festival was not a charity event”, stated Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and CEO of
UNUSON. “It was a rock concert to bring music, technology and people together. It was an event to
unite government, industry, science and education to improve the quality of life for everyone.”
Woz was keenly aware that computer technology was about to bring access to information to the
masses like never before. He wanted to present the computer as a humanizing force in society. And
so, the US Festival was a celebration, a coming-out party for the technology and the US decade. In a
way, the US Festival was the birthplace of the first computer generation.
“The current boom in computer technology offers us one of the best ways to bring people together. I
don’t know where this will lead, but if we have communicated the power of working together to the
quarter million or so of you here at the festival, and shown how effective future technology will be in
helping us do that, we feel that we will have been successful.” – Steve Wozniak, 1982
The documentary will feature legendary performances and interviews. The concert headliners
included:
* ~ B-52′s
* ~ Fleetwood Mac
* ~ Police
* ~ Ramones
* ~ Santana
* ~ Talking Heads
* ~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Exclusive interviews with Steve Wozniak and UNUSON President, Carlos Harvey reveal how Woz’s
vision and 57 acres of desert park was transformed into the world’s largest outdoor amphitheater.
With the enlistment of renowned concert promoter, Bill Graham, the stage was set for a world-class
80’s cultural event.
Glenn Aveni, the films’ Director and President of ICON Television Music, Inc. brings back to life
incredible performances from the premier artists of the decade. Original video footage and audio
tapes will be re-mastered combined with new interviews shot in high definition. The film chronicles
the people, events and history that lead to the creation of this iconic festival.
More information on www.facebook.com/usfestmovie
15.05.12
Many news about the Sumner family
Trudie Styler, Daughter Act up A Storm in Off Broadway Workshop
You can catch one more performance tonight, Saturday, at 45 Bleecker
Street Theatre of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as adapted by famed British
director Max Stafford-Clark. It’s really a master class that’s been going on as
open rehearsals for the last couple of weeks.
Last night, and tonight, are the only set performances for now. Stafford Clark and playwright Thomas
Kilroy have revived a 30 year old adaptation of “The Seagull” set in Ireland instead of Russia. It was
acclaimed then and it still works beautifully.
Last night, Alan Rickman–who’d been in the original production–was in the audience, along with
Sting, who came to see wife Trudie Styler and daughter Mickey Sumner–a very hot, up and coming
serious actress–play major roles. (He brought Trudie roses, of course.) This production is done as a
staged reading, but it is never boring. On the contrary, the casting is so perfect, and Stafford-Clark
has waved a magic wand. Even in this early version, theatre fanatics will be sorry to miss tonight’s
show. It’s simply mesmerizing. It’s not just Styler and Sumner, but a strong cast that delivers without
missing a beat.
Rickman was very pleased, and raved about Mickey Sumner. (She’s the real thing.) Styler, a classically
trained actress (among many other multi-tasking successes) gives a textured and moving
performance. Everyone else is top notch, from Rufus Collins to Slate Holmgren, Stella Feehily, and
Katie Kirby.
PS Sting and Trudie became grandparents this week–Sting’s singer son, Joe Sumner, from his first
marriage to Frances Tomelty, welcomed a baby daughter. His wife, Kate, gave birth to a beautiful
daughter named Juliet. The Sumner clan is headed west on Sunday to see the brand new baby and
give congrats to the parents.
Source : Showbiz411.com
Comment on the forum
11.05.12
New LiSting website - Webmaster working
After the BDD crash, and as I was into building a new version of LISting, I finally decided
to work hard on it.
Yesterday, I booked some room on a web hoster, I'm now building a totally new version
of your favorite website ( ;) ).
Full Web 2.0 and W3C.
No more troubles due to hoster "Free.fr" maintenances, great stats system, allowing me
to now how vistors like or dislike pages,...
Many functions will be given to the site to help you visiting the news, comment and
share them. Perheaps a mobile version. And the news could be announced faster (could
it be faster than it is now ? Perheaps).
Many many changes to come...
Many many work for me, as hundreds of pages have to be read and re-written.
I don't know when this will be complete, but it has started !
If you see some improvments to bring to this actual LiSting version, you can suggest them
As I now use a payable hosting system, perheaps I'll use a PayPal link for visitors to contribute to
LiSting.
Comment on the forum.
09.05.12
Joe Sumner and Klimstein are back
Good news for Joe Sumner's fans. He's back with Klimmstein. Last year,
their released "Paris Paris" and ran for the Eurovision contest. Now, listen to
their new single "Massive paella".
The song was recorded a few months after "Paris Paris".
Klimmstein and Joe decided to make another song together and it was
pretty easy and fast
The band sent a demo to Joe, he created his vocal line and lyrics.
All happened via internet. Joe recorded his part in the USA. This year the band finished it in Thal,
Austria so that they´ll be in time for the summer season... and this was it.
The "Paris Paris" part in the end was just to remember the old time again.
Watch the video on Youtube.
Thanks Markus from Klimmstein
01.05.12
The Police on Don Kirshner's rock concert
Good news :
A DVD from The Police's performance on Don Kirshner show is currently in
development !
(Thanks Dietmar)
Read more information on www.donkirshner.com
24.04.12
Sting and Vince Gill nominated on CMT
Sting & Vince Gill's rendition of "If I ever lose my faith in you" for CMT
Crossroads has been nominated for CMT's Performance of the Year award.
The winner will be determined entirely by the fans and voting begins
NOW... please visit www.cmt.com to cast your vote!
The CMT Awards is country music's original fan-voted awards show, airing live from Nashville on
Wednesday, June 6 at 8PM/EST.
Source : Sting.com
23.04.12
Sting's evening
Saturday 21, Michael Douglas, Trudie Styler, MTV Co-Founder Tom Freston,
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sting attend the 2012 Windward School benefit at
Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
Photo A. Pereira
19.04.12
Sting Visits Broadway's Newsies
Pop star and Broadway veteran Sting and his wife, actress Trudie Styler,
attended the Broadway production of the new musical Newsies at the
Nederlander Theatre this past weekend. After the show, they posed with
stars Jeremy Jordan and Kara Lindsay.
Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack
Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein, tells the story of Jack Kelly (played by Jordan), a charismatic
newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged 'newsies,' who dreams only of a better life far
from the hardship of the streets.
Source : www.theatermania.com
15.04.12
A Police movie in the making ?
Accordong to Side-Line.com webzine, there are plans to make a movie
about The Police. As it seems the plans are very early stage, but the webzine
has been told that a certain Marc Warren would already have been
approached to feature in the film as Sting.
Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, known for his British
television roles as Danny Blue in "Hustle", Dougie Raymond in "The Vice",
Dominic Foy in "State of Play" and Rick in "Mad Dogs". As you can see on
the pics above Warren (on the right) has indeed a very close resemblance
with Sting, especially during the early years of The Police.
Well, let's wait for a confirmation.
Your comments on the forum.
11.04.12
An englishman, still in New York
Yesterday, Sting took a stroll down the streets of New York City, New York
with his guitar bag on his back in a hurry.
10.04.12
I like my hearing
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary recently created a Public Service
Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness about hearing loss among baby
boomers.
Filmed by Fabrizio Ferri, a leading videographer and photographer, the PSA
features Chris Botti on trumpet, with a voiceover by Sting.
These celebrities took time from their busy schedules and donated their considerable talents
because they believe in the importance of our message: Baby boomers need to take control of their
hearing health before it's too late.
“I hope that with The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary as a partner, Chris and I are able to remind
people of the critical need to protect their hearing.” Sting says.
Watch the public service announcement on Youtube.
You can also watch the behind the scenes.
More information on ilikemyhearing.org
05.04.12
Hounds of winter - Free download
If you already own "25 years" or the "Best of 25 years" on CD or iTunes, click
here to get a free download of "Hounds of winter. The song was recorded
live during the first european performance of Back to bass tour at Sage
Gateshead in Newcastle on february 5th.
04.04.12
Rainforest concert
Yesterday, Sting performed for the annual Rainforest fundation benefit
concert in Carnegie Hall in New York. He was surrounded by Mery Streep,
Elton John, James Taylor, Jennifer Hudson, Bruno Mars, Katharine McPhee,
Vince Gill, Roseanne Cash, Bryn Terfel and Chaning Tatum.
After the show a charity dinner, with auctions held in The Pierre Hotel. Sting
sold a signature bass.
Here's the setlist performed :
If I only had a brain/heart/nerve (Sting, Meryl Streep, Elton John, James Taylor)
Over the rainbow (James Taylor)
I can't stop loving you (Vince Gil)
Dream (Vince Gil & Rita Wilson)
Dream the impossible dream (Bryn Terfel)
Moon River (Elton John)
Ode to Billy Joe (Roseanne Cash)
Unchained Melody (Bruno Mars)
Lets call the whole thing off (Meryl Streep & Sting)
Old man river (James Taylor)
Singing in the rain (Sting)
And I'm telling you, I'm not going (Jennifer Hudson)
When you wish upon a star (Meryl Streep)
Roxanne (Bryn Terfel)
Suicide is painless (Sting)
Everybody's talking at me (Roseanne Cash)
Shall we dance (James Taylor)
Diamonds are a girls boyfriend (very funny)
Pretty woman (Vince Gill)
The weight (Jennifer Hudson)
Be bop a lula (Sting)
Rock around the clock (Elton John)
Jailhouse rock (Bruno Mars)
You can't always get what you want (All)
30.03.12
Back to bass tour : break
After 67 first dates from North America to Europe and South Africa, Sting
and his band have a two months long break.
Well, this doesn't mean "no activity" : Dominic will tour (read previous
news) and Sting has to work on The Last Ship. A performance is sheduled in
New York in april.
We'll see the tour back this summer with more than 30 dates already
announced, with David Sancious on keyboards.
Read all informations about 25years/Back to bass tour on the special page,
and on the forum.
30.03.12
London show aired
Yesterday, BBC Radio2 aired the second London Hammersmith show
recorded on march 20.
You can listen to it again by clicking on this link.
It's not the entire show, but you'll find these titles in a soundboard
recording :
All This Time
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Seven Days
Demolition Man
Driven To Tears
Fortress Around Your Heart
Fields Of Gold
Heavy Cloud No Rain
The Hounds Of Winter
Never Coming Home
Every Breath You Take
27.03.12
Dominic Miller on tour and album release
Don't miss Dominic Miller latest album "5th house" to be release on march
30th.
In astrology, the fifth house is the one which links people with similar hobbies
and the same passions.
It's the house creativity, children, games and relationships.
More information on www.dominicmiller.com
Here are the announced tourdates to promote Dominic's new album "5th house".
10/04/2012 House of Culture & Entertainment - Vilnius - Lithuania
11/04/2012 Great Guild Hall - Riga - Latvia
12/04/2012 Nokia Concert Hall - Tallinn - Estonia
24/04/2012 L'anfiteatro Barranco - Lima - Peru
27/04/2012 Teatro ND Ateneo - Buenos Aires - Argentina
28/04/2012 Casa Babylon - Cordoba - Argentina
02/05/2012 Isabella Club - Panama City - Panama
05/05/2012 Altes Pfandhaus - Cologne - Germany
06/05/2012 Gioia del Colle - Ueffilo - Italy
07/05/2012 Moody's Jazz Club - Foggia - Italy
08/05/2012 606 Jazz Club - London - UK
09/05/2012 Braunau - Gugg - Austria
10/05/2012 The Place - Rome - Italy
24/05/2012 Guitarworld Festival - Kaluga - Russia
26.03.12
Sting on "The hunger Games" soundtrack
Sting Performs “Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)” for “the Hunger Games”:
Songs from District 12 and Beyond
Available as a Free Download Beginning Tuesday, March 27
LOS ANGELES, Mar 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The chart-topping companion album to the
LIONSGATE® film THE HUNGER GAMES, "THE HUNGER GAMES": SONGS FROM DISTRICT 12 AND
BEYOND, will unlock a free download of "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)" performed by worldrenowned musician Sting beginning March 27, 2012. The track can also be purchased as a single from
major digital retailers.
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"Lullaby" remains a centerpiece of THE HUNGER GAMES. In the story, the protagonist Katniss
[Jennifer Lawrence] learns the song from her father who sang it to her as a child. Passing down the
tradition, Katniss sings it to her little sister Primrose, as well as to fellow Tribute Rue, to calm their
fears.
16-time Grammy Award winner Sting delivers a powerful and poetic rendition of “Lullaby,” produced
by acclaimed singer-songwriter and producer T-Bone Burnett. The pair last collaborated on 2003’s
“You Will Be My Ain’ True Love” for the film, Cold Mountain. The song was subsequently nominated
for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe.
Upon purchasing the album, fans can go to http://www.thehungergamesmovie.com/lullaby in order
to get the track as a free download.
As one of the world’s most respected performers, Sting recently celebrated his 25th anniversary as a
solo artist with the release of the definitive box set collection 25 Years as well as The Best Of 25
Years. The free iPad app, STING 25, also serves as a commemoration of this milestone. He is currently
on the celebrated Back to Bass world tour, and will soon embark on a tour throughout North America
and Europe this summer.
Download "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)" by Sting on Tuesday March 27th.
About THE HUNGER GAMES
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces
each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted
punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games
are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor
remains.
Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister’s place to enter the games, and is
forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch
Abernathy when she’s pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games
their entire lives. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in
the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins
and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik.
Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26
million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following. It has
spent more than 180 consecutive weeks/more than three consecutive years to date on The New York
Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2008, and has also appeared consistently on
USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.
Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES on March 23, 2012.
To experience The Hunger Games online, please visit: Official Website:
http://www.thehungergamesmovie.com/
Official Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/thehungergamesmovie
Official Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/thehungergames
Capitol Couture: http://www.capitolcouture.com
About Universal Republic Records
A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, Universal Republic is home
to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends and superstar artists such as 3 Doors
Down, Amy Winehouse, Black Sabbath, Colbie Caillat, Eddie Vedder, Enrique Iglesias, Florence + the
Machine, Godsmack, Owl City, The Rolling Stones, The Voice (NBC-TV), Gotye, Of Monsters & Men,
Mayer Hawthorne, among many others.
It is comprised of innovative imprints and digital business ventures including Republic Nashville (The
Band Perry), Cash Money (Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj), Indie Pop (Dev, The Cataracs), Lava Records
(Jessie J, Black Veil Brides), SRC (Akon, Melanie Fiona), Aware Records (Mat Kearney), Brushfire (Jack
Johnson, G. Love), Tuff Gong (Damian Marley, Stephen Marley), Downtown (Miike Snow), among
others.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in
motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home
entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution. new channel platforms and international
distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime
time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array
of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10 networks spanning its prime
time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as
the multiple Emmy Award-winning "Mad Men", "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with the Golden
Globe-winning drama "Boss" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House Of Payne", its spinoff
"Meet The Browns", "The Wendy Williams Show" "Are We There Yet?" and the upcoming "Anger
Management."
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER
PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES, MARGIN CALL, THE LAST EXORCISM and
the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards®. With the January 2012
acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company now has the two leading young adult franchises - the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box
office, and the HUNGER GAMES franchise, whose first film will be released on March 23. Recent
Summit hits include RED, LETTERS TO JULIET, KNOWING, the STEP UP franchise and the Academy
Award winning Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box officeto-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately
13,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and
serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and
Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around
the world.
SOURCE: Universal Republic Records
26.03.12
New setlist + David Sancious
David Sancious joined the band this weekend in Johannesburg. And other
surprise, five new songs appeared in the setlist :
We can guess the setlist is the one which will be played this summer in
festivals.
All this time
Every little thing she does is magic
Englishman in New York*
Seven days
Demolition man
I hung my head
Driven to tears
Fields of gold
Sacred love
Shape of my heart*
Inside
Love is stronger than justice
The hounds of winter
End of the game
Never coming home
Desert rose
King Of pain
Roxanne*
Every breath you take
Next to you
Fragile *
More information on the forum.
24.03.12
Coco's year
This week, I Blame Coco gave several concerts in New York.
It was thus possible to see the band Wednesday 21 at Palazzo Chupi in New
York for the launch party of Signorina, "a new fragrance for women" by
Salvatore Ferragamo.
On the setlist: "Drew the Line", "Come Friday" and "The Void".
Thursday, March 22, I Blame Coco gave a concert at the New Museum in New York as part of The
Water Tank Project World Water Day.
Friday 23, it was the Pianos Bar in Lower East Side.
Coco unveiled her new album will be released soon in the U.S., and America should now count on her
presence in American charts.
Follow all the news of I Blame Coco on www.iblamecoco.c4.fr
22.03.12
Andy's diary for next months
As expected with the re-vamping of his website, good news have just been
announced :
Fundamental CD to be released in June
Andy and Brazillian pop singer Fernanda Takai (Pato Fu) will release their
first CD together in June 2012. The CD is titled Fundamental and will be
released Deck records (Brazil) with all songs and lyrics and music by Andy
and Portugese translations by Zelia Duncan. Andy and Fernanda will tour
Brazil in October with dates to be announced.
Can't stand losing you 2012 film release
Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police, the film the based on Andy ‘s auto biography One Train
Later is currently being finished in New York and will be released this summer. The films takes you on
a musical journey following Andy’s career from band to band until the creation of The Police and
includes newly shot concert footage and exclusive interviews with the band on their worldwide
2007/2008 tour.
Cast: Andy Summers
Director: Andy Grieve
Producers: Norman Golightly, Brett Morgen, Bob Yari
Company: YFG International
Andy to play 2012 Amsterdam Guitar festival
Andy will appear at the Amsterdam Guitar festival in December 2012 in duo with Ben Verdery and
also Jan Akkerman.
Andy to play with Gilberto Gil in Brazil
Andy will be appearing at an acoustic concert with Gilberto Gil and other Brazillian artists at the Rio
Climate Challenge in June in Rio de Janeiro.
Follow these news on www.andysummers.com.
22.03.12
London show recorded
Sting.com announced this morning that the second London Hammersmith
show has been recorded to be aired on BBC2 on march 29th !
So, we'll have a soundboard source for this tour.
This may mean we won't see any official release for this tour.
Thu 29 mar 20:00-22:00 BBC Radio 2
21.03.12
Sting on "The hunger Games" soundtrack
Sting has recorded a track for Lionsgate’s and Universal Republic’s film
companion album The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond.
The 11-time Grammy-winning artist sings a version of the iconic “Rue's
Lullaby” from the film.
The bonus track will be available March 27th via download but only if
customers purchase the companion album.
Source : Deadline
20.03.12
Andy Summers - revamped website
Andy's website has been revamped.
No new information, but the design is nicer and clear.
I guess some updates will be done in a few months with his projects.
www.andysummers.com
12.03.12
Sting in Paris - Fan meeting
To those who'll be among the crowd in Paris tomorrow (march 13). What
about a meeting ?
We'll be glad to meet you all !
Find the meeting point on the forum.
I'll finally be able to wear my favorite LiSting sweat shirt this year !
04.03.12
Sting on new Starbuck CD
Last year, artists like Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Jennifer Lopez donated
songs to Every Mother Counts, a charity album organized by model and
filmmaker Christy Turlington. Now, Rolling Stone reports that Turlington has
lined up another list of famous pals for a second volume, which will benefit
her charitable foundation, also called Every Mother Counts. They include
Seal, Faith Hill, Sting, Bono, Coldplay, Sade and Paul Simon.
The charity works to reduce the global maternal mortality rate; because every 90 seconds, a woman
dies from pregnancy complications, and 90 percent of those deaths are preventable.
Available exclusively at Starbucks from May 1 to May 29 -- just in time for Mother's Day -- Every
Mother Counts Vol. 2 features 19 tracks, 15 of which are previously unheard. Some of those unheard
tracks are acoustic or live versions of well-known songs.
The first album featured only female artists who were mothers, but Turlington tells Rolling Stone that
when she decided to include men this time, Bono and Chris Martin of Coldplay were obvious choices
because "they are both fathers to daughters." She adds, "I generally wanted a diverse group of artists
who were parents, or...who will be soon."
Here's the track listing, according to Rolling Stone:
Bono and the Edge "Original of the Species" (acoustic) *
Eddie Vedder " Skipping" *
Paul Simon and Edie Brickell "Pretty Day" *
Faith Hill "Wish for You"
Sade "The Sweetest Gift"
Lauryn Hill "I Remember"
Rita Wilson "Baby I'm Yours" *
Diana Krall "Don't Fence Me In" *
Seal "Secret"
Dave Matthews Band "Sister" (live) *
Sting "Fragilidad"
Alanis Morissette "Magical Child" *
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Mother" *
David Bowie "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
Cedella Marley "Get Up Stand Up" *
Beck "Corrina, Corrina" *
Rufus Wainwright "Instead of the Dead" *
Patti Smith "Somalia" *
Coldplay "Yellow" (acoustic) *
(* denotes previously unheard track)
Source : ABC News Radio
09.03.12
Sting in Dutch TV-program "College Tour"
Don't miss Sting this evening on the Dutch TV-program "College Tour". The
episode has been recorded on march 5 in Brussels. Sting performed and has
been interviewed by Dutch students.
The broadcast will be availble in livestream on NTR Channel website.
Her's the full show :
08.03.12
Lunchbox Fundation Auction
On march 21st, Sting will be among the names who signed/wrote a special
book that will be presented at Lunchbox Fundation auction party in New
York.
The Lunchbox Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a
daily meal for extremely poor and at-risk school children in South Africa, a
country where more than 35% of the population is devastated by poverty
and AIDS.
These children, if properly nourished in body and mind, have the potential to change their lives for
the better.
More information on www.thelunchboxfund.org
04.03.12
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting attended the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO heavy weight titel
fight between Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and Jean Marc Mormeck of
France at Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf.
Photo : Lars Baron
03.03.12
Sting and Gap Daemon
Sting and Gap Daemon Help Get an Englishman to New York for an
Innovative Education Programme Using Apple iPads
Gap Daemon and Sting have teamed up to sponsor an innovative new
approach to teaching music in schools through the use of Apple iPads.
London, UK (PRWEB) March 01, 2012
Neil Johnston, founder of Store Van Music, is an educational entrepreneur and is living evidence that
private investment in education can generate positive benefits for students. Neil first began using
Apple’s technology in teaching eighteen months ago and this led to a dedicated series of music
lessons using the iPad. The result was an instant success (and You Tube hit), engaging students in an
exciting new medium that was compelling and instantly gratifying and effective.
However Neil’s plans to take this format to a wider audience in the USA were suffering from a
myopic view by potential investors until [url=Sting and Gap Daemon Help Get an Englishman to New
York for an Innovative Education Programme Using Apple iPads
Gap Daemon and Sting have teamed up to sponsor an innovative new approach to teaching music in
schools through the use of Apple iPads. ]Gap Daemon and Sting[/url] stepped in. Their joint
sponsorship has ensured this innovative tour of schools from LA to New York can go ahead, and
thousands of teenage students will now be able to benefit first hand from Neil’s innovative approach
to teaching.
James Capon, founding partner and CEO at Gap Daemon explains,
“Neil’s vision of integrating new technology with education mirrors our approach to enabling
students to use technology and our social network to enhance their travel experience. Having seen
Neil’s work in action we recognized that he was teaching students in a powerful new way, and when
he shared his vision for a USA tour, we wanted to help and support his journey.”
Speaking about the sponsorship Neil said,
“I have been lucky enough to benefit from investment by The Princes Trust, in the past, and now
thanks to Gap Daemon teaming up with Sting I have been able to realise our ambition of touring
Senior schools in the USA teaching and performing music using Apple iPads. We have seen first hand
how technology can really help students learn and we very quickly get some amazing results. Now
thanks to Gap Daemon people will be able to follow my journey and connect with us through
http://www.gapdaemon.com.”
Sting expressed his view on Store Van Music and their work,
“I’m impressed with Store Van Music’s efforts...their use of studio as classroom and technology as
teacher is exactly what we need to maintain music lessons as a vital part of the curriculum.”
The tour across USA takes place for 3 weeks from the 27th February, and takes in cities like San
Francisco, Missouri, and New York. During the tour Neil will be teaching using iPads and garage band,
as well as integrating traditional instrumentation.
You can follow Neil’s progress on: http://my.gapdaemon.com/neilstorevanmusic.
03.03.12
Sting, Celine Dion auction concert tickets
Sting and Celine Dion are auctioning off private meet-and-greet sessions to
raise money for a cancer charity.
Dion has donated a pair of passes to see her perform in Las Vegas, along
with a two-night stay at Caesars Palace and an exclusive meeting with the
star.
Sting offered up two tickets to his sold-out Back to Bass show in London, as well as a chance to hang
out with the rocker backstage.
Both lots are expected to raise £6,250 ($9,900) for the Love Lives On campaign benefiting the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Husband-and-wife sporting legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have donated one-hour tennis
lessons to the Charity Buzz auction.
Sting will also headline the 2012 Rainforest Fund benefit concert alongside Sir Elton John in April. The
star-studded event will see musicians take to the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall on April 3
alongside Smash star Katharine McPhee.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk
02.03.12
Lahti Symphony Orchestra : Sting Concert
On January 10, in Lahti, Sibelius Hal, Finland, The Lahty Symphony Orchestra
covered a full Sting show, in a classic way.
Watch the first part of this concert.
About the Sting concert
Sting is one of the most interesting musical phenomena to have emerged in the past few decades.
Skipper of the British rock band The Police before getting launched on his solo career, he has more or
less steered clear of all the classifications and formats of the pop/rock industry and met with almost
unprecedented success. He has, in the course of his recording career, looked to jazz, classical, gospel
and many other genres for ideas, and his lyrics have ranged from human relations to social issues. His
music is insightful and richly nuanced and his texts are often pure poetry. The cultured and the
profound go hand in hand with readily-accessible melodies and pop aesthetics.
In his bands, singer-bassist Sting has always valued the highest musical excellence. When my friend
Hannu Lepola suggested today’s concert, he had an interesting approach in mind: we assembled a
five-piece band and started playing Sting. Together we sought ideas for our own versions, made a
close study of many of Sting’s numbers, and even did a few gigs. Today, the same guys are here on
stage with the orchestra, and the basic premises behind our arrangements are clearly audible in
many of the pieces, despite the much bigger line-up. This is, therefore, very much a musicianoriented
project and excellently suited to the music of Sting.
Considering the background, the music of Sting clearly lends itself to performance by an orchestra,
and making the arrangements was rewarding. I have used a slightly smaller orchestra than in some of
our previous theme productions, and I’ve also varied the instruments quite a lot from one piece to
another, as dictated by the piece. I have tried to respect Sting’s stylistic concepts while still taking
certain liberties in the arrangements.
The joint contribution of the Lahti, Oulu and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras has allowed us to make
Hannu’s idea reality and for this we are truly grateful.
Jaakko Kuusisto
Setlist :
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Mad About You
Children's Crusade
Hounds Of Winter
Russians (Prokofiev & Sting)
She's Too Good For Me
Seven Days
INTERVAL 20 MIN.
The Wild Wild Sea
A Thousand Years (Kipper & Sting)
Fortress Around Your Heart
Sister Moon
When We Dance
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Saint Augustine In Hell
All This Time
24.02.12
Stewart and Stanley : they're back
Rumor has just been confirmed by the two guys themselves : Stewart
Copeland and his old friend from Animal Logic, Stanley Clarke have
announced a tour merging jazz and rock.
Dates and venues have not been unveiled yet, but we already know that the
tour will be in Europe this summer.
On stage with them, Alex Han (saxophon), Brady Cohan (guitar) and Ruslan
Sirota (Keyboards).
The announcement video can be watched on Youtube.
More information on the forum.
24.02.12
Back to bass : up to date venues
Many new european concerts have been confirmed for the summer leg of
Back to Bass tour, including italian (largely expected) dates.
Check the special mini site to get all the venues.
23.02.12
ElbtonalPercussion CD contest is over
Last week you had the opportunity to win a copy of ElbtonalPercussion
plays Stewart Copeland on LiSting.
You had to name one song written by Stewart Copeland for The Police
featuring in ElbtonalPercussion tribute album ? Possible answers were "The
Other Way Of Stopping" ou "Contact".
A name has been picked among the right answers.
And the winner is Grace Dillon.
Congratulations, and stay tuned for the next contest !
Learn more about the album and order on the forum and :
www.elbtonalpercussion.de
www.duderecords.com
17.02.12
Fernanda Takai and Andy Summers
In a statement on Wednesday it was announced that the third solo album
by singer Fernanda Takai will be recorded in Los Angeles, with songs
composed especially by Andy Summers.
Andy and Fernanda met thanks to the composer Roberto Menescal, and
their collaboration to "Kingdom of Ipanema" DVD.
"Two years later, I learned that Andy had composed several songs while thinking of my voice," said
Fernanda. "At first I thought it would be for a brief appearance, but he ended up calling me to select
the catalogue and sing all songs."
Still untitled, the album will be recorded in Santa Monica, California, and the launch is scheduled for
the end of the first half.
17.02.12
Sting in Dutch TV-program "College Tour"
On Monday March 5 an episode of the Dutch TV-program "College Tour"
with Sting will be recorded. Sting will be interviewed by Dutch students. The
program will be recorded at the Cirque Royal in Brussels (prior to the show
at the same venue that night). On Friday March 9 the program will be
broadcasted on Dutch TV (Nederland 3).
Students can apply for tickets here
Thanks Rogier
15.02.12
Rock star Sting
A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting
When the English musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler bought the Lake
House estate in the United Kingdom's rural Wiltshire in the early 1990s,
they got a lot for their money: A beautiful 16th century home and 26
hectares of land on the River Avon, just a stone's throw from Stonehenge.
The house has been featured in Architectural Digest, and Styler was inspired by the idyllic farm
setting to write The Lake House Cookbook.
But there's one thing Sting and Trudie didn't get when they moved in: a 93 kilogram meteorite that
had sat near the front door for at least 80 years. Just before the sale, the Bailey family (descendants
of a noted lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Artillery and his aristocrat wife), from whom Sting bought
the house, loaned the meteorite to the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, where it sat in
storage for most of the past 2 decades. But between now and 30 March, the meteorite is on display
at the Royal Society in London, thanks to the efforts of a meteorite expert who has recently been
studying it. And this fall, it will go on display at Wiltshire's Salisbury Museum, where many of the
artifacts found at Stonehenge are now housed and where thousands of visitors flock each year.
When the meteorite landed, some 30,000 years ago, in what would later become Sting's front yard, it
traveled directly from outer space. But for the last 20 years, it has been moved from place to place,
entirely out of public view. Colin Pillinger, a planetary scientist at the Open University in Milton
Keynes, U.K., and curator of the Royal Society exhibit, explains that NHM meteorite curators were
skeptical about the rock's importance and where it had originally come from. They eventually put it
in a storehouse some miles from the museum. There it languored, Pillinger says, "unloved and
forgotten," until about 2 years ago.
But then, Pillinger and his colleagues, while studying a much smaller meteorite found in the 1970s at
Danebury hill fort in Hampshire County—about 20 kilometers from Lake House—began wondering if
the two meteorites were part of the same original object. So they hauled the Lake House meteorite
out of storage and began studying it. It turned out that the two objects were chemically different,
but both rocks, which were apparently preserved intact by the glaciers that once covered Britain,
could provide important information about the region's ice age history and the nature of its
inanimate visitors from space, Pillinger says.
And now the Lake House meteorite will be kept from public eyes no longer. Adrian Green, director of
the Salisbury Museum where the meteorite will go on display, says that the details are still being
worked out with its owners, the Bailey family, but that the huge rock should be there for a "longterm loan."
Meanwhile, if you are in London anytime between now and 30 March, you can see the two
meteorites—plus a piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree that was taken into space by a British
astronaut in 2010—in the Royal Society's Objects in Space exhibit.
Source : Sciencemag.org
14.02.12
Win your copy of ElbtonalPercussion CD
The sixth album of the Hamburg drum ensemble ElbtonalPercussion pays
tribute to the music of one of the world's most influential drummers, and it
is at the same time a journey of discovery into rhythm and sound.
Win your copy now !
I have a copy of this CD for you today.
To get it, just answer this question :
Could you name one song written by Stewart Copeland for The Police featuring in ElbtonalPercussion
tribute album ?
You can post you answer through the contact form before february 21.
"The excellent ElbtonalPercussion has completed an album of their arrangements of my material. It’s
fairly obscure soundtrack stuff and it’s pretty cool - I’m really enjoying this! These tracks are terrific."
Stewart Copeland (Drummer Magazine 2011)
Tracklisting :
1. Dance Ants (Mikrokosmos)
2. Trading Begins (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
3. Slither (Orchestralli)
4. Regret (Soundtrack Metropolis)
5. The Mud Lions (Soundtrack The Leopard Son)
6. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 1) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
7. Wallstreet End Title Theme (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
8. The Gene Pool* (Orchestralli)
9. Bill Is Dead / Are You With Me ? (Soundtrack The Pallbearer Main Theme & Wallstreet)
10. Father On The Stairs (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
11. Dog Dreams** (Mikrokosmos)
12. Gong Rock (The Rhythmatist)
13. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 2) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
14. West Tulsa Story (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
15. Contact (The Police-Regatta de Blanc)
16. Tulsa Tango (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
Digital Download Bonus
17. Tulsa Tango (Hakan Lidbo Remix)
18. Gong Rock (Umberto Echo Dub Remix)
19. Wall Street End Title Theme (X.A. Cute Dubstep Remix)
Special Guests:
*Benny Greb – Drums , **Marcio Doctor – Percussion
ElbtonalPercussion are:
Stephan Krause
Andrej Kauffmann
Jan-Frederick Behrend
Wolfgang Rummel
To be released on february 24th.
More information on the forum and :
www.elbtonalpercussion.de
www.duderecords.com
13.02.12
No Grammy for Sting
Well, I would not have put a cent on it tho, Sting did not win any Grammy
Award yesterday, although he was nominated twice: Best Instrumental
Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist and Best Boxed Or Special Limited
Edition.
This 54th edition was haunted by Witney Houston's death.
Next time...
10.02.12
Remix Stewart Copeland
ElbtonalPercussion plays Stewart Copeland remix competition.
ElbtonalPercussion has chosen the song Gong Rock (well known from the
high respected The Rythmatist album by Stewart Copeland).
The band invites you to experiment, enjoy and create. They'd genuinely like
to hear all your ideas - no matter how weird or wonderful. They're looking
for innovative genre-defying.
Their favourite remixes (at least 5) will be released in 2012 with others the on digital bases.
Check out the full details and entry criteria below.
You have until the end of March 2012 to impress the band !
1. Download the files...
Listen to the original album version of "Gong Rock" and download the files.
2.Submit your remix
Your entry should be submitted not later than 31 march 2012. They recommend you to set up a free
Soundcloud account to submit your track. When submitting your remix ensure that the download
option is disabled and the track set to "public". please include an email address with your
submission.
06.02.12
Sting : back to Europe
Sting started the european leg of his Back to bass tour, yesterday in
Newcastle Sage Gateshead.
Nothing new in the setlist except some changes in "Ghost story"
arrangement.
Jimmy Nail came on stage at the beginning of the show and came back to
sing Every breath you take with Sting.
More information on the forum.
Photo : TJPhotography
03.02.12
The Last Ship - first public readings
This evening and tomorrow, Sting will be at Live Theatre in Newcastle, for
two readings of his play The Last Ship.
These will be the first public reading with the comedians.
Some lucky fanclub members will be able to hear new Sting compositions
(we know there're some new songs and duets written.
More informations tomorrow...
03.02.12
Amnesty volunteers on Sting's tour
We're delighted that Sting’s “Back To Bass” tour in early 2012 will provide a
platform for Amnesty International to raise awareness on our campaign
against oil pollution and human rights abuse in the Niger Delta region in
Nigeria.
For more than two decades, Sting has been a proud supporter of Amnesty
International and our work to promote human rights worldwide. This
longstanding relationship continues today, as Amnesty volunteers will
organise information booths, highlighting the Clean Up the Niger Delta
campaign, at venues along his 2012 “Back to Bass” tour.
The tour, which received very positive reviews across North America last year, extends throughout
Europe, the UK and South Africa beginning February 5, 2012 with a sold-out concert in Newcastle,
UK. Please visit www.sting.com/tour for complete itinerary and ticketing information.
Sting’s support for Amnesty International began in 1981, when he performed at “The Secret
Policemen’s Other Ball” benefit concert in London. Over the years, he has participated in several
concert events, tours, and album recordings. Most recently, he recorded a version of Bob Dylan’s
“Girl From The North Country” for the compilation Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan
Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, released in support of Amnesty’s human rights work.
This year, Amnesty volunteers along the “Back to Bass” tour will offer literature to concertgoers on
behalf of our “Shell: Own Up, Pay Up, Clean Up” petition, calling on Shell to pay an initial amount of
$1billion (£645m) to establish a clean-up fund for the Niger Delta and start clean-up and
compensation for the affected communities. The campaign is also calling for Shell and other
multinational oil companies operating in the Delta to pay for a comprehensive assessment of the oil
pollution in the whole of the area. A recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme
exposed severe oil contamination in the Niger Delta – one of Africa’s most bio-diverse regions.
Watch the video online.
You can find out more about the campaign via the Amnesty volunteers at the concerts in your
country - or online here:
Source : Amnesty International UK
01.02.12
Sting in European festivals
It's just been confirmed that Sting will perform in France and Norway this
summer.
Read Back To Bass Tour special page for all dates.
Other dates will be announced soon.
31.01.12
Sting announced in Norwegian Wood Festival
Sting has just been announced among the artists to perfom at the
Norwegian Wood Festival, in Oslo from 14 to 17 june.
Sting will close the festival on june 17.
Other artists to perform : Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty and others.
Note that Sting's lineup will be changed : David Sancious will be on stage.
Rufus Miller won't.
More information on www.norwegianwood.no
28.01.12
The Last Ship
Sting.com has announced two public peformances of Sting's play The Last
Ship on february 3 and 4 in Newcastle.
These will be the first public reading with the comedians.
Some lucky fanclub members will be able to hear new Sting compositions.
25.01.12
In The Studio - Sting Interniew
The Sting box set 25 Years has been distilled into a two-cd Best Of 25 Years
which chronicles the singer/songwriter’s post-Police work from 1985's The
Dream of the Blue Turtles on through The Soul Cages in 1991, Ten
Summoner’s Tales in ’93, Brand New Day at the doorstep of the new
millennium, all the way up to the present.
In this In The Studio classic rock interview, Sting covers a lot of ground, including paying his dues prePolice by playing in cabarets and backing stand-up comedians ; the pejorative term “Third World
countries” and the “Catch 22 ? of developing nations ; the alarming lack of heroes in our society
today, and the failure of politicians to provide leadership ; ecology , global warming, and threat of
pandemic disease ; how fatherhood changed his relationship with his own father ; losing both
parents at the height of international stardom; his favorite pop songwriter ; the Nordic myth that
inspired “The Soul Cages” ; and the satisfaction he derives from writing such timeless songs as
“Roxanne”, “Message in a Bottle”,”Every Breath You Take”,”King of Pain”, “If You Love Somebody Set
Them Free”,”Fortress Around Your Heart”,”All This Time”,”If I Ever Lose My Faith in You”,”Fields of
Gold”,” and “Brand New Day”.
Redbeard from In The Studio
In the studio.net
12.01.12
Stewart in Storage War on A&E
Storage Wars is a reality television series on the A&E Network that
premiered in 2010. The show features auctioneers Dan Dotson and Laura
Dotson, as well as auction hunters Dave Hester, Darrell Sheets, Barry Weiss,
and the team of Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante.
When rent is not paid on a storage locker for three months in California, the contents are sold by an
auctioneer as a single lot of items. The show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents
based only on a five-minute inspection and what they can see only from the door when it is opened.
The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.
(Source : Wiki)
Last episode featured Stewart Copeland :
Don't Bid So Close to Me
Episode: 46
The buyers do battle in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Dave Hester arrives in a truck big enough to fit his
ego AND a massive house hold unit. Darrell and Brandon try to get back on track. Jarrod and Brandi
find a vintage mask, hoping to smoke out the competition. And Barry Weiss continues to march to
the beat of his own drum, scoring big with a Rock and Roll' legend.
Stewarts talks about "Voodoo factor" in his home studio
Watch so snippets and clips on A&E website.
Stewart's scene was shot in his home studio, that you may already know.
You can watch it here.
Future Airings
Tuesday, January 17 10:00 PM ET
Wednesday, January 18 02:01 AM ET
Saturday, January 28 09:00 PM ET
11.01.12
Andy interview on Boss US
The 30th BOSS Tone Radio podcast talks with Andy Summers, legendary
guitarist for The Police. Selling over 50 million records worldwide, the band
incorporated elements of punk, reggae, and jazz to create a unique rock
sound that greatly influenced the face of modern music.
Andy’s distinctive guitar approach was a defining element of The Police’s
sound, and his signature tone, inventive chord voicings, and pioneering use
of effects and guitar synthesizers continue to inspire guitarists in many
genres of music.
Andy Summers discusses his approach to guitars and gear, as well as his philosophy on playing. He
also covers many other topics, including the creation of his signature sound with The Police, tape
echo, using Roland guitar synths, his favorite pedals, and his affection for the Roland VG-99.
Listen to the interview on www.bossus.com
10.01.12
Sting & friends
The Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert, "Sting & Friends" produced by Trudie
Styler, will take place at New York's Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, 3 April
2012.
Benefit Tickets including the post-concert gala supper:
- $50,000 Packages (16 Tickets for concert & supper)
- $25,000 Packages (8 Tickets for concert & supper)
- $2,500 Individual Tickets (concert & supper)
A limited number of "Concert Only" tickets will be available priced at $600. All other seats will be
available in March through the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Watch out for the on-sale announcement.
For further information, please email rainforest@eventassociatesinc.com or call Event Associates, Inc
212-245-6570.
Source : Sting.com
08.01.12
Turn the clock to zero
Due to a bad database save, the entire forum is down.
970 members, 30000 posts in 6 years, all is totally lost.
So, now we have to build it again together.
Don't forget to register again.
06.01.12
ElbtonalPercussion “plays Stewart Copeland”
The sixth album of the Hamburg drum ensemble ElbtonalPercussion pays
tribute to the music of one of the world's most influential drummers, and it
is at the same time a journey of discovery into rhythm and sound.
To be released on february 24th.
Stay tuned on LiSting for a contest !
At the end of the 1970s Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting developed their very own
version of Jamaican reggae. Choosing to call themselves The Police of all things (!), they went on to
compose several dozen pop hits which melded Caribbean offbeats with the nervous energy of
suburban punk. The result was, as they realised themselves, white reggae or, in Esperanto: Regatta
de blanc. The rest is history, and history went on to give them one highly success pop career and two
careers dedicated more to artistic integrity than visibility. The musicians of ElbtonalPercussion have
created a musical, tonal monument to one of these careers.
Stewart Copeland was the conceptual father of The Police and, until the band split, he was their
rhythmic architect. His beats floated freely above the backbeat, freer than was customary in rock
music (possibly due to the fact that he learned to play the drums in the Middle East, where the
Copeland family lived when he was a child and teenager). It was also largely due to Copeland that the
band deciphered the Jamaican one drop, bringing it to thousands of dancers who had never
previously heard the name Bob Marley, let alone knew where the "one" was in his riddims.
Copeland's musical life after The Police began with the proverbial thunderbolt: while working on the
final Police album, Synchronicity, Copeland recorded the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film
Rumble Fish, a furious thunderstorm of drums that created an atmosphere of almost painful tension
- abstract rock'n'roll with no guitar or bass. The soundtrack won him a Golden Globe nomination and
he went on to collaborate on several fascinating film projects: from Oliver Stone's Wall Street to 9
1/2 Weeks and Highlander. In between he found bass sparring partners for a diverse range of band
projects, including Animal Logic (with Stanley Clarke) or Oysterhead (with Les Claypool / Primus). Of
all the solo albums which Copeland recorded released - initially under the modest name Klark Kent –
one stands out in particular: The Rhythmatist, a documentation of his voyage of pilgrimage through
Africa, an album that stands at the top of its world/fusion class along with Eno/Byrne's My Life In The
Bush Of Ghosts and Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation of Christ. Like Eno and Gabriel (on whose album
So he played a small, but important part) Copeland also became interested in the possibilities of
digital sound synthesis, and the combination of percussion and electronic sounds runs through his
work like a leitmotif.
All this makes his work ideally suited to be embraced and interpreted by the musicians of
ElbtonalPercussion. The band was founded almost a decade ago by four drummers - true
rhythmatists who brought their individual biographic backgrounds in film music, pop production,
teaching and - naturally - drumming into this joint project. In Elbtonal drums play the leading role; a
division of labour that is perfectly natural in other cultures, but which is the exception here, apart
from New Music. All other instruments are featured as supporting instruments or explicitly as guest
instruments. In fact, ElbtonalPercussion are dedicated team workers, both within and outside the
percussive section. The band has, for instance, cooperated with design icon Peter Schmidt, John
Neumeier's Hamburg Ballet, the organist and composer Claus Bantzer, marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe,
trumpeter Matthias Höfs, spoken word artist Christian Brückner and percussionist Trilok Gurtu. On
their album Four Elements (ACT) listeners will find string ensemble G-String, the singer Helga Pappert
(Moonbootica), and guest vibraphone player Christopher Dell. It is also quite audible that all four
musicians - like Stewart Copeland himself - love exploring electronic sounds and love using this
constantly evolving technology in subtle ways in their pieces. But however fascinating this specific
field, their main focus remains drums and percussion: the band uses around 150 different drums live
and in the studio, ranging from African hand drums to giant Japanese drums.
To date, ElbtonalPercussion has released two albums on the jazz label ACT and two on Arte Nova
Classics, as well as a thrilling live CD/DVD In Concert and the band have collaborated on several
soundtracks, including Doris Dörrie's Drama Kirschblüten-Hanami, the Baader-Meinhof-Komplex by
Bernd Eichinger and Christian Alvard's science-fiction thriller Pandorum. In addition to these
collaborations, the band has been invited to perform at countless international festivals (including
the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, JazzBaltica & NCPA Percussion Festival Peking).
Following ElbtonalPercussion's highly acclaimed collaboration with Stewart Copeland for the
spectacular live show Ben Hur, the band has devoted their sixth album, ElbtonalPercussion plays
Stewart Copeland, in its entirety to the man and his music. the four musicians have chosen a
representative selection of Copeland's different works and periods as the source of inspiration for
the pieces featured on this album; the tracks range from rhythmically complex Police hits, such as
Contact, to his soundtrack compositions for Wall Street and Rumble Fish, from the Rhythmatist
album to the compositions for ensemble musicians featured on Orchestralli. The songs Dog Dreams
and Dance Ants were specially written by Stewart Copeland for ElbtonalPercussion and were
premiered at the Tromp-Percussion Festival in Eindhoven. The ensemble's expressive spectrum
ranges from thumping, driving, floor-friendly numbers (Tulsa Tango, The Mud Lions) to the most
delicate sound collages (Wallstret, Regret). And in every single piece the drums - with their incredible
colours and facet, act as the beating heart of the music.
An exciting project that sits squarely between orchestral and popular music!
"The excellent ElbtonalPercussion has completed an album of their arrangements of my material. It’s
fairly obscure soundtrack stuff and it’s pretty cool - I’m really enjoying this! These tracks are terrific."
Stewart Copeland (DRUMMER Magazine 2011)
Tracklisting :
1. Dance Ants (Mikrokosmos)
2. Trading Begins (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
3. Slither (Orchestralli)
4. Regret (Soundtrack Metropolis)
5. The Mud Lions (Soundtrack The Leopard Son)
6. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 1) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
7. Wallstreet End Title Theme (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
8. The Gene Pool* (Orchestralli)
9. Bill Is Dead / Are You With Me ? (Soundtrack The Pallbearer Main Theme & Wallstreet)
10. Father On The Stairs (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
11. Dog Dreams** (Mikrokosmos)
12. Gong Rock (The Rhythmatist)
13. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 2) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
14. West Tulsa Story (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
15. Contact (The Police-Regatta de Blanc)
16. Tulsa Tango (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
Digital Download Bonus
17. Tulsa Tango (Hakan Lidbo Remix)
18. Gong Rock (Umberto Echo Dub Remix)
19. Wall Street End Title Theme (X.A. Cute Dubstep Remix)
Special Guests:
*Benny Greb – Drums , **Marcio Doctor – Percussion
ElbtonalPercussion are:
Stephan Krause
Andrej Kauffmann
Jan-Frederick Behrend
Wolfgang Rummel
More information on the forum and :
www.elbtonalpercussion.de
www.duderecords.com
31.12.11
Happy birthday Andy
While you may be celebrating New Year's Eve, remember to make a toast to
Andy Summers, who will turn 69.
30.12.11
JeWelste coverband
jeWelste is a pop/rock coverband from the Netherlands. They play all kinds of
gigs (company parties, student parties, in bars, weddings, etc.), but mainly at
festivals. In the Netherlands they are kind of well-known. They play covers of
pop/rock acts from the 70s/80s/90s, but also cover recent songs/artists.
Sometimes the band just performs the songs as they are, but they also make
their own versions of some songs. This year, jeWelste recorded their own
versions of:
Bruno Mars' "Grenade", Katy Perry's "Firework", Adele's "Someone Like You".
They also released their own Christmas song
They also recorded a great version of Sting's "They Dance Alone" for a charity event called Serious
Request. Every year three well-known radio DJs lock themselves in a "glass house" for a week (18 dec 24 dec). They don't eat and make live radio for 7 days / 24 hours a week. They try to raise as much
money as possible for a good cause. This year the cause was "mothers in situations of war". The money
is used to help mothers that have become victims of a war by losing their husbands and/or children.
This whole Serious Request is a very well-known event with millions of listeners the whole week.
Everybody can do something to raise money for this cause. So jeWelste created a version of "They
Dance Alone", because they thougt the theme of this song was so similar to the theme of the event.
The band pressed singles with this version of "They Dance Alone" on it (+ our recording of Queen's "I
Want It All) and sold those for € 5,- (everybody could and still can buy the single at
seriousrequest.jewelste.nl). Together with a school in The Hague they sold about 800 copies and raised
almost 4000 euros for the cause. jeWelste became the band that raised the most money and got some
airplay at 3FM (the radio station behind Serious Request). The whole event raised 8.6 million euros.
The band is recording "Every little thing she does is magic" for a CD that will be released sometime in
2012. I will let you know when they release this recording.
More informations on :
www.jewelste.nl
Facebook
ITunes
SeriousRequest website
23.12.11
Merry Christmas
In a few hours, many of us will be around a table, with family, for a nice
Christmas eve.
In a few hours, Santa will gently enter our houses with some nice presents.
In a few hours, some of us will perheaps discover great surprises under the
tree : 25 years boxset, tickets for a show...
For now, I'm wishing you a merry Christmas.
21.12.11
"Meet the musician" ITunes podcast
Today, an audio podcast will be released in which Sting reflects on his
enduring 25-year solo career and launches his free STING 25 ‘appumentary’ as
part of the latest installment of the "Meet the Musician" podcast, available in
the App Store on iPad or http://itunes.apple.com.
Sting, in partnership with global transmedia company @radical.media,
launched the STING 25 app last month at the Apple Store, Upper West Side in
front of an intimate audience.
The audio podcast features a conversation between acclaimed music journalist Anthony DeCurtis and
Sting, focusing on his solo career, the creative process, and of course, the app itself. A video podcast is
also available as a free download in which Radical Media CTO, Evan Schechtman, presents a virtual tour
of STING 25.
The 'appumentary' explores Sting’s solo career, guiding users through the influences that have shaped
his music, as well as his ongoing efforts as a global citizen and activist. The many facets of his career
come to life through handwritten lyrics and journal entries, rare and intimate photos, in-depth
interviews, and a variety of live concert footage, including exclusive all-star performances from his
Sixtieth Birthday Celebration to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.
The "Meet the Musician" audio podcast, the video podcast containing an in-depth app presentation,
and the STING 25 App are each available for free download at http://itunes.apple.com.
Source : Sting.com
20.12.11
Life is too short, airing today
Don't forget to catch Sting on Ricky Gervais' show "Life is too short", on BBC2
22.00.
More information : BBC.co.uk
"In the series finale, Warwick attends a charity event in the hope of hanging out with celebrities.
However, in trying to impress Sting he ends up spending more than he can afford. Consequently he has
to look for a new home and hopes Amy will see him again."
20.12.11
Dominic Miller in Vatican
Tomorrow, Dominic Miller will perform with Sara Jane Morris in Vatican,
Rome, for Christmas in Vatican.
The show will be recorded and aired in Italy on Rai2, on Christmas eve.
For more information : www.concertodinatale.it
20.12.11
Sting's evening
Yesterday, Sting and Trudie attended the launch of "the Bag Issue" at the
House of St Barnabas in London.
Trudie Styler has been patron of the Mukti charity for 10 years. Mukti has
been working with the orphanage Karm Marg to provide us with The Bag
Issue.
The Karm Marg orphanage was set up in 1997 to give disadvantaged kids in
India shelter, care, medical support and education, plus the skills and
knowledge to create an income and build them a better future – hence The
Bag Issue bags. The bags are 100 per cent recycled and made from elephant
dung.
The children at Karm Marg have created their own label for the bags: 'Jugaad', which means
‘something made from nothing’. Jugaad gives the children a chance to be creative, learn new skills and
pick up ideas about business.
The bags are manufactured at the homes of workers in the local village, women who live on
subsistence smallholdings and rely on this employment.
Available from December 19 for £2.99 plus postage and packaging.
Source : BigIssue.com
18.12.11
Sting in Milano this week end.
On saturday, he signed copies of his Best of at the local Fnac.
On sunday he recorded "Fields of gold" and "Every breath you take" with a
short interview.
The show can be watched on Che Tempo che fa website..
He met Zucchero, godfather of his son Giacomo, whose birthday was
yesterday.
13.12.11
Christmas is coming
Are you still wondering what you'll ask Sant to bring you at the bottom of you
Christmas tree, or what you should offer to your best friend ?
Here's a non exhaustive list of 2011 relesases related to Sting, Andy Summers
and Henry Padovani. Nothing from Stewart Copeland this year.
If you notice something is missing here, please contact me.
-Sting: 25 years, the definitive box set collection
-Sting: The Best of 25 Years
-Chimes of Freedom
-Conversations with Christian
-Rockabye Baby : The Police
-Secret Policeman (version poche)
-Matthew Morrison
-Twinkle twinkle little rockstar
-The United Kingdom of Ipanema
-Andy Summers et Andrew York : Centerpeace
-Prayer Cycle 2: Path to Zero
-Flood relief - Artists for the Flood Appeal
13.12.11
Dominic Miller - 5th house
Dominic Miller has unveiled the cover of his new album: "5th house".
In astrology, the fifth house is the one which links people with similar hobbies
and the same passions.
It's the house the creativity, of children, games and relationships.
The release is scheduled for March 30, 2012.
11.12.11
Signing session in Milan
Fnac in Milan will host this special event where Sting will meet fans and sign
copies of the collections commemorating his 25 years as a solo artist - Sting:
The Best of 25 Years (double CD) and Sting: 25 years (Deluxe Box).
Fnac will close as normal and reopen to the public at 21.00 to 21.30 only for
fans of Sting.
To access the signing session with you will need to have at least one copy of Sting: The Best of 25 Years
or Sting: 25 Years, the only two titles that Sting will be signing during the session.
Source : Sting.com
On sunday, Sting will be on Che Tempo che fa TV set for a recording session.
11.12.11
Listen to Chimes of Freedom
You can now listen to the tribute album "Chimes of Freedom" on Amnesty
International Facebook.
You'll find "Girl from the north country" by Sting
09.12.11
Sting - Christmas party show
Prague - British singer and composer Sting will perform at the Christmas party
of the PPF financial group that belongs to Petr Kellner, the richest Czech, on
December 16, PPF sources who requested anonymity have told CTK.
Sting has had six concerts in the Czech Republic, most recently in Prague in
the summer 2010.
The party is to be held at Prague Castle, the seat of Czech heads of state.
"It is true that this year's Christmas party for the staff will be different than in the previous year since
PPF is celebrating 20 years of its existence," PPF spokesman Alexej Bechtin has told CTK.
"This will correspond with the choice of the invited artists. However, it is still a surprise who will
perform at the party," Bechtin said.
This will not be Sting's first performance of this type.
A few years ago, a rich Russian man paid one million dollars for his private concert in Russia.
However, the performance of such a pop star at a private party is far from usual in the Czech Republic.
His next Prague concert, scheduled for February 18, 2012, is absolutely sold out.
PPF is a leading international financial and investment group in Central and Eastern Europe. With a
94.25-percent stake, Kellner is the principal shareholder of the group.
The bank's members are firms active in banking, insurance, energy sector, precious metal extraction,
property and retail business. The group operates in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia,
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and in Asia.
Source : www.ceskenoviny.cz
07.12.11
Sting on french TV
On december 14, Sting will be the special on Le Grand Journal TV sho, on
Canal+ channel.
He'll be interviewed and will perform a hit from his Back to bass tour.
01.12.11
Sting nominated in Grammy Awards
Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com)
were announced tonight by The Recording Academy® and reflected an
eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as
determined by the voting members of The Academy.
For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were
announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations
Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®," a one-hour special
broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 12, 2012, at STAPLES
Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround
sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Sting (well, Rob Mathes too) has been nominated twice :
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Moon Over Bourbon Street
Rob Mathes, arranger (Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra)
Track from: Sting Live In Berlin
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition
25 Years
James Spindler, art director (Sting)
[A&M Records/Cherrytree Records/UMe]
Source : www.grammy.com
29.11.11
Sting Announced As Patron Of The Sage Gateshead's 'Arches Project'.
The Sage Gateshead are delighted to announce Sting as a founding Patron of
their ambitious £1.3 million project to transform the remaining railway arches
behind the iconic venue into a hub of creative training for some of the
region's most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people.
An appeal to raise funds for The Arches project was launched at The Sage Gateshead's Annual General
Meeting (TUES).
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, Chair of The Sage Gateshead, said: "We are delighted to have been able
to make this announcement at our AGM, which falls just days before our seventh birthday.
"Sting has always been a great friend to this organisation so for him to cement his support by becoming
Patron of this hugely important project is a milestone for The Sage Gateshead and greatly appreciated
by all the people connected to it."
Sting, who will return to the venue with his Back To Bass Tour in February, added: "Having grown up on
Tyneside, I'm pleased to support this appeal for The Arches project and The Sage Gateshead's ongoing
commitment to creating opportunities for today's young musicians and music lovers in the North East.''
The Sage Gateshead's Foundation Learning programme, which offers young people aged 16 to 18 the
opportunity to develop their social and employability skills alongside a unique urban music training
programme, is currently based in temporary buildings in the arches with additional sessions taking
place in the Music Education Centre in the building. But the programme is currently operating at ten
times the scale originally envisaged. The plan is to create a purpose-built training centre offering
classroom, production, presentation and rehearsal spaces including a studio for urban street art
projects.
Anthony Sargent, General Director at The Sage Gateshead, said: "The greater the region's economic
challenges become, the more work we're doing with these young people – many of whom for a variety
of reasons exist on the outer edges of society. With this exciting new redevelopment project we will be
able to continue to help them rebuild their lives and learn musical and life skills that for many of them
are transforming their employability and their life chances.
"The Arches offer a complementary series of spaces to those within the main building giving the young
people a space which is 'theirs', where they feel comfortable and accepted, something which is crucial
to successful working with these groups."
The plans are being developed by the architect Jason Flanagan who was primarily responsible for The
Sage Gateshead building with Foster and Partners. He now runs his own architectural practice.
Source : Sting.com
25.11.11
Crossroads
Tomorrow, don't miss Crossroads on CMT.
Catch Sting and Vince Gill performing at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
This is the first episode of CMT Crossroads to be filmed in New York City in
five year.
The setlist :
Liza jane
Fields of gold
Whenever you come around
If I ever lose my faith in you
These days
Shape of my heart
Don't let our love start slipping away
Let it be me (Everly Brothers)
Every breath you take
25.11.11
Sting on Ellen DeGeneres show
On december 2nd, Sting will be the guest in The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Sting will perform and be interviewed.
The show will be brodcasted again on december 16 and 19.
21.11.11
Conversations with Christian
'Conversations with Christian' sees the acclaimed bassist perform 13
unique duets with an array of stars from the pop, jazz and world
music scenes, including Sting, Angélique Kidjo and Dee Dee
Bridgewater plus jazz stars Chick Corea, George Duke, Hank Jones
and Roy Hargrove, amongst others.
The 39-year-old maestro places himself in the forefront on a duet apiece with "13 of my closest musical
friends and cohorts" - singers Angélique Kidjo, Sting and Dee Dee Bridgewater; pianists George Duke,
Eddie Palmieri and Chick Corea, as well as Dr. Billy Taylor and Hank Jones (who both passed away in
2010); violinist Regina Carter; trumpeter Roy Hargrove; guitarist Russell Malone; tenor saxophonist Ron
Blake; and actress Gina Gershon. In the process, McBride unleashes the full measure of his already
legendary skills, crafting as complete a portrait of his diverse interests - different variations of the blues
and African-American church experience, bebop, the American Songbook, Latin music, free jazz, even
comedy - as he has ever presented.
mackavenue.com
Read more informations about the album on the forum.
Win your copy answering a question on the forum.
I've got wo CDs for you !
21.11.11
IHeartRadio on VH1
Highlights from the iHeartRadio Music Festival debut on VH1 Wednesday,
November 23, at 10p/9c!
Music fans from all over the country converged on Las Vegas for the inaugural
iHeartRadio Music Festival back in September, and now you have the
opportunity to relive the one-of-a-kind concert event from your couch!
Some of the most exciting performances from the sold-out iHeartRadio Music Festival will premiere in
High Definition November 23 at 10p/9c on VH1. The concert event will feature Lady Gaga, Coldplay,
Kenny Chesney, The Black Eyed Peas, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Jane’s Addiction,
Nicki Minaj and collaborations from Sting and Jeff Beck.
Additional television air dates for the iHeartRadio Music Festival are as follows:
VH1 - Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 24 at 3a/2c
VH1 - Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 24 at 10a/9c
Palladia - Saturday, Dec. 3 at 12a/11c
Palladia -Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 9p/8c
Palladia -Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 12p/11c
The iHeartRadio Music Festival took place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena September 23rd
and 24th in celebration of the launch of the New iHeartRadio.
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs – this is one concert event you don’t want to miss!
Source : IHeartRadio Fb
15.11.11
Sting's evening
Sting introduced STING 25 in honor of his 25-year solo career at the Apple
Store in New York's Upper West Side on Monday. The "Appumentary" is a
digital documentary of Sting's career. It features over four hours of music
videos, concert footage, interviews and more.
Sting says he's releasing it for free "because we don't know how much it's
worth."
The app also has video from Sting's 60th birthday party-concert last month at New York's Beacon
Theatre, which featured performances with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga.
The event was hosted by journalist Anthony DeCurtis.
Sting and Ira Coleman performed "Message in a bottle" and "Fragile," dedicating it to Apple co-founder
Steve Jobs and saying, "In some way he's created our future."
Source : AP
Photo : T. Wargo
Music clinic
LiSting has a new section : a music clinic, where Sting's music has been analysed
Wrong notes from the Police tracks, old material from Last Exit used in Sting's solo
career, all can be found in this surgery place.