Sting
British musician (born 1951) · United Kingdom · Musicians
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Something wrong?The bassist who wrote the riffs became more famous than the band - then left at the peak to prove he could do it again.
A life in dates
The BridgeAlbum2020A Touch of JazzAlbum2018
44/876Album2017Polar Music PrizeAward2016German Radio AwardAward2013“I know a great deal about Indian music and I have tried to understand its intricacies. I am aware how complex ragas are and how specific the rhythm is.”In their wordsQuoted from Gewali, Salil (2013). Great Minds on India. New Delhi: Penguin Random House.
The Last ShipAlbum, 20132010
SymphonicitiesAlbum2009
If on a Winter's Night…Album2006Songs From the LabyrinthAlbum2004MusiCares Person of the YearAward2003
Sacred LoveAlbum1999
Brand New DayAlbum1993
Ten Summoner's TalesAlbum1991All Thease Time/Unplugged Rehearsal + LiveAlbum1987
…Nothing Like the SunAlbum1985
The Dream of the Blue TurtlesAlbum1984Grammy Award for Song of the YearAward1982Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalAward1951Born2 October 1951Also in Deutsch
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Wallsend shipyard on the River Tyne in 1964, near where Sting grew up. His childhood experiences and the local shipbuilding industry were the inspiration for his 2014 musical The Last Ship, which is also set in Wallsend.
Sting in 1979
Sting performing in Norway in 1985
Sting and Bono at the Conspiracy of Hope concert in New Jersey, 1986
Sting on stage in Budapest in January 2000
Sting with the Police at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007
Sting performing in Budapest, 30 June 2011In their own words 10
, We must not lose this battle.
I know a great deal about Indian music and I have tried to understand its intricacies. I am aware how complex ragas are and how specific the rhythm is.
Dissent is a legitimate and essential right in any democracy and modern politicians must accept this fact with tolerance.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born 2 October 1951 and took the name Sting into the Police, where he fronted, wrote, and played bass from 1977 to 1984. The band split when they were massive. He went solo in 1985 and pulled in jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat - genres the Police never touched. The combined record sales passed 100 million. Seventeen Grammys followed, plus three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, four Oscar nominations, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a CBE; the Kennedy Center gave him honors; in May 2023 he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. The through-line is range: he kept moving and the attention stayed.
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