ON THIS DAY...
2024: Sting performed at the Brooklyn Paramount in New York, USA.
2022: Sting performed at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
2019: Sting performed at Makuhari Messe Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
2017: Sting performed at the Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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2016: Sting was awarded the BMI's Icon award for his "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."
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2015: Sting performed at Arena Teques in Morelos, Mexico.
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2006: Sting and Edin Karamazov appeared on the 'Today' show in New York in the morning, and later that day Sting held a record signing to launch the US release of 'Songs From The Labyrinth' at Barnes and Noble in the Lincoln Center.
1996: Sting performed at the Ultra Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines.
1994: A brand new single - 'When We Dance' - hits the shops as a taster for the upcoming greatest hits collection.
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1990: Sting performed at the Amnesty International concert at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. This was Dominic Miller's first concert with Sting and the band played an amazing set of old Police tracks, Sting favourites and cover versions.
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1983: The Police performed at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.
1981: Sting flew to London to continue work on the 'Brimstone and Treacle' movie.
1980: The BBC screened their excellent 'Police In The East' documentary.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"Songwriting is painful, but it's also therapeutic. A songwriter uses songs to process experiences or emotions such as loneliness, sadness, loss or joy. The rules of songwriting - three verses and a middle eight - force you to develop your idea, to find a light at the end of the tunnel by the third verse. If you don't do it, your plight is just circular. This is probably true in life, too."
