ON THIS DAY...
2023: Sting performed at Forest National in Brussels, Belgium. More ▶.
2014: Sting together with John Mellencamp were surprise guests at Billy Joel's performance at Madison Square Gardens in New York.
2011: Sting performed at the Colosseum at Caeser's Palace in Las Vegas, USA.
2008: Sting performed in 'Welcome to the Voice' at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
1996: Sting made a low-key appearance at Newcastle University, England where he held a workshop for music students, along the lines of the 'VH1 Storytellers' show.
1991: Sting performed at Whitley Bay Ice Rink in Newcastle, England. More ▶.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre in New York.
1985: Sting performed at the Philipshalle in Dusseldorf, Germany.
1983: The Police performed at New Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, USA.
1980: The Police performed at the Sports Complex in Montreal, Canada.
1978: The Police performed at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. More ▶
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."
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