ON THIS DAY...
2024: Sting performed at the Fillmore Miami Beach in Miami, USA.
2022: Sting performed at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
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2019: Sting performed at Le Zenith in Lille, France.
2014: Sting and Joe Mantello attend the TimesTalks at TheTimesCenter in New York.
2011: Sting and Trudie were honoured with UNICEF's Children's Champion Award at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston, USA.
2010: Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Sting performed at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
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2008: Sting and Trudie attended the 2008 Whitney Museum of American Art Gala in New York.
2007: The Police performed at Wembley Arena in London, England - the final date of the European leg of their reunion tour.
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2004: Sting played a special concert at New York's Supper Club. The event took place after the launch of a new Swatch watch - the Paparazzi - that uses Microsoft SPOT (Smart Personal Object Technology).
2001: Sting appeared on the cover of the Times Magazine in the UK.
2000: Sting performed at the Sun Plaza in Hiroshima, Japan.
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1999: Sting performed at Berkeley Community Theatre in San Francisco, USA.
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1995: The Jimi Hendrix tribute album 'In From The Storm' was also released and features Sting (with John McLaughlin) performing 'The Wind Cries Mary'. Also, the Italian film, 'Il Postino' was released in the UK. The film features Sting reciting 'Morning (Love Sonnet XXVII)', a piece of poetry by Pablo Neruda.
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1993: Sting began rehearsals in Belgium for a series of 'Night Of The Proms' shows at which he will be backed by a 120 piece orchestra.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre in New York.
1988: Sting performed at Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.
1985: Sting performed at the Civic Centre in Tallahassee, USA.
1978: The Police performed their first concert in the USA with a gig at CBGB's in New York.
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1977: The Police performed at the Nashville in Paris, France. Sting wrote 'Roxanne'.
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SUMMONER'S TALES...
"With 'If I Ever Lose My Faith in You' I knew had a hook. I thought it could be a flagship. Once you've got a flagship, you can sail, but until you've got one of those, there's not really much point in putting a record out."
