ON THIS DAY...
2024: Sting performed at the Mardi Gras celebrations at Ernest N. Morial Convention CentrE in New Orleans, USA.
2023: Sting performed at Kings Park in Perth, Australia. ▶
2022: It was announced that Universal Music Publishing Group had acquired Sting's song catalogue.
2019: Sting appeared as Jackie White in The Last Ship at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada.
2015: Sting & Paul Simon performed at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. ▶
2013: Sting performed 'Walking On The Moon' at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles alongside Bruno Mars, Rhianna and Ziggy Marley.
2012: Sting performed at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2011: Accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sting performed at CBS Canterbury Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. ▶
2009: Sting & Edin Karamazov performed at Palatului Hall in Bucharest, Romania. ▶
2008: The Police performed at the Osaka Kyocera Dome in Japan.
2006: Sting and Sheryl Crow shot the video for 'Always On Your Side'.
2005: Sting performed at Leeuwin Estate Winery in Margaret River, Western Australia with all proceeds ($1.3m) being donated to the Tsunami Benefit Fund. ▶
2004: Sting performed at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, USA. ▶
1994: Sting performed at the Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia. ▶
1992: Sting performed at the Arena in Sendai, Japan.
1988: Sting performed at the Colisee de Quebec in Quebec, Canada.
1986: Sting performed at the Palau D'Esports de Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain.
1984: The Police performed at Greensboro College, USA.
1982: The Police performed at The Forum in Los Angeles, USA.
1981: The Police performed at the Town Hall in Wellington, New Zealand.
1979: The Police performed at Leeds Polytechnic in England. ▶
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"The Soul Cages is a very potent record for me. It’s my least understood record, my least successful record. But people write to me and say, ‘Soul Cages really helped me after my dad died’. I like the idea that songs have a function in society, that they provide emotional touchstones for people’s lives. I was going through a kind of self-therapy at the time. I’d had a lot of success and I was thinking ‘who am I... what do I do next? I wasn’t sure what to write about so I thought ‘let’s go home’."
