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Sting to Tour North America as a Trio (Not That One)

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Sting announced that he’ll be hitting the road this fall as part of his Sting 3.0 tour with drummer Chris Maas (who previously collaborated with Mumford & Sons and Maggie Rogers) and guitarist Dominic Miller, his longtime collaborator.

While the frontman won’t heading on a reunion tour with his former Police bandmates, Sting 3.0 promises to celebrate “a new dynamic era showcasing selections from his vast catalog through the urgent lens of a tight three-piece combo.”

Members of Sting’s fan club will get first dibs to pre-sale tickets on  sting.com starting Monday, followed by pre-sales for Citi and American Express members throughout the week. General ticket sales will be available Friday at 10 a.m. local time on the website.

Although Police fans may be hoping for another reunion tour, Sting has said that their 2007/08 tour would only happen once. “When the Police reunited, it had been long enough, and it was the right time to do it,” he told Music Week in a 2023 interview. “And I’m taking credit for that because that was my decision. Doing it again would just be gratuitous and that won’t happen. But we did it, and everyone was happy that mum and dad got back together again and had one last fling.”

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Sting: My Songs 2023 Critically Acclaimed World Tour Comes To North America This Fall

Ten Shows Revealed With Additional Cities & Dates To Soon Be Announced  

Tickets available starting wednesday, april 12 with fanclub presale  , general onsale begins friday, april 14 at 10am local on sting.com  .

The Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation have confirmed that Sting will take his acclaimed My Songs World Tour across North America in September and October. Following performances in United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore  earlier this year, Sting’s My Songs tour returns to North America on September 5 at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, ON with additional dates in Boston, Vancouver, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and more. Additional shows will soon be announced in Wantagh, Hollywood, Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, Reno, Dallas, Houston, and Austin. 

Sting’s My Songs concert is an exuberant and dynamic show featuring his most beloved songs, written throughout the 17-time Grammy Award winner’s illustrious career both with The Police and as a solo artist. Fans can expect to be taken on a musical journey with timeless hits like ‘Fields of Gold’, ‘Shape of my Heart’, ‘Roxanne’, ‘Englishman In New York,’ ‘Every Breath You Take,’ ‘Roxanne,’ ‘Message In A Bottle’,  ‘Demolition Man’ and many more.  

On tour, Sting will be accompanied by an electric, rock ensemble. Special Guest Joe Sumner will be appearing at all newly announced performances. 

TICKETS: Members of Sting’s Fan Club will have the opportunity to access a special pre-sale by visiting sting.com , starting Wednesday, April 12. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week. The general on sale for My Songs 2023 North American leg will start Friday, April 14 at 10am Local Time on sting.com  

VIP:  The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences. For more information, visit vipnation.com . 

STING: MY SONGS 2023 NORTH AMERICA LEG 1 TOUR DATES:  

Sept. 05 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage 

Sept. 07 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway 

Sept. 20 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre 

Sept. 23 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre 

Sept. 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena 

Oct. 02 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion 

Oct. 04 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU 

Oct. 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl 

Oct. 09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre 

Oct. 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP 

For complete tour, ticket and fan club information visit: www.Sting.com  

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Founded by songwriter/musician/producer Martin Kierszenbaum, the CherrytreeMusic Company provides management, record label, music production and publishing services to a boutique roster of artists, producers and mixers who push the creative envelope in popular music.  Cherrytree has had an indelible impact on the music landscape from managing celebrated musician and cultural icon Sting to launching Lady Gaga’s first two albums. The Cherrytree Music Company has released the artistically and commercially ground-breaking records of Feist, Ellie Goulding, Robyn, La Roux, LMFAO, Far East Movement, Disclosure and Sting & Shaggy and sold over 40 million units. In the process, the Cherrytree Music Company has become a vital source for popular music and catalyst for artist collaboration and innovation.  For more information on the Cherrytree Music Company, please visit: https://soundcloud.com/cherrytreerecords/cherrytree-music-company-15th-anniversary-radio-special  

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Sting and Shaggy concert was such a memorable night at The Roundhouse! They played for two hours!! I got the set list in the end and from what they planned, they have changed the last song, which should be Fragile, for Next to You. I sense it was a wise decision as people was more likely to dance than to watch.

I had some good laughs with Shaggy moves and improv, and with Sting playing the part of a prisoner in one particular song.

Other musicians were at their peak, even the guitar player who substituted Dominic, now recovering from surgery.

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Absolutely fantastic! While the Myth is kind of "meh" in terms of operation, it is still a great concert venue (although the stage could use a 1'+ raise) seeing legendary performers in a small venue is worth the price of admission every time! This is how concerts are meant to be and enjoyed. Loved everything about it! Opening the entire show with a Sting solo and closing the same way - CHILLS! Amazing! Please, offer more legends in small venues - we need that!

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Sting Confirms 2023 North American Tour

Sting will take his acclaimed My Songs World Tour across North America in September and October, The Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation confirmed on Tuesday.

Sting’s My Songs show features songs from throughout the 17-time Grammy Award winner’s career, both as a member of  The Police and as a solo artist. On tour, Sting will be accompanied by “an electric, rock ensemble.” Special guest Joe Sumner will be appearing at all newly announced performances.

Following recent performances in United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, Sting’s My Songs will return to North America on September 5th for a performance at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, ON. The tour will continue from there to Boston, MA’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway (9/7), Morrison, CO’s  Red Rocks Amphitheatre (9/20), Vancouver, BC’s  Rogers Arena (9/29), Los Angeles, CA’s  Hollywood Bowl (10/7), and more. The announcement notes that additional shows will soon be added in Wantagh, Hollywood, Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, Reno, Dallas, Houston, and Austin.

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Tickets for the newly announced Sting  My Songs North American tour dates will go on sale to members of Sting’s Fan Club starting Wednesday, April 12th. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week. Remaining tickets for the  My Songs tour 2023 North American leg will go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 14th at 10:00 a.m. local venue time here .

Click below to view the initial list of 2023 Sting North American tour dates. For more information and ticketing details, head here .

Sting  My Songs 2023 North American Tour Dates

Sept. 05 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage Sept. 07 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway Sept. 20 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept. 23 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre Sept. 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Oct. 02 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion Oct. 04 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU Oct. 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl Oct. 09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre Oct. 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

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Sting Brings My Songs Tour to North America in 2023 with Son Joe Sumner

by Tina Benitez-Eves April 12, 2023, 7:39 am

In late 2023, Sting will bring his My Songs World Tour to North America with his son Joe Sumner as the opening act.

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Following a run of European shows during the summer, the North American leg of the My Songs Tour will kick off on Sept. 1 in Vienna, Virginia, and continue through Canada and the U.S., before wrapping up on Oct. 12 in Rogers, Arkansas.

The My Songs World Tour previously hit Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Japan with a set list spanning some of Sting’s biggest hits with The Police as well as from his solo career, including “Englishman in New York,” “Message in a Bottle,” “ Roxanne ,” “Demolition Man,” “Fields of Gold,” and “Shape of My Heart,” among many others.

Sting recently hit the news after rapper Diddy revealed that he pays the former Police frontman $5,000 per day for sampling the band’s 1983 hit “ Every Breath You Take ” on his 1997 single “I’ll Be Missing You.” Diddy later said that he was “joking” and that the two of them have been friends for a long time.

“I want y’all to understand I was joking,” wrote Diddy . “It’s called being facetious. Me and [Sting] have been friends for a long time. He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for ‘Missing You.’ He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history.”

Sting, 71, released his 14th album My Songs , a collection of new renditions of previously released songs from his catalog, in 2019, followed by The Bridge in 2021.

Singer, songwriter, and bassist, Joe Sumner, has released five albums with his band Fiction Plane since 2003 and is also working on his own solo material.

Sting, My Songs 2023 Tour Dates Sept. 1 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Sept. 2 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Sept. 3 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Sept. 5 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage Sept. 7 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway Sept. 20 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept. 23 – West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre Sept. 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena Oct. 2 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion Oct. 4 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU Oct. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl Oct. 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre Oct. 12 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP

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Sting Unveils North American Dates for 2023 World Tour

The Police frontman will be supported by his son, Joe Sumner, on the new run

Sting has extended his ongoing “My Songs World Tour” with a new 2023 North American leg this fall.

Following a summer European trek that runs through July, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter will open his North American solo tour in Toronto on September 5th, followed by dates at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, and more. The run concludes in Rogers, Arkansas on October 12th. The new shows will also include a special guest spot by Sting’s son and Fiction Plane frontman, Joe Sumner.

Update: Sting has announced additional shows in Wantagh, NY; Hollywood, FL; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Reno, NV; Irving, TX; and The Woodlands, TX.

Tickets for all of Sting’s upcoming shows are available via StubHub , where your order is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

On the “My Songs World Tour,” fans can expect to hear music from both The Police and Sting’s solo catalog. He’ll be accompanied by an electric rock ensemble.

Beyond his massive global excursion, Sting was recently pulled into headlines by Diddy, who shared that he was forced to pay the Police frontman $5,000 per day for the sample used on his 1997 single, “I’ll Be Missing You.” The hip-hop mogul later clarified (via Twitter ) that was “joking” and the two “have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day.”

Sting 2023 Tour Dates: 09/01 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap 09/02 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap 09/03 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena 09/05 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage 09/07 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway 09/08 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 09/12 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live 09/15 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park 09/17 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX 09/20 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre 09/21 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre 09/23 – West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre 09/26 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 09/27 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena 09/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 10/01 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino 10/02 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion 10/04 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU 10/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl 10/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre 10/12 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP 10/14 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 10/15 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 11/23 – Oberhausen, DE @ Rudolf Weber Arena 11/27 – Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena 11/28 – Leipzig, DE @ Quarterback Immobilien Arena 11/30 – Amsterdam, NL @  AFAS Live 12/01 – Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live 12/04 – Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena 12/07 – Hannover, DE @ ZAG Arena

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VIENNA, Va. – Never mind when Sting talks about tantric sex .

His stamina as a performer and musician should be celebrated mightily.

At the scenic Filene Center at Wolf Trap Sept. 1, Sting played the first of two sold-out shows to kickstart the new North American leg of his My Songs tour , an outing that has circled the globe since 2019 – excepting a 2020 pandemic sidelining – and detoured as a Las Vegas residency.

Without pausing for a breath or break, the 71-year-old craftsman of some of the most sophisticated pop-rock in modern music barreled through an opening quintet of chestnuts that seesawed between Police mainstays (“Message in a Bottle,” “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”) and his storied solo career (“Englishman in New York,” “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You”).

These are not three-minute radio hits. They’re songs packed with challenging lyrics, complicated rhythms and serpentine codas. Intermingled elements of jazz, pop, rock and reggae. Poetic expressions of soul searching, quixotic love and yearning.

And yet, there was Sting, his voice as muscular as his biceps, headset firmly locked to allow him to roam the stage, bass neck titled upward as he leaned into his nimble finger work, rolling through his repertoire with ease.

In a field of graying rock icons, Sting is a platinum-topped torch bearer.

Which hits is Sting playing on his My Songs tour?

With a resume spanning nearly more than 45 years of material, Sting’s musical cup overfloweth with options.

But the point of the tour is to spotlight hits – still an impossible task given his dozen Top 40 smashes as a solo artist and another nine with the Police – while also paying remembrance to a few meaningful album tracks.

The precise musicianship of his excellent band, including longtime musical partner Dominic Miller on guitar, Zach Jones on drums and Kevon Webster on keyboards, provided “Fields of Gold” with a silky warmth (the stage, naturally, bathed in a burnt-orange hue) and pushed the soaring melody of the erudite “All This Time.”

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Sting teased ace harmonica player Shane Sager that he couldn’t match the proficiency of Stevie Wonder’s original playing on “Brand New Day,” but the twentysomething Sager met the challenge with his soulful squawking throughout the song’s lackadaisical sway.

The well-paced, 19-song set list is bookended with some of Sting’s most recognizable singalongs, including Police favorites “Walking on the Moon” (no one “eeh-yoh-oh”s like Sting) and “So Lonely,” which dovetailed into its spiritual mate, Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry,” a showcase for Sting’s fluid bass work.

One of the most dynamic aspects of Sting’s music is its broad-minded sensibilities. Not many pop-rock stars could fashion a hit out of a pairing with an Algerian singer, as Sting did in 2000 with Cheb Mami. Their worldwide hit, “Desert Rose,” still stimulated with its collection of chanting, atypical cadence and Sting’s suggestively jutting right hip.

Likewise, the pair of pre-encore tracks from the Police’s final album, the landmark “Synchronicity” from 1983, reminded of that band’s inimitable magic.

“King of Pain,” its lyrics stacked with elegantly bleak imagery, its bridge both puzzling and profound, proved emotionally searing (Sting’s son, Joe Sumner, who opened the show, returned to trade verses with his dad).

And of course, the song most associated with Sting and the Police , “Every Breath You Take,” elicited the expected roar from the crowd as they sang along to this speedier live version over Sting’s haunting bass line.

While the radio favorites are certainly worth commemorating, the chosen album tracks and smaller hits that Sting has curated for the show also warrant attention. Background singer Melissa Musique slayed during a joyful spotlight moment on “Heavy Cloud No Rain,” while fellow backup vocalist Gene Noble infused “Shape of My Heart,” its chiffon melody as gorgeous as ever, with meaningful soul.

Early in the show when he finally paused, Sting graciously offered, “I am a very lucky man to be standing here right now.”

Indeed, he is. But his fans share in that good fortune.

How long will Sting be on tour in North America?

Given the length of the My Songs outing, it’s no surprise Sting and his band present a taut, 100-minute production.

They’ll continue to unfurl this sleek outing through Oct. 15 – including Sting’s One Fine Day festival in Philadelphia Sept. 9 that will reunite him with unlikely musical buddy, Shaggy – before returning overseas.

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STING Extends Dates For North American ‘My Songs World Tour’

Following the momentum of last week’s North American tour launch including a 2nd show added in Denver, The Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation have confirmed that Sting will extend his acclaimed My Songs World Tour with an additional nine shows in September and October. The 20-date run now includes performances in Wantagh, NY, Hollywood, FL,  Atlanta, GA, Portland, OR,  Seattle, WA,  Reno, NV, and Dallas, Houston, and Austin, TX.

Sting shared more about his experience touring My Songs and what’s to come on the 2023 North America run via his socials HERE . On tour, he will be accompanied by an electric, rock ensemble. Special Guest Joe Sumner will be appearing at all newly announced performances.

Sting’s My Songs concert is an exuberant and dynamic show featuring his most beloved songs, written throughout the 17-time Grammy Award winner’s illustrious career both with The Police and as a solo artist. Fans can expect to be taken on a musical journey with timeless hits like ‘Fields of Gold’, ‘Shape of my Heart’, ‘Roxanne’, ‘Englishman In New York,’ ‘Every Breath You Take,’ ‘Roxanne,’ ‘Message In A Bottle’,  ‘Demolition Man’ and many more. The tour has already made stops in the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore earlier this year.

TICKETS: Members of Sting’s Fan Club will have the opportunity to access a special pre-sale by visiting sting.com , starting Tuesday, April 18. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week. The general on sale for My Songs 2023 North American leg will start Friday, April 21 at 10am Local Time on sting.com

VIP:  The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences. Packages vary but include premium tickets, access to the pre-show VIP lounge, specially designed VIP gift item, limited edition tour poster and more. For additional information, visit vipnation.com .

STING: MY SONGS 2023 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

Sept. 05 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Sept. 07 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Sept. 08 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – NEW SHOW

Sept. 12 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live* – NEW SHOW

Sept. 15 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park – NEW SHOW

Sept. 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX – NEW SHOW

Sept. 20 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Sept. 21 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Sept. 23 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre

Sept. 26 – Portland, OR – Moda Center – NEW SHOW

Sept. 27 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena – NEW SHOW

Sept. 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Oct. 01 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort and Casino* – NEW SHOW

Oct. 02 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion

Oct. 04 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU

Oct. 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Oct. 09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre

Oct. 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

Oct. 14 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – NEW SHOW

Oct. 15 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – NEW SHOW 

* Not A Live Nation Date

For complete tour, ticket and fan club information visit: www.Sting.com

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Sting will perform in Atlantic City at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena on Oct. 3.

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Sting has extended his “My Songs World Tour” by adding a North American leg for this fall.

The North American shows will begin on Sept. 1 in Vienna, Virginia and wrap up on Oct. 12 in Rogers, Arkansas .

While on tour, Sting will perform in Atlantic City at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena on Sept. 3 .

Sting’s son and Fiction Plane frontman, Joe Sumner, will be a special guest on the extended tour dates.

If you want to buy tickets for Sting’s “My Songs World Tour” extended tour dates, here is how you can.

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Tickets for “My Songs World Tour” go on sale to the public on April 14 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster .

However, fans can find tickets on secondary market sites, such as StubHub , Vivid Seats , TicketNetwork and TicketCity .

It is common for legitimate speculative tickets to show up on the resale market first. But, prices could be higher than when they go on sale to the general public.

First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 on ticket orders over $200 by entering promo code NJ20 at checkout.

You can find a full calendar of Sting’s tour dates here .

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He will play five gigs next summer

Sting has announced new UK dates for his ‘My Songs’ world tour – see full details below and buy tickets here .

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The singer will begin the run on June 24 in Bedford as part of the Bedford Park Concerts series, going on to play shows in Scarborough, Cardiff and Halifax as well as a slot at the Lytham Festival on June 30.

Others playing at the Lytham Festival – taking place from June 28-July 2 in Lancashire – will be Jamiroquai , George Ezra and a show as part of Def Leppard  and  Mötley Crüe ‘s joint UK and Ireland tour .

Tickets for Sting’s new UK dates go on sale at 9am GMT on Friday, November 18. See the full list of dates below and buy your tickets here .

JUNE 2023 24 – Bedford, Bedford Park Concerts 25 – Scarborough, Open Air Theatre 30 – Lancashire, Lytham Festival

JULY 2023 2 – Cardiff, Cardiff Castle 4 – Halifax, The Piece Hall

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Earlier this year, Sting sold his entire songwriting to Universal Music Publishing Group in a deal rumoured to be worth over $250 million (£184 million).

The agreement covers all Sting’s solo songs, including the likes of ‘Shape Of My Heart’, ‘Fields Of Gold’ and ‘Englishman In New York’. The deal also extends to the songs Sting wrote for The Police , such as ‘Roxanne’, ‘Every Breath You Take’ and ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’.

“I am delighted to have Jody (Gerson, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group) and the team curate and manage my song catalogue,” said Sting.

“It is absolutely essential to me that my career’s body of work have a home where it is valued and respected – not only to connect with longtime fans in new ways but also to introduce my songs to new audiences, musicians and generations.”

Elsewhere, the former Police frontman said that he doesn’t think “any grown man can be in a band” because it’s a “teenage gang” thing. He said: “You have to obey the rules and the gestalt of the band. As much as I love the Stones and AC/DC , it’s hard to see growth in their music. For me, the band was merely a vehicle for the songs and not the other way round.”

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Review: Billy Joel and Sting light up Petco Park on a cool, sometimes wet Saturday night

The weather remained dry for Sting’s terrific opening set, but it began to rain shortly after Joel’s performance began. ‘We’re from New York -- this is nothing!’ he told the cheering audience of 42,000.

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Take a bow, mother nature!

Thanks to some uncharacteristically wet April weather during Billy Joel’s sold-out concert with Sting at Petco Park on Saturday night, pop-music’s famed piano man has achieved an elite — if not entirely coveted — distinction. He now joins the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis and Tony Bennett on the very short list of legendary musicians whose open-air San Diego concerts saw them forge ahead in a noble quest to reign in the rain.

Happily, no precipitation marred Sting’s superb, 83-minute opening set, which included a propulsive version of his funk-fueled 1993 romp, “Heavy Cloud No Rain.” Alas, the song includes a couplet that proved all too prescient Saturday night at the downtown ball park: The clouds won’t go till their work is done / Every morning you’ll hear me pray / If only it would rain today.

The clouds started their work at 9:10 p.m., midway through “Movin’ Out,” the second selection by Joel and his brassy, one-woman, seven-man band. The light but steady rain continued through his next seven numbers, which included “Vienna,” “An Innocent Man,” “Don’t Ask Me Why,” a truncated version of the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up,” and the jazzy, finger-snapping “Big Man on Mulberry Street,” which featured Joel trading vocal lines with an umbrella-twirling Sting.

“Bring your raincoat!” Joel quipped as Sting strolled on to the enormous stage, which stretched across much of Petco Park’s right and center fields.

Before “Start Me Up,” Joel told the audience: “Don’t get all excited; I ain’t Mick Jagger.” Indeed, at 74, Joel is six years younger than the hyper-kinetic, age-defying Jagger. (The Rolling Stones, incidentally, were the first rock act to perform at the then-new Petco Park in 2005, a year after it opened.)

When “Start Me Up” concluded, Joel and his well-drilled band playfully broke into a few verses of the 1964 Riveras’ chestnut, “California Sun,” which was memorably covered in 1977 by the Ramones. Raindrops were visible on parts of his grand piano, but Joel was undaunted.

“We’re from New York — this is nothing!” he told the cheering crowd. Even so, Joel’s stage attire was topped off with a black zip-up jacket, a cap and a wool scarf. The drizzle was constant enough that several of this reporter’s pens stopped working because of how wet the pages in my notebook had become.

The rain abated — for a while — shortly after Joel launched into his ninth selection, “New York State of Mind,” his signature song and one of the highlights of his set.

The air was alternately dry and moist for the 13 numbers that followed in Joel’s concert. It culminated with five sure-thing encore numbers — “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” “Uptown Girl,” “It’s Still Rock and’ Roll To Me,” “Big Shot” and “You May be Right,” which included a charged snippet of Led Zeppelin’s 1971 classic, “Rock and Roll,” sung by Joel band guitarist Mike DelGuidice.

The show ended at 10:55 p.m., five minutes before Petco Park’s curfew. It was Joel’s second appearance at the stadium, where he delivered a memorable, 26-song performance in 2016 to a sold-out crowd.

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Then, as on Saturday, Joel’s grand piano periodically rotated on the stage to afford the audience on either side of the packed stadium a better vantage point. Saturday’s concert was shorter by five songs than in 2016. What also differed is Joel’s singing voice, which has lost some of its range and impact.

He acknowledged as much when introducing “An Innocent Man,” the title track of his 1983 album. “I didn’t realize when I recorded this that I was saying goodbye to a lot of my high notes,” Joel said. “If I hit a lot of flat notes, you’re allowed to groan.”

He was thoroughly engaged and his singing was warm and resonant on winning renditions of “Vienna,” “Only the Good Die Young,” “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” and “Piano Man.” And his keyboard work was rarely less than sparkling. But on other numbers, he repeatedly strained to hit notes, despite singing them in lower keys than they were originally recorded.

Of course, the rain and cool night air could have been factors for the veteran troubadour, who tonight at 9 will be featured on the CBS TV concert special, “Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden.”

But indoors or out, his crowd-pleasing Petco Park concert was marred by inconsistent pacing, no more so that when “The River of Dreams” segued into Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” — a good, but not great, showcase for singer and multi-instrumentalist Crystal Talifero. This was followed by guitarist DelGuidice’s vocal rendition of the storied Puccini opera aria, “Nessun dorma” — which translates as “Nobody’s Sleeping” — as the lead-in to “Piano Man.”

Say, what? Even if this was meant as an inside joke, clearly nobody was sleeping on such a damp, cool evening. And the enthusiastic audience, which sang along and danced en masse, left no doubt of its devotion to Joel and the songs that many attendees grew up hearing.

Pacing and vocal power were no problem for Sting, whose 16-song opening set was a master class in how to structure, balance and deliver a concert that soared from start (a spirited duet with Joel on “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”) to finish (“Every Breath You Take,” likely the most memorable rock song ever about stalking).

Sting, who performed with equal elan in October at his SDSU concert here, was in excellent voice throughout Saturday. No matter how many times he has previously sung “Roxanne,” “Message in a Bottle,” So Lonely” and “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” he made each sound wonderfully fresh and vital. Sting’s songs are durable and flexible, enabling him to modify their keys, time signatures and arrangements in a manner that simultaneously saluted and extended them.

Review: Sting’s San Diego concert an arresting, full-circle family affair for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

The veteran solo star and co-founder of The Police sounded thoroughly engaged in his two-hour performance with his one-woman, five-man band. His son, Joe Sumner, opened the show and returned to lend vocal support to his dad on two songs

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His exemplary bass playing was, likewise, a marvel of taste, concision and musicality that added welcome dimension to the songs at hand. He was matched, note for note, by his very talented, one-woman, five-man band. It included Ben Butler, very ably subbing for longtime Sting guitarist Dominic Miller (who is now embarked on a solo tour in Europe).

Sting consistently injected fresh vigor into such favorites as “Message in a Bottle,” Brand New Day,” “Fields of Gold,” and “King of Pain,” adding welcome new twists while remaining true to each song’s essence. Rather than rush through songs, he extended a number of them — including “Walking on the Moon,” which lasted 12 minutes but was not a second too long — the better to build dynamic tension and release.

No stranger to stadium concerts, Sting commanded the stage with an inviting combination of authority, wit and good-natured bonhomie. Even more so than Joel, he repeatedly engaged the audience in spirited, call-and-response vocal exchanges. Sting also delivered a few well-timed asides. (Introducing The Police’s 1981 gem, “Spirits in the Material World,” he deadpanned: “I can assure you it’s not a Madonna song,” a wry allusion to her 1984 hit, “Material Girl.”)

After the harmonica-led “Brand New Day,” Sting commented on the inclement weather, saying: “Man, it’s cold! I come from England, where it’s (now) sunny and warm. You can’t trust the weather anymore, which is what this next song is about.” He and his band then delivered an expertly calibrated version of “Heavy Weather No Rain,” during which he ad-libbed some extra lyrics: “You’re in San Diego — my ship just came in!”

Sting wisely let his music speak for itself, most notably on “Desert Rose.” Its snaking, Arabic-inspired melody seemed all the more poignant at a time when, sadly, war is again rife in the Middle East.

At 72, Sting remains an arresting musical force. The bar he set for Joel to follow Saturday was, ultimately, a bridge too far — although that may reflect the fact Sting tours constantly, while Joel currently averages just two concerts a month. Either way, on Saturday neither of them let the rain dampen their musical parade.

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Posted: April 25, 2024 | Last updated: April 25, 2024

Listening to your favorite musician at home is fun, but there's nothing quite like the experience of singing along with them, and tons of more fans, live. And as luck would have it, 2024 is shaping up to be a massive year for some of the world's top musical acts, so chances are your favorite performer might be stopping at a city near you soon.

Ahead, we rounded up some of the biggest concert tours of 2024, ranging from Taylor Swift's mega-popular Eras Tour to Drake and J. Cole's exciting It's All A Blur Tour - Big as the What?—set to kick off this winter. You can also expect tour dates from classic icons like Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and more.

1) Taylor Swift

Undoubtedly one of the biggest concert tours ever, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour will continue right through 2024. The international leg of the tour kicked off in Japan, where she played four shows in Tokyo. She'll also stop in Melbourne, Singapore, Paris, Madrid, London, Milan, and more before returning to the States to play in the fall.

There's nothing like seeing T. Swift IRL, but don't fret if you're unable to nab tickets—the Eras Tour movie is now available to stream from the comfort of your home.

2) Olivia Rodrigo

This is not a drill—"Drivers License" singer Olivia Rodrigo will be hitting the road on tour starting at the end of February. The Guts World Tour runs from February through mid-August and has dates in Nashville, Toronto, Chicago, and New York City, among others. Even cooler? Rodrigo will have a stacked list of special guests—like PinkPantheress, Remi Wolf, The Breeders, and Chappell Roan—with her.

3) Red Hot Chili Peppers

Did you hear the good news? The Red Hot Chili Peppers have extended their global tour through summer 2024. The buzzy stadium tour, which kicked off in June 2022, will now run until July 2024 and bring the California-based band to places like Los Angeles, Tampa, Toronto, and Salt Lake City.

4) Bad Bunny

It's fitting that "Monaco" rapper Bad Bunny titled his tour Most Wanted —it's slated to be one of the year's hottest tours. Planned to help promote his latest studio album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana , Most Wanted will kick off in Salt Lake City on February 21 and run through May 26.

5) Billy Joel

If you haven't yet seen Billy Joel perform live, there's still time! The Piano Man has added more tour dates to his schedule, stopping in cities like Tampa, New York, Denver, and St. Louis this year. Even more exciting? He'll share the stage with fellow iconic performers Sting and Stevie Nicks for some of these dates.

Mitski recently announced that she's expanding her North American tour dates , and we couldn't be more excited. The months-long tour, which supports her 2023 studio album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, has a long list of stops, including Miami Beach, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Paris.

There's nothing quite like a Madonna concert, that's for sure. The singer's Celebration Tour , which started last October, continues straight through the spring with dates in Seattle, San Francisco, Mexico City, and more. Besides her eye-catching sets, chart-topping songs, and impressive choreography, concertgoers also get a glimpse of the performer's fantastic costumes, which include looks from Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier.

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The New Jersey-founded rock band, which is fronted by Jack Antonoff—known for producing albums for top acts like Taylor Swift, Lorde, and Lana Del Rey—not only has announced a new album but a new tour , too. The tour will start in the UK in March, ending fittingly in the band's home state of New Jersey in mid-June. Check out their newly released music video for "Tiny Moves" if you need a Bleachers fix in the meantime.

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Nicki fans rejoice: the rapper and singer might be coming to a city near you soon as part of her Pink Friday 2 World Tour. The massive tour will include performances in Brooklyn, Oakland, and Baltimore, with stops at Dreamville Festival and Rolling Loud California along the way.

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Live out all of your nineties and early aughts pop-punk dreams with one of Blink 182's One More Time Tour dates. The tour, which supports the band's ninth studio album, One More Time..., will bring the trio to cities all over the globe, including Sydney, Santiago, Portland, and Boston. The tour's supporting act is Pierce the Veil, which is also worth checking out.

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The oh-so-magical Stevie Nicks continues her touring streak with a bunch of 2024 concert dates . Set to begin in Atlantic City, NJ on February 10, Nicks will visit a dozen cities throughout the U.S. this year, such as New Orleans, Omaha, and Chicago. "Let's keep this party going in 2024," the singer-songwriter posted on her Instagram in September to announce the newly added tour dates.

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Sting: My Songs Tour

Sting delivers a rousing show on My Songs tour with fan favorites: 'I am a very lucky man'...

Never mind when Sting talks about tantric sex.

Sting’s stamina as a performer and musician should be celebrated mightily.

At the scenic Filene Center at Wolf Trap Sept. 1, Sting played the first of two sold-out shows to kickstart the new North American leg of his My Songs tour, an outing that has circled the globe since 2019 – excepting a 2020 pandemic sidelining – and detoured as a Las Vegas residency.

Without pausing for a breath or break, the 71-year-old craftsman of some of the most sophisticated pop-rock in modern music barreled through an opening quintet of chestnuts that seesawed between Police mainstays (“Message in a Bottle,” “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”) and his storied solo career (“Englishman in New York,” “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You”).

These are not three-minute radio hits. They’re songs packed with challenging lyrics, complicated rhythms and serpentine codas. Intermingled elements of jazz, pop, rock and reggae. Poetic expressions of soul searching, quixotic love and yearning.

And yet, there was Sting, his voice as muscular as his biceps, headset firmly locked to allow him to roam the stage, bass neck titled upward as he leaned into his nimble finger work, rolling through his repertoire with ease.

In a field of graying rock icons, Sting is a platinum-topped torch bearer.

With a resume spanning nearly more than 45 years of material, Sting’s musical cup overfloweth with options.

But the point of the tour is to spotlight hits – still an impossible task given his dozen Top 40 smashes as a solo artist and another nine with the Police – while also paying remembrance to a few meaningful album tracks.

The precise musicianship of his excellent band, including longtime musical partner Dominic Miller on guitar, Zach Jones on drums and Kevon Webster on keyboards, provided “Fields of Gold” with a silky warmth (the stage, naturally, bathed in a burnt-orange hue) and pushed the soaring melody of the erudite “All This Time.”

Sting teased ace harmonica player Shane Sager that he couldn’t match the proficiency of Stevie Wonder’s original playing on “Brand New Day,” but the twentysomething Sager met the challenge with his soulful squawking throughout the song’s lackadaisical sway.

The well-paced, 19-song set list is bookended with some of Sting’s most recognizable singalongs, including Police favorites “Walking on the Moon” (no one “eeh-yoh-oh”s like Sting) and “So Lonely,” which dovetailed into its spiritual mate, Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry,” a showcase for Sting’s fluid bass work.

One of the most dynamic aspects of Sting’s music is its broad-minded sensibilities. Not many pop-rock stars could fashion a hit out of a pairing with an Algerian singer, as Sting did in 2000 with Cheb Mami. Their worldwide hit, “Desert Rose,” still stimulated with its collection of chanting, atypical cadence and Sting’s suggestively jutting right hip.

Likewise, the pair of pre-encore tracks from the Police’s final album, the landmark “Synchronicity” from 1983, reminded of that band’s inimitable magic.

“King of Pain,” its lyrics stacked with elegantly bleak imagery, its bridge both puzzling and profound, proved emotionally searing (Sting’s son, Joe Sumner, who opened the show, returned to trade verses with his dad).

And of course, the song most associated with Sting and the Police, “Every Breath You Take,” elicited the expected roar from the crowd as they sang along to this speedier live version over Sting’s haunting bass line.

While the radio favorites are certainly worth commemorating, the chosen album tracks and smaller hits that Sting has curated for the show also warrant attention. Background singer Melissa Musique slayed during a joyful spotlight moment on “Heavy Cloud No Rain,” while fellow backup vocalist Gene Noble infused “Shape of My Heart,” its chiffon melody as gorgeous as ever, with meaningful soul.

Early in the show when he finally paused, Sting graciously offered, “I am a very lucky man to be standing here right now.”

Indeed, he is. But his fans share in that good fortune.

Given the length of the My Songs outing, it’s no surprise Sting and his band present a taut, 100-minute production.

They’ll continue to unfurl this sleek outing through Oct. 15 – including Sting’s One Fine Day festival in Philadelphia Sept. 9 that will reunite him with unlikely musical buddy,

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