FEATURED FAN

Name: Tracie Merchant-Leatherwood

Username: traciedfw

Location: Roanoke, Texas, USA

Been a fan since: I was around 10-12 years old when "Every Breath You Take" and "Don't Stand So Close to Me" were released in the US, I remember how popular the songs were. I was just starting to develop my own taste in music. When 'Dream of the Blue Turtles'came out, I was a freshman in high school. I didn't have a lot of money, and I wanted to hear this new album that some school friends were talking about. So I went to the library, and checked out a copy of the LP. Remember when you could check out copies of LPs at the library? In any event. I was absolutely floored, with the sounds, with the lyrics. Since then, his music has been part of the soundtrack of my life. I was in college when I saw Sting in an interview say (I'm paraphrasing) that when he had been asked to support the save the rainforest efforts, he naively thought that when the people in charge would see the harm being done, they would stop. And then he realized people don't necessarily stop or care about things causing harm. It was the first time I was aware of his social justice and environmental efforts.

Favourite Sting song: Asking me to pick a favorite Sting song is almost impossible. 'Fortress Around Your Heart', 'If You Love Somebody Set Them Free', 'You Still Touch Me', 'Fields of Gold', 'Sacred Love'.

Favourite Police song: 'Don't Stand So Close to Me'.

Favourite Sting album: 'Dream of the Blue Turtles' - but also impossible to pick a favorite. But this album changed, influenced how I listened to music in general.

Favourite Police album: 'Synchronicity'.

Most memorable concert: The only concert I've been able to attend was when Sting played Starplex, now Doxs Equis Pavilion, in Dallas in the early/mid 1990s. I'm so excited to see him in Irving, October 14, 2023.

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past events

Over the years the Fan Club has held many exclusive events and amazing opportunities for its members. These have ranged from tickets for many different TV and radio performances to full concerts. Below are just some of the highlights...

At selected shows during the My Songs tour, members have had the opportunity to access some intimate SOUNDCHECK PARTIES and see Sting and his band rehearsing up close and personal. These amazing opportunities have taken place in London ON, Bridgeport CT, Virginia Beach VA, Budapest, Turin, Amsterdam, Scarborough, Paris, Warsaw, Parma, Krakow and Munich with further events planned in Denver CO, Concord CA and Irving TX.


Fan Club members were invited to an exclusive 57th & 9th ALBUM RELEASE PARTY CONCERT at New York's Irving Plaza in November 2016.


Twenty Fan Club members and their guests were invited to attend the OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY OF THE LAST SHIP at the Neil Simon Theatre in October 2014.


Well over a hundred Fan Club members were invited to attend a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PERFORMANCE of The Last Ship material at New York's Public Theater on 2 October 2013.


Fan Club members were invited to attend some DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCES OF THE LAST SHIP at the Live Theatre in Newcastle in February 2012.


Fan Club members were in attendance at Sting's all star SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT at New York's Beacon Theatre in October 2011 which raised more than $7m for the Robin Hood charity.


Fan Club members were invited to a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of Sting's European Symphonicity Tour at the Apollo Theatre in New York in April 2011.


Fan Club members attended the SOUNDCHECK AND PERFORMANCE that was filmed for the 'Symphonicity' DVD at O2 World in Berlin in September 2010.


Fan Club members attended the FILMING OF THE 'IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT DVD at Durham Cathedral in September 2009.


Sting and The Police Fan Club members attended RECORDING OF THE 'SPECTACLE' EPISODE FEATURING THE POLICE at the Apollo Theatre in New York in August 2008.


Sting and The Police Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of The Police's world breaking Reunion Tour at GM Place in Vancouver in May 2007.


Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the recording of Sting's 'The Journey & The Labyrinth' DVD at LSO St Lukes in London in October 2006.


Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL RADIO CONCERT hosted by Radio France during the Songs from the Labyrinth tour at the Salle Olivier Messiaen in Paris in October 2006.


Sting invited Fan Club members to attend an EXCLUSIVE CLUB SHOW on the Broken Music tour at Irving Plaza in New York in May 2005.


Fan Club members attended a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of the Broken Music tour at the Roxy Club in Los Angeles in March 2005.


In January 2004, fan club members attended a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of the Sacred Love tour at the James L Knight Centre in Miami. 


In September 2003, Sting invited Fan Club members to an EXCLUSIVE CONCERT at the Olympia in Paris, where he previewed songs off his 'Sacred Love' album.


In September 2001, Fan Club members were INVITED TO STING'S HOME near Florence to attend the recording/filming of the '...All This Time' CD and DVD.