Nov 04, 2009

Sting on Later with Jools Holland - The live 30 minute version of the show was broadcast on Tuesday, November 3 when Sting performed ''The Snow It Melts The Soonest'' accompanied by Dominic Miller and Ira Coleman...

Sting joined Jools Halland this week when he appeared on the latest edition of "Later Live with Jools Holland". The live 30 minute version of the show was broadcast on Tuesday, November 3 when Sting performed "The Snow It Melts The Soonest" accompanied by Dominic Miller and Ira Coleman. The full recorded 60 minute show premieres on BBC1 at 10pm on November 6, and will feature Sting performing "Christmas at Sea" accomapnied by Mary MacMaster, Dominic Miller and Ira Coleman, and an interview between Sting and Jools...

Nov 01, 2009

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Sting and his Tale: For more than 30 years, every little thing this singer/songwriter does has been magic, and he's not done yet. Chatting to Sting is like talking to a wise old owl, albeit one that's morphed from a proud cockerel who once strutted his colourful plumage and ruffled feathers around the globe. Heaven knows how he manages to sound casually philosophical and self-deprecating at the same time; it's quite a feat considering he made his name as the spiky haired, egocentric British frontman of The Police (alongside Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers) - one of the biggest bands of the early '80s. Add a string of hugely successful solo albums after the trio's tumultuous split in 1984, at the peak of their popularity, and his celebrity was cemented. But it was his habit of rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sir Bob Geldof and Bono, and entree into environmentalism long before the rest of us jumped on the green bandwagon, that sold us the idea he was more than some flash-in-the-pan rock god...