ON THIS DAY...
24 September
2017: Sting performed at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: Sting performed at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, USA.
2013: Sting performed on the Today show in New York. 'The Last Ship' was released in the USA.
2011: Sting performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, USA.
2010: Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Sting performed at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
2004: Sting performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, USA.
2000: Sting performed at the MTN Sundome in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1999: Sting appeared on the 'Today Show Summer Concert Series' playing a live early morning set at New York's Rockefeller Centre live on the NBC network. He drew the largest live crowd for one of these shows.
1997: Sting was a guest performer at the Country Music Association Awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, were he performed 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' with country star Toby Keith.
1996: Sting performed at Century Hall in Nagoya, Japan. During the performance of 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' in Nagoya, a relaxed Sting allowed one member of the audience to play his bass whilst another sang!
1991: Sting performed at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Birmingham, USA.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the National Theatre in Washington DC.
1985: Sting performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
1983: The Police performed at the Arena in Frejus, France.
2016: Sting performed at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, USA.
2013: Sting performed on the Today show in New York. 'The Last Ship' was released in the USA.
2011: Sting performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, USA.
2010: Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Sting performed at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
2004: Sting performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, USA.
2000: Sting performed at the MTN Sundome in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1999: Sting appeared on the 'Today Show Summer Concert Series' playing a live early morning set at New York's Rockefeller Centre live on the NBC network. He drew the largest live crowd for one of these shows.
1997: Sting was a guest performer at the Country Music Association Awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, were he performed 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' with country star Toby Keith.
1996: Sting performed at Century Hall in Nagoya, Japan. During the performance of 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' in Nagoya, a relaxed Sting allowed one member of the audience to play his bass whilst another sang!
1991: Sting performed at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Birmingham, USA.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the National Theatre in Washington DC.
1985: Sting performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
1983: The Police performed at the Arena in Frejus, France.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"Symphonicities was an afterthought. We were rehearsing in Abbey Road and basically pushed the 'record' button. Instead of coming in with a few chords for a band and teaching everyone the song, and finding an arrangement by trial and error, you put a score down in front of an orchestra and they play it. It took about the same time to record as it takes to listen to. I think I'm going to make every album like that in the future."
