ON THIS DAY...
16 December
2014: Sting appeared as Jackie White in 'The Last Ship' at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York.
2010: Sting performed at the Jose Carreras Gala in Leipzig, Germany.
2003: Sting attended a book signing of 'Broken Music' at Ottakars in Salisbury, England.
1999: Sting appeared on the 'Parkinson' show in the UK with fellow guest Billy Connolly. He performed 'Desert Rose' with Cheb Mami and 'Fields Of Gold'.
1996: Sting performed at the Parc des Expositions in Lorient, France.
1991: Sting performed at the Amphitheatre 4000 in Angers, France.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre in New York.
1987: Sting performed at Wembley Arena in London, England. During the evening's encore number - 'Message In A Bottle' - Sting was joined on stage by Andy Summers.
1985: Sting performed at La Patinoire in Bordeaux, France.
1984: The second and final part of 'Gormenghast' was aired on BBC Radio 4.
1981: The Police performed at Wembley Arena in London, England.
1980: The Police performed at Radio City in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
1979: The Police performed at the Gaumont in Southampton, England.
2010: Sting performed at the Jose Carreras Gala in Leipzig, Germany.
2003: Sting attended a book signing of 'Broken Music' at Ottakars in Salisbury, England.
1999: Sting appeared on the 'Parkinson' show in the UK with fellow guest Billy Connolly. He performed 'Desert Rose' with Cheb Mami and 'Fields Of Gold'.
1996: Sting performed at the Parc des Expositions in Lorient, France.
1991: Sting performed at the Amphitheatre 4000 in Angers, France.
1989: Sting appeared as Macheath in the '3 Penny Opera' at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre in New York.
1987: Sting performed at Wembley Arena in London, England. During the evening's encore number - 'Message In A Bottle' - Sting was joined on stage by Andy Summers.
1985: Sting performed at La Patinoire in Bordeaux, France.
1984: The second and final part of 'Gormenghast' was aired on BBC Radio 4.
1981: The Police performed at Wembley Arena in London, England.
1980: The Police performed at Radio City in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
1979: The Police performed at the Gaumont in Southampton, England.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"I would play 33 rpm records at 45 rpm and hear the bass parts revealed, rescued from the bowels of the arrangement an octave higher, and the fast sections of the upper octaves on forty-fives so that they could be learned at a slower speed. I realised from these experiments that anything, no matter how complex, could be deconstructed and learned if you slowed it down enough to really hear it."
