As soon as the opening chords of “Every Breath You Take” echoed across Petco Park, everyone knew this concert would be something special – two Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer inductees would perform some of their greatest hits!
This was the inaugural co-headline performance between Piano Man and Sting on their tour, which includes stops at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, San Antonio’s Alamodome, and Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium.
Sting & The Police
“Message in a Bottle,” which opened the show, set an electric pace with its racing rhythms and Sting’s emotive vocals. Following that performance came an energetic version of “Englishman in New York” featuring Dominic Miller’s rendition that closely emulated Andy Summers’ spatial guitar parts while adding his own individual flourishes.
As the concert reached its close, Sting brought it all down a notch with “Fragile.” This poignant ballad proved just as moving for audiences due to an outstanding backing band including vocalists Gene Noble and Melissa Musique and bassist Paul Buchanan.
Sting is still one of the greatest musical craftsmen alive today, masterfully weaving elements of rock, jazz, reggae and global music styles into catchy pop songs. However, his latest release may have been better named Stingchronicity due to how few tracks feature Copeland or Summers performing at their peak levels.
Sting & The Eagles
Even at 72 and 74 respectively, these two multi-GRAMMY winners proved they hadn’t lost any momentum during a dramatic concert featuring songs from their storied careers – Sting’s solo hits as well as The Police classics by both acts.
Mr. Weingarten also sprinkled his talk with some New York wit and humor that connected with the audience, such as when explaining how to write a love song: stating: ‘you love someone, then hate them again; so this process repeats itself until a love song emerges.”
And Sting ribbed backup player Shane Sager about having to fill Stevie Wonder’s shoes as harmonica player for their performance of “Brand New Day,” from their underrated 1999 album of the same name, which Sager did flawlessly. Later in the set ended with an intense rendition of “So Lonely,” featuring Joe Sumner (Sting’s son) playing bass – who sounded strikingly similar to his dad!
Sting & Tina Turner
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Sting’s dynamic performances of iconic ’80s rock songs such as “King of Pain” and “Fields of Gold” kept the Tampa crowd on their feet. His show also blended reggae and world music influences into fan favorites like Roxanne, Englishman in New York and Spirits in the Material World; though his wail may no longer be as strong, but still managed to elicit emotion in every tune he sang.
Sting & The Beatles
Sting is one of the world’s most-honored songwriters, having received 16 Grammys and receiving the 2002 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music as recognition of his contributions. Additionally, he holds both Commander of the Order of British Empire and Polar Music Prize laureates titles. Sting’s unique sound draws upon classical, country, Celtic folk, rock R&B jazz as well as reggae influences for inspiration.
Letterman kicked off Beatles Week on April 6 with indie-rock band Broken Bells performing “And I Love Her,” followed by Sean Lennon performing his son Sean Lennon’s rendition of ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.