Legendary Sting returns in the New Year

Biography :

Artist : STING
Real name : Gordon Matthew Sumner
Born : October 2, 1951
File in : Pop Rock.
Instruments : Bass

Sting, one of the world's greatest pop-rock stars, will appear in concert this January for the Singha Taste of Music Presents Sting Live in Bangkok Sacred Love World Tour 2005.

The concert is scheduled for January 12, 2005, at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani.

Sting was a member of The Police, who at the height of their success 20 years ago, were the biggest band in the world. They are best remembered for their hit “Every Breath You Take,” which won the hearts of people around the world. Sting's skills on bass have also contributed to his worldwide reputation as one of the five greatest bass players in the world.

When Sting finally went solo, the star's fusion of pop-rock, classical jazz and world beat music, combined with meaningful lyrics that reflect love, society, and environmental issues, cast a spell on music lovers. His live performances have impressed millions of fans across the globe.

Ten years ago Sting played a sold out concert in Bangkok, and in two short months he will return for an encore performance.

Sting has won several prestigious awards over his musical career, including 16 Grammy Awards, 13 BMI Awards, 1 Golden Globe, 2 Brit Awards and 3 Emmy Awards for great songs like “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” and “Brand New Day.”

He has also appeared in many films, including “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Julia and Julia.”

Off stage, Sting is a devoted human rights activist and charity supporter. He and his wife founded “Rain Forest Foundation.” He raises funds for several other environmental foundations around the globe. He was nominated Person of the Year by Musicares Foundation.

Singha Taste of Music Presents Sting Live in Bangkok Sacred Love World Tour 2005 will take place on Wednesday January the 12 th at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani. Gates open at
7 pm and the concert will begin at 8.30 pm.

The concert is proudly presented by Boon Rawd Brewery, Mobile Easy by IEC, Channel 3, Bangkok Post Newspaper, Virgin BEC-Tero Radio Services Thailand, Universal Music, MTV Thailand, Dusit Thani Hotel, Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani, and BEC-Tero Entertainment.

Tickets are now available at Thai Ticket Master Counters at Central Department store (Chidlom, Ladphrao, Pinklao and Bangna branches), also at Big C Ramkhamhaeng. Ticket prices 1,000 / 2,000/ 3,500/ 4,500 Baht. More information call 0-2262-3456 or visit www.thaiticketmaster.com

Singha Taste of Music Presents Sting Live in Bangkok Sacred Love World Tour 2005 is another quality production brought to you by BEC-TERO Entertainment (Public) Co. Ltd.

STING BIOGRAPHY :

After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical and world beat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press. For such unabashed ambition, he was equally loved and reviled, with supporters believing that he was at the forefront of literate, intelligent rock and his critics finding his entire body of work pompous. Either way, Sting remained one of pop's biggest superstars for the first ten years of his solo career, before his record sales began to slip.

Before the Police were officially disbanded, Sting began work on his first solo album late in 1984, rounding up a group of jazz musicians as a supporting band. Moving from bass to guitar, he recorded his solo debut, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles , with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland and Omar Hakim. The move wasn't entirely unexpected, since Sting had played with jazz and progressive rock bands in his youth, but the result was considerably more mature and diverse than any Police record. The album became a hit, with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Love Is the Seventh Wave" and "Fortress Around Your Heart" reaching the American Top Ten. Sting brought the band out on an extensive tour, which was captured on a documentary called Bring on the Night , which appeared in 1986, along with a live double album of the same name. That year, Sting participated in a halfhearted Police reunion which resulted in only one new song, a re-recorded version of "Don't Stand So Close To Me."

Following the aborted Police reunion, Sting began working on the ambitious Nothing Like the Sun , which was dedicated to his recently deceased mother. Working from a jazz foundation, and again collaborating with Marsalis, Sting worked with a number of different musicians on the album, including Gil Evans and former Police guitarist Andy Summers. The album received generally positive reviews upon its release in late 1987, and it generated hit singles with "We'll Be Together" and "They Dance Alone." Following its release, Sting began actively campaigning for Amnesty International and environmentalism, establishing the Rainforest Foundation, which was designed to raise awareness about preserving the Brazilian rainforest. An abridged Spanish version of Nothing like the Sun , Nada Como el Sol , was released in 1988.

Sting took several years to deliver the follow-up to Nothing Like The Sun , during which time he appeared in a failed Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera in 1989. His father also died, which inspired 1991's The Soul Cages , a dense, dark and complex album. Although the album peaked at number two and spawned the Top Ten hit "All This Time," the record was less successful than its predecessor. Two years later, he delivered Ten Summoner's Tales , a light, pop-oriented record that became a hit on the strength of two Top 20 singles, "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and "Fields of Gold." At the end of 1993, "All for Love," a song he recorded with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams for The Three Musketeers , became a number one hit. The single confirmed that Sting's audience had shifted from new wave/college rock fans to adult contemporary, and the 1994 compilation Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting played to that audience.

Official Site : http://www.sting.com

Discography :

Sacred Love Released: 2003

 

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