Billy Joel will once again be taking the stage with fellow legends Stevie Nicks and Sting in the new year, and has announced a run of five concerts in different U.S. cities. Joel will open his stadium trek with Sting at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, …
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Sting dug out one of his deepest cuts, “I Burn for You,” for the first time in 34 years during his concert in Toronto over the weekend. Sting casually slotted the song — which he first recorded with his pre-Police band, Last Exit — into the middle of his set …
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Sting stopped by The Late Show to showcase his recent single, “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart).” Joined by his current live band, the musician performed the rousing rock number on electric guitar and vocals. Sting, alongside drummer Chris Maas and guitarist Dominic Miller, is currently on a headlining …
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In 1983, sometime between the M*A*S*H finale, the shock of seeing Darth Vader’s face, and the Cabbage Patch Riots, the Police issued the year’s music blockbuster. The trio’s fifth and final album, Synchronicity, was almost immediately the best-selling LP released that year. The record, now octuple platinum, was a cultural …
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Ohana Festival has announced its lineup for this fall’s event at Doheny State Beach, featuring two headlining sets from Pearl Jam, alongside Garbage, Turnpike Troubadours, Sting, and Alanis Morissette. Hosted by Eddie Vedder, the three-day festival is scheduled for Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 with Pearl Jam headlining both Friday …
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Thursday night marked Billy Joel’s 100th concert in his soon-ending Madison Square Garden residency, and to mark the occasion, Jerry Seinfeld came onstage to honor the Piano Man. Calling the long-running MSG residency “a beautiful medallion on this career that he’s had,” Seinfeld talked about their shared roots on Long …
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Sting announced that he’ll be hitting the road this fall as part of his Sting 3.0 tour with drummer Chris Maas (who previously collaborated with Mumford & Sons and Maggie Rogers) and guitarist Dominic Miller, his longtime collaborator. While the frontman won’t heading on a reunion tour with his former …
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Billy Joel and Sting kicked off their One Night Only slate of co-headlining summer shows Saturday with a gig in Tampa Bay, with both artists popping up during the other’s set to help sing one of their classic songs. Joel introduced Sting’s set at Raymond James Stadium, telling the audience, …
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As the tenth anniversary of Glen Campbell’s Ghost on the Canvas was approaching, Dave Kaplan —whose Surfdog Records released the haunting album in 2011 — was pondering ways to honor it. A late-period landmark for Campbell, who died in 2017 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Ghost on the …
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Sting, Incubus, Devo, and My Morning Jacket will shake the sands of Redondo Beach, California’s waterfront, this spring at the fifth installment of the BeachLife Festival. Other performers include Seal, Dirty Heads, Local Natives, Santigold, Trey Anastasio, Fleet Foxes, ZZ Top, and Courtney Barnett. Tickets for the three-day fest, which …
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