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News
17 May 2012
15.05.12 Many
news about the Sumner family Trudie Styler, Daughter Act up A Storm in Off
Broadway Workshop
You can catch one more performance tonight, Saturday, at 45 Bleecker Street
Theatre of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as adapted by famed British director Max
Stafford-Clark. It’s really a master class that’s been going on as open
rehearsals for the last couple of weeks.
Last night,
and tonight, are the only set performances for now. Stafford Clark and
playwright Thomas Kilroy have revived a 30 year old adaptation of “The
Seagull” set in Ireland instead of Russia. It was acclaimed then and it
still works beautifully.
Last night, Alan Rickman–who’d been in the original production–was in the
audience, along with Sting, who came to see wife Trudie Styler and daughter
Mickey Sumner–a very hot, up and coming serious actress–play major roles.
(He brought Trudie roses, of course.) This production is done as a staged
reading, but it is never boring. On the contrary, the casting is so perfect,
and Stafford-Clark has waved a magic wand. Even in this early version,
theatre fanatics will be sorry to miss tonight’s show. It’s simply
mesmerizing. It’s not just Styler and Sumner, but a strong cast that
delivers without missing a beat.
Rickman was very pleased, and raved about Mickey Sumner. (She’s the real
thing.) Styler, a classically trained actress (among many other
multi-tasking successes) gives a textured and moving performance. Everyone
else is top notch, from Rufus Collins to Slate Holmgren, Stella Feehily, and
Katie Kirby.
PS Sting and Trudie became grandparents this week–Sting’s singer son, Joe
Sumner, from his first marriage to Frances Tomelty, welcomed a baby
daughter. His wife, Kate, gave birth to a beautiful daughter named Juliet.
The Sumner clan is headed west on Sunday to see the brand new baby and give
congrats to the parents.
11.05.12 New
LiSting website - Webmaster working After the BDD
crash, and as I was into building a new version of LISting, I finally
decided to work hard on it.
Yesterday, I booked some room on a web hoster, I'm now building a totally
new version of your favorite website ( ;) ).
Full Web 2.0 and W3C.
No more troubles due to hoster "Free.fr" maintenances, great stats system,
allowing me to now how vistors like or dislike pages,...
Many functions will be given to the site to help you visiting the news,
comment and share them. Perheaps a mobile version. And the news could be
announced faster (could it be faster than it is now ? Perheaps).
Many many changes to come...
Many many work for me, as hundreds of pages have to be read and re-written.
I don't know when this will be complete, but it has started !
If you see some improvments to bring to this actual LiSting version, you can
suggest them
As I now use a payable hosting system, perheaps I'll use a PayPal link for
visitors to contribute to LiSting.
09.05.12 Joe
Sumner and Klimstein are back Good
news for Joe Sumner's fans. He's back with Klimmstein. Last year, their
released "Paris Paris" and ran for the Eurovision contest. Now, listen to
their new single "Massive paella".
The song was recorded a few months after "Paris Paris".
Klimmstein and Joe decided to make another song together and it was pretty
easy and fast
The band sent a demo to Joe, he created his vocal line and lyrics.
All happened via internet. Joe
recorded his part in the USA. This year the band finished it in Thal, Austria so
that they´ll be in time for the summer season... and this was it.
The "Paris Paris" part in the end was just to remember the old time again.
Watch the video
on Youtube. Thanks Markus from Klimmstein
01.05.12 The
Police on Don Kirshner's rock concert Good news :
A DVD from The Police's performance on Don Kirshner show is currently in
development ! (Thanks Dietmar)
Read more information on
www.donkirshner.com
24.04.12 Sting
and Vince Gill nominated on CMT Sting & Vince Gill's rendition of "If I ever lose
my faith in you" for CMT Crossroads has been nominated for CMT's Performance
of the Year award. The winner will be determined entirely by the fans and
voting begins NOW... please visit
www.cmt.com to cast your vote!
The CMT Awards is country music's
original fan-voted awards show, airing live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 6
at 8PM/EST. Source : Sting.com
23.04.12 Sting's evening Saturday
21, Michael Douglas, Trudie Styler, MTV Co-Founder Tom Freston, Catherine
Zeta-Jones and Sting attend the 2012 Windward School benefit at Cipriani
42nd Street in New York City. Photo A. Pereira
19.04.12 Sting
Visits Broadway's Newsies Pop star and Broadway veteran Sting and his wife,
actress Trudie Styler, attended the Broadway production of the new musical
Newsies at the Nederlander Theatre this past weekend. After the show, they
posed with stars Jeremy Jordan and Kara Lindsay.
Set in New York City at the turn
of the century, Newsies, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and
a book by Harvey Fierstein, tells the story of Jack Kelly (played by Jordan), a
charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged 'newsies,' who
dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. Source : www.theatermania.com
15.04.12 A Police
movie in the making ? Accordong to
Side-Line.com webzine, there are plans to make a movie about The Police.
As it seems the plans are very early stage, but the webzine has been told
that a certain Marc Warren would already have been approached to feature in
the film as Sting.
Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, known for his British
television roles as Danny Blue in "Hustle", Dougie Raymond in "The Vice",
Dominic Foy in "State of Play" and Rick in "Mad Dogs". As you can see on the
pics above Warren (on the right) has indeed a very close resemblance with
Sting, especially during the early years of The Police.
Well, let's wait for a confirmation.
Your comments
on the forum.
11.04.12 An
englishman, still in New York Yesterday, Sting took a stroll down the streets of
New York City, New York with his guitar bag on his back in a hurry.
10.04.12 I
like my hearing The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary recently
created a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness about hearing
loss among baby boomers.
Filmed by Fabrizio Ferri, a leading videographer and photographer, the PSA
features Chris Botti on trumpet, with a voiceover by Sting.
These celebrities took time from
their busy schedules and donated their considerable talents because they believe
in the importance of our message: Baby boomers need to take control of their
hearing health before it's too late.
“I hope that with The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary as a partner, Chris and I are
able to remind people of the critical need to protect their hearing.” Sting
says.
05.04.12 Hounds
of winter - Free download If you already own "25 years" or the "Best of 25
years" on CD or iTunes,
click
here to get a free download of "Hounds of winter. The song was recorded
live during the first european performance of Back to bass tour at Sage
Gateshead in Newcastle on february 5th.
04.04.12 Rainforest
concert Yesterday, Sting performed for the annual
Rainforest fundation benefit concert in Carnegie Hall in New York. He was
surrounded by Mery Streep, Elton John, James Taylor, Jennifer Hudson, Bruno
Mars, Katharine McPhee, Vince Gill, Roseanne Cash, Bryn Terfel and Chaning
Tatum.
After the show
a charity dinner, with auctions held in The Pierre Hotel. Sting sold a
signature bass.
Here's the setlist performed :
If I only had a brain/heart/nerve
(Sting, Meryl Streep, Elton John, James Taylor)
Over the rainbow (James Taylor)
I can't stop loving you (Vince Gil)
Dream (Vince Gil & Rita Wilson)
Dream the impossible dream (Bryn Terfel)
Moon River (Elton John)
Ode to Billy Joe (Roseanne Cash)
Unchained Melody (Bruno Mars)
Lets call the whole thing off (Meryl Streep & Sting)
Old man river (James Taylor)
Singing in the rain (Sting)
And I'm telling you, I'm not going (Jennifer Hudson)
When you wish upon a star (Meryl Streep)
Roxanne (Bryn Terfel)
Suicide is painless (Sting)
Everybody's talking at me (Roseanne Cash)
Shall we dance (James Taylor)
Diamonds are a girls boyfriend (very funny)
Pretty woman (Vince Gill)
The weight (Jennifer Hudson)
Be bop a lula (Sting)
Rock around the clock (Elton John)
Jailhouse rock (Bruno Mars)
You can't always get what you want (All)
30.03.12 Back
to bass tour : break After 67 first dates from North America to Europe
and South Africa, Sting and his band have a two months long break.
Well, this doesn't mean "no activity" : Dominic will tour (read previous
news) and Sting has to work on The Last Ship. A performance is sheduled in
New York in april.
We'll see the tour back this summer with more than 30 dates already
announced, with David Sancious on keyboards.
Read all informations about 25years/Back to bass tour on the
special
page, and on
the forum.
30.03.12 London
show aired
Yesterday, BBC Radio2 aired the second London Hammersmith show recorded on
march 20.
You can listen to it again by clicking
on this
link.
It's not the entire show, but you'll find these titles in a soundboard
recording :
All This Time
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Seven Days
Demolition Man
Driven To Tears
Fortress Around Your Heart
Fields Of Gold
Heavy Cloud No Rain
The Hounds Of Winter
Never Coming Home
Every Breath You Take
27.03.12 Dominic
Miller on tour and album release Don't miss Dominic Miller latest album "5th house"
to be release on march 30th.
In astrology, the fifth house is the one which links people with similar
hobbies and the same passions.
It's the house creativity, children, games and relationships.
More information on www.dominicmiller.com
Here are the announced tourdates
to promote Dominic's new album "5th house".
10/04/2012 House of Culture & Entertainment - Vilnius - Lithuania
11/04/2012 Great Guild Hall - Riga - Latvia
12/04/2012 Nokia Concert Hall - Tallinn - Estonia
24/04/2012 L'anfiteatro Barranco - Lima - Peru
27/04/2012 Teatro ND Ateneo - Buenos Aires - Argentina
28/04/2012 Casa Babylon - Cordoba - Argentina
02/05/2012 Isabella Club - Panama City - Panama
05/05/2012 Altes Pfandhaus - Cologne - Germany
06/05/2012 Gioia del Colle - Ueffilo - Italy
07/05/2012 Moody's Jazz Club - Foggia - Italy
08/05/2012 606 Jazz Club - London - UK
09/05/2012 Braunau - Gugg - Austria
10/05/2012 The Place - Rome - Italy
24/05/2012 Guitarworld Festival - Kaluga - Russia
26.03.12 Sting
on "The hunger Games" soundtrack Sting Performs
“Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)” for “the Hunger Games”: Songs from District
12 and Beyond
Available as a Free Download Beginning Tuesday, March 27
LOS ANGELES, Mar 26, 2012
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The chart-topping companion album to the LIONSGATE® film THE
HUNGER GAMES, "THE HUNGER GAMES": SONGS FROM DISTRICT 12 AND BEYOND, will unlock
a free download of "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)" performed by world-renowned
musician Sting beginning March 27, 2012. The track can also be purchased as a
single from major digital retailers.
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"Lullaby" remains a centerpiece of THE HUNGER GAMES. In the story, the
protagonist Katniss [Jennifer Lawrence] learns the song from her father who sang
it to her as a child. Passing down the tradition, Katniss sings it to her little
sister Primrose, as well as to fellow Tribute Rue, to calm their fears.
16-time Grammy Award winner Sting delivers a powerful and poetic rendition of
“Lullaby,” produced by acclaimed singer-songwriter and producer T-Bone Burnett.
The pair last collaborated on 2003’s “You Will Be My Ain’ True Love” for the
film, Cold Mountain. The song was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award, a
Grammy Award and a Golden Globe.
As one of the world’s most respected performers, Sting recently celebrated his
25th anniversary as a solo artist with the release of the definitive box set
collection 25 Years as well as The Best Of 25 Years. The free iPad app, STING
25, also serves as a commemoration of this milestone. He is currently on the
celebrated Back to Bass world tour, and will soon embark on a tour throughout
North America and Europe this summer.
Download "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)" by Sting on Tuesday March 27th.
About THE HUNGER GAMES
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the
nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and
girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising
and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally
televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one
survivor remains.
Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister’s place to
enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the
mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she’s pitted against
highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If
she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices
in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and
Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in
tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first
in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26 million copies in print in
the United States alone, has developed a massive global following. It has spent
more than 180 consecutive weeks/more than three consecutive years to date on The
New York Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2008, and has
also appeared consistently on USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.
Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES on March 23, 2012.
To experience The Hunger Games online, please visit: Official Website:
http://www.thehungergamesmovie.com/
Official Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/thehungergamesmovie
Official Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/thehungergames
Capitol Couture: http://www.capitolcouture.com
About Universal Republic Records
A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company,
Universal Republic is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum,
award-winning legends and superstar artists such as 3 Doors Down, Amy Winehouse,
Black Sabbath, Colbie Caillat, Eddie Vedder, Enrique Iglesias, Florence + the
Machine, Godsmack, Owl City, The Rolling Stones, The Voice (NBC-TV), Gotye, Of
Monsters & Men, Mayer Hawthorne, among many others.
It is comprised of innovative imprints and digital business ventures including
Republic Nashville (The Band Perry), Cash Money (Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj),
Indie Pop (Dev, The Cataracs), Lava Records (Jessie J, Black Veil Brides), SRC
(Akon, Melanie Fiona), Aware Records (Mat Kearney), Brushfire (Jack Johnson, G.
Love), Tuff Gong (Damian Marley, Stephen Marley), Downtown (Miike Snow), among
others.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and
diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television
programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital
distribution. new channel platforms and international distribution and sales.
The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time
cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming
and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10
networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication
businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy
Award-winning "Mad Men", "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with the Golden
Globe-winning drama "Boss" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House Of
Payne", its spinoff "Meet The Browns", "The Wendy Williams Show" "Are We There
Yet?" and the upcoming "Anger Management."
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as THE
LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES, MARGIN
CALL, THE LAST EXORCISM and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two
Academy Awards®. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the
Company now has the two leading young adult franchises -- the blockbuster
TWILIGHT SAGA, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box
office, and the HUNGER GAMES franchise, whose first film will be released on
March 23. Recent Summit hits include RED, LETTERS TO JULIET, KNOWING, the STEP
UP franchise and the Academy Award winning Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box
office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a
prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and
television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as
the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate
and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment
in markets around the world.
SOURCE: Universal Republic Records
26.03.12 New
setlist + David Sancious David Sancious joined the band this weekend in
Johannesburg. And other surprise, five new songs appeared in the setlist :
We can guess the setlist is the one which will be played this summer in
festivals.
All this time
Every little thing she does is magic
Englishman in New York*
Seven days
Demolition man
I hung my head
Driven to tears
Fields of gold
Sacred love
Shape of my heart*
Inside
Love is stronger than justice
The hounds of winter
End of the game
Never coming home
Desert rose
King Of pain
Roxanne*
Every breath you take
Next to you
Fragile *
24.03.12 Coco's
year
This week, I Blame Coco gave several concerts in New York.
It was thus possible to see the band Wednesday 21 at Palazzo Chupi in New
York for the launch party of Signorina, "a new fragrance for women" by
Salvatore Ferragamo.
On the setlist: "Drew the Line", "Come Friday" and "The Void".
Thursday, March 22, I Blame Coco
gave a concert at the New Museum in New York as part of The Water Tank Project
World Water Day.
Friday 23, it was the Pianos Bar in Lower East Side.
Coco unveiled her new album will be released soon in the U.S., and America
should now count on her presence in American charts.
Follow all the news of I Blame Coco on
www.iblamecoco.c4.fr
22.03.12 Andy's
diary for next months
As expected with the re-vamping of
his website, good
news have just been announced :
Fundamental CD to be released in June
Andy and Brazillian pop singer
Fernanda Takai
(Pato Fu) will release their first CD together in June 2012. The CD is
titled Fundamental and will be released Deck records (Brazil) with all songs
and lyrics and music by Andy and Portugese translations by Zelia Duncan.
Andy and Fernanda will tour Brazil in October with dates to be announced.
Can't stand losing you 2012
film release
Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police, the film the based on Andy ‘s auto
biography One Train Later is currently being finished in New York and will be
released this summer. The films takes you on a musical journey following Andy’s
career from band to band until the creation of The Police and includes newly
shot concert footage and exclusive interviews with the band on their worldwide
2007/2008 tour.
Cast: Andy Summers
Director: Andy Grieve
Producers: Norman Golightly, Brett Morgen, Bob Yari
Company: YFG International
Andy to play 2012 Amsterdam Guitar festival
Andy will appear at the Amsterdam Guitar festival in December 2012 in duo with
Ben Verdery and also
Jan Akkerman.
Andy to play with Gilberto Gil in Brazil Andy will be appearing at an acoustic concert with
Gilberto Gil and
other Brazillian artists at the
Rio Climate
Challenge in June in Rio de Janeiro.
22.03.12 London
show recorded
Sting.com announced this morning that the second London Hammersmith show has
been recorded to be aired on BBC2 on march 29th !
So, we'll have a soundboard source for this tour.
This may mean we won't see any official release for this tour.
Thu 29 mar 20:00-22:00
BBC Radio 2
21.03.12 Sting
on "The hunger Games" soundtrack Sting has recorded
a track for Lionsgate’s and Universal Republic’s film companion album The
Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond. The 11-time Grammy-winning
artist sings a version of the iconic “Rue's Lullaby” from the film.
The bonus track will be available March 27th via download but only if
customers purchase the companion album. Source : Deadline
20.03.12 Andy
Summers - revamped website Andy's website has
been revamped.
No new information, but the design is nicer and clear.
I guess some updates will be done in a few months with his projects.
www.andysummers.com
12.03.12 Sting
in Paris - Fan meeting To those who'll be among the crowd in Paris
tomorrow (march 13). What about a meeting ?
We'll be glad to meet you all !
Find the meeting point on
the forum.
I'll finally be able to wear my favorite LiSting sweat shirt this year !
04.03.12 Sting
on new Starbuck CD Last year, artists
like Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Jennifer Lopez donated songs to Every Mother
Counts, a charity album organized by model and filmmaker Christy Turlington.
Now, Rolling Stone reports that Turlington has lined up another list of
famous pals for a second volume, which will benefit her charitable
foundation, also called Every Mother Counts. They include Seal, Faith Hill,
Sting, Bono, Coldplay, Sade and Paul Simon.
The charity works to reduce the
global maternal mortality rate; because every 90 seconds, a woman dies from
pregnancy complications, and 90 percent of those deaths are preventable.
Available exclusively at Starbucks from May 1 to May 29 -- just in time for
Mother's Day -- Every Mother Counts Vol. 2 features 19 tracks, 15 of which are
previously unheard. Some of those unheard tracks are acoustic or live versions
of well-known songs.
The first album featured only female artists who were mothers, but Turlington
tells Rolling Stone that when she decided to include men this time, Bono and
Chris Martin of Coldplay were obvious choices because "they are both fathers to
daughters." She adds, "I generally wanted a diverse group of artists who were
parents, or...who will be soon."
Here's the track listing, according to Rolling Stone:
Bono and the Edge "Original of the Species" (acoustic) *
Eddie Vedder " Skipping" *
Paul Simon and Edie Brickell "Pretty Day" *
Faith Hill "Wish for You"
Sade "The Sweetest Gift"
Lauryn Hill "I Remember"
Rita Wilson "Baby I'm Yours" *
Diana Krall "Don't Fence Me In" *
Seal "Secret"
Dave Matthews Band "Sister" (live) *
Sting "Fragilidad"
Alanis Morissette "Magical Child" *
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Mother" *
David Bowie "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
Cedella Marley "Get Up Stand Up" *
Beck "Corrina, Corrina" *
Rufus Wainwright "Instead of the Dead" *
Patti Smith "Somalia" *
Coldplay "Yellow" (acoustic) *
(* denotes previously unheard track)
Source : ABC News Radio
09.03.12 Sting
in Dutch TV-program "College Tour" Don't miss Sting
this evening on the Dutch TV-program "College Tour". The episode
has been recorded on march 5 in Brussels. Sting performed and has been
interviewed by Dutch students.
The broadcast will be availble in livestream on
NTR Channel website.
Her's the full show :
08.03.12 Lunchbox
Fundation Auction On march 21st,
Sting will be among the names who signed/wrote a special book that will be
presented at Lunchbox Fundation auction party in New
York.
The Lunchbox Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a
daily meal for extremely poor and at-risk school children in South Africa, a
country where more than 35% of the population is devastated by poverty and
AIDS.
These children, if properly
nourished in body and mind, have the potential to change their lives for the
better.
More information on www.thelunchboxfund.org
04.03.12 Sting's
evening Yesterday,
Sting attended the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO heavy weight titel fight
between Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and Jean Marc Mormeck of France at
Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf. Photo : Lars
Baron
03.03.12 Sting
and Gap Daemon Sting and Gap Daemon Help Get an Englishman to New
York for an Innovative Education Programme Using Apple iPads
Gap Daemon and Sting have teamed up to sponsor an innovative new approach to
teaching music in schools through the use of Apple iPads.
London, UK (PRWEB) March 01,
2012
Neil Johnston, founder of Store Van Music, is an educational entrepreneur and is
living evidence that private investment in education can generate positive
benefits for students. Neil first began using Apple’s technology in teaching
eighteen months ago and this led to a dedicated series of music lessons using
the iPad. The result was an instant success (and You Tube hit), engaging
students in an exciting new medium that was compelling and instantly gratifying
and effective.
However Neil’s plans to take this format to a wider audience in the USA were
suffering from a myopic view by potential investors until [url=Sting and Gap
Daemon Help Get an Englishman to New York for an Innovative Education Programme
Using Apple iPads
Gap Daemon and Sting have teamed up to sponsor an innovative new approach to
teaching music in schools through the use of Apple iPads. ]Gap Daemon and
Sting[/url] stepped in. Their joint sponsorship has ensured this innovative tour
of schools from LA to New York can go ahead, and thousands of teenage students
will now be able to benefit first hand from Neil’s innovative approach to
teaching.
James Capon, founding partner and CEO at Gap Daemon explains,
“Neil’s vision of integrating new technology with education mirrors our approach
to enabling students to use technology and our social network to enhance their
travel experience. Having seen Neil’s work in action we recognized that he was
teaching students in a powerful new way, and when he shared his vision for a USA
tour, we wanted to help and support his journey.”
Speaking about the sponsorship Neil said,
“I have been lucky enough to benefit from investment by The Princes Trust, in
the past, and now thanks to Gap Daemon teaming up with Sting I have been able to
realise our ambition of touring Senior schools in the USA teaching and
performing music using Apple iPads. We have seen first hand how technology can
really help students learn and we very quickly get some amazing results. Now
thanks to Gap Daemon people will be able to follow my journey and connect with
us through http://www.gapdaemon.com.”
Sting expressed his view on Store Van Music and their work,
“I’m impressed with Store Van Music’s efforts...their use of studio as classroom
and technology as teacher is exactly what we need to maintain music lessons as a
vital part of the curriculum.”
The tour across USA takes place for 3 weeks from the 27th February, and takes in
cities like San Francisco, Missouri, and New York. During the tour Neil will be
teaching using iPads and garage band, as well as integrating traditional
instrumentation.
You can follow Neil’s progress on: http://my.gapdaemon.com/neilstorevanmusic.
03.03.12 Sting,
Celine Dion auction concert tickets Sting and Celine
Dion are auctioning off private meet-and-greet sessions to raise money for a
cancer charity.
Dion has donated a pair of passes to see her perform in Las Vegas, along
with a two-night stay at Caesars Palace and an exclusive meeting with the
star.
Sting offered up two tickets to
his sold-out Back to Bass show in London, as well as a chance to hang out with
the rocker backstage.
Both lots are expected to raise £6,250 ($9,900) for the Love Lives On campaign
benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Husband-and-wife sporting legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have donated
one-hour tennis lessons to the Charity Buzz auction.
Sting will also headline the 2012 Rainforest Fund benefit concert alongside Sir
Elton John in April. The star-studded event will see musicians take to the stage
at New York City's Carnegie Hall on April 3 alongside Smash star Katharine
McPhee.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk
02.03.12 Lahti
Symphony Orchestra : Sting Concert On January 10, in Lahti, Sibelius Hal, Finland,
The Lahty Symphony Orchestra covered a full Sting show, in a classic way.
About the Sting concert
Sting is one of the most interesting musical phenomena to have emerged in the
past few decades.
Skipper of the British rock band The Police before getting launched on his solo
career, he has more or less steered clear of all the classifications and formats
of the pop/rock industry and met with almost unprecedented success. He has, in
the course of his recording career, looked to jazz, classical, gospel and many
other genres for ideas, and his lyrics have ranged from human relations to
social issues. His music is insightful and richly nuanced and his texts are
often pure poetry. The cultured and the profound go hand in hand with
readily-accessible melodies and pop aesthetics.
In his bands, singer-bassist Sting has always valued the highest musical
excellence. When my friend Hannu Lepola suggested today’s concert, he had an
interesting approach in mind: we assembled a five-piece band and started playing
Sting. Together we sought ideas for our own versions, made a
close study of many of Sting’s numbers, and even did a few gigs. Today, the same
guys are here on stage with the orchestra, and the basic premises behind our
arrangements are clearly audible in many of the pieces, despite the much bigger
line-up. This is, therefore, very much a musicianoriented project and
excellently suited to the music of Sting.
Considering the background, the music of Sting clearly lends itself to
performance by an orchestra, and making the arrangements was rewarding. I have
used a slightly smaller orchestra than in some of our previous theme
productions, and I’ve also varied the instruments quite a lot from one piece to
another, as dictated by the piece. I have tried to respect Sting’s stylistic
concepts while still taking certain liberties in the arrangements.
The joint contribution of the Lahti, Oulu and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras has
allowed us to make Hannu’s idea reality and for this we are truly grateful. Jaakko Kuusisto
Setlist :
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Mad About You
Children's Crusade
Hounds Of Winter
Russians
(Prokofiev & Sting)
She's Too Good For Me
Seven Days
INTERVAL 20 MIN.
The Wild Wild Sea
A Thousand Years
(Kipper & Sting)
Fortress Around Your Heart
Sister Moon
When We Dance
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Saint Augustine In Hell
All This Time
24.02.12 Stewart
and Stanley : they're back Rumor has just been confirmed by the two guys
themselves : Stewart Copeland and his old friend from Animal
Logic, Stanley Clarke have announced a tour merging jazz and rock.
Dates and venues have not been unveiled yet, but we already know that the
tour will be in Europe this summer.
On stage with them, Alex Han (saxophon), Brady Cohan (guitar) and Ruslan
Sirota (Keyboards).
The announcement video can be watched on
Youtube.
More information on
the forum.
24.02.12 Back
to bass : up to date venues Many new european concerts have been confirmed for
the summer leg of Back to Bass tour, including italian (largely expected)
dates.
Check the special mini site
to get all the venues.
23.02.12 ElbtonalPercussion
CD contest is over Last week you had
the opportunity to win a copy of ElbtonalPercussion plays Stewart Copeland
on LiSting.
You had to name one song written by Stewart Copeland for The Police featuring
in ElbtonalPercussion tribute album ? Possible answers were "The Other Way Of Stopping" ou "Contact".
A name has been picked among the
right answers.
And the winner is Grace Dillon.
Congratulations, and stay tuned for the next contest !
17.02.12 Fernanda
Takai and Andy Summers In a statement on Wednesday it was announced that
the third solo album by singer Fernanda Takai will be recorded in Los
Angeles, with songs composed especially by Andy Summers.
Andy and Fernanda met thanks to the composer Roberto Menescal, and their
collaboration to "Kingdom of Ipanema" DVD.
"Two years later, I learned that
Andy had composed several songs while thinking of my voice," said Fernanda. "At
first I thought it would be for a brief appearance, but he ended up calling me
to select the catalogue and sing all songs."
Still untitled, the album will be recorded in Santa Monica, California, and the
launch is scheduled for the end of the first half.
17.02.12 Sting
in Dutch TV-program "College Tour" On Monday March 5
an episode of the Dutch TV-program "College Tour" with Sting will be
recorded. Sting will be interviewed by Dutch students. The program will be
recorded at the Cirque Royal in Brussels (prior to the show at the same
venue that night). On Friday March 9 the program will be broadcasted on
Dutch TV (Nederland 3).
15.02.12 Rock
star Sting A Mystery Meteorite
From the House of Sting
When the English musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler bought the Lake
House estate in the United Kingdom's rural Wiltshire in the early 1990s,
they got a lot for their money: A beautiful 16th century home and 26
hectares of land on the River Avon, just a stone's throw from Stonehenge.
The house has been featured in
Architectural Digest, and Styler was inspired by the idyllic farm setting to
write The Lake House Cookbook.
But there's one thing Sting and Trudie didn't get when they moved in: a 93
kilogram meteorite that had sat near the front door for at least 80 years. Just
before the sale, the Bailey family (descendants of a noted lieutenant-colonel in
the Royal Artillery and his aristocrat wife), from whom Sting bought the house,
loaned the meteorite to the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, where it sat
in storage for most of the past 2 decades. But between now and 30 March, the
meteorite is on display at the Royal Society in London, thanks to the efforts of
a meteorite expert who has recently been studying it. And this fall, it will go
on display at Wiltshire's Salisbury Museum, where many of the artifacts found at
Stonehenge are now housed and where thousands of visitors flock each year.
When the meteorite landed, some 30,000 years ago, in what would later become
Sting's front yard, it traveled directly from outer space. But for the last 20
years, it has been moved from place to place, entirely out of public view. Colin
Pillinger, a planetary scientist at the Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K.,
and curator of the Royal Society exhibit, explains that NHM meteorite curators
were skeptical about the rock's importance and where it had originally come
from. They eventually put it in a storehouse some miles from the museum. There
it languored, Pillinger says, "unloved and forgotten," until about 2 years ago.
But then, Pillinger and his colleagues, while studying a much smaller meteorite
found in the 1970s at Danebury hill fort in Hampshire County—about 20 kilometers
from Lake House—began wondering if the two meteorites were part of the same
original object. So they hauled the Lake House meteorite out of storage and
began studying it. It turned out that the two objects were chemically different,
but both rocks, which were apparently preserved intact by the glaciers that once
covered Britain, could provide important information about the region's ice age
history and the nature of its inanimate visitors from space, Pillinger says.
And now the Lake House meteorite will be kept from public eyes no longer. Adrian
Green, director of the Salisbury Museum where the meteorite will go on display,
says that the details are still being worked out with its owners, the Bailey
family, but that the huge rock should be there for a "long-term loan."
Meanwhile, if you are in London anytime between now and 30 March, you can see
the two meteorites—plus a piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree that was taken
into space by a British astronaut in 2010—in the Royal Society's Objects in
Space exhibit.
14.02.12 Win
your copy of ElbtonalPercussion CD The sixth album of the Hamburg drum ensemble
ElbtonalPercussion pays tribute to the music of one of the world's most
influential drummers, and it is at the same time a journey of discovery into
rhythm and sound.
Win your copy now !
I have a copy of this CD for you
today.
To get it, just answer this question :
Could you name one song written by Stewart Copeland for The Police featuring
in ElbtonalPercussion tribute album ?
You can post you answer through
the contact form
before february 21.
"The excellent ElbtonalPercussion has completed an album of their
arrangements of my material. It’s fairly obscure soundtrack stuff and it’s
pretty cool - I’m really enjoying this! These tracks are terrific." Stewart
Copeland (Drummer Magazine 2011)
Tracklisting :
1. Dance Ants (Mikrokosmos)
2. Trading Begins (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
3. Slither (Orchestralli)
4. Regret (Soundtrack Metropolis)
5. The Mud Lions (Soundtrack The Leopard Son)
6. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 1) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
7. Wallstreet End Title Theme (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
8. The Gene Pool* (Orchestralli)
9. Bill Is Dead / Are You With Me ? (Soundtrack The Pallbearer Main Theme &
Wallstreet)
10. Father On The Stairs (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
11. Dog Dreams** (Mikrokosmos)
12. Gong Rock (The Rhythmatist)
13. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 2) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
14. West Tulsa Story (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
15. Contact (The Police-Regatta de Blanc)
16. Tulsa Tango (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
Digital Download Bonus
17. Tulsa Tango (Hakan Lidbo Remix)
18. Gong Rock (Umberto Echo Dub Remix)
19. Wall Street End Title Theme (X.A. Cute Dubstep Remix)
Special Guests:
*Benny Greb – Drums , **Marcio Doctor – Percussion
ElbtonalPercussion are:
Stephan Krause
Andrej Kauffmann
Jan-Frederick Behrend
Wolfgang Rummel
13.02.12 No
Grammy for Sting Well, I would not have put a cent on it tho, Sting
did not win any Grammy Award yesterday, although he was nominated twice:
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Accompanying Vocalist and Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition.
This 54th edition was haunted by Witney Houston's death.
Next time...
10.02.12 Remix
Stewart Copeland ElbtonalPercussion plays Stewart Copeland remix
competition.
ElbtonalPercussion has chosen the song Gong Rock (well known from the high
respected The Rythmatist album by Stewart Copeland).
The band invites you to experiment, enjoy and create. They'd genuinely like
to hear all your ideas - no matter how weird or wonderful. They're looking
for innovative genre-defying.
Their favourite remixes (at least
5) will be released in 2012 with others the on digital bases.
Check out the full details and entry criteria below.
You have until the end of March 2012 to impress the band !
1.
Download the files...
Listen to the original album version of "Gong Rock" and download the files.
2.Submit your remix
Your entry should be submitted not later than 31 march 2012. They recommend you
to set up a free Soundcloud account to submit your track. When submitting your
remix ensure that the download option is disabled and the track set to "public".
please include an email address with your submission.
06.02.12 Sting
: back to Europe Sting started the european leg of his Back to bass
tour, yesterday in Newcastle Sage Gateshead.
Nothing new in the setlist except some changes in "Ghost story" arrangement.
Jimmy Nail came on stage at the beginning of the show and came back to sing
Every breath you take with Sting.
More information on
the forum. Photo : TJPhotography
03.02.12 The
Last Ship - first public readings This evening and tomorrow, Sting will be at Live
Theatre in Newcastle, for two readings of his play The Last Ship.
These will be the first public reading with the comedians.
Some lucky fanclub members will be able to hear new Sting compositions (we
know there're some new songs and duets written.
More informations tomorrow...
03.02.12 Amnesty
volunteers on Sting's tour We're delighted that Sting’s “Back To Bass” tour
in early 2012 will provide a platform for Amnesty International to raise
awareness on our campaign against oil pollution and human rights abuse in
the Niger Delta region in Nigeria.
For more than two decades, Sting has been a proud supporter of Amnesty
International and our work to promote human rights worldwide. This
longstanding relationship continues today, as Amnesty volunteers will
organise information booths, highlighting the Clean Up the Niger Delta
campaign, at venues along his 2012 “Back to Bass” tour.
The tour, which received very
positive reviews across North America last year, extends throughout Europe, the
UK and South Africa beginning February 5, 2012 with a sold-out concert in
Newcastle, UK. Please visit www.sting.com/tour for complete itinerary and
ticketing information.
Sting’s support for Amnesty International began in 1981, when he performed at
“The Secret Policemen’s Other Ball” benefit concert in London. Over the years,
he has participated in several concert events, tours, and album recordings. Most
recently, he recorded a version of Bob Dylan’s “Girl From The North Country” for
the compilation Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of
Amnesty International, released in support of Amnesty’s human rights work.
This year, Amnesty volunteers along the “Back to Bass” tour will offer
literature to concertgoers on behalf of our “Shell: Own Up, Pay Up, Clean Up”
petition, calling on Shell to pay an initial amount of $1billion (£645m) to
establish a clean-up fund for the Niger Delta and start clean-up and
compensation for the affected communities. The campaign is also calling for
Shell and other multinational oil companies operating in the Delta to pay for a
comprehensive assessment of the oil pollution in the whole of the area. A recent
report from the United Nations Environment Programme exposed severe oil
contamination in the Niger Delta – one of Africa’s most bio-diverse regions.
01.02.12 Sting
in European festivals It's just been
confirmed that Sting will perform in France and Norway this summer.
Read Back To Bass Tour special
page for all dates.
Other dates will be announced soon.
31.01.12 Sting
announced in Norwegian Wood Festival Sting
has just been announced among the artists to perfom at the Norwegian Wood
Festival, in Oslo from 14 to 17 june.
Sting will close the festival on june 17.
Other artists to perform : Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty and others.
Note that Sting's lineup will be changed : David Sancious will be on stage.
Rufus Miller won't.
More information on www.norwegianwood.no
28.01.12 The
Last Ship Sting.com has announced two public peformances of
Sting's play The Last Ship on february 3 and 4 in Newcastle.
These will be the first public reading with the comedians.
Some lucky fanclub members will be able to hear new Sting compositions.
25.01.12 In The Studio
- Sting Interniew The Sting box set 25 Years has been distilled into
a two-cd Best Of 25 Years which chronicles the singer/songwriter’s
post-Police work from 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles on through The
Soul Cages in 1991, Ten Summoner’s Tales in ’93, Brand New Day at the
doorstep of the new millennium, all the way up to the present.
In this
In The Studio classic rock
interview, Sting covers a lot of ground, including paying his dues
pre-Police by playing in cabarets and backing stand-up comedians ; the
pejorative term “Third World countries” and the “Catch 22 ? of developing
nations ; the alarming lack of heroes in our society today, and the failure of
politicians to provide leadership ; ecology , global warming, and threat of
pandemic disease ; how fatherhood changed his relationship with his own father ;
losing both parents at the height of international stardom; his favorite pop
songwriter ; the Nordic myth that inspired “The Soul Cages” ; and the
satisfaction he derives from writing such timeless songs as “Roxanne”, “Message
in a Bottle”,”Every Breath You Take”,”King of Pain”, “If You Love Somebody Set
Them Free”,”Fortress Around Your Heart”,”All This Time”,”If I Ever Lose My Faith
in You”,”Fields of Gold”,” and “Brand New Day”.
Redbeard from In The Studio In the studio.net
12.01.12 Stewart
in Storage War on A&E Storage Wars is a reality television series on the
A&E Network that premiered in 2010. The show features auctioneers Dan Dotson
and Laura Dotson, as well as auction hunters Dave Hester, Darrell Sheets,
Barry Weiss, and the team of Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante.
When rent is not paid on a storage
locker for three months in California, the contents are sold by an auctioneer as
a single lot of items. The show follows professional buyers who purchase the
contents based only on a five-minute inspection and what they can see only from
the door when it is opened. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.
(Source : Wiki)
Last episode featured Stewart Copeland : Don't Bid So Close to Me
Episode: 46
The buyers do battle in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Dave Hester arrives in a truck big
enough to fit his ego AND a massive house hold unit. Darrell and Brandon try to
get back on track. Jarrod and Brandi find a vintage mask, hoping to smoke out
the competition. And Barry Weiss continues to march to the beat of his own drum,
scoring big with a Rock and Roll' legend.
Stewarts talks about "Voodoo factor" in his home studio
Watch so snippets and clips
on A&E website.
Stewart's scene was shot in his home studio, that you may already know.
You can
watch it here.
Future Airings
Tuesday, January 17 10:00 PM ET
Wednesday, January 18 02:01 AM ET
Saturday, January 28 09:00 PM ET
11.01.12 Andy
interview on Boss US The 30th BOSS Tone
Radio podcast talks with Andy Summers, legendary guitarist for The Police.
Selling over 50 million records worldwide, the band incorporated elements of
punk, reggae, and jazz to create a unique rock sound that greatly influenced
the face of modern music.
Andy’s distinctive guitar approach was a defining element of The Police’s
sound, and his signature tone, inventive chord voicings, and pioneering use
of effects and guitar synthesizers continue to inspire guitarists in many
genres of music.
Andy Summers discusses his
approach to guitars and gear, as well as his philosophy on playing. He also
covers many other topics, including the creation of his signature sound with The
Police, tape echo, using Roland guitar synths, his favorite pedals, and his
affection for the Roland VG-99.
10.01.12 Sting
& friends The Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert, "Sting &
Friends" produced by Trudie Styler, will take place at New York's Carnegie
Hall on Wednesday, 3 April 2012.
Benefit Tickets including the post-concert gala supper:
- $50,000 Packages (16 Tickets for concert & supper)
- $25,000 Packages (8 Tickets for concert & supper)
- $2,500 Individual Tickets (concert & supper)
A limited number of "Concert Only"
tickets will be available priced at $600. All other seats will be available in
March through the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Watch out for the on-sale
announcement.
For further information, please email rainforest@eventassociatesinc.com or call
Event Associates, Inc 212-245-6570. Source : Sting.com
08.01.12 Turn
the clock to zero Due to a bad database save, the entire forum is
down.
970 members, 30000 posts in 6 years, all is totally lost.
So, now we have to build it again together.
Don't forget
to register
again.
06.01.12 ElbtonalPercussion
“plays Stewart Copeland” The sixth album of the Hamburg drum ensemble
ElbtonalPercussion pays tribute to the music of one of the world's most
influential drummers, and it is at the same time a journey of discovery into
rhythm and sound.
To be released on february 24th.
Stay tuned on LiSting for a contest !
At the end of the 1970s Stewart
Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting developed their very own version of Jamaican
reggae. Choosing to call themselves The Police of all things (!), they went on
to compose several dozen pop hits which melded Caribbean offbeats with the
nervous energy of suburban punk. The result was, as they realised themselves,
white reggae or, in Esperanto: Regatta de blanc. The rest is history, and
history went on to give them one highly success pop career and two careers
dedicated more to artistic integrity than visibility. The musicians of
ElbtonalPercussion have created a musical, tonal monument to one of these
careers.
Stewart Copeland was the conceptual father of The Police and, until the band
split, he was their rhythmic architect. His beats floated freely above the
backbeat, freer than was customary in rock music (possibly due to the fact that
he learned to play the drums in the Middle East, where the Copeland family lived
when he was a child and teenager). It was also largely due to Copeland that the
band deciphered the Jamaican one drop, bringing it to thousands of dancers who
had never previously heard the name Bob Marley, let alone knew where the "one"
was in his riddims.
Copeland's musical life after The Police began with the proverbial thunderbolt:
while working on the final Police album, Synchronicity, Copeland recorded the
soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film Rumble Fish, a furious thunderstorm
of drums that created an atmosphere of almost painful tension - abstract
rock'n'roll with no guitar or bass. The soundtrack won him a Golden Globe
nomination and he went on to collaborate on several fascinating film projects:
from Oliver Stone's Wall Street to 9 1/2 Weeks and Highlander. In between he
found bass sparring partners for a diverse range of band projects, including
Animal Logic (with Stanley Clarke) or Oysterhead (with Les Claypool / Primus).
Of all the solo albums which Copeland recorded released - initially under the
modest name Klark Kent – one stands out in particular: The Rhythmatist, a
documentation of his voyage of pilgrimage through Africa, an album that stands
at the top of its world/fusion class along with Eno/Byrne's My Life In The Bush
Of Ghosts and Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation of Christ. Like Eno and Gabriel
(on whose album So he played a small, but important part) Copeland also became
interested in the possibilities of digital sound synthesis, and the combination
of percussion and electronic sounds runs through his work like a leitmotif.
All this makes his work ideally suited to be embraced and interpreted by the
musicians of ElbtonalPercussion. The band was founded almost a decade ago by
four drummers - true rhythmatists who brought their individual biographic
backgrounds in film music, pop production, teaching and - naturally - drumming
into this joint project. In Elbtonal drums play the leading role; a division of
labour that is perfectly natural in other cultures, but which is the exception
here, apart from New Music. All other instruments are featured as supporting
instruments or explicitly as guest instruments. In fact, ElbtonalPercussion are
dedicated team workers, both within and outside the percussive section. The band
has, for instance, cooperated with design icon Peter Schmidt, John Neumeier's
Hamburg Ballet, the organist and composer Claus Bantzer, marimba virtuoso Keiko
Abe, trumpeter Matthias Höfs, spoken word artist Christian Brückner and
percussionist Trilok Gurtu. On their album Four Elements (ACT) listeners will
find string ensemble G-String, the singer Helga Pappert (Moonbootica), and guest
vibraphone player Christopher Dell. It is also quite audible that all four
musicians - like Stewart Copeland himself - love exploring electronic sounds and
love using this constantly evolving technology in subtle ways in their pieces.
But however fascinating this specific field, their main focus remains drums and
percussion: the band uses around 150 different drums live and in the studio,
ranging from African hand drums to giant Japanese drums.
To date, ElbtonalPercussion has released two albums on the jazz label ACT and
two on Arte Nova Classics, as well as a thrilling live CD/DVD In Concert and the
band have collaborated on several soundtracks, including Doris Dörrie's Drama
Kirschblüten-Hanami, the Baader-Meinhof-Komplex by Bernd Eichinger and Christian
Alvard's science-fiction thriller Pandorum. In addition to these collaborations,
the band has been invited to perform at countless international festivals
(including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, JazzBaltica & NCPA Percussion
Festival Peking).
Following ElbtonalPercussion's highly acclaimed collaboration with Stewart
Copeland for the spectacular live show Ben Hur, the band has devoted their sixth
album, ElbtonalPercussion plays Stewart Copeland, in its entirety to the man and
his music. the four musicians have chosen a representative selection of
Copeland's different works and periods as the source of inspiration for the
pieces featured on this album; the tracks range from rhythmically complex Police
hits, such as Contact, to his soundtrack compositions for Wall Street and Rumble
Fish, from the Rhythmatist album to the compositions for ensemble musicians
featured on Orchestralli. The songs Dog Dreams and Dance Ants were specially
written by Stewart Copeland for ElbtonalPercussion and were premiered at the
Tromp-Percussion Festival in Eindhoven. The ensemble's expressive spectrum
ranges from thumping, driving, floor-friendly numbers (Tulsa Tango, The Mud
Lions) to the most delicate sound collages (Wallstret, Regret). And in every
single piece the drums - with their incredible colours and facet, act as the
beating heart of the music.
An exciting project that sits squarely between orchestral and popular music!
"The excellent ElbtonalPercussion has completed an album of their arrangements
of my material. It’s fairly obscure soundtrack stuff and it’s pretty cool - I’m
really enjoying this! These tracks are terrific." Stewart Copeland (DRUMMER
Magazine 2011)
Tracklisting :
1. Dance Ants (Mikrokosmos)
2. Trading Begins (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
3. Slither (Orchestralli)
4. Regret (Soundtrack Metropolis)
5. The Mud Lions (Soundtrack The Leopard Son)
6. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 1) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
7. Wallstreet End Title Theme (Soundtrack Wallstreet)
8. The Gene Pool* (Orchestralli)
9. Bill Is Dead / Are You With Me ? (Soundtrack The Pallbearer Main Theme &
Wallstreet)
10. Father On The Stairs (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
11. Dog Dreams** (Mikrokosmos)
12. Gong Rock (The Rhythmatist)
13. The Other Way Of Stopping (Part 2) (The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta)
14. West Tulsa Story (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
15. Contact (The Police-Regatta de Blanc)
16. Tulsa Tango (Soundtrack Rumble Fish)
Digital Download Bonus
17. Tulsa Tango (Hakan Lidbo Remix)
18. Gong Rock (Umberto Echo Dub Remix)
19. Wall Street End Title Theme (X.A. Cute Dubstep Remix)
Special Guests:
*Benny Greb – Drums , **Marcio Doctor – Percussion
ElbtonalPercussion are:
Stephan Krause
Andrej Kauffmann
Jan-Frederick Behrend
Wolfgang Rummel
31.12.11 Happy
birthday Andy While you may be
celebrating New Year's Eve, remember to make a toast to Andy Summers, who
will turn 69.
30.12.11 JeWelste
coverband jeWelste is a pop/rock coverband from the
Netherlands. They play all kinds of gigs (company parties, student parties,
in bars, weddings, etc.), but mainly at festivals. In the Netherlands they
are kind of well-known. They play covers of pop/rock acts from the
70s/80s/90s, but also cover recent songs/artists. Sometimes the band just
performs the songs as they are, but they also make their own versions of
some songs. This year, jeWelste recorded their own versions of:
They also recorded a great version of Sting's "They
Dance Alone" for a charity event called Serious Request. Every year three
well-known radio DJs lock themselves in a "glass house" for a week (18 dec - 24
dec). They don't eat and make live radio for 7 days / 24 hours a week. They try
to raise as much money as possible for a good cause. This year the cause was
"mothers in situations of war". The money is used to help mothers that have
become victims of a war by losing their husbands and/or children.
This whole Serious Request is a very well-known event with millions of listeners
the whole week. Everybody can do something to raise money for this cause. So
jeWelste created a version of "They
Dance Alone", because they thougt the theme of this song was so similar to
the theme of the event. The band pressed singles with this version of "They
Dance Alone" on it (+ our recording of Queen's "I Want It All) and sold those
for € 5,- (everybody could and still can buy the single at
seriousrequest.jewelste.nl). Together with a school in The Hague they sold about
800 copies and raised almost 4000 euros for the cause. jeWelste became the band
that raised the most money and got some airplay at 3FM (the radio station behind
Serious Request). The whole event raised 8.6 million euros.
The band is recording "Every little thing she does is magic" for a CD that will
be released sometime in 2012. I will let you know when they release this
recording.
23.12.11 Merry
Christmas In a few hours,
many of us will be around a table, with family, for a nice Christmas eve.
In a few hours, Santa will gently enter our houses with some nice presents.
In a few hours, some of us will perheaps discover great surprises under the
tree : 25 years boxset, tickets for a show...
For now, I'm wishing you a merry Christmas.
21.12.11 "Meet the
musician" ITunes podcast Today, an audio
podcast will be released in which Sting reflects on his enduring 25-year
solo career and launches his free STING 25 ‘appumentary’ as part of the
latest installment of the "Meet the Musician" podcast, available in the App
Store on iPad or
http://itunes.apple.com.
Sting, in partnership with global transmedia company @radical.media,
launched the STING 25 app last month at the Apple Store, Upper West Side in
front of an intimate audience.
The audio podcast features a
conversation between acclaimed music journalist Anthony DeCurtis and Sting,
focusing on his solo career, the creative process, and of course, the app
itself. A video podcast is also available as a free download in which Radical
Media CTO, Evan Schechtman, presents a virtual tour of STING 25.
The 'appumentary' explores Sting’s solo career, guiding users through the
influences that have shaped his music, as well as his ongoing efforts as a
global citizen and activist. The many facets of his career come to life through
handwritten lyrics and journal entries, rare and intimate photos, in-depth
interviews, and a variety of live concert footage, including exclusive all-star
performances from his Sixtieth Birthday Celebration to benefit the Robin Hood
Foundation at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.
The "Meet the Musician" audio podcast, the video podcast containing an in-depth
app presentation, and the STING 25 App are each available for free download at
http://itunes.apple.com.
Source : Sting.com
20.12.11 Life is
too short, airing today Don't forget to
catch Sting on Ricky Gervais' show "Life is too short", on BBC2 22.00.
More information : BBC.co.uk
"In the series finale, Warwick
attends a charity event in the hope of hanging out with celebrities. However, in
trying to impress Sting he ends up spending more than he can afford.
Consequently he has to look for a new home and hopes Amy will see him again."
20.12.11 Dominic
Miller in Vatican Tomorrow, Dominic Miller will perform with Sara
Jane Morris in Vatican, Rome, for Christmas in Vatican.
The show will be recorded and aired in Italy on Rai2, on Christmas eve.
For more information : www.concertodinatale.it
20.12.11 Sting's
evening Yesterday, Sting
and Trudie attended the launch of "the Bag Issue" at the House of St
Barnabas in London.
Trudie Styler has been patron of the Mukti charity for 10 years. Mukti has
been working with the orphanage Karm Marg to provide us with The Bag Issue.
The Karm Marg orphanage was set up in 1997 to give disadvantaged kids in
India shelter, care, medical support and education, plus the skills and
knowledge to create an income and build them a better future – hence The Bag
Issue bags. The bags are 100 per cent recycled and made from elephant dung.
The children at Karm Marg have
created their own label for the bags: 'Jugaad', which means ‘something made from
nothing’. Jugaad gives the children a chance to be creative, learn new skills
and pick up ideas about business.
The bags are manufactured at the homes of workers in the local village, women
who live on subsistence smallholdings and rely on this employment.
Available from December 19 for £2.99 plus postage and packaging.
18.12.11 Sting
in Milano this week end. On saturday, he
signed copies of his Best of at the local Fnac.
On sunday he recorded "Fields of gold" and "Every breath you take" with a
short interview.
The show can be watched on
Che Tempo che fa website..
He met Zucchero, godfather of his son Giacomo, whose birthday was yesterday.
13.12.11 Christmas
is coming
Are you still
wondering what you'll ask Sant to bring you at the bottom of you Christmas
tree, or what you should offer to your best friend ?
Here's a non exhaustive list of 2011 relesases related to Sting, Andy
Summers and Henry Padovani. Nothing from Stewart Copeland this year.
If you notice something is missing here, please contact me.
13.12.11 Dominic
Miller - 5th house Dominic Miller has unveiled the cover of his new
album: "5th house".
In astrology, the fifth house is the one which links people with similar
hobbies and the same passions.
It's the house the creativity, of children, games and relationships.
The release is scheduled for March 30, 2012.
11.12.11 Signing
session in Milan Fnac in Milan will host this special event where
Sting will meet fans and sign copies of the collections commemorating his 25
years as a solo artist - Sting: The Best of 25 Years (double CD) and Sting:
25 years (Deluxe Box).
Fnac will close as normal and reopen to the public at 21.00 to 21.30 only
for fans of Sting.
To access the signing session with
you will need to have at least one copy of Sting: The Best of 25 Years or Sting:
25 Years, the only two titles that Sting will be signing during the session.
Source : Sting.com
On
sunday, Sting will be on Che Tempo che fa TV set for a recording session.
11.12.11 Listen to
Chimes of Freedom You can now listen
to the tribute album "Chimes of Freedom" on
Amnesty International Facebook.
You'll find "Girl from the north country" by Sting
09.12.11 Sting -
Christmas party show Prague - British singer and composer Sting will
perform at the Christmas party of the PPF financial group that belongs to
Petr Kellner, the richest Czech, on December 16, PPF sources who requested
anonymity have told CTK.
Sting has had six concerts in the Czech Republic, most recently in Prague in
the summer 2010.
The party is to be held at Prague Castle, the seat of Czech heads of state.
"It is true
that this year's Christmas party for the staff will be different than in the
previous year since PPF is celebrating 20 years of its existence," PPF
spokesman Alexej Bechtin has told CTK.
"This will correspond with the choice of the invited artists. However, it is
still a surprise who will perform at the party," Bechtin said.
This will not be Sting's first performance of this type.
A few years ago, a rich Russian man paid one million dollars for his private
concert in Russia.
However, the performance of such a pop star at a private party is far from
usual in the Czech Republic.
His next Prague concert, scheduled for February 18, 2012, is absolutely sold
out.
PPF is a leading international financial and investment group in Central and
Eastern Europe. With a 94.25-percent stake, Kellner is the principal
shareholder of the group.
The bank's members are firms active in banking, insurance, energy sector,
precious metal extraction, property and retail business. The group operates
in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) countries and in Asia.
Source :
www.ceskenoviny.cz
07.12.11 Sting on
french TV On december 14, Sting will be the special on Le
Grand Journal TV sho, on Canal+ channel.
He'll be interviewed and will perform a hit from his Back to bass tour.
01.12.11 Sting
nominated in Grammy Awards Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®
(www.grammy.com) were announced tonight by The Recording Academy® and
reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past
year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy.
For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced
on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! —
Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®," a one-hour special broadcast live on
CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will
be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 12, 2012, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and
once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound
on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Sting (well, Rob Mathes too) has been nominated twice :
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Moon Over Bourbon Street
Rob Mathes, arranger (Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra)
Track from: Sting Live In Berlin
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition
25 Years
James Spindler, art director (Sting)
[A&M Records/Cherrytree Records/UMe]
Source : www.grammy.com
29.11.11 Sting
Announced As Patron Of The Sage Gateshead's 'Arches Project'. The Sage Gateshead are delighted to announce Sting
as a founding Patron of their ambitious £1.3 million project to transform
the remaining railway arches behind the iconic venue into a hub of creative
training for some of the region's most disadvantaged and vulnerable young
people.
An appeal to raise funds for The
Arches project was launched at The Sage Gateshead's Annual General Meeting
(TUES).
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, Chair of The Sage Gateshead, said: "We are delighted
to have been able to make this announcement at our AGM, which falls just days
before our seventh birthday.
"Sting has always been a great friend to this organisation so for him to cement
his support by becoming Patron of this hugely important project is a milestone
for The Sage Gateshead and greatly appreciated by all the people connected to
it."
Sting, who will return to the venue with his Back To Bass Tour in February,
added: "Having grown up on Tyneside, I'm pleased to support this appeal for The
Arches project and The Sage Gateshead's ongoing commitment to creating
opportunities for today's young musicians and music lovers in the North East.''
The Sage Gateshead's Foundation Learning programme, which offers young people
aged 16 to 18 the opportunity to develop their social and employability skills
alongside a unique urban music training programme, is currently based in
temporary buildings in the arches with additional sessions taking place in the
Music Education Centre in the building. But the programme is currently operating
at ten times the scale originally envisaged. The plan is to create a
purpose-built training centre offering classroom, production, presentation and
rehearsal spaces including a studio for urban street art projects.
Anthony Sargent, General Director at The Sage Gateshead, said: "The greater the
region's economic challenges become, the more work we're doing with these young
people – many of whom for a variety of reasons exist on the outer edges of
society. With this exciting new redevelopment project we will be able to
continue to help them rebuild their lives and learn musical and life skills that
for many of them are transforming their employability and their life chances.
"The Arches offer a complementary series of spaces to those within the main
building giving the young people a space which is 'theirs', where they feel
comfortable and accepted, something which is crucial to successful working with
these groups."
The plans are being developed by the architect Jason Flanagan who was primarily
responsible for The Sage Gateshead building with Foster and Partners. He now
runs his own architectural practice.
25.11.11 Crossroads Tomorrow, don't
miss Crossroads on CMT.
Catch
Sting and Vince Gill performing at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. This is the first episode of CMT Crossroads to be filmed in
New York City in five year.
The setlist :
Liza jane
Fields of gold
Whenever you come around
If I ever lose my faith in you
These days
Shape of my heart
Don't let our love start slipping away
Let it be me (Everly Brothers)
Every breath you take
25.11.11 Sting on
Ellen DeGeneres show On december 2nd,
Sting will be the guest in
The Ellen DeGeneres
Show.
Sting will perform and be interviewed.
The show will be brodcasted again on december 16 and 19.
21.11.11 Conversations
with Christian 'Conversations with Christian' sees the
acclaimed bassist perform 13 unique duets with an array of stars from the
pop, jazz and world music scenes, including Sting, Angélique Kidjo and Dee
Dee Bridgewater plus jazz stars Chick Corea, George Duke, Hank Jones and Roy
Hargrove, amongst others.
The 39-year-old maestro places
himself in the forefront on a duet apiece with "13 of my closest musical friends
and cohorts" - singers Angélique Kidjo, Sting and Dee Dee Bridgewater; pianists
George Duke, Eddie Palmieri and Chick Corea, as well as Dr. Billy Taylor and
Hank Jones (who both passed away in 2010); violinist Regina Carter; trumpeter
Roy Hargrove; guitarist Russell Malone; tenor saxophonist Ron Blake; and actress
Gina Gershon. In the process, McBride unleashes the full measure of his already
legendary skills, crafting as complete a portrait of his diverse interests -
different variations of the blues and African-American church experience, bebop,
the American Songbook, Latin music, free jazz, even comedy - as he has ever
presented.
mackavenue.com
Read more informations about the album on
the forum.
21.11.11 IHeartRadio
on VH1 Highlights from the
iHeartRadio Music Festival debut on VH1 Wednesday, November 23, at 10p/9c!
Music fans from all over the country converged on Las Vegas for the
inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival back in September, and now you have the
opportunity to relive the one-of-a-kind concert event from your couch!
Some of the most exciting
performances from the sold-out iHeartRadio Music Festival will premiere in High
Definition November 23 at 10p/9c on VH1. The concert event will feature Lady
Gaga, Coldplay, Kenny Chesney, The Black Eyed Peas, Steven Tyler, Jennifer
Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Jane’s Addiction, Nicki Minaj and collaborations from
Sting and Jeff Beck.
Additional television air dates for the iHeartRadio Music Festival are as
follows:
VH1 - Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 24 at 3a/2c
VH1 - Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 24 at 10a/9c
Palladia - Saturday, Dec. 3 at 12a/11c
Palladia -Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 9p/8c
Palladia -Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 12p/11c
The iHeartRadio Music Festival took place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 23rd and 24th in celebration of the launch of the New iHeartRadio.
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs – this is one concert event you don’t want
to miss!
15.11.11 Sting's
evening Sting introduced
STING 25 in honor of his 25-year solo career at the Apple Store in New
York's Upper West Side on Monday. The "Appumentary" is a digital documentary
of Sting's career. It features over four hours of music videos, concert
footage, interviews and more.
Sting says he's releasing it for free "because we don't know how much it's
worth."
The app also has video from
Sting's 60th birthday party-concert last month at New York's Beacon Theatre,
which featured performances with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga.
The event was hosted by journalist Anthony DeCurtis.
Sting and Ira Coleman performed "Message in a bottle" and "Fragile," dedicating
it to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and saying, "In some way he's created our
future."
Source : AP
Photo : T. Wargo
Music clinic LiSting has a new section : a music clinic, where
Sting's music has been analysed
Wrong notes from the Police tracks, old material from Last Exit used in
Sting's solo career, all can be found in this surgery
place.
Many
news about the Sumner family
Dominic
Miller on tour and album release
