ON THIS DAY...
2016: Sting made a guest appearance at The Last Bandoleros show at Rockwood Music Hall in New York where he sang 'Next To You' with the band.
2008: The Police performed at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Canada. More ▶
2004: Sting was forced to postpone a planned show at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway because of laryngitis.
2003: Sting returned to England and spent the first week at Lake House rehearsing material before departing to the USA where he filmed a DVD for the new album.
1996: Sting performed at the Palasport in Bologna, Italy. More ▶
1993: Sting performed at the Berkeley Greek Theatre in San Francisco, USA. More ▶
1991: Sting performed at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany.
1988: Sting performed at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy.
1987: Sting performed two sets at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany. Sting appeared with Jack Bruce (ex-Cream), Gianni Nannini and conductor Eberhard Schoener. More ▶
1986: Sting performed at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
1980: The Police released the Six-Pack collection of their first five A&M singles plus 'The Beds Too Big Without You'. More ▶
1979: The Police performed at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, USA.
1977: The Police's debut single 'Fall Out' was released on Illegal Records. More ▶
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"I took up yoga maybe because of my interest in India. I practise every day, I meditate. I have a very rudimentary understanding of Indian religion, I'm not particularly religious. But I owe a great deal to yoga."
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