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The Police To Go Away For Good, Leave Us With Trees

Lutist Gordon Sumner, Robert Fripp collaborator Andy Summers and Oysterhead drummer Stewart Copeland have announced that they're retiring their supergroup, The Police, after a final show in New York this August. The venue has yet to be announced (too bad CBGB closed!), but the proceeds will go to arts programming on public television. John Tesh to return to Red Rocks? If you insist, Gordon. More »

4:45 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Anthony Miccio
434 views, 7 comments

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Sting May Still Be Interested In Putting On The Red Light Now And Then

The Daily Mail has an almost-cameraphone-quality shot of Sting leaving a brothel in Germany following a show by the Police in Hamburg. The brothel, Relax, advertises itself as a strip club, and according to the German paper where this indiscretion was first reported, ""What he did inside is unclear. At the bar each night sit up to 40 ladies, fulfilling the wishes of the guests." But that doesn't mean that everyone can't speculate, now, does it? Anyway, regardless of whether or not Sting got stung at the club, you've gotta feel sort of bad for the working girls who call Relax their home—after all, now that the Police man has been there, some sort of crisis/doomsday can't be far behind.

Sting caught on camera outside one of Germany's top brothels [The Daily Mail]

4:59 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By mjohnston
766 views, 9 comments

Latest by N/A: Hmm, if they are in an open marriage, then he isn't actually cheating - they've worked out some sort of agreement, and frankly it cheers me that she might be getting a little something on the side too- not just more »

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Tonight, The Curse Of Sting Finally Claims Its Least Memorable Victim

Last year, we theorized that there may be a so-called "Curse Of Sting," and noted that just about every non-musical entity Gordo touches tends to end in catastrophe. We based part of the idea on the fact that Sting (lute in tow) was one of the first musical acts on the doomed Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. More »

2:14 PM on Thu Jun 28 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,229 views, 1 comment

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Stewart Copeland Suddenly Remembers That He Hates Sting

Well, that didn't take long: Yesterday, the Police reunion tour began its inevitable meltdown, with drummer Stewart Copeland posting a 700-word rant in which he accuses Sting of acting like a "petulant pansy" and bemoans the fact that the band is "playing avant-garde twelve-tone hodgepodges." More »

8:47 AM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Brian Raftery
3,799 views, 30 comments

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The Return Of The Original "Fall Out" Boys

Say this much for Sting: He may be a bit of a ponce nowadays, but—as demonstrated during last night's Police show in Vancouver—the man knows the the fine art of self-homage. More »

9:30 AM on Tue May 29 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,130 views, 5 comments

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Liner Notes: Killers Be Chilled

- You're going to have to wait a while for the next Killers album, as Brandon Flowers needs enough time to get his voice appropriately out of tune. [Billboard]
- Here's a headline that's easy to misread as something terrible and awful: "Sting slammed for firing pregnant chef." [Canada.com]
- Did you steal Chevelle's equipment? If so, thanks! [Pollstar]

2:05 PM on Fri May 11 2007
By Brian Raftery
283 views, 2 comments

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Liner Notes: When In Doubt, Just Run A Picture Of Jenny Lewis

- Rilo Kiley's new album, tentatively titled Hey, We Have Some Dudes, Too!, will be out in August. [NME]
- Sting and David Bowie are teaming up to launch a burlesque club in New York City. Bowie, you fool! Don't you realize that Sumner fella is jinxed? [New York Observer]
- At this year's Austin City Limits Festival, you'll find Bob Dylan, Björk and that UT student you hooked up with at South By Southwest. [Billboard]

1:15 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Brian Raftery
11,098 views, 8 comments

Latest by bambino: It's UT, not UTA, which is UT-Arlington. more »

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Sting Prepares To Take Police On A Jazz Odyssey

Before you shell out a few hundred bucks this week for the Police reunion, take warning: Sting is still as prickly as ever, and while we don't expect widespread luting*, it seems like the band could implode even sooner than we predicted. First, there was the weekend's New York Times piece on the tour rehearsals, in which everyone politely hints that, indeed, they really don't like each other too much. And then there was yesterday's troubling Page Six item: More »

1:36 PM on Mon Feb 19 2007
By Brian Raftery
308 views, 8 comments

Latest by musicquizking: Stewart has been OPENLY yearning for a Police reunion for years. It actually bordered on embarassing at times! more »

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Even In His Absence, The Curse Of Sting Haunts Coachella

A few months ago, we put forth the notion that there is a "Curse Of Sting", based on the belief that everything the former Police man does is tragic—from Dune to Baron Munchausen to Studio 60 (amazingly, Studio has not yet been canceled, thanks to the small army of viewers who interpret pandering mawkishness as "grown-up TV"). And though it now looks as though that long-rumored Police reunion won't be happening at Coachella—barring some follow-up announcement, of course—his curse is still affecting the festival. Consider these recent Coachella catastrophes, all of which have transpired in the last few hours: More »

2:04 PM on Mon Jan 22 2007
By Brian Raftery
66 views, 3 comments

Latest by bmanisms: i think i found an exception to the rule: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels! Sting was in it, and yet it still ruled. more »

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I Can't Stand Losing You: An Open Letter From Sting's Lute

(A few weeks ago, we ran an email from Joanna Newsom's harp, Mildred; that missive was heavily forwarded around the alt.arcane-instruments usenet group, and late last night we received word that Sting's 16th-century lute, Edmonton, wanted use post an open letter on Idolator.com. Edmonton's following unedited remarks are in reference this year's expected Police reunion): More »

9:34 AM on Fri Jan 5 2007
By Brian Raftery
182 views, 6 comments

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The Demise Of "Studio 60": Proof That Hiring Sting Is A Didgeridon't

A few weeks back, we questioned the wisdom of hiring Sting to make a cameo on the bark-at-the-moon-crazy Bizaaroworld that is Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. But Aaron Sorkin didn't listen to us—he was too busy ensuring that the next episode would have enough nonsensical blue-versus-red dialogue—and now the show is hovering under the axe. More »

10:59 AM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By Brian Raftery
1,727 views, 29 comments

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Last Night's "Studio 60" Musical Guest: Oh, Sting, Where Is Thy Death?

If you have not yet watched Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, then you're missing out on a once-a-week opportunity to go absolutely, emphatically, screaming-at-the-cat coconuts. Despite being billed as a grounded-in-reality look at the entertainment world, it's actually an Ivy-league pipe-dream in which all good comedy begins and ends with A&E's Night At The Improv, and everyone talks like an eager-to-impress magazine intern. It's the reason why caps-lock keys were invented. More »

11:39 AM on Tue Oct 17 2006
By Brian Raftery
1,265 views, 17 comments

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'Times' Caught In Flagrant Fact-Checking Error

Let us remind you: Not even we can muster up the energy to make up new jokes about Sting. But when the New York Times runs a picture of the man wincing with a lute under the headline "Popular Demand"—despite the fact that Sting's lute-playing is no longer popular nor in demand—we can't help but think that Judith Miller has been snuck onto the world-music beat.

5:53 PM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By Brian Raftery
40 views, 1 comment

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