subject: Sting Uk Concerts Tickets [print this page] Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist, was born on 2nd October in 1951. Prior to starting his solo career, Sting was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock music band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. Sting is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Sting made his first live solo appearance, performing on all four nights of the fourth "Amnesty" International benefit "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis, in September 1981. Sting performed solo versions of "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle". Sting also led an all-star band (dubbed "The Secret Police") on his own arrangement of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released". In 1982 Sting released a solo single, "Spread a Little Happiness" from the film version of the Dennis Potter television play Brimstone and Treacle. The song was a re-interpretation of a song from the 1920s musical Mr. Cinders by Vivian Ellis, and was a surprise Top 20 hit in the UK.
Sting is going to Perform in Concerts at Royal Albert Hall and Sage Gateshead in UK, in this October,2010.
