Sting

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Born: October 2, 1951
From: Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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Biography

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe; an Emmy; and four Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. Sting has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors; a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music; Kennedy Center Honors; and the Polar Music Prize. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born at Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 2 October 1951, the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and former fitter at an engineering works. He grew up near Wallsend's shipyards, which made an impression on him. As a child, he was inspired by the Queen Mother waving at him from a Rolls-Royce to divert from the shipyard prospect towards a more glamorous life. He helped his father deliver milk and by ten was "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar left by an emigrating friend of his father. Sting attended St Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He visited nightclubs such as Club A'Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, who influenced his music. He learned to sing and play simultaneously by listening to records at 78 rpm. After leaving school in 1969, he enrolled at the University of Warwick in Coventry, but left after a term. After working as a bus conductor, building labourer, and tax officer, he attended the Northern Counties College of Education (now Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher.[20] He taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years. Sting performed jazz in the evenings, at weekends, and during breaks from college and teaching, playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit. He gained his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought he looked like a bee (or according to Sting himself, "they thought I looked like a wasp"), which prompted the name "Sting". In the 1985 documentary Bring On the Night a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?" In 2011, he told Time "I was never called Gordon. You could shout 'Gordon' in the street and I would just move out of your way". Despite this, he chose not to legally change his name to "Sting". ... Source: Article "Sting (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Works

191 films

Bee Movie

20076.0

Dune

19846.2

Zoolander 2

20164.9

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

19887.0

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

19988.1

Brüno

20095.6

Sting Festival de Viña del Mar

20116.9

The Bride

19855.4

Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story

20217.0

The Mighty

19987.3

Quadrophenia

19797.0

WHAM!

20237.3

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

2026

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

20216.6

Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.

2021

Being Mick

20017.0

Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

2022

Radioman

20126.3

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

20206.6

Plenty

19855.7

Live Aid

19857.9

Live 8

20057.4

The Book of Solutions

20235.9

The Big Night In

20209.0

Julia and Julia

19885.1

Stormy Monday

19885.7

20 Feet from Stardom

20137.2

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

20106.9

FireAid Benefit Concert

20258.5

GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement

20255.7

Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl

1991

The Filth and the Fury

20006.9

The Best of Max Headroom

1987

Sting Unplugged

19914.0

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

19886.5

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

19826.3

The Police: Around The World

19828.3

Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews

2016

PoliWood

20096.5

Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen

2022

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20228.2

Space Songs: Through the Distance

2020

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

19987.7

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

20097.9

Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship

2014

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

19954.0

Sting - Englishman In Japan

19948.0

Attenborough at 90

20168.0

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

20065.9

Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

199910.0

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

20214.0

The Sweatbox

20027.0

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005

The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities

1995

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

2022

Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen

201810.0

The Soul Cages Concert

1991

Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

20268.0

Acceleration Punk

1977

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

20178.0

I Want My MTV

20197.5

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

20044.8

Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)

20218.0

George Michael: A Different Story

20046.6

Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari

20237.6

Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests

20066.8

Live Aid

20049.2

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

20077.0

Jaco

20157.5

An Audience with Elton John

19979.0

The Beatles Revolution

2000

Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

20147.2

The Police - Every Breath You Take

20037.1

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

20167.2

The Queen's Birthday Party

2018

Music for Montserrat

19976.9

The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo

20087.7

Under the Volcano

20216.9

Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film

20198.6

Free Spirits

2026

Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris

20178.9

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

20098.0

Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

1992

Message in a Bottle

2024

In Thanks We Trust

2025

Tina Turner : Celebrate!

19999.0

They All Came Out to Montreux

20237.0

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

20186.4

Sting ...All This Time

20017.4

The Police: Certifiable

20087.6

The Grotesque

19955.4

Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin

19916.5

Destination Dune

19836.5

Artemis '81

19814.1

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly

20149.5

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

Herb Alpert Is...

20207.6

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

20077.1

Sting: Radio 2 in the Park

2024

Take That Away!

1993

One World, One Voice

1990

Urgh! A Music War

19817.4

Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!

20167.0

Radio On

19795.8

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

198810.0

Sonic Sea

20167.0

Sting and the Police at the BBC

20246.5

Brimstone & Treacle

19825.9

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

20248.0

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984

All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

20017.0

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris - 50 Years of FIP Radio

20216.0

Pavarotti & Friends

19927.8

Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

2019

The Very Best of Sting & The Police

1997

GIMS: On the Record

20207.3

Resident Alien

19905.3

Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police

20126.4

Punk and Its Aftershocks

19806.8

Still Bill

20107.1

The Police - Live In Oakland

1983

Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story

20238.0

Dire Straits at Live Aid

19857.0

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

19937.5

Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups

2015

Sting: Beyond The Police

20175.5

Hope for Haiti Now

20106.3

Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016

2016

Pavarotti The Duets

2008

Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord

20228.0

The Police ‎– Live Ghost In The Machine

19968.0

2012: Time for Change

20106.3

The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic

19798.0

Sting - Bring on the Night

19857.1

Sting au Bataclan

20168.0

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

20258.7

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

19868.0

Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll

2023

Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love

20037.6

U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope

1986

An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues

2005

Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary

1988

Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia

1979

The Dark Side of The Sun

20177.2

Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden

20248.4

Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral

20098.0

Chris Botti in Boston

20095.0

Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban

20208.0

Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône

20158.0

Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit

1987

The Police: Synchronicity Concert

19849.0

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

20197.8

Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads

19997.0

Sting: A Free Man

20177.5

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

2019

Sting: Live In Berlin

20107.7

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3

19887.0

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

20209.5

The Police - Live in Rio

2007

Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!

1988

Police in Montserrat

19838.0

The Police - Greatest Video Hits

20077.0

Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert

20027.1

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out

20076.8

Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre

20007.9

The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid

2008

Gurrumul

20187.0

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

19859.0

Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires

19888.0

Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville

20199.0

The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra

200910.0

Sting - 25 Years

2011

Freedom Beat

2003

The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead

2001

CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill

2011

Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)

20146.5

Sting ‎– Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting

19948.5

Sting - Live at iHeartRadio

2026

The Police: Better Than Therapy

2008

Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist

2017

Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann

2009

STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth

2007

Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors

2009

Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland

2004

Sting Live At Irving Plaza

20167.0

If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral

20094.2

Dance of Hope

19898.0