Sting

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191

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

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

19988.1

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

19887.0

Brüno

20095.6

Sting Festival de Viña del Mar

20116.9

The Bride

19855.4

The Mighty

19987.3

Quadrophenia

19797.0

Radioman

20126.3

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

20216.6

Space Songs: Through the Distance

2020

WHAM!

20237.3

Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story

20217.0

Live 8

20057.4

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Live Aid

19857.9

Plenty

19855.7

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

2026

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

2021

The Book of Solutions

20235.9

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

20106.9

The Police: Around The World

19828.3

Being Mick

20017.0

The Big Night In

20209.0

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

20206.6

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

2022

20 Feet from Stardom

20137.2

Julia and Julia

19885.1

FireAid Benefit Concert

20258.5

Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship

2014

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

19954.0

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

2022

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20228.2

Stormy Monday

19885.7

Sting Unplugged

19914.0

The Best of Max Headroom

1987

The Filth and the Fury

20006.9

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

1991

Free Spirits

2026

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

20065.9

GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement

20255.7

Attenborough at 90

20168.0

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

2022

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

2007

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

19826.3

The Sweatbox

20027.0

The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo

20087.7

Sting - Englishman In Japan

19948.0

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

19987.7

Music for Montserrat

19976.9

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

20077.0

Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

1992

Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

20147.2

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008

PoliWood

20096.5

In Thanks We Trust

2025

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

20178.0

Jaco

20157.5

Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen

201810.0

The Soul Cages Concert

1991

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

20214.0

Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

20268.0

Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

199910.0

The Beatles Revolution

2000

Acceleration Punk

1977

George Michael: A Different Story

20046.6

The Police - Every Breath You Take

20037.1

The Grotesque

19955.4

Sting ...All This Time

20017.4

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

19886.5

Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris

20178.9

Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews

2016

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

20097.9

Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests

20066.8

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

20167.2

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

20098.0

Artemis '81

19814.1

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name

20186.4

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

20218.0

Urgh! A Music War

19817.4

Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

2019

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

20044.8

Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari

20237.6

Brimstone & Treacle

19825.9

I Want My MTV

20197.5

Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups

2015

Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film

20198.6

Herb Alpert Is...

20207.6

The Police: Certifiable

20087.6

The Very Best of Sting & The Police

1997

They All Came Out to Montreux

20237.0

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly

20149.5

One World, One Voice

1990

Tina Turner : Celebrate!

19999.0

The Queen's Birthday Party

2018

Pavarotti & Friends

19927.8

Live Aid

20049.2

Sonic Sea

20167.0

The Dark Side of The Sun

20177.2

Punk and Its Aftershocks

19806.8

Under the Volcano

20216.9

An Audience with Elton John

19979.0

The Police: Synchronicity Concert

19849.0

Sting: Radio 2 in the Park

2024

The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities

1995

GIMS: On the Record

20207.3

Destination Dune

19836.5

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

20077.1

Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!

20167.0

Message in a Bottle

2024

2012: Time for Change

20106.3

Radio On

19795.8

The Police - Live In Oakland

1983

Sting - Bring on the Night

19857.1

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

198810.0

Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin

19916.5

Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia

1979

Pavarotti The Duets

2008

Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll

2023

Sting and the Police at the BBC

20246.5

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

2005

Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story

20238.0

Dire Straits at Live Aid

19857.0

Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love

20037.6

Hope for Haiti Now

20106.3

All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

20017.0

Take That Away!

1993

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

1984

Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police

20126.4

Sting: A Free Man

20177.5

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

20197.8

Still Bill

20107.1

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

1988

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

19868.0

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

20216.0

The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic

19798.0

Sting: Beyond The Police

20175.5

Resident Alien

19905.3

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

20258.7

Sting: Live In Berlin

20107.7

Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône

20158.0

Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord

20228.0

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

19937.5

The Police ‎– Live Ghost In The Machine

19968.0

The Police - Live in Rio

2007

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

20248.4

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

20248.0

U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope

1986

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

The Police - Greatest Video Hits

20077.0

The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra

200910.0

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

19859.0

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3

19887.0

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

2019

Sting au Bataclan

20168.0

Chris Botti in Boston

20095.0

Gurrumul

20187.0

Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary

1988

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

20098.0

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

20007.9

Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert

20027.1

Freedom Beat

2003

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

2001

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out

20076.8

Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires

19888.0

Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville

20199.0

Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads

19997.0

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

20209.5

Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist

2017

Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban

20208.0

The Police: Better Than Therapy

2008

Police in Montserrat

19838.0

STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth

2007

Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit

1987

Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors

2009

CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill

2011

Sting ‎– Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting

19948.5

Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016

2016

The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid

2008

Sting Live At Irving Plaza

20167.0

Sting - Live at iHeartRadio

2026

Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann

2009

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

20146.5

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

2004

Sting - 25 Years

2011

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

20094.2

Dance of Hope

19898.0