Grammy award-winning musician and Narrative 4 Honorary Committee member Sting is scheduled to join authors Colum McCann and Luis Alberto Urrea at Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Lit Fest – the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest - on Saturday, June 8. The three will participate in a discussion about the launch of Narrative 4 and the "How to Be a Man" initiative, which will be featured in the June/July "How to be a Man” issue of Esquire magazine, on newsstands May 28...
"My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Richard Swanson. What a tragic loss this is. His truly inspiring and spontaneous work (www.breakawaybrazil.com) to highlight the One World Futbol Project was deeply appreciated by all of us. The work will continue." - Sting
/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles / www.oneworldfutbol.com
Millions know their voices, but few know their names. Check out the trailer for the compelling new film "Twenty Feet From Stardom" from award-winning director Morgan Neville, which shines a spotlight on the untold true stories of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musicians of the 21st century. Along with rare archival footage, "Twenty Feet From Stardom" includes interviews with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, and many more, and features frequent Sting collaborators Lisa Fischer and Jo Lawry, among others. The film opens in the US on June 14. Please visit twentyfeetfromstardom.com or Facebook.com/twentyfeetfromstardom for additional details...
Want to meet Sting? Check out this opportunity to go backstage before his Back To Bass concert at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT & watch the show from prime seats. Enter now for your chance to win & support @Aid Still Required, providing continued relief for the people of Haiti. Airfare & hotel included! Enter now at http://bit.ly/MeetSting...
Has Sting or his music ever inspired you to do something extraordinary or life changing? If the answer is yes, why not visit the Community area and tell us about it? At the end of May we'll randomly select from the responses submitted and the winner will receive a cool piece of memorabilia signed by Sting!
On Tuesday, July 16, Sting will perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland! Tickets will go on sale beginning tomorrow, April 19 at 10AM (local time). There are a variety of options available, ranging from single-day tickets to passes for the entire Festival. For details, please visit http://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/2013/en/tickets/buy. This now completes the itinerary for the Back To Bass Summer 2013 tour…we hope to see you on the road!
For the past few weeks, Sting.com members have been voting on designs for the exclusive 2013 Sting.com fan club t-shirt that members will receive as part of the updated 2013 membership package. The results are in and we are pleased to announce that the winner is...
Quite a night for Nancy Hunt and Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation: they finally got to honor Sting and Trudie Styler for their work with the Rainforest Foundation, postponed from last October 31st - remember that date? It was Hurricane Sandy. The reboot turned into a wild night of fantastic music as Sting, "Soul Man" Sam Moore fresh his White House PBS gig, and Nile Rodgers with Chic rocked the Manhattan Ballroom for an invited audience. Styler first spoke so eloquently about the work of both foundations. It was lovely...