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Jun 12, 2006
Interview: THE INDEPENDENT (2006)

Sniggers were stifled when he accompanied his wife's yoga lecture plucking serenely on the sitar and his tantric sex sessions have become legendary. Now Sting has immersed himself in an even more unlikely passion - 16th century lute music. The former frontman of the Police has been a fan of the Elizabethan composer John Dowland since the early 1980s. When he was given a lute two years ago, his interest was rekindled and he began to learn Dowland's music. What started out as a private project has turned into an album to be released in October...

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Jun 12, 2006
Maltapost Presentation to Sting
Prior to the successful Sting concert at the Luxol Grounds on Tuesday, Maltapost Chairman David Stellini presented the singer with an original memento in appreciation of Sting's permission for the use of his signature and images on the Miniature Sheet issued for this occasion...
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Jun 09, 2006
Interview: THE TIMES (2006)

Sting has found a kindred spirit in a maudlin 400-year-old singer-songwriter, says Rick Jones. Two pop stars will collide across the centuries when Sting releases his CD of the songs of John Dowland, the famous Elizabethan lute-player and composer who died 380 years ago. Just like Sting, Dowland made albums - four of them to be precise, each containing 21 or 22 songs. Dowland, though, had little competition. The miraculously inventive First Book of Ayres was published in London in 1597. It soon sold out and further editions were issued in 1600, 1603, 1606 and 1613. The city had an insatiable appetite for Dowland and almost every household in the Jacobean capital must have owned a copy of the First Book...

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Jun 07, 2006
Latest Ticket Sales Info for Members...
Post Sales for Riga take place Thur, June 8 @ 10 am est going until Wed, June 14 @ 10 pm est..
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Jun 07, 2006
Sting performs to 18,000 in Malta
Sting promises to be back after great performance... Thousands of people flocked to the Luxol Grounds in Pembroke for what was billed as the biggest concert to be held in Malta to date, Sting's date forming part of his Broken Music Tour...
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Jun 05, 2006
Lisbon Show - Set List Details...
In addition to being webcast on AOL Sting's Broken Music concert in Lisbon on June 4 was broadcast on TV on the Portuguese SIC Radical cable TV channel at 10.45 pm CET...
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Jun 03, 2006
The Broken Music Tour draws to a close tonight in Lithuania...
The final date of the European Broken Music Tour takes place tonight at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania. The tour which has consisted of Sting on bass in a four-piece band with longtime band mate, Dominic Miller on guitar, in addition to Lyle Workman (Beck, Frank Black) also on guitar and Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Paul McCartney) on drums has visited many cities and countries missed on the 2004 Sacred Love tour...
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Jun 01, 2006
Maltapost issues Sting Commemorative Miniature Sheet...
To commemorate the forthcoming Sting concert in Malta, the Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost plc will be issuing a Commemorative Miniature Sheet on Monday 5 June...
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May 29, 2006
Ian Copeland...
Ian Copeland, the booking agent who helped the Police and other new wave and punk bands such as REM and the B52's break into the US music scene has died, aged 57. Ian, brother of Stewart and Miles launched his agency, Frontier Booking International in New York in 1979 and more recently, he was the principal owner of the Backstage Cafe in Beverly Hills...
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May 24, 2006
Rainforest Benefit Concert Review...
Sting.com member Peter Ostreicher completed his jaunt around the Caribbean and North America at Carnegie Hall last night. Here's his review of the show... Also some interview footage with the performers and clips from the show can be watched at...
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