LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This weekend,
17-time GRAMMY Award winning musician Sting kicked off his
Las Vegas residency, "My Songs,"
at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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Produced by the Cherrytree Music Company, Live Nation and
Caesars Entertainment, "My Songs" presents a compendium of Sting's
most beloved songs with dynamic, visual references to some of his
most iconic videos and inspirations. The world-renowned
musician treated fans to an array of greatest hits spanning his
illustrious career, including "Roxanne," "Message In A Bottle,"
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "Every Breath You Take" and
several other fan favorites, plus brand new songs from his
forthcoming album, The Bridge, out November 19.
Joined by a five-piece band including Dominic Miller (guitar), Josh Freese (drums), Rufus Miller (guitar), Kevon Webster (keyboards) and Shane Sager (harmonica), and backing vocalists
Melissa Musique and Gene Noble, with set and video design created by
59 Productions, Sting's "My Songs" residency runs through
November 13 and will resume in
June 2022.
Tickets for performances through June
2022 are on sale now and can be purchased online at
www.ticketmaster.com/stingvegas. VIP packages are also available,
including a Stage Seating Experience, featuring immersive live
audio from Mixhalo, as well as a Pre-Show VIP Onstage
Experience, which includes a moderated Q&A with Sting and
personal photo with him on stage. All shows begin at 8 p.m.
ABOUT STING
Composer, singer-songwriter, actor,
author, and activist Sting was born in Newcastle, England before moving to
London in 1977 to form The Police
with Stewart Copeland and
Andy Summers. The band released five
studio albums, earned six GRAMMY Awards® and two Brits, and was
inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
As one of the world's most distinctive solo artists, Sting has
received an additional 11 GRAMMY Awards®, two Brits, a Golden
Globe, an Emmy, four Oscar nominations, a TONY nomination,
Billboard Magazine's Century Award, and MusiCares 2004
Person of the Year. In 2003, he was made a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his myriad of
contributions to music. Also a member of the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, he has received the Kennedy Center Honors, The American Music
Award of Merit and The Polar Music Prize. Sting has been awarded
Honorary Doctorates of Music by the University of Northumbria
(1992), Berklee College of Music
(1994), University of Newcastle
upon Tyne (2006) and Brown University
at its 250th Commencement ceremony (2018).
Throughout his illustrious career, Sting has sold 100 million
albums from his combined work with The Police and as a solo
artist.
Following his critically acclaimed album, 57th
& 9th, his first rock/pop collection in over a
decade, Sting and reggae icon, Shaggy, both managed by the
Cherrytree Music Company, released a collaborative,
island-influenced album, entitled 44/876, drawing from the
many surprising connections at the heart of their music. With its
title referencing their home country codes, 44/876 first and
foremost honors the duo's mutual love for Jamaica: Shaggy's homeland, and the place
where Sting penned such classics as The Police's "Every Breath You
Take." Their chart-topping release debuted at #1 in Germany and Top 10 in the UK. It spent over 20
weeks atop Billboard's Reggae Album chart in the US, earned Gold
certifications in Poland and
France and received the GRAMMY
Award® for Best Reggae Album.
In 2019, Sting was honoured at the BMI Pop Awards for his
enduring hit single "Every Breath You Take," which has become the
Most Performed Song, with 15 million radio plays, from BMI's
catalog of over 14 million musical works. Most recently, the song
was added to Spotify's 'Billions Club,' having amassed over 1
billion streams on the platform.
Also in 2019, an album entitled My Songs, featuring
contemporary interpretations of his most celebrated hits, was
released and followed by a world tour of the same name, which will
resume later this year and extend through 2022. Sting's 'My Songs'
World Tour is a dynamic and exuberant show featuring his most
beloved songs spanning the 17-time GRAMMY Award®
winner's prolific career with The Police and as a solo
artist.
Always known as a musical explorer, pioneering genre-bending
sounds and collaborations, Sting's next release Duets,
compiles some of his most celebrated collaborations, including
those with Mary J. Blige,
Herbie Hancock, Eric Clapton, Annie
Lennox, Charles Aznavour,
Mylène Farmer, Shaggy, Melody Gardot, Gashi and
more.
Sting's latest album, The Bridge, showcases his
prolific and diverse songwriting prowess. Written and recorded in a
year of global pandemic, this new collection finds him ruminating
on personal loss, separation, disruption, lockdown, and
extraordinary social and political turmoil. Representing various
stages and styles from throughout his unrivaled career
and drawing inspiration from genres including rock n' roll, jazz,
classical music and folk, the eclectic album features Sting's
quintessential sound on pop-rock tracks such as the
album's opening rock salvo "Rushing Water" and new
indie-pop sounding "If It's Love."
Sting is currently headlining a Las
Vegas residency, "My Songs," at The Colosseum at Caesars
Palace. The show presents a compendium of Sting's greatest
hits with dynamic, visual references to some of his most iconic
videos and inspirations.
He has appeared in more than 15 films, executive produced the
critically acclaimed A Guide to Recognizing Your
Saints, and in 1989 starred in The Threepenny
Opera on Broadway. His most recent theatre project
is the Tony®-nominated musical The Last
Ship, inspired by his memories of the shipbuilding
community of Wallsend in the northeast of England where he was born and raised. The
show, with music and lyrics by Sting, ran on Broadway in
2014/2015 and completed a UK regional theatre tour which ran
from March-July 2018. Thereafter,
Sting starred as shipyard foreman Jackie
White in the Toronto-based
production of The Last Ship at the Princess of
Wales Theatre. In 2020, he reprised the role for productions in Los
Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre and San Francisco at the Golden Gate
Theatre.
Sting's support for human rights organizations such as the
Rainforest Fund, Amnesty International, and Live Aid mirrors his
art in its universal outreach. Along with wife Trudie Styler, Sting founded the Rainforest Fund
in 1989 to protect both the world's rainforests and the indigenous
people living there. Together they have held 19 benefit
concerts to raise funds and awareness for our planet's endangered
resources. Since its inception, the Rainforest Fund has expanded to
a network of interconnected organizations working in more than 20
countries over three continents.
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ABOUT THE CHERRYTREE MUSIC COMPANY
Founded in 2005 by
Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Martin Kierszenbaum, the
Cherrytree Music Company provides management,
record label and publishing services to a boutique roster
of artists, producers and mixers who push the creative envelope in
popular music. Cherrytree has had an indelible impact on the
music landscape from managing celebrated musician and cultural
icon Sting to launching Lady Gaga's first two albums. The
Cherrytree Music Company has released the artistically and
commercially ground-breaking records
of Feist, Ellie
Goulding, Robyn, La Roux, LMFAO, Far
East Movement and Disclosure and sold over 35 million units.
In the process, the Cherrytree Music Company has become a vital
source for popular music and catalyst for artist collaboration and
innovation. For more information on the Cherrytree Music
Company, please visit here.
ABOUT LIVE NATION LAS
VEGAS
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the
world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global
market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation
Sponsorship. Live Nation Las Vegas produces residency shows from
Sting, Usher, Rod Stewart,
Keith Urban, Reba, Brooks &
Dunn and Mariah Carey at The
Colosseum at Caesars Palace; Lady Gaga, Aerosmith and
Bruno Mars at Dolby Live at Park
MGM; Chicago, Foreigner, Earth,
Wind & Fire, STYX, ZZ TOP and Adam
Lambert at The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Resort Las
Vegas; Shania Twain, Gwen Stefani
and Scorpions at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort &
Casino; and Santana at House of Blues. Live Nation Las Vegas also
brings other world-famous artists to many of the city's other
premier concert venues including Allegiant Stadium, T-Mobile Arena,
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Michelob ULTRA Arena, Downtown Las Vegas
Events Center and more. For additional information,
visit www.livenationentertainment.com. Find Live Nation
Las Vegas on Facebook, Instagram and follow us
on Twitter.
ABOUT CAESARS PALACE
World-renowned Las Vegas resort and a Top 10 "Best U.S.
Casino" by USA TODAY 10BEST
Readers' Choice, Caesars Palace features 3,980 hotel guest rooms
and suites, including the all-new Palace Tower featuring 10 new
luxury villas, the 182-room Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace and
Forbes Star Award-winning The Laurel
Collection by Caesars Palace. The 85-acre resort offers diverse
dining options from the award-winning Bacchanal Buffet, to
celebrity chef-branded restaurants, including Gordon Ramsay HELL'S
KITCHEN, Pronto by Giada, as well as Bobby
Flay's new Italian restaurant concept, Amalfi, now open,
Vanderpump Cocktail Garden by restauranteur and television star
Lisa Vanderpump, one of Nobu
Matsuhisa's largest Nobu Restaurant and Lounge, Restaurant
Guy Savoy, Old Homestead Steakhouse, Rao's, MR CHOW and more. For
the best in cocktails, destination lounges include Montecristo
Cigar Bar, Alto Bar, VISTA Cocktail Lounge, and Stadia Bar. The
resort also features nearly 130,000 square feet of casino space,
including a recently renovated race and sports book boasting the
largest screen on the Strip at 138 ft., a five-acre Garden of the
Gods Pool Oasis, the luxurious Qua Baths & Spa, COLOR Salon,
five wedding chapels and gardens, and the 75,000-square-foot OMNIA
Nightclub with the top DJs such as Steve
Aoki. The 4,300-seat Colosseum, Billboard Magazine's "Venue
of the Decade: 2000 – 2009," spotlights world-class entertainers
including Usher, Sting, Keith Urban,
Rod Stewart, Reba, Brooks &
Dunn and Jerry Seinfeld. The Forum
Shops at Caesars Palace showcases more than 160 boutiques and
restaurants. Caesars Palace is operated by a subsidiary of Caesars
Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR). For more information, please
visit caesarspalace.com or the Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas
media room. Find Caesars Palace on Facebook and follow on Twitter
and Instagram. Know When To Stop Before You Start.® If you or
someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and
referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-522-4700 ©2021,
Caesars License Company, LLC.
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