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Sting (born Gordon Matthew Sumner on October 2, 1951) is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to a distinguished solo career, he was the lead singer, principal composer and bassist of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police.
Biography
Sumner was born in Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England, to Audrey Cowell and her husband, Ernest Sumner. He is the eldest of four children and has a brother, Philip, and two sisters, Angela and Anita. His father managed a dairy, and as a boy Sumner would often assist him with the early morning milk delivery rounds. Sumner was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, due to the influence of his paternal grandmother, who was from an Irish family.
Sumner attended St. Cuthbert’s Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, and then the University of Warwick, but did not graduate. During this time, he would often sneak into nightclubs like the Club-A-Go-Go. Here he would watch acts like Jack Bruce and Jimi Hendrix who would later influence his music. After jobs as a bus conductor, a construction labourer, and a tax officer, he attended Northern Counties Teachers’ Training College, which later became part of Northumbria University, from 1971 to 1974. He then worked as a teacher at St. Paul’s First School in Cramlington for two years.
From an early age, Gordon Sumner knew that he wanted to be a musician. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job, performing evenings, weekends, and during vacations from college and teaching. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.
Biography
Sumner was born in Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England, to Audrey Cowell and her husband, Ernest Sumner. He is the eldest of four children and has a brother, Philip, and two sisters, Angela and Anita. His father managed a dairy, and as a boy Sumner would often assist him with the early morning milk delivery rounds. Sumner was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, due to the influence of his paternal grandmother, who was from an Irish family.
Sumner attended St. Cuthbert’s Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, and then the University of Warwick, but did not graduate. During this time, he would often sneak into nightclubs like the Club-A-Go-Go. Here he would watch acts like Jack Bruce and Jimi Hendrix who would later influence his music. After jobs as a bus conductor, a construction labourer, and a tax officer, he attended Northern Counties Teachers’ Training College, which later became part of Northumbria University, from 1971 to 1974. He then worked as a teacher at St. Paul’s First School in Cramlington for two years.
From an early age, Gordon Sumner knew that he wanted to be a musician. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job, performing evenings, weekends, and during vacations from college and teaching. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.
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Fragile
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If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
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When We Dance
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The Snow It Melts The Soonest
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Shoutbox
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pauba1 wrote:
soul cake!
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Hanni17 wrote:
my mother loves him ;)
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stayfreshicelan wrote:
the new albums pretty good.
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RedigaRehder wrote:
Wow! Great new album, it surprised me.
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ultrangelus13 wrote:
increible
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Sattero wrote:
The new album is great! I love winter, its poetic and now this album, it is simply beautiful...
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oksyhemoglobin wrote:
New album- really amazing. I'm dreaming of a winter...
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JohnyEvanz wrote:
Wonderful album.
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fuinadan wrote:
new album is boring and gloomy
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andziiia wrote:
New album - if on a winter's night / brilliant! Love it!
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HomesickEric wrote:
oh gawd i just discovered desert rose! i am back together with sting ;D
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Lovestruck92 wrote:
Desert Rose is one I could listen to over and over and OVER again! :) It's the best ever!
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FrostyLove wrote:
If On A Winter's Night is perfect for the snowy calm winter's evenings
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kangool wrote:
'if on the winter's night' - one of the best LP ever. I'm just crazy about it.
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rastacatus wrote:
good soul cake
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SscIrmM wrote:
I agree, his new cd's an amaizing
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Ramusics wrote:
New CD's great!!!!!
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DeathKnight00 wrote:
Desert Rose <3
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Giooz wrote:
magnificent
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pepsiiii wrote:
fields of gold <3
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Sting: In Concert - A Winter's Night…. w/ Special Guest Chris Botti
The Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine, New York, United States
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Sting: In Concert - A Winter's Night…. w/ Special Guest Chris Botti
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WNYC's The Greene Space, Classical 105.9 WQXR, Opus Arte and Music Unites welcome…
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WNYC's The Greene Space, Classical 105.9 WQXR, Opus Arte and Music Unites welcome Sting and Trudie Styler for an Exclusive Presentation of the New York Premiere Screening of Twin Spirits at The Jerome L. …
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Catch Sting on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday on November 7 - In an interview and…
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Sting's 'If On A Winter's Night...' enjoyed a great first week of release in the…
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