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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=449 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:55:35 -0500 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:56:19 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=449 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/what-sting-really-thought-of-the-beatles-according-to-his-longtime-guitarist-if-they-can-do-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/what-sting-really-thought-of-the-beatles-according-to-his-longtime-guitarist-if-they-can-do-it Music News: "In the early '60s, there weren't any acts or bands in Britain that could do what the Americans could do."]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:55:35 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_opens_up_on_artists_covering_and_sampling_his_songs_i_get_paid_so_why_not.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_opens_up_on_artists_covering_and_sampling_his_songs_i_get_paid_so_why_not.html Music News: "Songs are living organisms — you have to keep breathing life into them or giving them new bedfellows."]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:26:45 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_opens_up_on_how_his_own_songs_affect_him_i_have_to_stop_thinking_about_their_real_meaning_when_i_sing.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_opens_up_on_how_his_own_songs_affect_him_i_have_to_stop_thinking_about_their_real_meaning_when_i_sing.html Music News: The British icon also reflected on the true meaning behind one of his biggest solo classics.]]> Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:30:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_weighs_in_on_acdc_staying_within_very_rigid_parameters_explains_how_his_songwriting_is_different.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_weighs_in_on_acdc_staying_within_very_rigid_parameters_explains_how_his_songwriting_is_different.html Music News: "There's no one way of doing things, in my opinion."]]> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:05:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh_freese_recalls_what_freaked_him_out_about_playing_with_sting_explains_why_he_was_worried_at_first_rehearsal.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh_freese_recalls_what_freaked_him_out_about_playing_with_sting_explains_why_he_was_worried_at_first_rehearsal.html Music News: "Part of me was like, 'Let's go,' the other part of it was like all freaked out."]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:53:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rolling_stones__miles_davis_bassist_explains_what_impressed_him_about_sting_shares_opinion_on_playing_with_madonna.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rolling_stones__miles_davis_bassist_explains_what_impressed_him_about_sting_shares_opinion_on_playing_with_madonna.html Music News: "When I joined Sting's band, people would ask about the difference between playing behind a trumpet and playing behind a voice, and I'd say, 'Man, Miles is a voice!'"]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:27:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_speaks_up_on_ai_and_its_impact_on_music_predicts_that_well_have_to_defend_our_human_capital_against_ai.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_speaks_up_on_ai_and_its_impact_on_music_predicts_that_well_have_to_defend_our_human_capital_against_ai.html Music News: So basically, he doesn't agree with Avenged Sevenfold.]]> Thu, 18 May 2023 23:38:16 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/diddy_says_he_was_joking_about_paying_sting_5k_a_day_its_called_being_facetious.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/diddy_says_he_was_joking_about_paying_sting_5k_a_day_its_called_being_facetious.html Music News: The rapper sampled The Police's hit "Every Breath You Take".]]> Sat, 08 Apr 2023 11:19:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/wtf_rapper_diddy_forced_to_pay_sting_5000_per_day_over_sample_use.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/wtf_rapper_diddy_forced_to_pay_sting_5000_per_day_over_sample_use.html Music News: The payment will go on until the end of Diddy's life.]]> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:00:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch_this_is_what_sting_sounds_like_live_in_2022.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch_this_is_what_sting_sounds_like_live_in_2022.html Music News: The musician performed at the Palladium in London.]]> Mon, 02 May 2022 23:24:59 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_explains_why_its_hard_to_see_growth_in_acdc_and_stones_music_says_grown_men_shouldnt_be_in_bands.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_explains_why_its_hard_to_see_growth_in_acdc_and_stones_music_says_grown_men_shouldnt_be_in_bands.html Music News: "A band is a teenage gang. Who wants to be in a teenage gang when you're knocking 70?"]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:22:50 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_joins_mass_catalog-sale_trend_by_trading_his_music_for_350_million_to_universal.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_joins_mass_catalog-sale_trend_by_trading_his_music_for_350_million_to_universal.html Music News: "It is absolutely essential to me that my career's body of work have a home where it is valued and respected."]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:31:25 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_speaks_on_problem_he_has_with_modern_music_explains_why_he_played_bass_with_frowned_upon_pick__then_abandoned_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_speaks_on_problem_he_has_with_modern_music_explains_why_he_played_bass_with_frowned_upon_pick__then_abandoned_it.html Music News: The Police frontman also names the one musician he would like to meet.]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:40:24 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_shares_honest_opinion_on_not_for_me_acdc_explains_what_a_song_must_have_for_him_to_listen_to_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_shares_honest_opinion_on_not_for_me_acdc_explains_what_a_song_must_have_for_him_to_listen_to_it.html Music News: "Some people listen to music, and they see color. I see characters."]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:16:13 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_facts_about_sting-69443 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_facts_about_sting-69443 Features: On of the most articulate and intuitive rock musicians of his generation.]]> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:00:18 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_on_playing_bass_pick_or_fingers__why_not_both.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_on_playing_bass_pick_or_fingers__why_not_both.html Music News: "I don't think there can be any rules about how you play an instrument."]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:41:40 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_the_greatest_musical_privilege_of_being_a_bass_player.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_the_greatest_musical_privilege_of_being_a_bass_player.html Music News: "It's a lot of subtle heroism - it's not the lead guitar part of playing lots of hemidemisemiquavers."]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:42:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_the_more_you_play_an_instrument_the_more_responsive_it_is_its_almost_spiritual.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_the_more_you_play_an_instrument_the_more_responsive_it_is_its_almost_spiritual.html Music News: "...if you can say that about an inanimate piece of wood," the musician adds.]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_songwriting_is_the_hardest_intellectual_pursuit_in_my_life.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_songwriting_is_the_hardest_intellectual_pursuit_in_my_life.html Music News: "It's the hardest thing, the most painful thing. The thing I avoid like the plague."]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:26:46 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_explains_that_whole_tantric_sex_thing.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_explains_that_whole_tantric_sex_thing.html Music News: "If we had seven hours, I would demonstrate," he said.]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:39:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/sting_searching_for_workers_to_pick_his_grapes_wants_them_to_pay_345_per_day.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/sting_searching_for_workers_to_pick_his_grapes_wants_them_to_pay_345_per_day.html Wtf?: Now this is how you milk tourists!]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:19:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_not_leaving_300_million_fortune_to_his_children_they_have_to_work.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_not_leaving_300_million_fortune_to_his_children_they_have_to_work.html Music News: "It's no picnic being my child," the musician adds.]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:58:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/sting_to_release_first_solo_album_in_a_decade.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/sting_to_release_first_solo_album_in_a_decade.html New Releases: "The Last Ship" is scheduled for release on September 24.]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:15:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_to_play_office_christmas_party.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_to_play_office_christmas_party.html Music News: Sting has been lined up to play a Christmas office party for a cool 1 million.]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:29:12 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_closes_the_book_on_the_police.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_closes_the_book_on_the_police.html Music News: Sting said he can't foresee The Police getting back together again.]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:44:46 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_writing_musical_about_his_hometown.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_writing_musical_about_his_hometown.html Music News: Police bassist and solo star Sting is working on a musical about his hometown of Newcastle.]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:46:06 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_cancels_concert_over_human_rights_concerns.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting_cancels_concert_over_human_rights_concerns.html Music News: The former Police frontman says performing in Kazakhstan would go against "everything he has stood for".]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:25:21 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/sting_to_release_symphonicity_tour_dvd.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/sting_to_release_symphonicity_tour_dvd.html New Releases: The release of an exclusive DVD/CD package has been announced, in the wake of Geordie pop icon Sting's "Symphonicity" tour.]]> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:40:16 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/russian_communists_demand_stings_arrest.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/russian_communists_demand_stings_arrest.html Music News: Sting has come under fire from Russian communists during his tour of their country, reports say.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:53:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/stings_russians_was_inspired_by_illegal_satellite_viewings.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/stings_russians_was_inspired_by_illegal_satellite_viewings.html Music News: Sting composed Cold War ballad Russians after checking out Soviet kids' TV via an illegal satellite feed.]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:56:19 -0400