ON THIS DAY...
2022: Sting performed at the Palladium in London, England.
2014: The Rainforest Benefit concert was held at Carnegie Hall. Guests included Paul Simon, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, Stephen Stills, Renee Fleming and Kevin Spacey. More ▶
2005: Sting performed at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign, USA. More ▶
1999: The Rainforest Benefit concert was held at Carnegie Hall and had a Frank Sinatra theme. Guests included Elton John, James Taylor, Don Henley, Charles Aznavour, Tony Bennett, Billy Joel and comedian Bill Murray. More ▶
1998: Sting and Trudie attended a tribute dinner in Los Angeles for the Artists Rights Foundation.
1993: Sting performed at Le Zenith in Pau, France.
1989: Sting was in Amsterdam as part of his tour to highlight Rainforest problems.
1988: Sting performed at the Statenhal, in Den Haag, Holland.
1986: Sting performed at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
1982: Sting's daughter Kate was born.
1980: The Police performed at the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam, Holland.
1977: The Police performed at the Roundhouse in London, England.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"Some people run away to the sun to avoid winter, but I think it's a time of reflection, and always has been for mankind. It's a time for storytelling, which is the light of the centre of the darkness. Our ancestors observed this - they treated it as a ritual. It's as if by dealing with the ghosts of the past year we are allowed move into spring."
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