Sting. Biography, news, photos and videos Horoscope : Libra Born Gordon Sumner on October 2, 1951, in Newcastle, England, Sting soon decided to flee both his family and his northern hometown. After a stint at Warwick University, he worked briefly in construction before training as a teacher. Nights were spent playing in local jazz clubs, where the striped \'bee-like\' jerseys he wore earned him his long-standing moniker from fellow musicians. Once qualified, the teacher-cum-musician taught English by day and gigged the city\'s punk clubs by night with his band Last Exit. He was also becoming increasingly disenchanted with the conventional life, however he\'d married Frances Tomelty in 1976 and upped sticks again, relocating to London where he met drummer Stuart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers, the duo with whom he would form legendary rock trio The Police. After a successful tour of the States during which they played the odd set in front of single-figure audiences the band was signed by A&M records.

Their first single, Roxanne, was a big hit leading the record company to rush to release a first album, Outlandos d\'Amour, in 1979. Their sophisticated take on the new wave sound was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and by 1982 The Police were filling 70,000-capacity stadiums. But something had to give, and it was Sting\'s two marriages to Frances and to The Police that came unravelled. Two acrimonious splits ensued (although Frances, Sting and The Police have since made up), and the singer put his musical career temporarily on hold. After briefly focusing on acting he starred in the Dennis Potter-penned Brimstone And Treacle Sting went back to his first love. His first album, 1985\'s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, was a successful mix of pop and jazz, and earned a Grammy nomination in the jazz category, which "horrified and dismayed" the musician, who saw himself as composing tunes for a mainstream audience. Then, in 1987, just six months after his mother, Sting\'s father Ernest died.

The musician carried on as usual but his determination came at a price. He suffered three years of writer\'s block before realising he needed to write a record "about death". The Soul Cages was churned out in three weeks and was just what he needed, reconciling him to the family and background he had once rejected so vehemently. These days Sting is as grounded a pop star as you are likely to find. He married longtime girlfriend Trudie Styler, an actress and film producer, in 1992, in the local church near his beautiful Wiltshire house. He is still a prolific musician, having released several albums with a wide range of international singers since The Soul Cages, and occasionally returns to the big screen. His last appearance was in Guy Ritchie \'s Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, which Trudie executive produced. He is famous for his stance on ecological issues as well as human rights, and was honoured by Chile at the beginning of 2001 for his contribution to the latter. As well as his Wiltshire home, Sting owns properties all over the world, including a Tuscan villa where he recorded a live album and DVD.

He has two children from his first marriage, and four from his second. Sting has continued with his successful solo career, with an eclectic mix of collaborators including sitar player Anoushka Shankar, Cuban legends Buena Vista Social Club, a Grammy-winning song with Mary J Blige, and an accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov in his 2006 album Songs From The Labyrinth. And the multi-faceted performer has delighted fans with the announcement that The Police are set to tour again, following a raptuous reception for their performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards. © 2000-2016, HELLO!

Sting Biography Sting Biography Find Sting on Amazon.com Born Gordon Matthew Sumner on October 2, 1951, in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, England; son of Ernest Matthew (a milkman and small dairy owner) and Audrey (a homemaker; maiden name, Cowell) Sumner; married Frances Eleanor Tomelty (an actress), 1976; divorced, 1982; married Trudie Styler (actress and producer), 1992; children: (with Tomelty) Joseph, Katherine; four children with Styler. Addresses: Record company--A&M/Interscope Records, 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404, website: Website--Sting Official Website: Sting is one of the few musicians to experience huge success both as a member of a band and as a solo artist. His band, the Police, reached the highest possible peak in pop rock after the release of Synchronicity, which turned out to be their last album.

Sting continues to produce quality music that resists classification and has earned a reputation as a star with substance, "the pop idol adults can admire," according to Rolling Stone writer Anthony DeCurtis. His songwriting within the confinement of his former band proved insightful and adventurous even while vaulting them to megastar status in the pop world. His risk-taking as a solo artist keeps Police fans interested while appealing to a new set of fans of jazz-inflected rock. Sting's appeal goes well beyond his music, or the effective dramatic performances he has given onstage and screen. His dedicated work to preserve the Brazilian Amazon's vanishing rain forest makes him an inspirational figure for anyone concerned about the pressing environmental problems facing the world today. Growing up in the bleak English industrial town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sting--then known by his given name, Gordon Sumner--was primarily concerned with breaking free from the dead-end life that most of the people in town seemed resigned to living. Making music was Sting's uncertain ambition. He never had formal lessons, but by the age of 17 he was working semi-professionally in local jazz clubs, where he had learned from older players to play bass guitar and read music.

Members of one of the jazz bands he joined back then gave him his nickname "Sting" one day when he wore a yellow and black striped sweater to one of their gigs. After he briefly attended Warwick University, he worked at odd jobs, like construction, until 1971 when he trained to be a schoolteacher. By day he was a mild mannered English teacher. By night, he played punk rock with a band he formed with three friends, called Last Exit. When he referred to this period of time, Sting once said that he had settled into a life that he could project 30 years down the road, and that terrified him. Even though he married Frances Tomelty in May of 1976 and their first child was born in October, Sting ran for the school exit by the end of the year. Good-Bye Dead-End Job Sting and his band, Last Exit, headed for London where he met with Stewart Copeland, a drummer who was combing the club scene for members of a new band. Doubting themselves, the members of Last Exit ran back to Newcastle. In 1976 Copeland, Sting, and Andy Summers performed as the Police.

It was the heyday of the punk/New Wave movement. The Police were frequently called a New Wave group, but their music was more complex than that of most in that genre. Sting contributed highly literate lyrics, and their music used polyrhythmic structures and lush chordal work to create a truly unique sound. Stewart Copeland's brother owned a record label, Illegal Records. The Police recorded a single for him, called "Fall Out," that sold about 10,000 copies and led to a contract with A&M Records. Elated over signing with a major label, the band members decided that they had to conquer America immediately. Despite strenuous protests from A&M, they began planning a club tour of the States, where no one had heard of them and they had not released any music. Proof of their success came with the release of the haunting single "Roxanne." Suddenly, the Police were a bigger hit than any of the already-established New Wave groups. Sting wrote nearly every song the band performed and eventually recorded. In 1979, A&M rushed to release their debut LP, Outlandos d'Amour, which they recorded for a mere $6,000.

Reggatta De Blanc was released that same year, and Zenyatta Mondatta followed early in 1980. The three albums made them superstars. In 1980 they embarked on a tour that included many Third World venues. Sting credits that tour as really opening his world view. Shortly after the tour, he told Guitar Player, "I've developed my songwriting away from the subjects of love, alienation, and devotion to a more political, socially aware viewpoint." The evolution was evident in the songs on the group's fourth and fifth albums: Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity. Sting often speaks of how the band's greatest success came at a time of failure in his personal life. In 1982 his marriage with Frances Tomelty ended in divorce. The turmoil of that break-up was, in Sting's words, "the worst thing that ever happened to me." Synchronicity reflected the upheaval he incurred that year. The lyrics of songs like "King of Pain," "Wrapped Around Your Finger," and "Every Breath You Take" resonate with the anguish felt when love and intimacy result in legal bickering and jealousy.

The songs "Synchronicity" and "Synchronicity II" were inspired by the psychotherapy Sting received during the divorce, which was based on the philosophies of Carl Jung. Going Solo Copeland, Summers, and Sting stayed together through the rigors of their rise to the top, but by 1983, three large egos in one group created too much tension. "In our final year, it was very clear to me that for the sake of sanity, for the sake of dignity, we should end it," Sting told DeCurtis. "We had the big song of the year, the big album of the year, the big tour of the year. We were it. We'd made it--everything we attempted, we'd achieved to the power of ten." The group disbanded at the height of its popularity. Sting's first priority after the break up of the Police was to devote time to one of his longtime interests: acting. His first role had been that of the hypocritical rebel Ace Face in the Who's 1980 rock film Quadrophenia. He appeared in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball and Brimstone and Treacle in 1982.

As time went on, Sting acquired bigger parts in more movies, including science fiction epic Dune; the Frankenstein remake The Bride; and the war drama Plenty, which starred Meryl Streep. He appeared on Broadway to mixed reviews in the role of Macheath in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera. His best acting to date was in the 1989 Mike Figgis film Stormy Monday, and the 1997 film Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets, produced by his second wife, Trudie Styler. Stormy Monday was set in Sting's hometown of Newcastle, and Figgis created a character for Sting well suited to his dark, moody side. Sting released his first solo album in 1985. The Dream of the Blue Turtles combined Sting's intelligent lyrics and the Police's rhythmic sophistication with a fresh jazz sound. He was pleased with the album, but when it was nominated for a Grammy in the jazz category, he was "horrified and dismayed," and relieved not to win. Backing Sting were jazz musicians Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, and Omar Hakim.

A documentary about the formation of the group called Bring on the Night was released in 1985. ... Nothing Like the Sun, released in 1987, had a sound much like The Dream of the Blue Turtles and was equally popular. Sting dedicated the album to his mother, who died suddenly while he was recording it. Six months later, Sting's father died. "I was told about it just before I went onstage in front of about 250,000 people in Rio for the first gig of the world tour," Sting told Phil Sutcliffe of Us magazine. "I had to do the show. I wanted to. In a way, it was a wake for my father. It was great--seething with energy. But I never cried for him." Sting paid a high price for his emotional denial. The once prolific writer found himself unable to write a word for three years. When at last he confronted this frightening block, he realized he was "going to have to write a record about death," he told DeCurtis. "I didn't really want to." Once he sat down to do it, The Soul Cages poured forth in about two weeks.

"It was quite painful, a bit overwhelming," he told Sutcliffe. "But I'm glad I did it." Sting dedicated The Soul Cages to his father, and he has said that the album has reconciled him with the family and background he once rejected so vehemently. Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting's follow-up album to The Soul Cages, was more upbeat. "But less and less do I know what a hit record will be," he told Rolling Stone."I used to have a very clear idea. Now I'm not so sure. I like to think I'm less about rock and roll and more about songs. I think songwriting is a tradition that's older than rock and roll. I could live without rock and roll. I haven't got this sort of religious reverie for rock and roll. I think it's incredibly reactionary and boring." Mercury Falling was released in 1996, and Sting toured again to promote it. Christopher John Farley of Time magazine wrote, "Mercury Falling stands out as his most consistently entertaining effort. The lyrics are smart but not ostentatiously cerebral.

The instrumental work of [Kenny] Kirkland, who performs on all the new tracks, and [Branford] Marsalis, who plays on two, adds shading and sophistication." Shadows in the Rain In trying to do his part for the environment, Sting focuses on the preservation of the Amazon rain forest, which is vital to the health of the earth's atmosphere. To that end, he founded the Rainforest Foundation. It originated in 1987, after he went deep into the jungle to meet with the natives there. He developed a close friendship with one of the chiefs, Raoni. The two traveled to Rio de Janiero to appeal to the government to stop the forest destruction. Then-president Jose Sarney promised that if Sting raised $1,000,000 to cover expenses, an area the size of England--including Raoni's homeland--would be demarcated as Xingo Park. Sting agreed to do so, generating much favorable publicity for Sarney. However, when Sting produced the money, Sarney refused to hold up his end of the deal. It was a painful lesson in politics for both Sting and the natives, and led to some criticism of the Rainforest Foundation.

Sting now directs part of the Rainforest Foundation's money into programs to educate and empower the natives in their rights and the workings of politics. He is also involved with Amnesty International and has organized and performed in concerts to raise funds for that cause. Sting learned another painful lesson in 1995. His longtime accountant, Keith Moore, was sentenced in London to six years in prison for embezzling $9.4 million from Sting's account. He siphoned the money between 1988 and 1992. Sting's bank reimbursed him $7.5 million that they transferred to Moore's account without permission. "The person who did it shocked me," Sting told Rolling Stone. "It made me look very seriously at the idea of wealth, and I came up with the conclusion that wealth isn't about what you have in the bank. Your wealth is your friendships, family, health and happiness." Accolades Continued with Brand New Day In 1999, Sting released his sixth studio album, Brand New Day, and embarked on an 80-city tour to support it.

The album was propelled to eight-times platinum sales--Sting's best-selling album--and Grammy wins for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance by the title track and the song "Desert Rose," which features French- Algerian vocalist Cheb Mami and the album's "most impressive, pathfinding track," according to Timothy White in Billboard. Andrew Hammond of the Middle East called the song "a symbolic meeting of east and west...." The track also won Sting the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAI) Spirit of Humanity Award in 2001. ...All This Time, a live album recorded at Sting's home in Italy on September 11, 2001, was intended as a "thank you" performance of a number of Sting and Police hits for fans, but instead became an impromptu tribute to those lost in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Instead of webcasting the entire concert as planned, Sting and his band decided that it would be appropriate to broadcast only one song, "Fragile." "We will sing this song for those who lost their lives," Sting said to the crowd of 200, according to his website.

In addition to producing studio and live albums, Sting signed a deal in 2002 with Simon & Schuster U.K. to write his memoirs. In 2003, his autobiography Broken Music was published. He performed at Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, California, in January of 2003 and reunited with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland for a performance marking the induction of the Police into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March of 2003. "I am very proud of the legacy of the Police. We were a damn good band and it still holds up. And it's an honor to be voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and to be recognized by one's peers," Sting was quoted in a Firstars Artist Management statement at the NY Rock website. In 2004, he launched a world tour in support of his album Sacred Love.

by Christine Morrison Sting's Career School teacher in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1975-76; member of several jazz ensembles and band Last Exit, 1971-76; acquired nickname "Sting" from fellow musicians commenting on striped sweater, 1975; met Stewart Copeland, performed with the Police, 1976-83; "Roxanne" recorded, 1978; the Police recorded five albums before disbanding in 1983; released first solo effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, 1985; recorded six solo albums, 1985-99; acted onstage in The Threepenny Opera, 1989; has appeared in numerous films.

Sting's Awards With the Police: Five Grammy Awards, two BRIT Awards, Best New Artist in Rolling Stone Critics' Poll, 1979, induction, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2003; as solo artist: Arab American Institute Foundation (AAI), Spirit of Humanity Award, 2001; BRIT Awards, Best British Male Solo Artist, 1994, Best British Album, 1998, Outstanding Contribution to British Music, 2002; Emmy Award, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, 2002; Golden Globe, Best Original Song, 2001; Grammy Awards, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Song of the Year, 1983, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 1987, Best Rock Song, 1991, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 1993, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 1999, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 2000; Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement, 2002; induction, Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2002; received numerous awards

 as a member of the Police and as a solo artist from Down Beat magazine's readers' and critics' polls.

Famous Works Frances Tomelty - Biography - IMDb Frances Tomelty Jump to: Overview (1) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (4) Overview (1) 6 October 1948 , Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Mini Bio (1) Frances Tomelty was born on October 6, 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is an actress, known for Chéri (2009), The Field (1990) and Lamb (1985). She was previously married to Sting . Spouse (1) Trivia (4) Daughter of the Belfast actor, Joseph Tomelty . Children: Joseph Sumner (b. 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine ( Fuschia Sumner (b. 17 April 1982) by Sting . Met Sting in 1974 on the set of Rock Nativity, a Christmas show/rock musical, which was playing in Newcastle, UK: Frances was playing the Virgin Mary; Sting played in the pit orchestra that supplied the music. They married in a Catholic ceremony at Our Lady and St.

Oswin's Chapel in Tynemouth. Frances Tomelty and Sting | Married Divorced Children Ex | FamousHookups.com Quotes & Trivia Celebrity Biographies Frances Tomelty has been divorced from Sting since March, 1984. They had been married for 7.8 years. Frances Tomelty is currently available. Frances Tomelty - TV Celebrities - ShareTV Frances Tomelty Frances Tomelty's Main TV Roles Show [Complete List] BIOGRAPHY: Tomelty was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the daughter of actor Joseph Tomelty (March 5, 1911 – June 7, 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as many films including Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role.

Tomelty's roles in recent years include the drama series Spooks, Casualty, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Holby City, Law & Order: UK, The Royal, Waking the Dead, Silent Witness as well as big-budget adaptations Atlantis, Merlin, The White Queen, and A Perfect Spy, and the film Chéri. On May 1 1976, Tomelty married musician Gordon "Sting" Sumner - best known as the lead singer and bassist for the rock band The Police - after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She played the Virgin Mary; he played in the band. They have two children together, Joseph (b. November 23, 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine ("Kate") (b. April 17, 1982). Sumner left Tomelty for his current wife Trudie Styler, and the couple divorced in 1984.

The split was controversial; as The Independent reported in 2006, "The problem was, he was already married - to actress Frances Tomelty, who just happened to be Trudie's best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater, West London, for several years before the two of them became lovers). The affair was widely condemned - not least because it coincided with the break-up of The Police". TRIVIA: Children: 'Joseph Sumner (II)' (qv)(b. 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine ('Fuschia Sumner' (qv) (b. 17 April 1982) by 'Sting (I)' (qv). Daughter of the Belfast actor, 'Joseph Tomelty' (qv). Met 'Sting (I)' (qv) in 1974 on the set of Rock Nativity, a Christmas show/rock musical, which was playing in Newcastle, UK: Frances was playing the Virgin Mary; Sting played in the pit orchestra that supplied the music. They married in a Catholic ceremony at Our Lady and St. Oswin's Chapel in Tynemouth.

Related sites for this celeb Frances Tomelty (Actress) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Frances Tomelty Female Born 1948 Frances Tomelty is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty. She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field.… Read More related links News + Updates Browse recent news and stories about Frances Tomelty. Starz Picks Up âWhite Queenâ Drama Series, Colin Callender To Ep In 2 Year Starz Deal Deadline Hollywood - Sep 04, 2012 ' \n EXCLUSIVE: Starz has picked up The White Queen, a 10-episode drama series based on the best-selling historical novels by Philippa Gregory. The pay cable network has brought in former HBO Films president Colin Callender as executive producer for the series, produced by the UKâs Company Pictures.

Callenderâs duties on White Queen are part of a larger two-year agreement his company Playground has signed with Starz. Under the pact, Callender also will serve as an exec producer on the second ... Je BlÃ¶der Desto Besser? : Wie (Bescheuert) Promis Ihre Kinder Nennen N Tv.De Nachrichten Google News - Jul 14, 2011 'Seine erste Ehefrau <mark>Frances Tomelty</mark> brachte einen Sohn und eine Tochter zur Welt. Das MÃ¤dchen erhielt den Namen Fuchsia Katherine. Und Forest Whitaker trieb vermutlich der Traum vom blauen Meer um, als er seine Tochter Ocean nannte' La Verdadera Historia Que Esconden 10 Famosas Canciones Radio BÃ­o BÃ­o Google News - Jun 18, 2011 'Cuando el vocalista de The Police la compuso se encontraba en medio de una crisis amorosa por el fracaso de su matrimonio con <mark>Frances Tomelty</mark>.

Muchos estadounidenses lo catalogan como un himno nacionalista, pero la realidad es que es una fuerte crÃ­tica' Sting I Ja Onet.Pl Google News - Jun 12, 2011 'Przygoda z filmem i telewizjÄ urwaÅa siÄ jednak w momencie, gdy Sting rozstaÅ siÄ dla niej ze swojÄ pierwszÄ Å¼onÄ , <mark>Frances Tomelty</mark>, z ktÃ³rÄ miaÅ dwoje dzieci. â W prasie pojawiÅo siÄ mnÃ³stwo negatywnych artykuÅÃ³w na mÃ³j temat' Sting Celebrity Bio - Hollywood Life Date of Birth: October 2, 1951 Height: 6'0" Hometown: Wallsend, Northumberland, United Kingdom In a Relationship With: Trudie Styler Best Quotes: “I want to get old gracefully.

I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.” “The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.” “I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.” “It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.” Bio: Sting (born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner 2 October 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, activist, actor, and philanthropist. Before launching a solo career, Sting was in a band called The Police from 1977-1984. In his lifetime he has received 16 Grammy awards, three Academy Award nominations, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe and an Emmy. In 2002 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2003 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Police. Best Known For: Sting is best known for his singing career with British band The Police and then launching a solo career after that.

Some of his greatest hits include, Fields of Gold, Every Breath You Take, Roxanne and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic. Personal Life: Sting married Frances Tomelty, an actress from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. They had two children together, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (“Kate”, born 17 April 1982). The couple then divorced in 1984. Before they officially divorced he began living with actress and film producer Trudie Styler in 1982. They married on 22 August 1992 in south-west England. Sting and Styler have four children together, Brigitte Michael (“Mickey”, born 19 January 1984), Jake (born 24 May 1985), Eliot Pauline (nicknamed Coco”, born 30 July 1990), and Giacomo Luke (born 17 December 1995). The Sunday Times Rich List of 2011 reported Sting to be one of the 10 wealthiest people in British music.

Sting & Frances Tomelty Divorced, Children, Joint Family Tree & History - FameChain 2002 - Best Original Song - Until from Kate & Leopold Grammy Awards 1981 - Best Rock Instrumental - Reggatta De Blanc 1982 - Best Rock Instrumental - Behind My Camel 1982 - Best Rock Vocal - Don't Stand So Close To Me 1984 - Best Rock Instrumental - Brimstone and Treacle 1984 - Best Rock Vocal - Synchronicity 1984 - Best Pop Vocal & Best Song - Every Breath You Take 1987 - Best Video - Bring On The Night 1988 - Best Pop Vocal - Bring On The Night 1992 - Best Rock Song - Soul Cages 1994 - Best Pop Vocal - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 2000 - Best Pop Album & Male Vocal - Brand New Day 2001 - Best Male Pop Vocal - She Walks This Earth 2004 - Best Pop Collaboration - Whenever I Say Your Name 2006 Best Album - Lifesong Brit Awards 198

2 - Best British Group 1985 - Outstanding Contribution 1988 - Best British Album - Nothing Like the Sun 2002 - Outstanding Contribution Sting Family Sting.

Biography, news, photos and videos Horoscope : Libra Born Gordon Sumner on October 2, 1951, in Newcastle, England, Sting soon decided to flee both his family and his northern hometown. After a stint at Warwick University, he worked briefly in construction before training as a teacher. Nights were spent playing in local jazz clubs, where the striped \'bee-like\' jerseys he wore earned him his long-standing moniker from fellow musicians. Once qualified, the teacher-cum-musician taught English by day and gigged the city\'s punk clubs by night with his band Last Exit. He was also becoming increasingly disenchanted with the conventional life, however he\'d married Frances Tomelty in 1976 and upped sticks again, relocating to London where he met drummer Stuart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers, the duo with whom he would form legendary rock trio The Police. After a successful tour of the States during which they played the odd set in front of single-figure audiences the band was signed by A&M records. Their first single, Roxanne, was a big hit leading the record company to rush to release a first album, Outlandos d\'Amour, in 1979.

Their sophisticated take on the new wave sound was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and by 1982 The Police were filling 70,000-capacity stadiums. But something had to give, and it was Sting\'s two marriages to Frances and to The Police that came unravelled. Two acrimonious splits ensued (although Frances, Sting and The Police have since made up), and the singer put his musical career temporarily on hold. After briefly focusing on acting he starred in the Dennis Potter-penned Brimstone And Treacle Sting went back to his first love. His first album, 1985\'s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, was a successful mix of pop and jazz, and earned a Grammy nomination in the jazz category, which "horrified and dismayed" the musician, who saw himself as composing tunes for a mainstream audience. Then, in 1987, just six months after his mother, Sting\'s father Ernest died. The musician carried on as usual but his determination came at a price. He suffered three years of writer\'s block before realising he needed to write a record "about death".

The Soul Cages was churned out in three weeks and was just what he needed, reconciling him to the family and background he had once rejected so vehemently. These days Sting is as grounded a pop star as you are likely to find. He married longtime girlfriend Trudie Styler, an actress and film producer, in 1992, in the local church near his beautiful Wiltshire house. He is still a prolific musician, having released several albums with a wide range of international singers since The Soul Cages, and occasionally returns to the big screen. His last appearance was in Guy Ritchie \'s Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, which Trudie executive produced. He is famous for his stance on ecological issues as well as human rights, and was honoured by Chile at the beginning of 2001 for his contribution to the latter. As well as his Wiltshire home, Sting owns properties all over the world, including a Tuscan villa where he recorded a live album and DVD. He has two children from his first marriage, and four from his second.

Sting has continued with his successful solo career, with an eclectic mix of collaborators including sitar player Anoushka Shankar, Cuban legends Buena Vista Social Club, a Grammy-winning song with Mary J Blige, and an accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov in his 2006 album Songs From The Labyrinth. And the multi-faceted performer has delighted fans with the announcement that The Police are set to tour again, following a raptuous reception for their performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards. © 2000-2017, HELLO!

Sting - Biography - IMDb Biography Showing all 106 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (55) | Personal Quotes (40) Overview (3) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee. He grew up in the turmoil of the ship-building industry and wanted to become a musician very early. He played cruise ships, backing strippers in cabarets, and developed a love for the bass guitar. Having played in jazz/rock bands like "Last Exit" and other various groups, including a dixieland jazz group, he settled down with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers for a decade-long tenure with the smashing rock trio, The Police .

In 1984, he went on to record solo albums, and holds a reputation as one of the most literate songwriters and talented musicians in the world. He has also delved into acting, having starred in such films as Quadrophenia (1979), Radio On (1979), Plenty (1985), Julia and Julia (1987) (aka Julia and Julia), Dune (1984), Bring on the Night (1985) (a documentary about the formation of his Blue Turtles jazz group), most recently, Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995), where he plays a bisexual, conniving butler. He received an honorary Doctorate of Music degree from Northumbria University in October 1992, and from Berklee College of Music in May 1994. He plays guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, harmonica, saxophone and pan-flute, and he gave a name to his bass (Brian). Sting is married to film producer Trudie Styler , and has six children with Trudie and ex-wife, actress Frances Tomelty .

Sting owns a Jacobian castle in Wiltshire, which he calls "Lake House", where he records his albums, as well as a place in London, an apartment in New York, a place on the beach in Malibu, California, and a Renaissance Florentine Villa called "Palagio" in Figline Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy. Along with his wife Trudie and a Brazilian Indian, he started the Rainforest Foundation in 1989 to help save rainforests. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Kornel Osvart and Dan Fineberg Spouse (2) High-pitched raspy voice Fender Precision bass guitar Literary references in his songs. (Roxanne is named for the heroine of Cyrano de Bergerac. "Moon Over Bourbon Street" was inspired by Interview with the Vampire. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" references Scylla and Charibdes, two dangerous islands from The Odyssey.

"Don't Stand Too Close to Me" references Lolita, "that book by Nobokov.") Blonde spiky hair and bold blue eyes Writing songs about wide-ranging themes, which have included political, social and environmental subjects Trivia (55) He has 6 children, two from his first wife Frances Tomelty , four from Trudie Styler . Lived with Trudie Styler for about 10 years before marrying her. Bass player and lead singer for influential 70s-80s new wave group The Police . His favorite music is actually jazz. Was a certified primary school teacher in England. He also taught English in St Paul's First School, a secondary school, in Cramlington near Newcastle. Got his nickname "Sting" from the black and gold rugby shirts he used to wear, which made him look like a hornet. Sting appeared in Threepenny Opera in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Attended Warwick University in Coventry, England but never graduated. Son, Joseph Sumner , is a singer in a band and bears a striking resemblance to Sting. Joe's singing sounds similar to his father's as well.

Godfather of Madonna 's newborn son, Rocco Ritchie . He was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of the comic book supernatural detective John Constantine/Hellblazer (created in 1984 by Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette). Sting was 33 years old at the point. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police ) on 10 March 2003. Album "Nothing Like the Sun" is dedicated to his mother, Audrey. Filmed his son Jake Sumner 's birth and put it in his movie, Bring on the Night (1985). He was a member of Band Aid (1984). He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Music. Now resides in a Malibu house formerly owned by actor Larry Hagman . Sting takes in an average of $2000.00 per day in royalties for this now 20 year old song "Every Breath You Take." The song is officially the most requested radio song of all time.

His song "Roxanne" was covered by George Michael on the album "Songs from the Last Century". Performed for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event. [November 2003] Is a big fan of "Richard Laymer, the Copy Guy," a popular character created by Rob Schneider for Saturday Night Live (1975). Sting was the first SNL host/musical guest to appear in a "Copy Guy" sketch; he later wrote the cast and crew a letter from "Sting. The Stingster. Der Stinglehoffer. Sting-a-ling-a-ding-dong. Sting-o. The Stingman." The Police were voted the 70th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone. The comic book character of "John Constantine" ("Hellblazer"), eventually featured in the Keanu Reeves movie, Constantine (2005), was designed to look like Sting, and, in fact, was created solely for the purpose of including a character who looks like Sting in the Swamp Thing comic. In one Swamp Thing issue, there's a boat called the "USS Gordon Sumner".

Wrote "Every Breath You Take" after waking up in the middle of the night from a dream. The Police ended their last tour in early 1984 and only regrouped to play a few benefit dates in 1986. Their last performance to date was March 10, 2003 at their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction. They have never announced an official breakup. His song "Roxanne" is one of the top 50 bar/jukebox songs of all time, according to VH-1. His album with The Police , "Synchronicity", was the album that finally knocked Michael Jackson 's "Thriller", the best selling album of all time, out of the number one spot it held for most of 1983. Former son-in-law of actor-writer Joseph Tomelty He is an avid Newcastle United supporter. Attended St. Cuthbert's Catholic High School in Newcastle although, at the time he went, it was a Catholic grammar school.

Other students have included TV presenter Declan Donnelly , Pet Shop Boys lead singer Neil Tennant , British Prisoner-of-War and journalist John Nichol as well as renowned architect Terry Farrell who designed the MI6 building overlooking the River Thames in London. One of his children suffers from dyspraxia - a developmental disorder of the brain in childhood affecting movement and coordination In an interview in the late 90s, said he liked some American Country music, mentioning Hank Williams and "Gentleman" Jim Reeves as two of his favorites.

Winner of several Grammy Awards beginning with: "Reggatta De Blanc" (Best Rock Instrumental Performance / The Police) (1980); "Behind My Camel" (Best Rock Instrumental Performance / The Police) (1981); "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal / The Police) (1981); "Brimstone and Treacle" (Best Rock Instrumental Performance / solo) (1983); "Synchronicity" (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal / The Police) (1983); "Every Breath You Take" (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal / Song of the Year / The Police) (1983); "Bring On the Night" (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male / solo) (1987); "Soul Cages" (Best Rock Song / solo) (1991); "Ten Summoner's Tales" (Best Music Video-Long Form / solo) (1993); "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male / solo) (1993); "Brand New

 Day" (Best Pop Album / Best Male Pop Vocal Performance / solo) (1999); "She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance / solo) (2000); "Whenever I Say Your Name" (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals / with Mary J.

Blige ) (2003) His eldest daughter is actress Fuschia Sumner . He is a vegetarian. Sting has won several Brit (British Phonographic Industry) Awards, both solo and with The Police . The band won the British Phonographic Industry Award for Outstanding Contribution in 1985. His album "Nothing Like The Sun" won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Album in 1988. He was the winner of the 1994 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist following the success of his album "Ten Summoner's Tales". In 2002, he won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. Only Paul McCartney , John Lennon and Freddie Mercury have also won the award as a member of a band and as an individual. Winner of the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement. The 2005 winning horse of the Kentucky Derby, Giacomo, is named after Sting and Trudie's son of the same name. The owner of the horse, Jerry Moss , is good friends with Sting and recorded him on A&M Records. Reunited with his former band-mates and performed at the 2007 Grammy Awards.

The next day, The Police announced a worldwide tour in 2007, the first tour since 1986. Two of the songs he sang with The Police are also the titles of films starring Sandra Bullock : Demolition Man (1993) and Murder by Numbers (2002). Ranked #63 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll and #9 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler , founded the Rainforest Foundation in 1988. Former bus conductor and tax officer. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The 2009 Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $295 million. Lives in London (UK), Lake Wilshire, Malibu (California) and Figline Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy). Attended Princess Diana 's funeral in 1997. Release of his book, "Lyrics".

[October 2007] Reuniting with his former band mates of The Police and embarking on a worldwide tour. [February 2007] Amstel Hotel - Amsterdam - The Netherlands for two shows in the Amsterdam Arena. [September 2007] A recipient of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. Other recipients this year were Al Green , Tom Hanks , Patricia McBride , and Lily Tomlin . Personal Quotes (40) My job is being a musician [...] I just make films for fun, really. I'm bored with music between 1955 and 1980. I'm completely bored. I can't listen to a rock and roll record. I can't do it. I would rather listen to hogs screwing. It was quite something. My wife saw it, too. At first I thought it was her with one of the kids until I reached over and I realised that she was still in bed with me" - on seeing the ghosts of a woman and a child in his bedroom The geniuses of music, like Bach ( Johann Sebastian Bach ) and Miles Davis , used silence beautifully; they were not about using as many notes as possible.

They knew that playing almost nothing can be the most elegant and eloquent thing to do. I'm so glad I have this way of expressing, in a veiled and artistic way, my most intimate feelings. A lot of people have the same feelings, but in others it must get bottled up. I'm proud of my being able to make it into artifacts that some people find beautiful or engaging. I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that's why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world. If anyone described me as a genius I would laugh. I have my moments - I just have to join them together. [on the induction of The Police into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame] I am very proud of the legacy of The Police . We are a damn good band and it still holds up.

You can't get better than Otis Redding . You can scratch the surface of my songs pretty lightly and you'll find someone who wanted to be James Taylor at the age of 14. He's also a brilliant and ridiculously underrated guitar player and blessed with a voice that could melt ice caps. One of my favorite songs that I never wrote was "Tempted" and I did actually cover it. It's a great song, and Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook are great songwriters. Squeeze were always a great band, and it was nice to cover it. I loved the band Traffic for their way of creating a musical universe without these boundaries, because whether it's country, pop, gospel, heavy metal or classical music, it's all a single language, a code. I first met Youssou ( Youssou N'Dour ) with Peter ( Peter Gabriel ) several years ago when we worked together on an Amnesty tour. Both of them have such extraordinary voices and Peter has done a lot to promote world music in general and that should be acknowledged as it's been a one man crusade on his part. [on Bruce Springsteen ] The great thing about Bruce is that he's exactly as he seems. A great man.

[on Bob Dylan ] He's a great artist and he really inspired me. [on performing the music of John Dowland on his album "Songs From The Labyrinth"] For me they are pop songs. Beautiful melodies, fantastic lyrics, great accompaniments. I feel that my job as a pop artist is to develop as a musician, and to bring into my sphere elements that aren't necessarily pop, more complex intervals, complex time signatures. [on his being made a CBE] Being a Commander of the British Empire isn't really what it's cracked up to be, since I can't command anybody. Everyone always ignores me. Everybody in the business knows in his heart of hearts what it takes to be successful. Whether you've got the guts to go through with that or not is another matter. I watched it the other night for the first time, I've never seen it before. I was appalled. I wouldn't get on The X Factor (2004) because I don't sound like anyone they're after, I sound like myself. I think they are basically aping pre-existing stereotypes of what singers should do and they're not being themselves. There's no X Factor there.

The music industry is a multi-million dollar business and the shop floor is not The X Factor (2004). It's pubs and clubs up and down the country or you get in your van and you go up and down the M1 and you build an audience that way. That's how you build a backbone. [on the Lisbon Treaty in 2009] I've lived in Europe for about 15 years, I live in Italy. So I feel very European. I think it's an inevitable thing that our future in the British Isles will be with Europe. We'll be part of Europe, we'll be better for it. [on The X Factor (2004)] I am sorry but none of those kids are going to go anywhere, and I say that sadly. How appalling for a young person to feel that rejection. It is a soap opera which has nothing to do with music. In fact, it has put music back decades. Television is very cynical. They are either Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston or Boyzone and are not encouraged to create any real unique signature or fingerprint. That cannot come from TV.

The X Factor (2004) is a preposterous show and you have judges who have no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion, advising them what to wear and how to look. It is appalling. The real shop floor for musical talent is pubs and clubs, that is where the original work is. But they are being closed down on a daily basis. It is impossible to put an act on in a pub. The music industry has been hugely important to England, bringing in millions. If anyone thinks The X Factor (2004) is going to do that, they are wrong. There's no pussyfooting in our group. We don't skirt around each other; we go straight for the jugular. We know each other very well, and we know where it hurts. [Rolling Stone, February 19, 1981 issue] I think what we provide is functional entertainment. It has a use. I just try to write as good a song as possible; it's a craft. [Rolling Stone, February 1981] [on comparisons made between him and Peter Gabriel ] Peter Gabriel and I are not tapping each other's phones!

We've both grown in the same kind of creative arc. We're both led by curiosity. I am a gambler and I think I've always been rewarded for my risk-taking. My ambition is to be allowed to do anything that I want to do again, and to reach a standard where people will at least say: 'That was OK.' I think the whole idea of being 'successful' in music is to have a unique signature or sonic fingerprint, and - no matter what context you sing in - people recognize it as you. Whether they like it is another matter. There's this whole universe of music that is simply limitless. When you think you know everything about music, you discover you can't get to the end. I'm on this lifelong journey, and orchestral music is where it's now taken me. We [wife Trudie Styler and himself] keep getting begged for our "secret" - why ours has lasted so much longer than most Hollywood marriages put together. More than anything else, the same ounce-of-prevention that works against sibling rivalry also works against separation and divorce: Trudie and I not only love but actually like each other. I want to surprise an audience: surprise the listener, surprise myself.

To me the essence of music is surprise. Every eight bars you need a surprise, otherwise people fall asleep. There are no clues in my environment that you leave that environment and fare well and be successful. My parents didn't really understand what my dreams were. They just thought I was crazy because I had just given up a job with a pension and the security, in their eyes. My dad didn't understand until the end of his days what the hell I was doing. He thought I should have had a proper job. Maybe he was right. I wanted to take a risk and be a star. [on Alan Parker 's film, Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)] I hated Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). I thought it was beautifully crafted and incredibly well-made, but utterly empty, full of nothing, nihilism. There's more to life than that. There's no humor in it, no hope. It's like he'd read half of Camus or Sartre and decided that's what truth is. I loathe it, it's juvenile. It saddened me that all that skill and craft went into such an empty project. I don't think there's such a thing as composition in pop music.

I think what we do in pop music is collate. It's like folk music. It makes copyright a bit interesting and difficult. I'm a good collator. I'm essentially agnostic. I don't have a problem with God. I have a problem with religion. I've chosen to live my life without the certainties of religious faith. I think they're dangerous. Music is something that gives my life value and spiritual solace. [speaking about the United States] I don't think there is any political discourse in this country. People tend to speak in sound bites, which have nothing to do with any kind of information that's useful. I miss genuine debate. It's not to say there aren't intelligent people in politics. Of course there are. But the system doesn't seem to support that level of discourse even in, you know, the greatest democracy on the planet. I've never pandered to the lowest common denominator. I have a good audience and I'm supposed to challenge them. I always expect the audience to make the journey with me. [on changing directions and writing 'The Last Ship', a Broadway musical] I had no interest in tailoring songs for Top 40 radio, for fourteen-year-old girls or boys.

I'm a sixty-two year old man. Where is the arena to present my work? It's not radio anymore. [on 'The Last Ship'] I enjoy having hits. I'd rather have a hit against the odds than a hit that obeys the formulaic rules. This is exactly the play I wanted to put on. It may be difficult, it may be ugly, but it's the one I wanted to do [on David Bowie ] We were totally captivated by his energetic charm, his extraordinary music, his art and his unique spirit. [on David Bowie ] We will never forget him. See also

Question: Which music star married Frances Tomelty in 1976?
Answer: Sting