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Oct 11, 2016

Sting is coming to BUILD to discuss his new album “57th & 9th”..

16-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and musician Sting is coming to BUILD to discuss his new album “57th & 9th” out on November 11. The album, Sting’s first rock/pop project in over 10 years, represents a wide range of musical and songwriting styles, from the ferocious track “Petrol Head” to the raucous, “I Can’t Stop Thinking About You." Sting says that the key to producing good music is to maintain an element of surprise - for himself, the people he is working with and most of all the listeners. Hear Sting talk about the inspirations behind this new album and why the record came together so quickly when he hits the stage.

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Oct 04, 2016

Rock legend Sting takes stock of life with ‘reflective day’ in Oz after AFL Grand Final party...

It would be easy to think that after playing to a stadium of 100,000 screaming fans on AFL Grand Final day, rocker Sting would be in the mood for painting the town red. But for his 65th birthday, which he spent in Melbourne yesterday, the former Police front man was in a surprisingly subdued mood...

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Sep 30, 2016

Interview: AFP (2016)

As Sting took up the refugee crisis for his latest album, he met in Berlin with musicians who fled Syria. The rock legend asked for their permission to record his song. "I felt it was important to have that sanction," Sting told AFP of the track Inshallah, in which he envisions himself on a boat like a refugee desperate for safety...

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Sep 29, 2016

Sting appeared on "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on 28 September...

Sting appeared on the September 28 "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", where he was interviewed and performed “I Can’t Stop Thinking About You.” The track is from the forthcoming album “57th & 9th,”...

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Sep 28, 2016

Watch Sting Play Driving New Single 'I Can't Stop Thinking About You'...

Sting and his band rock out in the studio – and he even climbs onto a roof – in the video for his new song "I Can't Stop Thinking About You," a tune off his upcoming solo LP 57th & 9th. Jeff Coffman, who has previously helmed clips by Robert Francis and Jason Mraz, directed the clip. The new record is the former Police frontman's first pure rock album in over a decade, following the jazz-inflected musical-theater work The Last Ship and a number of classical works. It will come out on November 11th.

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Sep 22, 2016

50,000, from "57th and 9th"

It’s really a comment on how shocked we all are when one of our cultural icons dies: Prince, David [Bowie], Glenn Frey, Lemmy. They are our gods, in a way. So when they die, we have to question our own immortality.

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Sep 20, 2016

Sting featured on the latest Rolling Stone Podcast...

The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Spotify. Sting's "I Can’t Stop Thinking About You" is the closest thing he's made to a new Police song in decades. He talks to Rolling Stone's Patrick Doyle about his upcoming album, 57th & 9th – as well as Prince, climate change deniers and why he's always working it...

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Sep 17, 2016

Sting Scores First Adult Alternative Songs Chart Hit in 12 Years...

The former Police frontman's new single "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" starts at No. 19, marking his first visit to the tally since 2004. Sting makes his first appearance in 12 years on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs radio airplay chart with "I Can't Stop Thinking About You," the lead single from his Nov. 11 album 57th & 9th, his first rock-focused set since 2003's "Sacred Love"...

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Sep 13, 2016

Later with Jools Holland (10PM on BBC2)

UK – Airing Tuesday, September 13 – Later with Jools Holland (10PM on BBC2) – Additional songs will appear on the Friday, September 16 broadcast. You can watch the clip online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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Sep 03, 2016

Interview: METRO (2016)

Prince, David Bowie, climate change and the refugee crisis spark Sting’s first record in 17 years. “57th & 9th,” named after the intersection the 64-year-old crosses every day to get to the studio, was recorded in just four months and features his touring drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and guitarist Dominic Miller, and Jerry Fuentes and Diego Navaira of the Tex Mex band the Last Bandoleros. Metro meets The Police’s former frontman at Cherrytree Music Company in Beverly Hills...

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