Sting

Police Source: music-news.com Sting is reportedly being sued by his former bandmates in The Police for millions of dollars in lost royalties. The 73-year-old musician, real name Gordon Sumner, is reportedly being taken to court for "substantial" damages by guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland. "This has been coming for quite some time. Lawyers tried repeatedly to reach an out-of-court settlement but hit a stalemate," a source told The […]

Andy Summers says Sting and Stewart Copeland were ready to throw out 'Every Breath You Take'. The former Police guitarist has recalled his ex-bandmates butting heads over the now-legendary riff in the 1983 hit from their fifth and final album, 'Synchronicity', before the 79-year-old musician worked his magic on it. Speaking to Guitarist magazine, Andy said when asked if he knew the rock classic was a hit just from the […]

  Source: music-news.com Sting regrets The Police’s reunion. The 69-year-old singer reunited with bandmates Andy Summers and Stuart Copeland in 2007, 19 years after they split, and then embarked on a global tour in 2008 but the ‘Every Breath You Take’ hitmaker admitted the experience didn’t leave him feeling the way he’d hoped it would. In an interview with Reader's Digest magazine, he said: “At the time I labelled the […]