Published January 22, 2025 10:51am Updated January 22, 2025 10:54am
Sting has been forced to cancel gigs and his upcoming awards amusement appearances aft becoming unwell.
The erstwhile Police frontman has an perfectly packed schedule this twelvemonth arsenic helium is acceptable to play a whopping six festivals, connected apical of his tour.
Sting was owed to execute astatine 2 US gigs successful California and Arizona but has present pushed these backmost until aboriginal this month.
Due to the enigma illness, the 73-year-old icon has besides had to propulsion retired of the Bass Magazine Awards connected Thursday, wherever helium was acceptable to beryllium honoured with a beingness accomplishment award.
The cancellations travel ‘on advisement’ from Sting’s doctor, with the Desert Rose hitmaker ‘sincerely apologising’.
A connection connected societal media read: ‘On advisement from his doctor, owed to illness, it is with sincere regret that Sting indispensable cancel his quality astatine the Bass Magazine Awards this Thursday…
‘And postpone his STING 3.0 concerts successful Phoenix, AZ (originally scheduled for January 24) to June 1 and Wheatland, CA (originally scheduled for January 26) to May 28 arsenic good arsenic his show astatine the Cherrytree Music Company’s 20th anniversary, present taking spot May 29.’
Fans were advised to support their tickets for these shows, arsenic they ‘will beryllium honoured connected the caller dates’ truthful cipher misses out.
The connection added: ‘Sting sincerely apologises for immoderate inconvenience and extends his gratitude to the fans for their understanding.’
Sting is besides owed to execute at the LA wildfire payment performance FireAid later this period but it’s apt this volition present beryllium connected his recovery.
He has a drawstring of UK dates aboriginal this twelvemonth connected the Sting 3.0 World Tour, heading to London in October 2025 amid each his festival sets.
At these gigs, Sting has promised to springiness a overmuch deeper chopped performance, digging into ‘rarities’ successful his extended discography.
Sting’s extended vocation began successful 1977 with The Police, securing galore hits specified arsenic Message successful a Bottle, Walking connected the Moon, and Roxanne.
The caller question set broke up (for the archetypal time) successful 1986 but were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame successful 2003.
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