“I Looked Up at That Guy on Stage and Thought, ‘That Is a Meal Ticket” – The Police’s Stewart Copeland on first meeting StingRead more
“We’d like to thank the Beatles for lending us their stadium.” – Sting, The Police, to a packed Shea Stadium, NYC, August 18, 1983Read more
Sting, of influential band The Police sings on Dire Straits’ song “Money for Nothing”, and received a songwriting credit as the song uses his “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” melody.Read more
The Police recorded their smash hit album Synchronicity at Beatles producer George Martin’s AIR facility on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.Read more
The Police’s album “Synchronicity” was named after, and inspired by psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings.Read more
Sting wrote many of the songs from The Police’s final album “Synchronicity” while at James Bond Creator Ian Flemming’s aptly named “Goldeneye” estate in Oracabessa Bay, JamaicaRead more
The Police’s Sting appeared as Feyd-Rautha, Baron Harkonnen’s younger nephew, in the 1984 blockbuster movie DUNE, based on the Frank Herbert novel.Read more
The Police borrowed £1,500 from their manager Miles Copeland to record their debut studio album.Read more
The father of Stewart Copeland, founding member of The Police, was one of the founders of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.Read more
Stewart Copeland, Founding member of The Police, also has a long list of composer credits including but not limited to movies “Wall Street”, “Good Burger”, “Men At Work”, TV shows “Dead Like Me”, “The Equalizer”, and even 1998 video game “Spyro The Dragon”.Read more
The Police’s Sting sings the opening line “I Want My MTV” (in the tune of “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”) on Dire Straits’ song “Money for Nothing”, and is credited as a co-songwriter.Read more
The Police’s Sting got his nickname in his twenties from his affinity for wearing a black and yellow striped rugby sweater, making him look like a wasp. His real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner.Read more
