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Sting Archives: 07/2025

STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

‘Invisible Sun’: The most genius song Sting ever wrote

A dark classic.

Will Howard
Jul 29, 2025
Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The Sting song he said had “nothing original” to say

Far from his most in-depth work.

Tim Coffman
Jul 27, 2025
10 artists who recycled their own hits

10 artists who recycled their own hits

Going back to their old tricks.

Tim Coffman
Jul 25, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The one genre that Sting said was a “horrible lowering of musical values”

Far from breaking any new ground.

Tim Coffman
Jul 23, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The secret, unexpected reference tucked inside a Sting hit: “It really tickles me”

“Nobody else hears it!”

Kelly Murphy
Jul 21, 2025
The Police - Sting - Stewart Copeland - Andy Summers - 1980s

The Police album Sting called the best they ever made: “It had to be good”

Playing to all their strengths.

Tim Coffman
Jul 20, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The artist Sting called the father of modern songwriting: “The guy who we follow”

The standard for all writers.

Tim Coffman
Jul 17, 2025
Roxanne - The Police - 1978

Was ‘Roxanne’ a real woman?

“Fascinated by it.”

Kelly Murphy
Jul 16, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The masters of “abstraction” that Sting could never copy

“I couldn’t understand.”

Kelly Murphy
Jul 16, 2025
Eric Clapton - 2017

Slow Burners: The two artists who require repeat listens, according to Eric Clapton

Truly timeless northerners.

Tom Taylor
Jul 12, 2025
Pete Townshend - Guitarist - The Who - 1970s

The artist Pete Townshend hailed as a master craftsman: “Never gone back”

“It was a clean divorce.”

Ben Forrest
Jul 12, 2025
Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The gig that made Sting leave The Police

A pivotal moment.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jul 10, 2025

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