ON THIS DAY...
2005: Sting performed at Impact Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. ▶
2001: Sting performed at the Rock In Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ▶
1994: Sting performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. ▶
1979: The Police performed with Eberhard Schoener at the Philipshalle in Dusseldorf, Germany.
1978: The Police performed at the Rock Garden in London, England.
1977: Sting and Stewart began rehearsing with Henri Padovani in Stewart's Mayfair flat in London.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"I don't think it's a great stretch from modern songwriting to Dowland, it's part of a legacy. I think we owe a lot to Mr Dowland, as the figure of the alienated singer-songwriter is something he practically invented. We are part of that tradition. Obviously there is a level of sophistication in his songwriting: they are art songs, but at the same time they are songs to be sung around a table by whoever wants to sing them."
