New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. A former member of The Police is returning to the force this summer. Stewart Copeland recently announced he’s striking out on a summer 2026 spoken word tour that he’s dubbed … Read more
That’s gotta sting. Sting has been slapped with a hefty lawsuit by his former Police bandmates over missing royalties, according to reports. The British musician, 73, was handed a High Court writ by the group’s guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland over their hit 1983 song “Every Breath You Take.” Sting has been slapped … Read more
Sting doesn’t feel that the disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct facing Sean “Diddy” Combs “taint” the English rocker’s hit, “Every Breath You Take.” Written by Sting, 73, for his former band The Police, the 1983 track was famously sampled by Diddy, 55, in his 1997 song “I’ll Be Missing You” with Faith Evans. In a … Read more
Next to The Beatles, the Police had one of the biggest band breakups in rock history. Indeed, singer-bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland were on top of the music world — after their smash “Synchronicity” album and tour — when they split up in 1986. Of course, Sting went on to have … Read more
With a classic catalog spanning five decades from the Police to his solo career, Sting says it never gets old when one of his songs gets a brand new spin. And the timeless tunes of the artist born Gordon Sumner get a fresh flip in the new dance theater production “Message in a Bottle,” which … Read more
Although they were arguably the biggest rock band in the world at the time — riding high off the smash success of “Every Breath You Take” — the Police were hardly in sync with each other when their “Synchronicity” Tour hit Shea Stadium on Aug. 18, 1983. But it was a playful wrestling match with … Read more
Trumpet legend Herb Alpert once out-sold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same year with Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass’ “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” the No. 1-selling album of 1966. And six decades later, he recently found himself in the same conversation with Taylor Swift when she tied his long-standing record … Read more
They began filing into the two ballparks at close to the same time, descending their respective subway platforms, easing their cars into parking lots. This was late in the afternoon of Aug. 18, 1983. In those years, Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium rarely had days where both were in use. The rhythms of the baseball … Read more
Music industry legend Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records in a Los Angeles garage and grew it into a successful label signing the Police, Carpenters, Janet Jackson and other big stars, died at age 88 Wednesday. Moss died of natural causes in his Bel Air, California, home, his family said in a statement. “They truly … Read more
Sting may not be cranking out hits such as “Roxanne,” “Every Breath You Take” and “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” anymore. But the former Police frontman isn’t about to go chasing the charts in his golden years. “I’m 71 now, so my music has to reflect who I am, so I’m not desperately … Read more