Live Nation has announced that Sting, together with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, is extending the number of areas that his world tour is going to visit. As a result, a number of performances have already taken place in Europe and United Kingdom.
The Symphonicity Tour, that started almost a year ago, on JUne 2nd in Vancouver, included a full series of sold-out concerts in USA along the entire summer. This way, a very large number of people had the opportunity to listen to some of his best hits, sung in a completelly new manner, the symphonic way.
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra is and has been directed by Steven Mercurio (known for his work with names such as Pavarotti, Bocelli).
The european tour has started last year, on September 3rd, at Konserthus, Oslo, followed by a majestique performance on September 5th at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. On October 5th, Sting and the Northern Simfonia Orchestra amazed the audience from The Sage Gateshead with an amazing performance.
Live performances have been announced for some of the most prestigious venues in Europe, such as The Royal Albert Hall in London, on October 1st or the Verdi Theatre in Florence, Italy on October 25th, The Arcimboldi Theatre in Milan, on November 2nd and Santa Cecilia in Rome, on November 10th.
The tour has stopped in cities such as Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin, Koln and Paris, followed by concerts in Dublin, Nantes, Antwerp, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart in October, ending with Venice and Turin in November.
After a unmatched carreer, that has produced countless albums rewarded with platinum disks, a impressive collection of songs that reached the first position in the international charts, global sales exceeding 100 million disks, a collection of Stings best songs are being played it a complete new manner, orchestrated by Jorge Calandrelli, David Hartley, Michel Legrand, Rob Mathes, Vince Mendoza, Steven Mercurio, Bill Ross, Robert Sadin and Nicola Tescari.
The special playlist put together especially for this event includes hits such as "Roxanne”, "Next To You,” "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and "Every Breath You Take,” next to hits from his solo carreer, such as"Englishman in New York,” "Fragile,” "Russians,” "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” "Fields of Gold,” or "Desert Rose.”
In order to support the long waited Sting World Tour, Deutsche Gramophon has launched the Symphonicities CD last summer.
The new studio album takes the live experience further, so the first single"Evey Little Thing She Does Is Magic” has already been launched on digital support on May 24, 2010. Also, you can find on this exceptional disk you can find songs from The Police era, such as"Roxanne” and "Next To You”, and also from the Solo period, such as "Englishman in New York,” "I Burn for You,” "Why Should I Cry for You” or "She’s Too Good For Me”. Symphonicities was produced by Rob Mathes and Sting and was mixed by Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac) and Claudius Mittendorfer (Interpol, Franz Ferdinand).
Sting started being interested in adding the orchestral side to his music, in 2008, after being invited to sing on the same stage with the legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra. After remixing and arranging songs from his extended repertoir, Sting has met with the Orchestra for a concerts that gave birth to a very unique experience for him, making him eager to explore new potential collaborations with the symphonic music. As a result, the Philadephia Orchestra has invited him to join them in order to celebrate the 153rd Anniversary of the Music Academy.
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has worked in the past with some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming, Kiri Te Kanawa and the regreted Luciano Pavarotti, to Burt Bacharach, George Benson, Michel Legrand, Diana Krall, Tina Turner or Randy Newman. The Orchestra has 45 members and will be following Sting on all his 45 concerts in USA.
Sting will be joined by the qwartet Dominic Miller (Sting`s guitar player), David Cossin (a renowed percutionist specialized in experimental music and member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars), Jo Lawry (vocalist) and Ira Coleman (bass player).
His first adventure with the classical music started with his successful album, "Songs from the Labyrinth" that represented a fold reinterpretation of the XVIth century music, by the composer John Dowland, launched in 2006 by the Deutsche Grammophon. After ending his extraordinary tour along with hie fellow members from Police, Sting has returned to his old dear passion of bringing together some of the most diverse musical genres, in one of his latest albums,"If On A Winter's Night...", album that has taken the international charts by surprise, landing on some of the highest places and also on the Billboard Classic.
The tour has been organized by Live Nation and produced by RZO Entertainment Inc in association with Universal Music Classical Management & Productions and is presented by Xerox.
The new Sting album, SYMPHONICITIES, was launched last summer at Deutsche Grammophon.
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