At 74 years old, and after a storied career with both The Police and as a solo and collaborative artist, Sting has little if anything left to prove.
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His minimalist show with his band Tuesday night at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater featured none of the distractions of the overproduced spectacles of many bands. Gone was the energetic dancing by crowds of young fans reveling in the new wave sounds of The Police. Let’s be honest, most of the crowd is closer to retirement age than the minimum drinking age
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It was just Sting and two other musicians taking the audience on a beautiful, albeit calmer, tour of his catalog of pop songs and many hits.
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Here are photos from Tuesday’s show.
1. “Message in a Bottle”
2. “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)”
3. “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You”
4. “Englishman in New York”
5. “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
6. “Fields of Gold”
7. “Never Coming Home”
8. “Mad About You”
9. “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
10. “You Still Touch Me”
11. “Driven to Tears”
12. “When We Dance”
13. “Can’t Stand Losing You”
14. “Shape of My Heart”
15. “Walking on the Moon”
16. “So Lonely”
17. “Desert Rose”
18. “King of Pain”
19. “Every Breath You Take”
20. “Roxanne”
21. “Fragile”