Sting
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Your Shout on Sting's X Factor comments...mediocrity and dumbing down. Lee "Fat" Brando, Funk & Acid Jazz Band X Factor is about safe music. As Sting said, neither he nor the Beatles or Johnny Rotten would have got near the show because they don't fit a standard template. |
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Sunday Mirror | 23 hours ago
X Factor critics like Sting shouldn't rob the kids of glory
What this series of The X Factor reveals is that the talent gap between the stars and the wannabes is closing fast. Sting and other dissidents of the show claim that it is merely prime-time karaoke for morons. Last week's performance of...
In this article: The X Factor, Whitney Houston, You Are Not Alone, Des O'Connor, Simon Cowell, Beyonce, X Factor, and World Cup
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Reuters | 23 hours ago
Sting's Winter's Night inspired by magical tales
...-- which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 139,000 copies since its October 26 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- Sting found inspiration in everything from a 14th-century carol ("Gabriel's Message") to traditional...
In this article: Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, DVD, England, Kathryn Tickell, and PBS
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Stuff | 1 day ago
Sting's ghostly encounters
...this woman and a child in the corner of the room." That was not the only supernatural encounter Sting had in the house, and he admits he was plagued by otherworldly beings. He added in an interview on UK station Radio 2: "A lot of things...
In this article: Trudie Styler, Suicide, Cocaine, Spirits in the Material World, Johnny Depp, Miley Cyrus, Shakira, Nicolas Cage, and The Police
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OK! Magazine | 1 day ago
Sting: I See Dead People
November 20th, 2009 9:11 am / Author: Luisa Metcalfe Sting admits he has shared his bedroom with more than just his wife Trudie Styler: The singer once woke up to see a figure holding a child standing in a corner. "I would never have...
In this article: Trudie Styler, OK!, Taylor Swift, Spirits in the Material World, New Moon, and Britney Spears
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Independent.ie | 1 day ago
Don't stand so close -- Sting in ghostly encounter
Sting claims he and his wife once saw a ghost. Photo: Getty Images Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room in the dead of night. The singer, who famously sang 'Spirits In The Material World' in the...
In this article: Trudie Styler, Spirits in the Material World, Claudia Winkleman, Ghost in the Machine, and The Police
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Independent.ie | 2 days ago
Sting: Trudie and I saw a ghost
Thursday November 19 2009 Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room at the dead of night. The singer, who famously sang Spirits In The Material World in the 1980s, said wife Trudie Styler also witnessed...
In this article: Trudie Styler, Spirits in the Material World, Claudia Winkleman, Ghost in the Machine, and The Police
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 2 days ago
Sting claims he once confronted a ghost
...he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room at the dead of night. Published: 2:07PM GMT 19 Nov 2009 Sting said he also experienced flying objects and mysterious voices Photo: JANE MINGAY The singer, who famously sang...
In this article: Trudie Styler, Spirits in the Material World, Claudia Winkleman, Ghost in the Machine, and The Police
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Wales Online | 2 days ago
Music: I saw a ghost in our haunted house, says Sting
I saw a ghost in our haunted house, says Sting Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room at the dead of night. The singer, who famously sang Spirits In The Material World in the 1980s, said wife Trudie...
In this article: Trudie Styler, Spirits in the Material World, Claudia Winkleman, Ghost in the Machine, and The Police
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 6 days ago
Sting chilled by threat to winter
The just-released disc, which entered US charts at number six, grew from a suggestion a year ago that Sting put together a Christmas special -- an idea he rejected as "commercial and boring", not to mention disliking Santa Claus and his...
In this article: The Police, New Wave, Mary, Climate change, and Grammy Award
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Sting calls X Factor 'televised karaoke'
Sting calls X Factor 'TV karaoke' As a solo musician Sting has notched up 11 Grammys Rock star Sting has called the X Factor "televised karaoke" and said judges like Simon Cowell have "no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion".
In this article: The X Factor, Simon Cowell, Grammys, The Police, Oscar, Evening Standard, and Golden Globe
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Description from Wikipedia:
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award-nominated and multiple Grammy-winning English musician from Wallsend in North Tyneside. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has sold over 100 million records, and received over sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song.
- Name At Birth:
- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
- Birth Date:
- October 02, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Wallsend, England
- Occupation:
- Musician, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Actor
- Instrument Played:
- Fender Precision Bass
- Vocals, Bass guitar, Guitar, Double bass, Keyboards, Lute
- Record Label:
- Years Active:
- 1974 — present
- Associated With:
- The Police
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