Jun 01, 1996
Life on the road with Sting is full of wine, conversation and jazz improvisation. In Barcelona, as he prepares to make a beeline for Finsbury Park to headline this year's Fleadh, it's buzzness as usual for the Tantric sex-practising prince of adult pop...
May 09, 1996
He might be lord of the manner and king of the rainforest, but Sting still has an unerring knack of getting right up people's noses, as demonstrated by his recent tabloid-enraging comments on Ecstasy. VOX seeks a rare audience with Mr Sumner, who spouts forth on the Police, birth control, the lottery and of course, E...
May 01, 1996
Am I a pervert? Thus ponders the man they call Sting, spending five days in New York City, developing a crutch fetish, dressing up as a bishop and having an alleged five-hour spot of how's-your father with the missus. "Thank God for yoga," he muses...
May 01, 1996
Confessions of Gordon Sumner, Confidence Man - on the heels of a new album, Sting waxes poetic on sex, drugs, fame and soccer. Oh yeah, rock'n'roll too. Nobody wants to be a loser least of all Sting. But he has just watched his home team, Newcastle United, get beaten by rival Chelsea. Disguised in a fisherman's hat and accompanied by his 19-year-old son Joe, the singer trudges slowly out of the soccer stadium. A few fellow fans recognise him and mutter words of sympathy. "Cheer up, Sting, man," they grunt. "Aye," he replies, reverting to his native Newcastle accent. "We'll kill 'em next time..."
Apr 17, 1996
Who's Queen Bee Now? - Actress/producer Trudie Styler cast Sting in her new movie. (And there's nothing like hiring the old man to keep within the budget.)
At the age of 44, Sting looks... well, like Sting ought to look. Cheeky and hard. Sure, there are bags under his eyes as sunlight pours in through the huge hotel windows, but what strikes you about Sting is his air of mockery. It's mostly self-mockery, but you suspect there's more in there to spare for anyone else involved in the whole daft publicity process. Still, it makes him professionally willing and able to answer any question you throw...
Apr 09, 1996
There's one sting Gordon Sumner could be forgiven for not wanting to talk about. But the region's biggest star speaks exclusively to The Big Issue North East. "I'm lucky to be alive. I went through all of the cliches that rock stars go through. Poor things, all that money..."
Apr 08, 1996
Sting - He's one of the world's most wantable men. He likes sex that goes on for hours. But, unlike your average rock god, he's proud to love his wife. Sting reveals all about love, life and tantric sex. A shirtless Sting eases off his trousers to reveal a tiny pair of black underpants. "Emporio Armani," he says, proudly twanging the elastic before getting down to the matter in hand...
Apr 01, 1996
Rock's most respected star on carrying the gay gene, being bisexual on film, psychotic homophobia and flirting with men. "Really? Oh, who cares?" Sting says, pushing open the heavy wooden front door of his 400-year-old Elizabethan manor and walking out onto the 54 acres of rich English land it sits on. "Listen, if someone wants to say I'm gay because I kiss a man on screen, it's not something I'm afraid of..."
Apr 01, 1996
Sorted for ease and jazz: From fusion to reggae/punk-lite back to fusion to sophisto-jazzpop. Is it any wonder that Sting is enjoying muso-ish middle age? "I've got to the point where I can play just about anything," he tells Danny Eccleston. "And it's good to know you can do that..."
Apr 01, 1996
Life at his country estate in England finds the onetime King of Pain happy at last: To see Sting striding down the long drive of his Wiltshire estate to open the gate for a visitor's car is to see a happy man. At age 44, clad in leather pants tucked into soft boots and a dark-flecked, roll-neck sweater, he looks, for all the world, like an ad for some exclusive men's cologne, perhaps Gentilhomme Pour Les Rock Stars. And not to mince words, it's a look that works for him. Despite his modest demurrals below, according to his wife, Trudie Styler, his own handsomeness is not entirely hidden to him. "Oh he knows he's cute," she says fondly. "Don't let him get away with that. I mean, how many years can you take your shirt off on-stage and not think you look great...?"