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Nov 01, 1987
SPIN
"Dire Straits did 'Brothers in Arms' here you know," says Sting. We are standing on the terrace outside of George Martin's Air Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The early morning banks of fog are beginning to break up, gliding past each other like ocean liners, revealing a glittering bay far below on the coast. "Seven weeks into recording - the same point we're at now - they decided to junk the whole thing. Started over again." He continues to stare out to sea. Suddenly he snatches his towel from the railing and sprints off towards the studio garage. "Let's go for a swim..."
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Oct 21, 1987
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Sting has a new record out. And he is busy rehearsing his band for a world tour which will bring him to Australia next year. Ben Cheshire reports from New York. Sting is tearing hungrily at a cream cheese bagel, wolfing down great chunks of it at a time. In less than a minute the bagel is demolished, washed down by a swig of carrot juice from a styrofoam cup. He looks up, ready for his 23rd interview in three weeks...
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Oct 05, 1987
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Sting sings the body eclectic - Money, fame, talent give him freedom to do as he wishes: As lead singer, bassist and songwriter for The Police, Sting changed the face of rock music from 1975 to 1985 with songs that included influences ranging from reggae to jazz. The trio (Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland) sold millions of records internationally and performed in arenas and stadiums all over the world before Sting departed in 1985 to record his platinum solo album 'The Dream of the Blue Turtles'...
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Oct 02, 1987
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Sting rejoins Amnesty for its 1988 drive: With a little help from Sting, Amnesty International Wednesday announced its 1988 human rights campaign, a series of concerts to be staged by California music promoter Bill Graham around the world that will feature international stars as well as local talent in each country on the schedule...
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Oct 01, 1987
THE BOSTON GLOBE
"I see music in a very holistic way. I don't just listen to jazz. I don't just listen to classical music. I listen to everything. I think part of the thing that is wrong with music today is that it is very xenophobic. It just looks in on itself. Rock musicians rarely look outside of the genre. Jazz musicians, too, rarely look outside. There's this mistrust that goes on between the music forms, and I see the whole thing..."
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Oct 01, 1987
THE COURIER MAIL
Sting still has mountains to climb: That moody sex symbol Sting, one time lead singer of the Police and now a Solo Superstar admitted by thousands of women in a recent poll to be their dream fantasy love wants to develop the less macho and gentler side of his nature. But there are still mountains to climb and dreams to dream...
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Oct 01, 1987
SKY
Tucked away in a quiet, leafy backwater of North London, lies the period residence of Gordon Sumner, better known to the world as Sting, occasional actor and extremely successful pop star. This morning, the 36-year-old millionaire (a reputed 22 times over if you're counting) has clambered upon the undignified merry-go-round that is known as plugging the new album and has gone to the extraordinary length of inviting journalists - probably the nosiest people in the world - into his home to do so. It is an extremely magnanimous gesture, and at the same time, perhaps, foolish...
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Oct 01, 1987
TIME OUT
Sting reasseses his roots: A decade after the Police pioneered pop punk, Sting's latest solo album explores Jung's theories of sexuality and is dedicated to the memory of his mum. Back now in Newcastle, Sting reassesses his roots. "I went out with my brother two nights ago and drank beer for the first time in years. I had seven pints. I felt appalling the next day. So I rang my brother up to tell him. Know what he said? He said, 'Nancy boy...!'"
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Aug 01, 1987
RECORD MIRROR
A rather famous pop star is holding court. "The first time I met Gil Evans was about three or four years ago when I went to see him at Ronnie Scott's in London. I'd been a fan of Gil's since I was 15 and I went backstage and had the nerve to say 'Hello', and 'I admire your work'. I said, 'I'm Sting, I sing' and he said, 'I've heard of you'. I couldn't believe that he'd heard of me. He said, 'Yeah, I remember 'Walking On The Moon', good bass line'. It was like... I couldn't believe this great man knew about me. I said, 'We must work together one day', so Gil said, 'Yeah, sure'..."
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Dec 01, 1985
DOWNBEAT
Blue Turtles and Blue Notes - Sting speaks: "I was committed to do an album without the Police, and I went through all kinds of ideas about how I would do it. There are various ways of skinning this cat. I could have done it all on my own, which would have involved synthesisers and sequencers and drum machines and all the rest of it. Actually I wandered to a certain extent along that path and then I thought, 'No, there's too much of that out there already, why add fuel to the fire?' Then I thought perhaps what I needed was a big producer - I think I was going through a need for a big brother figure, somebody to convince me, 'Yes, it's great, do try that'. So I approached Quincy Jones. I sent Quincy some demos, and he was really enthusiastic and said he loved the songs, which was nice. Before that I had approached Gil Evans, who I'm an enormous fan of. I met Gil backstage at Ronnie Scott's club in London. I went to see his show and introduced myself, and surprise, surprise, he'd actually heard of me. And he too was interested...
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