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Sting Biography
Born 2 October , in Wallsend, north-east England, Gordon Sumner's life started to change the evening a fellow musician in the Phoenix Jazzmen caught sight of his black and yellow striped sweater and decided to re-christen him Sting. Sting paid his early dues playing bass with local outfits The Newcastle Big Band, The Phoenix Jazzmen, Earthrise and Last Exit, the latter of which featured his first efforts at song writing. Last Exit were big in the North East, but their jazz fusion was doomed to fail when punk rock exploded onto the music scene in Stewart Copeland, drummer with Curved Air, saw Last Exit on a visit to Newcastle and while the music did nothing for him he did recognise the potential and charisma of the bass player. The two hooked up shortly afterwards and within months, Sting had left his teaching job and moved to London.
Seeing punk as flag of convenience, Copeland and Sting - together with Corsican guitarist Henri Padovani - started rehearsing and looking for gigs. Ever the businessman, Copeland took the name The Police figuring it would be good publicity, and the three started gigging round landmark punk venues like The Roxy, Marquee, Vortex and Nashville in London. Replacing Padovani with the virtuoso talents of Andy Summers the band als
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Sting - Biography
International superstar Sting is known for his iconic hits such as Roxanne as well as his relaxing lifestyle with his wife Trudie Styler.
The singer married longtime girlfriend Trudie, an actress and film producer, in , in the local church near his beautiful Wiltshire house. Sting owns properties all over the world, including a Tuscan villa where he recorded a live album and DVD.
He has two children from his first marriage to Frances Tomelty and four from his second.
Sting's early life
Born Gordon Sumner on October 2, , in Newcastle, England, Sting soon decided to flee both his family and his northern hometown.
After a stint at Warwick University, he worked briefly in construction before training as a teacher. Nights were spent playing in local jazz clubs, where the striped 'bee-like' jerseys he wore earned him his long-standing moniker from fellow musicians.
Once qualified, the teacher-turned-musician taught English by day and gigged the city's punk clubs by night with his band Last Exit.
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Sting's band The Police
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