Hit show with a powerful Sting...
A cursory spin of the first Police album will show you just how far Sting has travelled since those heady days of the late seventies,
Coasting in on the coat-tails of punk he was a likely lad from the banks of the Tyne blessed with an intuitive sense of timing, some excellent material and a couple of mates who could really make the whole thing gel.
Today, at 40, he's a huge star. Renaissance man extraordinaire, he's an actor, musician and connoisseur. He's also a damn good bass player.
And, from the moment he walked on stage at the BIC last night, this one time jazz musician and school teacher had the audience ready to obey his every whim.
He beckoned, they responded. This was real charisma at work.
From the beautifully crafted if some- what self-conscious material of 'Soul Cages' to the glorious anthems of the past like 'Roxanne', 'Walking On The Moon' and 'Every Breath You Take', it was a show to treasure.
As well as his own material there were intriguing outings for a couple of very different versions of Bill Withers' 'Ain't No Sunshine' and the Hendrix classic 'Purple Haze'.
The final encore, 'Fragile' was dedicated to the memory of Freddie Mercury.
(c) The Daily Echo by Jeremy Miles
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