Sting: My Songs Tour: 2021 - 2023

Sting holds nothing back...

The British singer rouses the audience at the Murcia Bullring on a night in which he revisits the songs with which, both with The Police and solo, he conquered the world.

It was one of the most anticipated concerts in the Region for 2022. And with good reason: it's not every day that one welcomes one of the global pop icons of the last 40 years. Leading The Police and solo, Gordon Thomas Sumner (Wallsend, North Tyneside, England, 1951), known as "Sting," coined a unique style in the mid-70s, a blend of punk, reggae, and jazz. His greatest hits number in the dozens and have accompanied several generations. They all played at the Murcia Bullring: Roxanne, So Lonely, Every Breath You Take, Englishman in New York, Message in a Bottle... the Brit didn't leave a single in his cupboard.

At 70, Sting released his new album, The Bridge (2021), a bridge between pandemic lockdown and a new world of touring and concerts. According to Universal Music, it showcases "a variety of styles and genres" common in his career (rock n'roll, jazz, folk, and classical) and deals with "personal loss, separation, disruption, confinement, and the extraordinary social and political upheaval of the moment." "These songs are between one place and another, between one state of mind and another, between life and death, between relationships; we're all stuck in the middle of something. We need a bridge," the artist explained.

However, the bulk of his performance in Murcia was more about the album he released in 2019: My Songs. It's one of those classic works from an artist who needs to cash in: he re-recorded his old hits and gave them a new package. This work was enough to build a lucrative tour without too much effort. The Police Reunion Tour was already enough for a year-long tour, even though the musicians didn't speak to each other. It was a full-blown "take the money and run." As much as, in that sense, the wolf's ears are clearly visible, no one complained last night in the Plaza de Toros when the charismatic bassist presented any of the songs that appeared on now-classic albums like Outlandos d'Amour (1978), Reggatta de Blanc (1979), or Synchronicity (1983), which would be The Police's final studio album.