As The Times reported, Sting will use guitar made by inmates
Responsible for hits like “Fields of Gold,” “Shape of My Heart” It is “englishman in new york,” Sting already played in gigantic concert halls and several countries. Now, the legendary singer will perform for Italian mafia bosses in prison. The information is from The Times.
As the website reported, Sting he will use a guitar given by the inmates, who made the instrument with wood taken from an immigrant boat. With this “program,” the prison wants to teach detainees and raise their awareness about the plight of migrants who often drown while crossing Africa.
Sting criticizes ‘adults in bands’ and cites Rolling Stones and AC/DC
For Sting, adult men should not be in bands. At the age of 70, the former frontman of The Police spoke in an interview with the magazine mojo that “a band is a teenage group.” “Who wants to be in a teenage crowd on the cusp of 70? That doesn’t allow for evolution.”
“You must obey the rules and the functioning of the band. Even though I love the [Rolling] stones and the AC DCit’s hard to watch them grow with their music,” said Sting.
ahead of The Police from 26 to 32 years old, Sting he has been pursuing a solo career since his debut with the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985). Speaking about a possible return to the group, the musician says he would not return: “For me, the band was a mere vehicle for the tracks, not the other way around”.
The last album by Sting it was the The Bridge (2021). Recently, he sold his entire collection as a composer to Universal Music Group for US$ 300 million (about R$ 1.46 billion, in the current conversion).
Source: Rollingstone
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