Music: Setlist and what to expect from shows in Brazil

Sting is back in Brazil. The vocalist and bassist, known both for the years of The Police As for its solo trajectory, it will hold three performances in the country for the next few days.

First, the FARMASI Arena node Rio de Janeiro Receives him for show this Friday (14). On Sunday (16), it will be the turn of São Paulowith performance in the external audience of the Ibirapuera Auditoriumlocated in the park of the same name. The national tour will have conclusion in the Quarry Paulo Leminskiin Curitibanext Tuesday (18).

It is the seventh visit of the solo career musician for shows. Its local debut took place in 1987, with returns in 1988, 1994, 2001, 2009 and 2017. In addition, in 2007, The Police’s meeting tour passed through our country.

What to expect from Sting’s presentations here? What songs should he play? Learn everything in this guide prepared by Rolling Stone Brazil.

Anyway in trio

The tour brought by Sting to Brazil is called Sting 3.0. It is no coincidence: the musician once again performed in trio format after a long time with a more complete band. He is a gimmick for fans of his phase with The Police, as the songs are executed essentially with guitar, bass and drums.

In this new contract, the singer and bassist is accompanied by the drummer Chris Maasknown for working with Mumford & Sons and Maggie Rogersand the guitarist Dominic Miller. The latter, of Argentine origin, has already toured with The Preends, World Party and Level 42besides having a longtime performance with the English artist – to the point of having played in several of his albums from The Soul Cages (1991).

Repertoire

Another good news for fans of The Police: In the repertoires of practically the entire tour, 11 of the 26 songs performed are from the legendary band formed in 1977. Several of them are concentrated in the final third of the performance, as “Every Breath You Take”, “Roxanne”, “So Lonely” and “Walking on the Moon”. The opening also comes from the group: “Message in a Bottle”and after two other songs, it is the turn of “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”.

The rest of the setlist is complete for different moments of Sting’s solo career, with several tracks that were also very successful. Mark hits presence as “Fields of Gold”, “Shape of My Heart”, “Englishman in New York”, “Desert Rose”, “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” and “Fragile” – This one, responsible for ending the show.

See below the setlist that has served as the basis for the Sting 3.0 tour (via Setlist.fm):

1. Message in A Bottle (The Police)
2. If i ever lose my faith in you
3. Englishman in New York
4. Every Little Thing She does is Magic (The Police)
5. FIELDS OF GOLD
6. Never Coming Home
7. MAD ABout You
8. Seven Days
9. WHY SHOULD I Cry for You?
10. All this time
11. I BURN FOR YOU
12. Driven to Tears (The Police)
13. WHEN WE DANCE
14. Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) + Blanc Reggatta (The Police)
15. Shape of My Heart
16. I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)
17. Walking on the Moon (The Police)
18. So Lonely (The Police)
19. Desert Rose
20. Synchronity II (The Police)
21. King of Pain (The Police)
22. Every Breath You Take (The Police)

Bis:

23. Roxanne (The Police) + Bet Still My Beating Heart
24. Fragile

Press Opinions

The tour Sting 3.0 There were approximately 70 shows performed over 2024 before arriving in Brazil. Therefore, there are various reports about the presentations.

The magazine Variety It points out that the complementary musicians did not miss a show in Los Angeles: guitar, bass and drums it was enough for performance. The text signed by journalist Chris Willman also highlights the initiative to play also for smaller audiences, in intimate placesinstead of taking the tour only for giant arenas. In the case of Brazil, the shows take place in places with a capacity of approximately 15 to 25,000 people – largebut not immense like stadiums.

In addition to minimalism and intimate approach, Sting has been praised by the presence of stage, enhanced by the use of a wireless microphone while playing low. Instead of getting stuck in the pedestal, the musician is free to circulate throughout the stage and interact more often with the audience, including telling stories about the songs.

This aspect is emphasized by the newspaper Uses today. Journalist Melissa Ruggieri points out:

“Only at a Sting show will you hear about musical inspirations of a biblical verse in Samuel’s book (The Esoteric ‘MAD ABout You’), a memory of your father’s advice to ‘go see the world and do something of yourself’ (‘How Should I Cry For You?’) and a description of the ‘gold sea’ at the time of the harvest outside his home in the interior of England (‘Fields of Gold’). ”

Finally, the choice of repertoire is described as “A powerful and diverse mix of songs from The Police and the Solo Career”. Even the new song “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)” It yielded compliments for its “aggressive” sound to the artist’s standards.

There are still tickets for sale for the three Sting shows in Brazil. The website Ticketmaster Provides the entries.

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