Sting announces SA tour in 2023

The two shows are courtesy of The Cherrytree Music Company and Big Concerts. They form part of Sting’s My Songs Tour in support of his 13th solo studio album My Songs, which was released in 2019. The tour began in May 2019 in Paris and went on until November 2019 at The Met in Philadelphia. The tour was due to resume in 2020 with a (rescheduled) eight-date residency from 15 August to 2 September in Las Vegas, but was postponed and rescheduled to August 2020 and then to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sting will be accompanied by an electric, rock ensemble, with English singer Joe Sumner as the guest.

“Sting’s My Songs concert is an exuberant and dynamic show featuring his most beloved songs, written throughout the 17-time Grammy Award winner’s illustrious career both with The Police and as a solo artist,” Sting’s team said.

Born on 2 October 1951, Sting was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of The Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, a BMI Award and a Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, among others.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording in 2000. In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music, was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017.

He has released more than 10 albums, including The Soul Cages, Symphonicities, The Last Ship and Songs from the Labyrinth.

Tickets to the two shows will go on sale here from 2 September at 9 am while The Discovery Bank pre-sale will begin 31 August at 9 am.