Born in a mainly working-class area of North Tyneside in 1951,
Gordon Sumner would become one of the world's best-selling music
artists. Known professionally as Sting, he was the lead singer for
the band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a hugely
successful solo career. The foundations of Sting's creativity and
drive for success were established in the region of his birth, with
vestiges of his 'Northern Englishness' continuing to emerge in his
music long after he left the area. Published to coincide with the
40th anniversary of the formation of The Police, this is the first
book to examine the relationship between Sting's working-class
background in Newcastle and the creativity and inspiration behind
his music. Focusing on the sometimes-blurry borderlines between
nostalgia, facts, imagination and memories - as told by Sting, the
people who knew (and know) him, and those who have written about
him - Carr investigates the often complex resonance between local
boy Gordon Sumner and the star the world knows as Sting. This book
will be of great interest to the many fans of Sting and The Police,
as well as those interested in the history of popular music.
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