Sting Events

1978 Nov 2 The Police release Outlandos d'Amour
Outlandos d'Amour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978. The album, while at times incorporating reggae, pop, and other elements of what would eventually become the defini...
1979 Oct 5 The Police release Reggatta de Blanc
Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. The album took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike its successor, Zenyattà Mondatta, there w...
1980 Oct 3 The Police release Zenyattà Mondatta
Zenyattà Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980. The album was written during the band's second tour and recorded in four weeks (minus several days for concerts in...
1981 Oct 2 The Police release Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, released in 1981. Much of the material in this album was inspired by Arthur Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine, which also provide...
1983 Jun 1 The Police release Synchronicity
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released in 1983. The band's most popular release, Synchronicity includes the hit songs "Every Breath You Take", "King of ...
1989 Mar 10 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is released
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 British adventure comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thur...
1997 Jun 27
to 1997 Jun 29
 Glastonbury Festival 1997
Torrential rain just before the weekend resulted in this being the “Year of the Mud”. Undeterred, festival-goers boogied in their boots to more live performances than ever before. Thi...
2005 Jul 2 Live 8 concerts
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagle...