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Sting review – historical crimes against women spill back into the present

Sophie Swithinbank’s urgent drama shimmers with spark and danger as an archive researcher finds herself trapped in modern-day misogyny

The Guardian - UK

"We get along great as long as we’re not trying to make music together”: Stewart Copeland says he and Sting are still talking, even though they’re fighting a high court battle over royalties

Plus drummer has written a book about the “weirdness of rock n’ roll celebrity”

MusicRadar

Drummer Stewart Copeland was ‘heartbroken’ after The Police induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Exclusive: Revered drummer and composer is the subject of a new documentary, in which he opens up about his time with the rock band as well as his early life and extensive solo career

The Independent UK

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‘Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate’: the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid

From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those involved in the struggle – and who feature in an eye-opening new documentary

The Guardian - UK

Sting: Revisiting my childhood for West End show is a kind of therapy

The Grammy-winning star will appear in a show heavily influenced by his childhood in the north-east of England.

Evening Standard

Sting Claims 'Loss of Manual Jobs' May Be Fueling Toxic Masculinity—'What Are We Men Without a Ship?'

Sting connects toxic masculinity to Britain's industrial decline, highlighting the loss of identity and purpose among men. His musical 'The Last Ship' explores these themes, returning to the West End.

International Business Times UK

Sting links the decline in physical productivity to toxic masculinity

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Sting says toxic masculinity could be driven by modern men not using their hands

As he brings his shipyard musical to the West End, the former Police frontman says it’s ‘a rare thing’ for modern men ‘to use their strength to do anything’

The Independent UK

Loss of manual jobs could be driving toxic masculinity, says Sting

Musician says ‘we’ve lost that direction for our energy’ as his musical The Last Ship returns to West End

The Guardian - UK

"We'd blown all the momentum that we had and all the credibility." The Police's journey to superstardom wasn't the smooth ride you might imagine

How The Police's debut album Outlandos d’Amour helped pushed 'new wave' into the mainstream

Louder

“We once came close to an Angine de Poitrine tribute guitar. This might be the next best thing…” All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a Sting-approved limited-edition Fender

An Angine de Poitrine-inspired double-neck, another cool collab from Fender, and the ultimate Tube Screamer clone? All that and more in this week's gear round-up

Guitar World

Wrestling world remembers pioneer Ted Turner after WCW founder's death aged 87

TV pioneer Ted Turner has been remembered by the wrestling world after his impact on the sports entertainment landscape.

BANG Premier

Sting explains why he won’t be giving children a share of his fortune

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The Independent UK

Sting says giving kids his fortune would be ‘a form of abuse’

The ‘Every Breath You Take’ singer is the father of six children

The Independent UK

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'A form of abuse': Why Sting wanted his kids to make their own way in the world

Sting still doesn't plan for his kids to inherit his fortune and thinks it would have been "a form of abuse" to have given his children unlimited financial support.

TechRadar

These are the 4 new 4K Blu-rays I'm most looking forward to testing in May 2026 — and one of them is 'easily one of my most anticipated discs ever'

May 2026 has another big list of 4K Blu-ray releases, so I've picked the top 4 I'm most looking forward to testing.

Guitar World

“Nostalgia for a time when digital was still new”: How Mk.gee is bringing back a ’90s-era modeler favored by Joni Mitchell, David Lynch, and Sting

The Roland VG-8, released in 1995, was designed as “a toolbox filled with essentially every existing guitar sound” – and, over the past couple of years, has been given a new lease on life by modern-day tone hunters

The Guardian - AU

The Last Ship review – Sting’s sincere but cloying musical stars the man himself – and Shaggy

Glasshouse Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts CentreSting plays a Wallsend foreman navigating the threat of his shipyard’s closure, bringing a renewed version of his musical to Brisbane’s newest theatre

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The Guardian - UK

Keith Altham obituary

Journalist who pioneered the role of rock music PR in the UK and looked after the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Beach Boys

Evening Standard

Raye, PinkPantheress and Deep Purple to headline 60th Montreux Jazz Festival

Further performers include Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Lewis Capaldi and Sting.

The Independent UK

Shaggy crashes Sting interview with Jimmy Fallon to perform ‘It Wasn’t Me’

A reggae legend crashed Jimmy Fallon's interview with Sting, as they performed one of the artist's most iconic songs together.

Guitar World

“Tal came over and said, ‘Sting, it doesn’t quite go the way you’re playing it…’” When Tal Wilkenfeld taught Sting the correct way to play an Aerosmith classic

Sting was performing alongside Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck at the MGM Grand when Wilkenfeld intervened

Guitar World

“He wanted $200 for it. Now it’s worth millions”: Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars

The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

The Guardian - UK

Roger Allers obituary

Co-director of the animated Disney hit The Lion King who also worked on The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast

MusicRadar

“There’s a truism that ‘a band is only as good as its drummer’. Any band that Josh graced with his presence on the kit was fortunate indeed”: Josh Freese to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Drum Workshop

NAMM 2026: Award to be presented at the NAMM show this week

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