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Stewart Copeland Of The Police Scores On 'Storage Wars'

Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Police, TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Cymbal, Video, Stewart Copeland, Storage Wars, Tv Replay, Barry Weiss, TV News

Barry Weiss is no dummy, and he certainly had a clever way to make a profit after a $1,500 investment on "Storage Wars" (Tue., 10 p.m. EST On A&E). Af...

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Does Sting Really Have 24-Hour Tantric Sex Sessions?

Spinner | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: The Police, Sting Sex, Sting Tantric Sex, String Rumours, Sting All Day Sex, Trudie Styler, Sting, Spinner, Bob Geldof, Home News

21 years ago, songwriter Bob Geldof and Sting started a long-running belief that the Police frontman could last a whole day in the sack. During an eve...

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At 60, Sting Can Still Rock a Packed House & a Muscle Tee

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: The Police, Washington DC, Sting, Concert, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Elizabeth Thorp

After opening with "All This Time" backed by a 5-piece band, Sting turned on the charm by demurring, "I'm so delighted you would come out on such a cold winter's night."

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Happy 60th Birthday, Sting! Relive His Best Musical Moments

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: The Police, Sting, 1980s Music, Pop Music, Rock Music, The Police Reunion, Sting 60th Birthday, Sting Birthday, 1980s Rock Music, 80s Music, New Wave, Fifty News

Sting may be turning 60 on Oct. 2, but the self-professed "King of Pain" shows no signs of slowing down. The Police's former frontman is ringing in t...

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Shepard Faireyâ„¢: On Street Art And Street Cred

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Risd, MOCA Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan, Brooklyn Street Art, MOCA LA, Russion Constructivism, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Los Angeles, Street Art, New York, Jaime Rojo, D*Face, The Clash, Word to Mother, Steven P. Harrington, Supply and Demand, Martha Cooper, Rhode Island School of Design, Art in the Streets, Rhode Island, Shepard Fairey, Andre the Giant, Cope2, Tmz, Circle Jerks, Barry McGhee, Invader, Blek Le Rat, The Cult, Lou Reed, Billy Idol, Sid Vicious, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, Craig R. Stecyk III, The Police, Banksy, Faile, Kraftwerk, Keith Haring, Huey Newton, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Shepard Fairey has grown up before the eyes of fans, peers and would be competitors. Undaunted by criticism he gets from both sides of his chosen voca...

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What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Masters Apprentices, A View to a Kill, Sting, Nusrat Fateh, Global Zero, Gary Burton, Sinead O'Connor, Doug Martsch, Geoff Emmerick, Alan Parsons, Queen Noor, Nike, Chick Corea, Yes, Jonathan Elias, Simon Le Bon, Chaplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Freed, Desmund Tutu, Steve Swallow, Daniel Lanois, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, 9 1/2 Weeks, Bach, Mahler, Sonic Youth, Pat Metheny, The Police, Andy Warhol, Michael Jordan, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Haring, Duke Ellington, Alien, Jimmy Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joni Mitchell, John Taylor, Stravinsky, Linda Manzer, Children of the Corn, Paul Simon, David GIlmour, Lady GaGa, Bud Powell, Nels Cline, Grace Jones, Miles Davis, The Beatles, John Barry, Yahoo, Lyle Mays, Charlie Chaplin, Carly Simon, Yo La Tengo, Ralph Bakshi, Duran Duran, Debussey, Salif Keita, Mtv, Mick Ronson, Prayer Cycle, Jon Anderson, Brian Blade, The Doors, Randy Newman, Alanis Morrisette, Ali Khan, Stephen Malkmus, Wes Montgomery, Gorbachov, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.

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Coachella 2011

Morris Ruskin | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, U2, The Killers, Coachella, Duran Duran, Music, Cage the Elephant, The Police, The Clash, Entertainment News
Morris Ruskin

Today's rock star is not on a pedestal but rather one of us. Although sixty thousand people were cheering and singing along the feeling was more like they were playing for us around a campfire at the beach.

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Heady Nuggs, Gummyskulls and a Box O' Dylan: Conversations With The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Plus Jon Polk

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Lynyrd Skynard, Black Flag, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Husker Du, The Police, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, John Lennon, The Grateful Dead, The Minutemen, The Who, Jon Polk, University of Central Oklahoma, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols, Wayne Coyne, Henry Rollins, Pink Floyd, Lady GaGa, Justin Bieber, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Wayne: Sometimes, people think, "Wayne, that's such a quirky song," but I don't think it is. To me, if you were around me, you would think, "Oh yeah, you guys are sort of like that."

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The Top 10 Most Dysfunctional Love Songs (VIDEOS)

Greg Archer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Dean Martin, Pop Music, Eminem, Britney Spears, Slidepollajax, Valentine's Day, Thelma Houston, Lady GaGa, Singing, Karen Carpenter, LeAnn Rimes, Love, Comedy News
Greg Archer

I was driving along the coast when I dipped into that sort of "observing" space. Instead of humming along to the songs on the stations, I actually started listening to them -- and what they were trying to tell me.

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Some Kind of Trouble and More: Conversations With James Blunt and Edie Brickell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, The Slip, Chris Botti, Wfuv, Rob Wasserman, Iron & Wine, Paul Simon, Barry White, An Inconvenient Truth, Edie Brickell, Looney Tunes, James Blunt, The Police, Carter Albrecht, Harper Simon, Sly & the Family Stone, Steve Robson, Steve Gadd, Weird Al Yankovic, Pepe Le Pew, One Republic, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Ryan Tedder, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Best known for his monster hit "You're Beautiful," international superstar James Blunt is back with a new album, Some Kind Of Trouble, which he discussed with me recently.

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"No Matter Who You Vote For The Government Always Get In": A Playlist For Election Day

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laura Nyro, General Saint, Chicago, 2010 Elections, Sunnyland Slim, Alice Cooper, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, The Police, The Chairmen of the Board, Clint Eastwood, Meg Whitman, Cream, The Clash, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Randy Newman, Roger McGuinn, The Replacements, Deee-Lite, Entertainment News
David Wild

My Fellow Americans, I simply wanted to take just a musical moment to encourage each and every one of you to vote this election day. Here are some tunes of encouragement.

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Entering The Orchard with Ra Ra Riot

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, The Beatles, The Orchard, U2, Paul Simon, Massachussetts, The Beach Boys, Phil Collins, Ra Ra Riot, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

If you like Vampire Weekend, you'll love Ra Ra Riot. That's a tag line that's probably followed the latter indie rock band wherever they go, unrightfully so. I asked them about touring and the new record.

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Sting Surprises Jones Beach

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Symphonicities, Sting, Jones Beach, Concert, The Police Reunion, New York News
Salvatore Bono

I wonder if a punk from New Castle, England coming of age in the 70's would have ever thought that later in his life he would be on a world tour with the Royal Philharmonic?

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On the Culture Front: Sting at the Met, She & Him, Wolf Parade, and The Pretty Trap

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zooey Deschanel, Metropolitan Opera, Skeeter Davis, Music, Sting, Theater, Elaine Stritch, Tennessee Williams, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, New York, Terminal 5, The Police, Michael Riedel, Ray Manzarek, She & Him, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, M. Ward, Wolf Parade, David Byrne, New York News
Chris Kompanek

The Pretty Trap is a short one-act by Tennessee Williams that takes its title from the overbearing matriarch's belief that "all women are a pretty trap."

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NYPD Cops Accused Of Lying To Justify

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Officer Charged, The Police, New York Police, Nypd, New York News, Police, New York Police Investigation, New York City Police, New York News

NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers have been charged with lying to cover up unjustified street stops and searches. Sgt. William Eisem...

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Sting's Innovative 'Symphonicities' Enchants

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Sting, Baby Boomers, Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Entertainment News
Elizabeth Thorp

I went to see his latest tour 'Symphonicities' last night at the Jiffy Lube Pavilion; a performance in which Sting has re-imagined his favorite songs for symphonic arrangement with a 45-piece orchestra.

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Sting's Symphonicity Tour is Coming to the Met (and Docking in a Town Near You, Too).

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Sting, Jo Lawry, Dominic Miller, Concerts, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta, Entertainment News
Kristi York Wooten

Sting can interweave major and minor-key moods like no one else.

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"Tea for the Tillerman": Hot Playlist for a Tea Party Victory Party

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenwich Meantime, Nirvana, The Wiggles, Count Basie, Big Audio Dynamite, Janis Ian, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Police, Shelby Lynne, Tea Party Movement, Rand Paul, The Who, Sister Hazel, Kentucky, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Tea Party, Politics News
David Wild

I may not even remotely agree with the Tea Party Movement's point of view, but I will still fight to the death for these American's Constitutional right to have some good tunes at their victory party. Okay, maybe not to the death.

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"Get A Job": A Playlist To Employ The Mind of Senator Jim Bunning

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat & the Blenders, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bonnie Tyler, Todd Rundgren, Todd Snider, The English Beat, Senator Jim Bunning, Little Village, Donna Summer, T.I., America, Sen. Jim Bunning, The Police, The Offspring, Talking Heads, Conway Twitty, Unemployment Benefits, Pink Floyd, Don Henley, The Isley Brothers, Hayes Carll, Ben Folds, Gretchen Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Politics News
David Wild

I hear that it's really, really cold in Washington. No, I'm not talking about the temperature outside, but rather inside the soul of Senator Jim Bunning.

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Bachmann Tea Party Overdrive: A Tasty and Hot Playlist for Michele and All Her Foxy Friends

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, Tea Party Protests, The Wiggles, Anne Murray, Count Basie, Brendan Benson, Nirvana, Capitol, Led Zeppelin, Congress, The Police, Michele Bachmann, The Who, Sister Hazel, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Tea Party, Entertainment News
David Wild

I just read here that Rep. Michele Bachmann is hosting a very special tea party at the Capitol today. I'm sure it will be a lovely affair, so I wanted to send along this playlist for Congress' hostess with the mostest.

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"Nice Work If You Can Get It": My Playlist for a Musical Jobs Summit

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 'NSYNC, President Barack Obama, Steely Dan, Todd Snider, Little Village, Harry Chapin, T.I., Maxwell, Obama Jobs Summit, Gary-US-Bonds, The Police, Silversun Pickups, The Offspring, Jimmy Buffett, The Silhouettes, Talking Heads, Conway Twitty, Jobs Summit, Don Henley, Frank Sinatra, Wilbert Harrison, Gretchen Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

Obama's job summit was a sincere attempt to bring together great minds to help ease what has become a national crisis. My musical jobs summit -- not so much.

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Message In A Bottle: Sting Is Sending Out An SOS To Save The Rainforests (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Sting, Video, Sos Rainforests, Copenhagen 2009, Sting Rainforest Video, Environment, Sting Save the Rainforests, Rainforests, Prince's Rainforest Project, Sting Message in a Bottle Video, Message in a Bottle, Green News

Sting is teaming up with The Prince's Rainforest Project on the 30th anniversary of The Police's song, 'Message In A Bottle' to spread the word about ...

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Beatles For Sale, John Leckie Interview on The Stone Roses, This Week's New Albums, plus Scott Weiland, Jason Mraz, and Glee

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robin Trower, Kanye West, Comic-Con, Janis Ian, Lea Michele, Salt-N-Pepa, Kevin McHale, The Posies, Phish, Xtc, Circulatory System, Matthew Morrison, My Morning Jacket, Journey, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, Bethany Dylan, Rick Danko, Neil Diamond, Spencer Day, The Gears, Sweetwater, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Gary Mounfield, Vivian Girls, John Squire, Mark Sailing, Prefab Sprout, The Police, Sondre Lerche, Public Image Ltd., USA Today, They Might Be Giants, Julian Lennon, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jenna Ushkowitz, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, The Beatles Rock Band, Diana Agron, Entertainment News, Os Mutantes, Cinema Bizarre, Danko Jones, Andrew Dugan, Chic, Jay-Z, Scott Weiland, N.E.D., Be Bop Deluxe, Jason Mraz, Myspace, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howie Day, Queen, Gaither Vocal Band, A Fine Frenzy, Jayma Mays, John Leckie, Mayer Hawthorne, The Fall, The Beatles, Cory Monteith, Gene Loves Jezebel, Wild Beasts, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo, Jack Bruce, The Cribs, Mia Farrow, Eric Carmen, Simple Minds, Jimmy Clanton, Dalai Lama, Buckcherry, Brooks & Dunn, Robert Fripp, Magazine, Jane Lynch, Amber Riley, The Stone Roses, Chris Colfer, Ian Brown, Stone Temple Pilots, John Mayall, Mike & the Ravens, Jessalyn Gilsig, Rihanna, Alan Wren, Frank Turner, Boys Like Girls, The Verve, True Blood, Thousand Foot Krutch, Itunes, Robyn Hitchcock, Peter White, Geffen, Silvertone, Saosin, Raekwon, Candiria, Cruxshadows, Slipknot, Barlowgirl, Commodores, Erasure, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.

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New Tunes On Monday: Green Day, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Tori Amos, Kate Voegele, and Mat Kearney

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tori Amos, Ginger Baker, Hilarie Burton, Scrubs, Chad Michael Murray, Eminem, Squeeze, Bono, Sting, Willie Weeks, Counting Crows, Chris Stainton, Billie Joe Armstrong, The Who, One Tree Hill, J.J. Cale, Adam Duritz, John M, Grey?S Anatomy, Bruce Hornsby, Traffic, South Park, Rich Grech, Five for Fighting, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, Friday Night Lights, CHris Lord-Alge, The Police, Blind Faith, Punk, John Lennon, Bones, U2, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, The Hollies, Ray Charles, American Idol, Eric Clapton, Tré Cool, Miley Cyrus, Mat Kearney, Jason Mraz, The Mamas and the Papas, Quadrophenia, Queen, Kyle XY, Ray Davies, Madison Square Garden, The Kinks, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Disney, Scott McKenzie, Kate Voegele, Jonas Brothers, Green Day, John Ondrasik, Butch Vig, Mad Max, Matt Nathanson, Robert Johnson, Belinda Carlisle, Ian Thomas, Pete Townsend, Mike Dirnt, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Chris Dugan, John Phillips, Escher, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Though Tori Amos' career may have suffered from being overly prolific and recording some questionable cover songs, every new album is a bouquet of interesting, intelligent songs for her loyal fans.

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A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prop 6, Congress, Hiv, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ontario, Who, Dixie Chicks, Asia, China, Wolrd Health Foundation, Gay Adoption, Ali Partovi, Olympic Bird's Nest, Patna Women's College, The Killers, W Hotels, Premiere Wen Jiabao, Aids, Elvis Costello, World AIDS Day, Melissa Etheridge, Latin America, President Barack Obama, Rod Stewart, Nand Kishore Yadev, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Emile Hirsch, Coldplay, India, Matthew Sheppard, James Franco, Starbucks, Gay Marriage, Jay-Z, Josh Brolin, Toronto, Prop 8, Spider-Man, Canada, Sean Penn, Keith Olbermann, California, Don MacKinnon, Lisa Gurry, W, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Senator Barbara Boxer, (RED), Elton John, World Health Organization, Kargil Chowk, Hear Music, Senator John v. Briggs, High School Music, John Legend, Unicef, Molly Johnson, Msn, Lucas Grabeel, United States, Harvey Milk, Gus Van Sant, Death Cab for Cutie, Into the Wild, President George W. Bush, Itunes, Carribean, Matthew Shepard, Ilike, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

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