As you know it by now, a special live album will be issued in Novembre 2001. Here comes some details, to have all the info, check www.stingus.com.
NEW LIVE ALBUM STING WILL BE RECORDED IN ...
The concert will be held in Italy in September in "Il Palagio", Sting's villa
in the town of Figline Valdarno in Toscana.
NEW ACOUSTIC CD DETAILS We brought the first
news to you some months ago in march 2001 about the secret mini gig. Sting
revealed it himself in an article from Reuters some months later. (This was
also confirmed by Universal Music Nederland, Italy and USA some weeks ago.)
Furthermore, Sting also revealed all details on an internal Interscope records
video which we have seen.
Here is the most important part : With the "Brand New Day" tour on a kind
of victory lap that will end in late July, Sting is starting to turn his attention
to the future. One project is a live album that will be recorded at a pub-style
venue in Europe (StingUs: this will be in Italy) this coming fall (StingUs:
this will be middle September), with his touring band and some "old friends"
as surprise guests -- including saxophonist Branford Marsalis, a frequent
collaborator. "It's going to be a small, intimate gig," says Sting, who promises
to "reinterpret" the songs he's been playing on the road during the past year
and a half. "It'll be the same songs, but with a few curveballs thrown in
there; it won't be the polished arrangements we've been working on for the
past 18 months at all. We're just gonna try to surprise each other and see
what happens." He also hopes for a quick release -- significantly quicker
than usual. "We want to release it the next day," he says. How? "Don't know,"
he says with a laugh. "I'm not the scientific boffin. We're working on it."
In the same interview, Sting also refers to his growing interest in classical
music: Sting says he expects to be working on some new music before long,
likely influenced by his recent immersion in the works of Bach. "I'm starting
to get anxious about it, which is always a key to creativity," he says. "It's
the anxiety, really. I finish touring the end of July, and then I'll have
a holiday with the family, and then I won't have a job, so I'll really have
to sit down and think. That basically is the start; I just sit and think,
'Who am I? Have I learned anything? Do I have anything useful to say?' If
the answer's 'no,' I don't say anything. But that usually isn't the case."
Note by StingUs: maybe it's therefore that in September, there will be Sting
and orchestra in Barcelona (with Katia Labeque) and Berlin?
Here is the whole information about the forthcoming
live album: The plan is to record in front of a 300 (max) capacity
audience made up of fans, contest winners and record company staff. The set
will include acoustic guitars, piano, organ, etc. with potential appearances
by special guests (yet to be confirmed) such as Cheb Mami and Branford Marsalis.
The tentative release date for the live album will be November
5th. The first single has a planned radio date of September
17th followed by a commercial release date of October
15th. The video for the first single is scheduled to be ready on September
16th.
Tracklist As you see in the details under this
article the tracklisting for this live album looks very strong and includes
hits by the Police as well as Sting. A brand new track
composed by Sting for this record is planned to be a down-tempo ballad for
Christmas : Message in a Bottle Roxanne Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Every Breath You Take Tea in the Sahara I Burn for You Englishman in New York
We'll Be Together Desert Rose Fields of Gold All This Time Brand New Day If
I Ever Lose My Faith In You Fragile When We Dance + 2 'bonus,' non-album tracks
for Japan and rest-of-world versions
Promotional actions: Do know that the CD pro
to radio will be a new single of Sting with a new song, and this to announce
the live cd:
MEDIA/RETAIL EVENT RELEASE DATE CD
Pro to radio Sept. 17th to radio
Video for single Sept. 17th to media
Commercial single release Oct. 15th in store
Live Album release Nov. 5th in store *Filming of "pub" performance + rehearsals
for 60-minute TV program (A&M to own, distribute and place) - this program
to be delivered on Oct. 15th, 2001
*Single to be recorded and delivered in advance of "pub" performance
*Video clip to be edited from filmed footage in advance of "pub" performance
*Webcast of "pub" performance
*At least 100 tickets to "pub" performance for A&M to use for media contesting
and/or press
*4 non-album b-sides for single #1
*2 non-album recordings for international bonus tracks
*Single #1 either new song or new arrangement of "Fragile" *Live photos and
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