Sting
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe; an Emmy; and four Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. Sting has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors; a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music; Kennedy Center Honors; and the Polar Music Prize. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born at Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 2 October 1951, the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and former fitter at an engineering works. He grew up near Wallsend's shipyards, which made an impression on him. As a child, he was inspired by the Queen Mother waving at him from a Rolls-Royce to divert from the shipyard prospect towards a more glamorous life. He helped his father deliver milk and by ten was "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar left by an emigrating friend of his father. Sting attended St Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He visited nightclubs such as Club A'Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, who influenced his music. He learned to sing and play simultaneously by listening to records at 78 rpm. After leaving school in 1969, he enrolled at the University of Warwick in Coventry, but left after a term. After working as a bus conductor, building labourer, and tax officer, he attended the Northern Counties College of Education (now Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher.[20] He taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years. Sting performed jazz in the evenings, at weekends, and during breaks from college and teaching, playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit. He gained his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought he looked like a bee (or according to Sting himself, "they thought I looked like a wasp"), which prompted the name "Sting". In the 1985 documentary Bring On the Night a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?" In 2011, he told Time "I was never called Gordon. You could shout 'Gordon' in the street and I would just move out of your way". Despite this, he chose not to legally change his name to "Sting". ... Source: Article "Sting (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement
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In Thanks We Trust
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When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
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FireAid Benefit Concert
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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Sting: Radio 2 in the Park
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Sting and the Police at the BBC
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Royal Opera House: Message in a Bottle
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Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
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Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
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Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
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Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
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WHAM!
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They All Came Out to Montreux
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The Book of Solutions
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Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
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Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.
Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
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The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
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Sting at the Pantheon in Paris - 50 Years of FIP Radio
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Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
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Kaamelott: The First Chapter
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Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
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Under the Volcano
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Herb Alpert Is...
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Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
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GIMS: On the Record
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Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
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Space Songs: Through the Distance
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The Big Night In
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Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
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Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
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Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville
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I Want My MTV
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Gurrumul
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The Queen's Birthday Party
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Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
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Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
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Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist
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Sting: A Free Man
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Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
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Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
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Sting: Beyond The Police
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The Dark Side of The Sun
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Sting au Bataclan
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Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews
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Sting Live At Irving Plaza
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Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
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Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!
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Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
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Attenborough at 90
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Sonic Sea
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Zoolander 2
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Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône
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Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
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Jaco
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Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship
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Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
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Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
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John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
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20 Feet from Stardom
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Radioman
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Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
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CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
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Sting - 25 Years
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Sting Festival de Viña del Mar
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Sting: Live In Berlin
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2012: Time for Change
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Still Bill
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The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
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Hope for Haiti Now
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Sting - Fields Of Japan 1994
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Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
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The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
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Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
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If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral
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Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
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Brüno
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PoliWood
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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
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Chris Botti in Boston
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The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
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The Police: Better Than Therapy
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The Police: Certifiable
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The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo
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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
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Pavarotti The Duets
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The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid
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Bee Movie
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Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
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Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
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The Police - Greatest Video Hits
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STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth
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The Police - Live in Rio
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Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
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Live 8
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An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
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Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
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George Michael: A Different Story
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Live Aid
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
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Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
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Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
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The Police - Every Breath You Take
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Freedom Beat
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The Sweatbox
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Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
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Sting: All this Time
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Being Mick
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The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
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America | A Tribute to Heroes
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All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
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The Beatles Revolution
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Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
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The Filth and the Fury
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Tina Turner : Celebrate!
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Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads
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Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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The Mighty
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Billy Idol
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
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An Audience with Elton John
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Music for Montserrat
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The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
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The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
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The Grotesque
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The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities
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Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
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Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
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Take That Away!
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Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
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Pavarotti & Friends
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Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
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Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
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The Soul Cages Concert
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Sting: Unplugged
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Sting Unplugged
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Branford Marsalis: Steep
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One World, One Voice
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Resident Alien
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Dance of Hope
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Heroic Officer
Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
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Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
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Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
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Stormy Monday
Finney
Julia and Julia
Daniel Hosler
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
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The Best of Max Headroom
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U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
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Sting - Bring on the Night
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Plenty
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The Bride
Frankenstein
Dire Straits at Live Aid
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Live Aid
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Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Machiavelli
Dune
Feyd Rautha
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
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The Police: Synchronicity Concert
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The Police - Live In Oakland
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Police in Montserrat
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Destination Dune
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Brimstone & Treacle
Martin Taylor
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
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The Police: Around The World
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Artemis '81
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Urgh! A Music War
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The Police: Live in Essen - Rockpalast 1980
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Punk and Its Aftershocks
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The Police: Live At Rockpalast
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Radio On
Just Like Eddie
Quadrophenia
Ace Face
Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia
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The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
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Acceleration Punk
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