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...first 40 minutes of the show were devoted exclusively to songs from ...Nothing like the Sun, which were punctuated by Branford Marsalis' hot saxophone on "Sister Moon" and Sting's soliloquy about bad American tea and whether the Boston Tea Party had anything to do with...
...STING continued joining two songs together or remixing old tunes especially for concerts. But at times during the one-hour, 17-minute first set, the band was content to reproduce the new album's sound on stage instead of surpassing...
ASIDE from Prince, Sting may well have collected the finest set of backup musicians in popular music. From his past tour he has retained Kirkland, Marsalis and background singer Dolette McDonald. But some of the new personnel he has assembled this time makes the band more versatile than ever...
...Sting. Several years ago he said that he hated to play the guitar and that he was much more of a jazz bass player. But he has done "Roxanne" and "Message In A Bottle" on the acoustic guitar for years ever since the Secret Policeman's Other Ball recordings appeared...
This was just one example of the powers of improvisation the band as a whole possesses. When Sting and company are at their best, they don't just play music, they create...