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BIZARRE: Sting - What They Never Told You

In 1989, Sting and Trudie Styler backed one rainforest foundation with Chief Raoni. 4 years later, over 12 million acres of Kayapó land gained legal protection in Brazil

The Rainforest Foundation began in 1989, supporting Indigenous Kayapó people in Brazil. This effort secured over 12 million acres of ancestral land for the Kayapó. The organization later expanded its mission to protect rainforests worldwide. It supported local groups in land rights and forest conservation efforts.

The Economic Times

“It’s a sick, twisted song. I thought it was a love song. Just like all those people that get married to it not realising it’s a dark, demented track”: Stewart Copeland on The Police’s double-edged classic

Stewart Copeland spoke to MusicRadar back in 2019 and gave us his honest take on some of The Police’s most celebrated work

MusicRadar

We’re going to party like it’s 1629… the masques, the music and the mayhem of Banqueting House

What music soundtracked 17th-century England? Ahead of a DJ set in Banqueting House, Georgia Mann looks at the wild, the experimental, the melancholic – and why a theorbo caused a security alert

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‘I’ll die a blissful failure’: Sadhguru’s mission to reach three billion young people

Spiritual leader and Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru will appear at UNTOLD Festival

The Independent UK

Quote of the day by Sting: 'Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be...' - inspiring quote by Grammy-winning singer of Every Breath You Take and Brand New Day teaches life lessons on inner peace, mindfulness, health and wellness

Quote of the day by Sting: Musician Sting found meditation through songwriting and later yoga. He realized quiet focus occurred during creative and mindful activities. This shows mindfulness can be discovered in various personal pursuits. There is no single path to finding inner peace and balance. Exploring new habits can…

The Economic Times

Sting’s 1980s Hampstead Home Is a Study in Lived-In Design – It’s the Most Imperfect Way to Live in 2026

Archival photographs of the North London residence invite us to look beyond comparison culture to create a space with genuine soul

Homes & Gardens

“It’s a piano chord, but I played it with my arse. I was singing and I just wanted a rest, and the piano lid was open. So I sat and I played that chord”: The Police’s classic breakthrough hit – with the ultimate bum note

“I went to my room, picked up the guitar and imagined this woman into life”

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Self-immolation outside UN draws fresh attention to Tibet

A Tibetan activist's self-immolation outside the UN headquarters in New York has reignited global attention on Tibet's human rights crisis. Lobga Rangzen's desperate act, protesting Chinese rule and new assimilation laws, highlights the fading international focus on the issue. This tragic event, occurring after over 150 similar protests in Tibet,…

The Times of India

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

‘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.

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The Independent 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 Guardian - 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

Louder

"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

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Guitar World

“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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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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

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