It took a few songs to get used to the headset microphone. That's not a look one associates with Sting, but the rock star must not have wanted any microphone stands limiting his mobility Monday on the opening night of a sold-out, two-show Heinz Hall engagement with the Grammy Award-garnering Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Free to roam, Sting glided around the stage, sporting a slate-gray jacket atop a tight, sheer shirt, showing off a still-enviable physique, at age 71...

With hands clasped behind his back, Sting - yep, Sting himself - paced Heinz Hall’s stage, occasionally throwing back his head to deliver a particularly raspy line. The quintessential aging rocker, philanthropist and gentleman. Sting can and has performed on stages around the world for millions. That he appeared in Heinz, which holds an intimate 3,000 or so, was a unique gift to the Steel City, certainly worthy of the hundreds of surreptitious photos fans snapped from the audience...