Anyone who ever listened to The Police would know that Sting harboured ambitions beyond the limitations of one particular style. His former band may have come together during the punk and new wave heyday, but their pop nous and incorporation of reggae ensured that they stood out from their contemporaries...

Message in a Bottle, Fields of Gold, Every Breath You Take. A piece of the history of rock music made a ​​stop in Rome tonight. Sting brought his Back to Bass Tour to the Auditorium Parco della Musica for the first of three Italian dates (tomorrow will be in Florence on Friday in Assam). "I'm happy to be here. It's been so long," he said in perfect Italian...