Musical legend, Sting, has given fans a new interactive website that serves to partner with his brand-new album, ‘Duets’, set to be released on March 11th but postponed to March 19th due to Covid.
The website will give fans content that charts the singer’s career starting from his early days in 1992 to the present day and will provide deep dives into the tracks on the album. Various forms of content will give the user a unique experience provided in the following languages, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish and Japanese, and is sure to be a fantastic companion to Sting’s new album. The album features duets with a who’s who’s of musical stars including, Herbie Hancock, Mary J Blige, Eric Clapton, Shaggy, Annie Lennox.
Fans will know Sting’s origins as a member of The Police and as the man behind the incredible vocals on classic ‘Roxanne’. The Police remain a highly influential band amongst young musicians and fans alike, with further hit singles such as ‘Message in a Bottle‘, catchy ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ and wedding-song favourite ‘Every Breath you Take’ which gave the band their fifth UK No1 single. The band formed in 1977 went on to scoop two Brit Awards, six Grammy Awards and sell over 75 million records. So, when Sting went solo in 1985 it was no surprise that his first solo album ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles’ heeded multiple Grammy nominations including Album of the year and reached triple platinum.
With a career that spans decades, it is no wonder the amount of talent which Sting has collaborated with on his new album ‘Duets’. Track ‘My Funny Valentine’ was recorded before the new album, in 2005 the two worked together on ‘My Funny Valentine’ which was originally released as the theme song for the film ‘Ashura’. The 69-year-old singer is also treating fans to a fresh digital special single with Shirazee, fans can hear Shirazee’s reimagined mix of Sting’s 1988 classic ‘English Man in New York’ on single ‘English/African in New York’. Shirazee had this to say about the experience, ‘“He [Sting] loves it. He said it made him smile in a time where he felt that’s what we need. He felt like it was a very special version. It’s just very mind-boggling to me to go from: discovering it as a kid and now being able to be in a conversation with him [Sting] about it. It’s just incredible. And I’m glad people are actually reacting the same to the record. It’s pretty cool if you ask me.”
With this news it is evident that Sting has not lost his magic, providing a brand new platform for fans and listeners to not just learn about the artist and his work but to interact with musical history.
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