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Who doesn’t love a bit of musical enthusiasm? Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (London, Ontario, July 21, 2010)

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Who doesn’t love a bit of musical enthusiasm? Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (London, Ontario, July 21, 2010)

I like to think of myself as open-minded, musically speaking. But I am quite enough of a musical snob to have never attended an orchestral “pops” concert. So imagine my mixed feelings when the offer to see Sting, one of the century’s musical superstars, in concert with the pops wing of the Royal Philharmonic came my way. Would it be pure unbridled kitsch or an inspiring and creative fusion of styles? Would it profoundly upset my musical sensibilities to see a miked, funked up symphony orchestra performing in a hockey arena? Or would it open my mind to a whole new world of possibilities for this incessantly “dying” ensemble?

Sting to perform at the Yellow Lounge

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I first heard the rumour at JP’s birthday party last Friday: Sting will be the special guest performing at the next yellow lounge event on Monday in Berlin. The yellow lounge? It’s a marketing move from Universal Music to promote their label Deutsche Grammophon. The idea is pretty straight forward: combine a classical music DJ […]

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