POLICE FORCE

Rock superstar Sting takes to the stage at the Isle of Wight Festival

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Isle of Wight Festival Friday, from 7pm, Sky Arts, Sky Mix & Sky Showcase

Seventeen years after closing the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival with The Police, Sting is back on the bill as a solo artist this week, in a line-up that includes fellow headliners Stereophonics and Justin Timberlake, plus the likes of Texas, Supergrass and James.

The 2008 gig was part of a Police reunion tour, but although Sting is expected to perform some of the band's biggest hits on Friday, he doesn't envisage another reunion any time soon.

'Doing it again would be gratuitous, and that won't happen, says the 73-year-old.