Sting finds fractured modern music scene 'quite odd'
The Freeman
|October 21, 2025
British singer-songwriting legend Sting finds the multiple genres and streaming platforms of the modern music scene “quite odd,” but still believes in the power of song to unite people.
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In an interview with AFP, the 74-year-old with 17 Grammy Awards and sales of over 100 million albums also spoke about his worries about Al as a tool for repression, as well as politicians “whose idea is to separate us all.”
The former frontman of The Police was speaking in Paris ahead of the French debut of his partly biographical musical “The Last Ship,” which is set in his hometown of Wallsend in northeast England. It tells the story of the decline of shipbuilding on the River Tyne and is intended as a tribute to the working-class area that Sting left to pursue his music career.
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This story is from the October 21, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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