Among others, Lemmy Kilmister will invariably be referred to as " Lemmy out of Motörhead ", Bono as " Bonio " ( a brand of dog biscuit ) and Sting as " Sting ( real name Gordon Sting )", mixing the singer's birth and stage names.

* Sting ( musician ) ( born 1951 ), professional name of British rock musician Gordon Sumner

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE ( born 2 October 1951 ), known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist.

Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought that the sweater made him look like a bee, which prompted the nickname " Sting ".

In the 1985 documentary Bring on the Night he was addressed by a journalist as " Gordon ", and replied: " My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?

* The musician Sting ( Gordon Sumner ) lived with ex-wife Frances Tomelty in nearby Whitehead for a short time during the 1970s.

* Gordon Sumner ( born 1951 ), British musician better known as Sting ( musician )

* Sting – Gordon Sumner

* Sting ( Gordon Sumner ) lived with ex-wife Frances Tomelty in Whitehead during the mid 1970s.

He got reception to put him through to Sting ( using the singer's actual name, Gordon Sumner ), told Sting that his management had refused to let him talk to the singer, and asked to meet him.

Following that stint, Williams found work as a backup singer, working with artists such as Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Sting, Stephanie Mills, Anita Baker and Gordon Lightfoot.

The many performers who have appeared at the theatre include Pearl Bailey, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore, Warren Beatty, Sarah Bernhardt, Claire Bloom, Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Fanny Brice, Carol Channing, George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert, Katharine Cornell, Hume Cronyn, Tim Curry, Denishawn, Ruth Draper, Todd Duncan, Maurice Evans, Lillian Gish, Ruth Gordon, Julie Harris, Rex Harrison, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Joseph Jefferson, James Earl Jones, Lucille La Verne, Eva LeGallienne, Jerry Lewis, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Eartha Kitt, Ian McKellen, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Rita Moreno, Helen Morgan, Rosie O ' Donnell, Laurence Olivier, Annie Oakley, Geraldine Page, Robert Redford, Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, Will Rogers, Rosalind Russell, George C. Scott, Kevin Spacey, Sting, Jessica Tandy, Norma Terris, Marlo Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Franchot Tone, Rip Torn and Liv Ullmann.

Sting was born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the eldest of four children born to Audrey ( née Cowell ), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer.

In an August 2009 interview with Swedish newspaper Expressen Joakim Åhlund states that the new album will be released during the fall and that it will feature a song with Swingfly and Coco Sumner, the daughter of Sting.

Singer-songwriter Sting has also played lute and archlute, in and out of his collaborations with Edin Karamazov, and Jan Akkerman released two albums of lute music in the 1970s while he was a guitarist in the Dutch rock band Focus.

In May, ex-Gong musician Mike Howlett invited Sting and former Eric Burdon and the Animals guitarist Andy Summers to form a project band with him for a Gong reunion, which they named Strontium 90.

The developing band's original guitarist was Dominic Miller ( later to find fame playing with Sting ), but he was replaced by Boon Gould on the latter's return from working in the United States.

In 1977, Copeland founded The Police with singer-bassist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani ( who was soon replaced by Andy Summers ), which became one of the top bands of the 1980s.

He became the first British guitarist in the UK Singles Chart, with " Guitar Boogie Shuffle " in 1959, and was cited as an influence by many stars, including Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Sting, Hank Marvin, Robert Smith, Mike Oldfield, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page.

" With ' students ' that number Eric Clapton, Brian May, Sting, Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time.

The line-up also includes keyboardist Roger Manning ( Jellyfish, Beck ) and guitarist Lyle Workman ( Beck, Todd Rundgren, Sting ).

Joining Paul and Dave on the new album is an illustrious array of musicians including guitarist Tim Pierce ( Eric Clapton, Tracy Chapman, Joe Cocker, Ricky Martin, Ronan Keating, Tom Petty ), bassist John Pierce ( Emmylou Harris, Mick Jagger, New Radicals, Shawn Mullins ) and drummer Vinny Colaiuta ( Leonard Cohen, Celine Dion, Jewel, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Sting, Frank Zappa ).

Copeland was already under the impression that he had convinced Sting to join, but despite heavy use of word-of-mouth and advertisements in musical publications, Padovani was the only guitarist he could find who was interested in punk and had actual playing ability.

In 2004, Henry Padovani released an album with the participation of Stewart Copeland and Sting on one track, reuniting the original Police lineup for the first time since 1977.

In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London, and soon thereafter he joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani ( who was soon replaced by Andy Summers ) to form the New Wave band The Police.

In addition, he is also remembered for his roles as Luther Billis in South Pacific ( 1949 / 1958 ), Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees ( 1955 / 1958 ), J. J. Singleton in The Sting ( 1973 ), high school teacher Mr. Hand in Fast Times at Ridgemont High ( 1982 ), and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences ( 1992-1996 ).

Restrained by loyalty to Padovani, both Copeland and Sting initially resisted the idea, and the Police began performing as a four-piece version in July 1977.

The league began with eight teams: the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets and New York Liberty in the Eastern Conference ; and the Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and Utah Starzz in the Western Conference.

In 1982, shortly after the birth of his second child, Sting separated from Tomelty and began living with actress ( and later film producer ) Trudie Styler.

Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans ( Soccer 1984-85 ), Las Vegas Dustdevils ( Soccer-CISL-1994-1995 ), Las Vegas Posse ( Football-CFL-1994 ) Las Vegas Quicksilvers ( Soccer-NASL-1976-1978 ), Las Vegas Seagulls ( Soccer-ASL-1979 ), Las Vegas Sting ( Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995 ) and Las Vegas Thunder ( IHL-1993-1999 ) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota.

The NHL's Phoenix Coyotes and NLL's Arizona Sting began playing in Glendale when Jobing. com Arena ( formerly the Glendale Arena ) opened in December 2003 in Westgate City Center.

After graduating from ASU, Levens signed a free agent contract with the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association, but she was released before the regular season began.

The Charlotte Sting was one of the eight original WNBA franchises that began play in 1997.

The team adopted the name Sting in November 2003 and began playing in the Glendale Arena.

In January 1991, WCW officially began to recognize a WCW World champion, with Ric Flair, who had just defeated Sting to regain the NWA World championship, as the first title holder.

A returning Eric Bischoff came to the ring and began ordering the timekeeper to ring the bell, which he eventually did, awarding the match and the presidency to Sting ( who promptly gave it up upon receiving it ).

The Charlotte Sting of the WNBA began play in the Coliseum upon their inception in 1997, but had moved to Time Warner Cable Arena in 2005.

The Battle of New Orleans was a long-playing brawl between Eddie Gilbert, Terry Taylor, Chris Adams and Sting, which began in the ring and spilled out into the concession area.

Following the loss, Styles began a " Best of Three Series " against Matt Morgan for entry into the Heavyweight Championship match with Sting and Kurt Angle at Hard Justice.

* In the fall of 1996, professional wrestler Sting began wearing corpse paint in a persona inspired by the film The Crow featuring Brandon Lee.

The group broke up shortly thereafter and Page began feuding with Hogan again, joining Sid Vicious and Rick Steiner in a team effort to take on Hogan, Sting, and Goldberg.

In July, Hogan's father, alongside Sting, began feuding with a mysterious group of masked men, who had dubbed themselves the " Aces & 8s ".

In the summer of 1975 a sparse crowd of 4, 500 watched the Sting ’ s very first home game and as it began so it continued with an average that year of around the 4, 000 mark – although close to 14, 000 did turn out to see the Sting take on the 1974 Polish World Cup team in a friendly.

After becoming a villain, Rick reunited with Scott on a few occasions and began feuding with Sting, culminating with a successful title defense at The Great American Bash on June 13.

After a successful first season with the Manic, he began the 1982 season in Montreal, but after five games the Manic sent him to the Chicago Sting.

Hill began the season with the Sting, moved to the San Jose Earthquakes after eleven games.

Things began to sour behind the scenes for the champions, as the NWA launched its first-ever uninterrupted pay-per-view, The Great American Bash, promoters were attempting to draw a large gate and, according to the DVD Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen, Blanchard had suggested a rematch with the Road Warriors, but instead they were booked against Sting and Koloff, ( whom they wrestled to a time limit draw ), and when the PPV payouts were given out, it was discovered that Dillon who was their manager received 3 times the payout of the 2-time World Tag Team Champions.

Steiner began a slow face turn when he tried to save Sting from a beatdown by The Road Warriors, who turned on him after a match against the Club.

) After Sting defeated Ric Flair in WCW's final match, the simulcast began.