The following statement was released on behalf of the band by a spokesman at Interscope-Geffen-A & M and posted on Sting's official website: " As the 30th anniversary of the first Police single approaches, discussions have been underway as to how this will be commemorated.

He was also involved in two other recordings in the late 1980s, the first in 1987 with jazz arranger Gil Evans, who placed Sting in a big band setting for a live album of Sting's songs ( the CD was not released in the U. S .), and the second on Frank Zappa's 1988 Broadway the Hard Way album, where Sting performs an unusual arrangement of " Murder By Numbers ", set to the tune " Stolen Moments " by jazz composer Oliver Nelson, and " dedicated " to fundamentalist evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.

Sting's performance at the Secret Policeman's Other Ball – his first live appearances as a solo performer – was prominently featured on the album of the show ( being its lead tracks ) and in the feature film of the show.

* Selby's book Last Exit to Brooklyn inspired the name for Sting's first band " Last Exit "

This marked the band's first public performance since 1986 ( they had previously reunited only for an improvised set at Sting's wedding party in 1992 and for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 ).

In addition to feature films, Apted has continued directing documentaries, including Bring on the Night, a feature-length concert film about the making of Sting's first solo album.

Sometime after Sting's arrival to the NWA in July 1987, Dusty Rhodes used the opening bout of Crockett's first foray into pay-per-view, Starrcade ' 87, to showcase the young superstar.

The first two QSound album titles were Sting's " The Soul Cages " and Madonna's " The Immaculate Collection.

The album, the first edited by De Werf, included an instrumental cover of Sting's Roxanne as well as two songs written by Thelonious Monk.

It was her first film role since she had played the wife of Sting's character in the atmospheric, noirish thriller Stormy Monday ( 1988 ).

Sting's participation in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball was the beginning of his growing involvement in raising money and consciousness for political and social causes.

The principals claimed that the band was still together ( despite Hakim's involvement with Sting's band and Bailey's with Steps Ahead ), but it was also notable that Weather Report's contract with Columbia Records had just expired, leaving both parties open to other options.

Taylor and Gilbert ganged up on Sting until Gentleman Chris Adams came to Sting's aid.

Styles teamed up with Samoa Joe against Sting and Nash but came up short after Nash hit Joe with Sting's TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt.

Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits " Brand New Day " and " Desert Rose ".

In September 2003, he returned to Sting's touring lineup in a brief promotional tour of Sacred Love, but once again declined the offer to participate in the world tour.

On September 19, at Fall Brawl, Animal was the advisor for Sting's team, consisting of Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster for WarGames, defeating Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious, and Harlem Heat.

In September, Flair and Anderson teamed with their bitter rivals, Sting and Lex Luger, to lose to the nWo ( Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and an impostor Sting ) in the WarGames match at Fall Brawl when Luger submitted to the impostor Sting's Scorpion Deathlock.

When the show reformatted with new hosts and set they used an instrumental version of Sting's 1999 hit, " Brand New Day " until late October 2006, when it was replaced by the CBS Evening News theme from James Horner.

The band recorded several demos and played at a Paris Gong reunion concert in May 1977, but disbanded when Summers left to join Copeland and Sting's other project, The Police.

In league with Jeff Jarrett, he would semi-reprise his role as a fake Sting when he played the Crow Sting in a Planet Jarrett retrospective of Sting's career on Impact!

Sting's team won when Sting forced Eaton to give up after Larry Zbyszko accidentally struck Eaton in the arm with a metal rod.

However, the team was broken up after Starrcade in December 1999 and began a short feud which ended when Luger broke Sting's wrist by stomping on it while it was enclosed in a steel chair.

This song is considered to be The Police's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income.

On August 13, 2006, Cage was in Sting's corner at Hard Justice as he faced Jarrett, with Scott Steiner in his corner, for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

The match ending was booked as Taz's presence enabling Joe to recover from Sting's Scorpion Deathlock submission hold and win the match via submission after applying the Coquina Clutch.

The match was also the quarter-finals of the Fight For The Right tournament for number one contendership to Sting's NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

When he began working for WCW full-time, Vader was paired with a manager, Harley Race, and received a shot at Sting's WCW World Heavyweight Championship on April 12, 1992, and was disqualified.

Among his creations were The Black Scorpion, which was intended to be a nemesis from Sting's past.

It was also the melodic counterpoint to the intro and verses of Sting's hit " All This Time ".

It replaced " Again " by Janet Jackson, and was replaced by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting's " All for Love ".

The colt's dame was named Set Them Free, a reference to Sting's song " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free ".

Their look was from the " New Wave " music scene with black eye paint and spiked hair with a rat tail ( Sting's bleached blonde and Rock's dyed black ).

" In addition to this, the role of British diplomacy in general and this matter are discussed in an article by Eurasianet. org, and Sting's statement was discussed in The New Yorker magazine by editor Amy Davidson.

** Sting's team won after Cactus Jack accidentally pulled the switch while Abdullah was in the electric chair.

** Dillon then announced the title was being vacated due to Sting's attack on referee Charles Robinson during the unsanctioned match and announced a tournament for the vacant title.

** Sting's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.

* Darkening of the arena, often accompanied by mood lighting or strobe lighting, such as in The Undertaker's, Triple H's, or Sting's entrances.

Various appearances by the Schoener outfit on German television made the German public aware of Sting's unusual high-pitched voice, and helped pave the way for the Police's later popularity.

Sting's look, dominated by his orange-coloured hair ( a result from his role in Dune ) and tattered clothing, all which were emphasized in the music videos from the album, carried over into the set for the concert.

Summers played guitar on Sting's album ... Nothing Like the Sun ( 1987 ), a favor the singer returned by playing bass on Summers ' album Charming Snakes ( 1989 ) and later singing lead vocals on "' Round Midnight " for Summers ' tribute to Thelonious Monk Green Chimneys ( 1999 ).

The film went through drastic overhauls and plot changes, many of which were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler.

Initial reviews by fans that had access to early promotional copies were mixed, and some questioned Sting's artistic direction with this album.

After Victory Road, Cage befriended the new number one contender Sting on the July 27, 2006 episode of Impact !, by asking for forgiveness for doubting Sting's agenda by coming to TNA in January of that year.

On March 29, 2010, Styles became the longest reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion in history by beating Sting's reign of 189 days as champion.

Eventually Atwood ventured into the world of costume design for theater and film, initially coming to fame through her work on Sting's Bring on the Night World Tour, also made into a documentary by the same name.

** Sting's lumberjacks had casts on their hands that were broken by Luger in the past.

On January 25, he was able to give Sting by payback by launching a fireball right into Sting's face.