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 ).

Monsters and Critics's Trent McMartin praised Sting's guest performance, calling it " humorous ".

Shortly after the Strontium 90 gig, Summers ran into Copeland, and sensing Sting's increasing dissatisfaction at Padovani's relative limited abilities, proposed to join the band on the condition that they would be a trio.

On 2 October 1991 ( Sting's 40th birthday ), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform " Roxanne " and " Every Breath You Take ".

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.

The song stayed at the top of the U. S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum ; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U. S. charts.

Sting's first involvement in the human rights cause came in September 1981 when he was invited by producer Martin Lewis to participate in the fourth Amnesty International gala The Secret Policeman's Other Ball following the example set at the 1979 show by Pete Townshend.

Sting also led an impromptu super-group of other musicians ( dubbed The Secret Police ) performing at the show including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Donovan, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in the show's grand finale – Sting's own reggae-tinged arrangement of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released.

During offseasons, she interned with the Sting's front office, worked with US Sport Management, Inc., played a second winter season in Italy in 1999 – 2000, and served as an assistant women's basketball coach at UNC for several seasons.

Sting's collaboration with Blige, " Whenever I Say Your Name ", won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004.

He went on to say that he had asked Jim Cornette the week before if he could be in Sting's corner in his match with Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event, but had told him he needed Sting's approval.

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.

After Sting won Giant's half of the tag team title at the Great American Bash that June, Nash became Sting's partner.

One month later, Nash returned at Bound for Glory IV and in a swerve, struck Joe in the back with Sting's bat, helping Sting win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The telecast featured a split screen of the ambulance arriving at the back area of the arena with Sting's knee wrapped up.

Because she became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season, she was not a part of the dispersal draft that followed the Sting's demise.

Sting's manager Miles Copeland, however, refused even to put the proposition to the singer because he would be on a world tour at the time and the Wembley concert would not fit in.

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.

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.

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

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 ).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.