Well, that didn’t take long: Yesterday, the Police reunion tour began its inevitable meltdown, with drummer Stewart Copeland posting a 700-word rant in which he accuses Sting of acting like a “petulant pansy” and bemoans the fact that the band is “playing avant-garde twelve-tone hodgepodges.”
Say this much for Sting: He may be a bit of a ponce nowadays, but–as demonstrated during last night’s Police show in Vancouver–the man knows the the fine art of self-homage. More »
– You’re going to have to wait a while for the next Killers album, as Brandon Flowers needs enough time to get his voice appropriately out of tune. [Billboard] – Here’s a headline that’s easy to misread as something terrible and awful: “Sting slammed for firing pregnant chef.” More »
– Rilo Kiley’s new album, tentatively titled Hey, We Have Some Dudes, Too!, will be out in August. [NME] – Sting and David Bowie are teaming up to launch a burlesque club in New York City. Bowie, you fool! Don’t you realize that Sumner fella is jinxed? More »
Before you shell out a few hundred bucks this week for the Police reunion, take warning: Sting is still as prickly as ever, and while we don’t expect widespread luting*, it seems like the band could implode even sooner than we predicted. More »
A few months ago, we put forth the notion that there is a “Curse Of Sting”, based on the belief that everything the former Police man does is tragic–from Dune to Baron Munchausen to Studio 60 (amazingly, Studio has not yet been canceled, thanks to the small army of viewers who interpret pandering … More »
(A few weeks ago, we ran an email from Joanna Newsom’s harp, Mildred; that missive was heavily forwarded around the alt.arcane-instruments usenet group, and late last night we received word that Sting’s 16th-century lute, Edmonton, wanted use post an open letter on Idolator.com. More »
A few weeks back, we questioned the wisdom of hiring Sting to make a cameo on the bark-at-the-moon-crazy Bizaaroworld that is Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. More »
If you have not yet watched Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, then you’re missing out on a once-a-week opportunity to go absolutely, emphatically, screaming-at-the-cat coconuts. More »
Let us remind you: Not even we can muster up the energy to make up new jokes about Sting. More »