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Police to Wrap Tour with B-52s, Auction for Charity

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Police to Wrap Tour with B-52s, Auction for Charity

Originally posted 07/21/2008 05:05PM

To mark the final show of the Police reunion tour, eBay will auction a whole host of goodies – including VIP concert packages – to benefit Public Television Rocks!, an initiative formed between New York Public Television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21.

The final concert, to take place at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 7, will feature a guest appearance by The B-52s. The auction fund-raiser includes autographed instruments, access to sound checks, special pre-concert dinner and cocktail reception invitations, front row seats, a meet and greet session and photo ops with the bands.

The two-part auction will fun in two waves: The first runs July 14 -24 and includes concert experience opportunities and memorabilia. The second wave begins August 4 -14 and contains autographed instruments.

Head to eBay to place a bid and get more details.
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Sting's Wife Defends Rainforest Charity | Sting, Trudie Styler

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Sting's Wife Defends Rainforest Charity

Originally posted 05/05/2008 09:25AM

A watchdog group has slammed Sting's high-profile rainforest charity – but the rocker's wife, Trudie Styler, says the critics cannot see the forest for the trees.

Charity Navigator, which rates the financial standings of thousands of nonprofit organizations, claims that only 41 percent of the money raised by a celebrity-studded 2006 Carnegie Hall concert actually funded tree-saving programs, Monday's New York Post reports.

The benefit featuring Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow and Will Ferrell brought in more that $2.1 million.

Styler points out that "The Rainforest Foundation is celebrating its 20th year. We wouldn't still be in business or have given out millions of dollars over the years if we'd spent everything we made immediately after it came in."

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Sting, Wife Lose Sexual Discrimination Battle | Sting

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Sting, Wife Lose Sexual Discrimination Battle

Originally posted 05/11/2007 09:30AM

Sting and wife Trudie Styler discriminated against their private chef by firing her after she became pregnant, a tribunal ruled Thursday.

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The Police: We're Hitting the Road | Sting

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The Police: We're Hitting the Road

Originally posted 02/12/2007 06:30PM

Following their reunion at the Grammys, The Police have announced that they are going back on tour together for the first time since 1984.

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Sting Invites Fans to Exclusive Police Gig | Sting

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Sting Invites Fans to Exclusive Police Gig

Originally posted 02/08/2007 08:40AM

Some die-hard Police fans will not only have a chance to catch an exclusive Police gig next week – they may well be the first to hear the news of a reunion tour.

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Sting Surprises College Music Students | Sting

Sting Surprises College Music Students

Originally posted 04/20/2005 09:00AM

Sting, who once taught school, reverted to his old profession in Chicago this week, serving as a surprise musical mentor to a group of college students.

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Sting To Headline Tsunami-Aid Concert | Sting

Sting To Headline Tsunami-Aid Concert

Originally posted 01/06/2005 08:15AM

Sting will play a Feb. 10 benefit concert at the 6,000-seat Leeuwin Estate Winery in Perth, Australia, with every penny of the net proceeds going to the relief efforts in Southern Asia following the Dec. 26 quake and tsunamis.

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Sting, Annie Lennox Ready for Their Duet

Sting, Annie Lennox Ready for Their Duet

Originally posted 06/02/2004 08:35AM

SET: Sting says "people know they are going to get quality" when he and Annie Lennox team up for their summer concert tour. The former Police man, 52, who is currently organizing his set list (which will include songs from his latest album, Sacred Love, as well old classics), tells the Associated Press that the pair also will perform a song together. Lennox, 49, will concentrate on material from her most recent album, Bare, though she will also tap into old solo and Eurythmics material. Their tour kicks off June 27 in Philadelphia.

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THE WEEK AHEAD: Ashton Back in Action

Originally posted 04/16/2004 01:00AM

Which star is next on the "Punk'd" prince's hit list? PEOPLE ponders the pranks, while delivering the scoop on what's happening in the coming week:

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NEWS BRIEFS: Music Stars to Fete Sting

Originally posted 01/05/2004 01:00PM

HONORED: Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello, Elton John and Dave Matthews are among the artists who will pay tribute to Sting, 52, when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences honors him Feb. 6 as the MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year, reports Billboard. The gala will be held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif. Other acts paying tribute will include Black Eyed Peas, Dido, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, John Mayer, Rufus Wainwright and Wynonna. Proceeds from the evening will go to the MusiCares financial assistance program, which aids people in the music industry financially and medically.

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