On_Stage_Together_Tour

On Stage Together Tour

On Stage Together Tour

2014–15 concert tour by Sting and Paul Simon

The On Stage Together Tour was a concert tour by English musician Sting and American musician Paul Simon. The tour began on 8 February 2014 in Houston, Texas and traveled across North America, Oceania, and Europe before concluding on 18 April 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Background

Sting and Paul Simon became friends in the late 1980s when they both lived in the same apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.[1][2] In May 2013, they performed together for the first time at the annual Robin Hood Foundation benefit. "We were booked separately and then we said, 'Let's do it together.' So we did 'The Boxer' and 'Fields of Gold,' and there was an audible gasp in the room when we walked on together, and when we started singing we obeyed the basic rules of harmony, and it was great," said Sting in an interview with Billboard magazine.[3] An idea for a joint concert tour originated after that performance. "After we finished it, we both looked at each other and said: 'Wow. That's pretty interesting,'" recalled Simon.[1]

Separately from the ongoing Australian leg of the tour, Sting performed with Australian singer, musician and his long-time backing vocalist Jo Lawry on 5 February 2015 at the Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, singing as a duet the song "Impossible" from Lawry's new album Taking Pictures.[4]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 8 February 2014. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.[5]

  1. "Brand New Day"
  2. "The Boy in the Bubble"
  3. "Fields of Gold"
  4. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
  5. "Englishman in New York"
  6. "I Hung My Head"
  7. "Driven to Tears"
  8. "Love Is the Seventh Wave"
  9. "Mother and Child Reunion"
  10. "Crazy Love"
  11. "Dazzling Blue"
  12. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
  13. "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
  14. "That Was Your Mother"
  15. "Fragile"
  16. "America"
  17. "Message in a Bottle"
  18. "The Hounds of Winter"
  19. "They Dance Alone"
  20. "Roxanne"
  21. "Desert Rose"
  22. "The Boxer"
  23. "The Obvious Child"
  24. "Hearts and Bones" / "Mystery Train" / "Wheels"
  25. "Kodachrome" / "Gone At Last"
  26. "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"
  27. "You Can Call Me Al"
  28. "Every Breath You Take"
  29. "Late in the Evening"
  30. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Tour dates

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References

  1. [1]
    Itzkoff, Dave (4 November 2013). "Sting and Paul Simon Will Tour Together". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    Browne, David (5 February 2014). "How Paul Simon and Sting Became Rock's New Superduo". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    Graff, Gary (10 February 2014). "Paul Simon and Sting Q&A: Tour Mates on Shared Music DNA and Future 'Writing'". Billboard. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Sting and Jo Lawry sing "Impossible" at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 5th February 2015". Facebook. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. [5]
    Graff, Gary (9 February 2014). "Paul Simon and Sting Merge Voices, Styles in Tour Opener: Live Review". Billboard. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 9, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Sting & Paul Simon: On Stage Together - Second & Final Perth Show Added!". Sting.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Sting & Paul Simon: On Stage Together – Final New Zealand Show Confirmed!". Sting.com. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. [9]
    "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "BELFAST DATE ADDED FOR 'PAUL SIMON & STING: ON STAGE TOGETHER' 2015 EUROPEAN TOUR". PaulSimon.com. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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    "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 10, 2015. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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