Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for the rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984 and bri
Sting performing in 2018
Wallsend shipyard on the River Tyne in 1964, near where Sting grew up. His childhood experiences and the local shipbuilding industry were the inspiration for his 2014 musical The Last Ship, which is also set in Wallsend.
Sting performing in Norway in 1985
Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful so
Collins in 2025
Collins attended the Barbara Speake stage school in East Acton, west London
Collins performing in 1981
On 13 July 1985 Collins played at Live Aid at the old Wembley Stadium (exterior pictured) in London, before taking a transatlantic Concorde flight to perform at the Philadelphia leg of the event later that day.