Sting starts “Sting 3.0 Tour” with hits and deep cuts: Video + Setlist

The former Police frontman pulled out rarities including “Voices Inside My Head,” “When the Angels Fall,” and “Never Coming Home.”

Sting took to the stage in Dresden on Saturday evening to kick off his power trio tour “Sting 3.0” (get tickets here) and delivered a series of hits and deep cuts.

The former frontman of The Police will be accompanied on the “Sting 3.0” tour by guitarist and long-time collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. The tour kicked off with the first live performance of The Police's “Voices Inside My Head” since 2006, and Sting immediately followed it up with the band's 1979 classic, “Message In a Bottle.” This was followed by other hits such as “When the Angels Fall” (for the first time since 1992) and “Never Coming Home” (for the first time since 2012), but also solo hits such as “Fields of Gold” and all the The Police classics you'd like to hear, like “Every Breath You Take” and “Roxanne.”

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Fan-shot footage of the performance shows the trio sounding in top form, filling out the song arrangements with impressive verve. Unsurprisingly, Sting's bass was the star of the show, having the sonic space to provide countermelodies and thumping basslines with impact. Check out the full setlist and watch videos of the show below.

Sting and company will tour Europe over the summer before coming to the US for a North American tour in September. From there, he'll play cities like Toronto, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. He'll also play a few shows with Billy Joel. The full tour schedule is below, and tickets are available here.

Setlist — Sting at Messehalle in Dresden, Germany, May 25, 2024
Voices in my head
Message in a bottle
Synchronicity II
Driven to tears
Fields of Gold
Never come home
When the angels fall
One thousand years
Tea in the Sahara
The Dogs of Winter
Crazy about you
A fortress around your heart
I can't bear to lose you
English in New York
Shape of my heart
Walking on the moon
So lonely
Desert Rose
King of Pain
Every Breath You Take
Roxanne
Fragile

Sting 2024 tour dates:
27.05. – Zagreb, Croatia @ Zagreb Arena
29.05. – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Arena Stozice
31.05. – Budapest, Hungary @ Budapest Arena
06/01 – Bratislava, Slovakia @ TIPOS Arena
06/04 – Pilsen, Czech Republic @ Amphitheater Lochotín
06.06. – Gdansk, Poland @ Ergo Arena
06.07. – Łódź, Poland @ Atlas Arena
06.09. – Kaunas, Lithuania @ Zalgirio Arena
06/10 – Tartu, Estonia @ Tartu Song Festival Grounds
14.06. – Cheshire, UK @ Delamere Forest
16.06. – Plymouth, UK @ Plymouth Summer Sessions
18.06. – Cork, Ireland @ Musgrave Park
19.06. – Belfast, UK @ Belsonic (Ormeau Park)
22.06. – Suffolk, UK @ Thetford Forest
23.06. – Nottinghamshire, UK @ Sherwood Pines
25.06. – Fontainebleu, France @ FBLO Festival
07/05 – Athens, Greece @ Odeon of Herodus Atticus
07/06 – Athens, Greece @ Odeon of Herodus Atticus
07/10 – La Rochelle, France @ Les Francofolies
07/11 – Brive, France @ Lovely Brive Festival
07/12 – Carhaix, France @ Vieilles Charrues Festival
14.07. – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival
16.07. – Toulon, France @ Esplanade Zenith Toulon
17.07. – Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival (Lake Stage)
19.07. – Nieuwpoort, Belgium @ Beach Festival
20.07. – Fulda, Germany @ Fulda Cathedral Square
23.07. – Salem, Germany @ Salem Castle
24.07. – Füssen, Germany @ Baroque Garden at the Festival Hall
27.07. – Lingen, Germany @ Square in front of the Emsland Arena
28.07. – Stuttgart, Germany @ jazzopen
30.07. – Carcassonne, France @ Festival de Carcassonne
01.08. – Corsica, France @ AIO Festival
08/03 – S.ta Margherita di Pula (CA), Italy @ Forte Arena
31.08. – Aspen, CO @ Aspen Snowmass
17.09. – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit
18.09. – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit
20.09. – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
21.09. – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
24.09. – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
09/27 – St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium *
30.09. – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
01.10. – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
10/04 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall @ Fenway Park
06.10. – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall @ Fenway Park
07.10. – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/12 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
15.10. – Washington, DC @ MGM National Harbor
16.10. – Washington, DC @ MGM National Harbor
20.10. – Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
21.10. – Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
22.10. – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre (CEPAC)
25.10. – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome *
28.10. – Chicago, Illinois @ Auditorium Theatre
29.10. – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre
01.11. – Chicago, Illinois @ Auditorium Theatre
06.11. – San Francisco, California @ The Masonic
07.11. – San Francisco, California @ The Masonic
09.11. – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium *
11/12 – Los Angeles, California @ The Wiltern
13.11. – Los Angeles, California @ The Wiltern
15.11. – Los Angeles, California @ The Wiltern

* = with Billy Joel