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Music icon, 73, refuses to slow down with two intimate UK shows set for 2025

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Sting is set to perform two more gigs after his summer of festivals (Picture: Rob Ball/WireImage)

After revealing a string of festival appearances, Sting has confirmed he will also be playing two UK shows next year.

The Sting 3.0 World Tour will head to London in October 2025 for some unusually intimate performances.

The 73-year-old music icon will go from his headlining show at Latitude Festival to the much smaller Eventim Apollo and O2 Forum Kentish Town.

Sting, who rose to fame as the frontman for The Police, has already been announced for a whopping six festivals performances next year.

He will open his UK summer run at Tetbury Forest Live before playing Isle of Wight Festival, On The Waterfront in Liverpool, and Glasgow’s Summer Sessions.

Then the Every Breath You Take star will head to Cannock Forest Live and Cardiff Depot – ruling himself out for most of Glastonbury weekend.

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He’s got a whopping six festivals already planned (Picture: Andrew Toth/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

These two new shows promise to give a much deeper cut performance, digging into ‘rarities’ in Sting’s extensive discography.

Songs like Englishman in New York and Roxanne will of course be on the set list too but the rock star has been mixing things up recently.

While on tour in Ontario, Canada, Sting performed I Burn For You live for the first time in 34 years – so expect more unexpected tracks.

The tiny O2 Forum will host the Desert Rose singer on October 24, with a maximum capacity of just 2,300.

Days later on October 26 he will play the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, still only slightly bigger with 5,300 spaces up for grabs.

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Sting’s extensive career began in 1977 with The Police, securing numerous hits such as Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon, and Roxanne.

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The new wave band broke up (for the first time) in 1986 but were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

Speaking about his time with the Police, Sting previously told The Sun: ‘We achieved everything we could within a very short space of time, a hundred-fold beyond our expectations.

Sting 3.0 UK Tour Dates 2025

Sting will mainly be playing huge festivals next year, with tickets selling out quickly for the likes of Isle of Wight and Latitude.

For his two London gigs, tickets will go on sale Friday, December 6, at 10am via Ticketmaster with pre-sale options already open.

Sting Tour Dates 2025:

  • June 18 – Tetbury Forest Live
  • June 20 – Isle of Wight Festival
  • June 22 – Liverpool On The Waterfront
  • June 25 – Glasgow Summer Sessions
  • June 27 – Cannock Forest Live
  • June 28 – Cardiff Depot Live
  • July 25 – Latitude Festival
  • October 24 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
  • October 26 – Eventim Apollo, London

‘But being in The Police was limiting. I could see that it would become a diminishing experience in terms of satisfaction. There were three colours in the palette, which made that shade, but I wanted a broader palette.’

Over the years, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, four Oscar nods and is one of the best selling artists ever.

Along with his music career, the Shape of My Heart hitmaker has spent much of his career involved in human rights organisations such as Live Aid and Amnesty International.

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Sting will be joined by long-time collaborator Dominic Miller on guitar and drummer Chris Mass, best known for his work with Mumford and Sons.

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