Michael Hann

The odd couple | 23 May 2019

There were moments when one thought: honestly, how has it come to this?

issue 25 May 2019

  • Sting and Shaggy

    Roundhouse, and touring until 25 May

Many is the pop star who has craved gravitas. Only Sting, however, has pursued it by covering John Dowland on an album on which he played the lute. Only Sting has released an album of winter-themed madrigals. Only Sting has written a musical about the closing of the shipyards in Wallsend.

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