Sting Postpones Multiple Appearances During Lingering Illness

Sting has canceled an upcoming appearance and postponed three shows during an ongoing illness.

“On the advice of his doctor, due to illness, it is with great regret that Sting must cancel his appearance at the Bass Magazine Awards this Thursday,” read a statement shared via the 73-year-old singer’s Instagram on Tuesday, January 21.

Sting was scheduled to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bass Magazine Awards in Santa Ana, California, on Thursday, January 23. He is also currently on the STING 3.0 concert tour, and two dates have been pushed to the summer.

The star’s Phoenix show, originally scheduled for Friday, January 24, has been moved to Sunday, June 1 and the Wheatland, California tour stop, originally set for Sunday, January 26, has been to move to Wednesday, May 28, the statement revealed. Sting was also scheduled to perform at the Cherrytree Music Company’s 20th anniversary on Saturday, January 25. This has since been postponed until Thursday, May 29.

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“Fans should keep their tickets for the postponed shows, as they will be honored on the new dates,” the Instagram statement concluded. “Sting sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience and extends his gratitude to the fans for their understanding.”

Details about the singer’s illness have not been disclosed.

Sting is set to return to the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis side by side Billy Joel early next month before traveling to South America as part of the STING 3.0 tour.

The British singer was famously a member of the Force (alongside Andy Summers a Stewart Copeland) before leaves the band during a concert in August 1983. His first solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtleswas released in 1985 and has since dropped 14 solo records.

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“I don’t think any grown man can be in a band, to be honest,” Sting said during an interview in 2022 about his decision to leave the Police. “A band is a gang of teenagers. Who wants to be in a teenage gang when you’re hitting 70? It doesn’t allow you to evolve.”

He continued, “You have to obey the rules and the attitude of the band. As much as I love the (Mutation) Stones a AC/DCit’s hard to see growth in their music. For me, the band was just a vehicle for the songs and not the other way around.”

Despite his rather strong feelings about the group, Sting reunited with the Force for a reunion tour in 2007.