Sting - Nothing Like The Rising Sun (2026)

MAGICAL 1988 BROADCAST FROM THE TOKYO DOME • Sting’s first solo album, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featured jazz musicians including Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones, Omar Hakim and Branford Marsalis. It included the hit singles ‘If You Love Somebody Set Them Free’, ‘Fortress Around Your Heart’, ‘Love Is the Seventh Wave’ and ‘Russians’. Within a year, the album had reached Triple Platinum. It received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance and Best Engineered Recording. • In 1985, Sting provided spoken vocals for the Miles Davis album You're Under Arrest, taking the role of a French-speaking police officer. He also sang backing vocals on Arcadia's single ‘The Promise’ and on two songs from Phil Collins' album No Jacket Required. • Sting released his sophomore record, ...Nothing Like the Sun in 1987, including singles, ‘We'll Be Together’, ‘Fragile’, ‘Englishman in New York’ and ‘Be Still My Beating Heart’, dedicated to his mother, who had recently died. It went Double Platinum. The album won Best British Album at the 1988 Brit Awards and in 1989 received three Grammy nominations including his second consecutive nomination for Album of the Year. • Playing a wonderful show on this date, the entire concert is now available on this new 2CD set, made available here for the first time.