Arts & Entertainment

Sting Adds Jones Beach Show To Summer Tour

Tickets go on sale on April 21 for the September performance.

WANTAGH, NY — Sting is coming to Long Island this summer. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will perform at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Friday, Sept. 8, Sting announced Monday on his website.

The multi-Grammy-Award winner is opening the My Songs autumn US leg of his tour in Wantagh.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 21 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

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Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, was the frontman for The Police, until he went solo in 1986.

The accomplished musician, 71, is also a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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His hits have included "Every Breath You Take," "Roxanne," and "Message in a Bottle."

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