

This first full-length biography of the Newcastle schoolteacher who became Sting explores the substance behind the rock-star cliche as it examines the creative disagreements - and physical violence - among The Police; the musical intelligence that consistently produced Grammy-winning...

Touted by fans for his charisma and scorned by critics for his egomania, Sting is one of the most commercially successful and most controversial rock artists performing today. A schoolteacher from Newcastle, Sting soared to international fame and the top of the seventies rock...
