For the last two years, Sting has been on the road with Paul Simon in a show that mixed the music of the two artists over the course of an evening.
This year, Sting has a new touring partner in Peter Gabriel. Like the Simon tour, the evening sees the two artists not only doing their own hits but also songs from each other’s catalogs; however, this time around there are a number of songs where both artists took to the stage with one in support of the other.
For Gabriel, much of his evening was centered around the album So with five of the albums nine songs in the set list. Gabriel only took on one of Sting’s songs with If You Love Somebody Set Them Free.
Sting’s songs were a bit more wide ranging. He favored the music of his Police years, taking on seven of their songs compared to his solo years which were represented by five tracks. He also covered two Gabriel songs, Shock the Monkey and Kiss That Frog.
The tour opened on Tuesday night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH.
Main Set
Peter Gabriel
The Rhythm of the Heat (from Peter Gabriel (Security), 1982)
Sting
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (from Ten Summoner’s Tales, 1993)
Peter Gabriel
No Self Control (from Peter Gabriel (Melt), 1980)
Sting with Peter Gabriel
Invisible Sun (from the Police album Ghost in the Machine, 1981)
Peter Gabriel with Sting
Games Without Frontiers (from Peter Gabriel (Melt), 1980)
Sting with Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey (from Peter Gabriel’s Peter Gabriel (Security), 1982)
Peter Gabriel
Secret World (from Us, 1992)
Sting
Driven to Tears (from the Police album Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980)
Fragile (from …Nothing Like the Sun, 1987)
Peter Gabriel
Red Rain (from So, 1986)
Sting with Peter Gabriel
Message in a Bottle (from the Police album Regatta de Blanc, 1979)
Peter Gabriel
Darkness (from Up, 2002)
Sting
Walking in Your Footsteps (from the Police album Synchronicity, 1983)
Kiss That Frog (from Peter Gabriel’s Us, 1992)
Peter Gabriel
Don’t Give Up (from So, 1986)
Sting
The Hounds of Winter (from Mercury Falling, 1996)
Peter Gabriel with Sting
Big Time (from So, 1986)
Sting with Peter Gabriel
Englishman in New York (from …Nothing Like the Sun, 1987)
Peter Gabriel with Sting
Solsbury Hill (from Peter Gabriel (Car), 1977)
Sting
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (from the Police album Ghost in the Machine, 1981)
Peter Gabriel
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (from Sting’s The Dream of Blue Turtles, 1985)
Sting
Roxanne (from the Police album Outlandos d’Amour, 1978)
Peter Gabriel
Love Can Heal (new song)
Sting
Desert Rose (from Brand New Day, 1999)
Peter Gabriel with Sting
In Your Eyes (from So, 1986)
Encore
Sting with Peter Gabriel
Every Breath You Take (from the Police album Synchronicity, 1983)
Peter Gabriel with Sting
Sledgehammer (from So, 1986)
