Sting announces UK and Ireland tour for 2024 with special guests Blondie at some dates

30 October 2023, 10:37

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Sting takes My Songs on the road with a number of major outdoor shows.

Sting has announced a number of major shows in the UK and Ireland next summer.

The outdoor concerts in natural surroundings all take place next June, with special guests Blondie appearing at the shows in Belfast and Cork.

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Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 3 at 9am, with Sting.com members already able to buy tickets in a pre-sale.

The My Songs tour will feature a mix of Sting's solo work and his previous hits with The Police, and see the singer backed by a full band.

The UK and Ireland tour dates are as follows.

• 14 June - Delamere Forest, Cheshire UK
• 18 June - Musgrave Park, Cork IE (with Blondie)
• 19 June - Belsonic, Belfast UK (with Blondie)
• 22 June - Thetford Forest, Suffolk UK
• 23 June - Sherwood Pines, Nottinghamshire UK

Sting's last studio album was 2021's The Bridge, led by the single 'If It's Love'.

"These songs are between one place and another, between one state of mind and another, between life and death, between relationships," he said at the time.

"Between pandemics, and between eras – politically, socially and psychologically, all of us are stuck in the middle of something. We need a bridge."