Sting and Peter Gabriel Tour Announced

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Sting and Peter Gabriel Tour Announcement, screen cap

We’ve posted news recently of some major 2016 tours of classic rock acts. Now comes word of a Sting and Peter Gabriel tour for this summer. Their Rock Paper Scissors tour will visit select North American cities this June and July (complete itinerary below).

Having first toured together in the eighties for Amnesty International, #RockPaperScissors will find Gabriel and Sting performing both separately and together, playing their own songs as well as melding their bands to explore each other’s most celebrated hits.

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The 64-year-old Sting last toured America in 2014 when he teamed with Paul Simon. In the interim his __ opened on Broadway. As the frontman for The Police, he enjoyed six Top 10 singles including the #1 hit “Every Breath You Take.” His biggest solo hits include “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” “Fortress Around Your Heart” and “We’ll Be Together.”

After leaving Genesis, the 65-year-old Gabriel enjoyed a huge solo career with the #1 chart hit “Sledgehammer” as well as “Shock the Monkey” and “In Your Eyes,” among others. This tour puts any potential Genesis reunion plans involving Gabriel to rest.

Here’s the video announcement that the two released…

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY – 2016
June 21 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
June 23 Washington, DC Verizon Center
June 24 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Mon.
June 26 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion
June 27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
June 29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
June 30 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 02 Worcester, MA DCU Center
July 03 Brooklyn, NY Coney Island Amphitheater
July 05 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
July 07 Québec, QC Festival d’été de Québec (Plains of Abraham)
July 09 Chicago, IL United Center
July 10 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
July 12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
July 14 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose
July 15 Lake Tahoe, NV Harvey’s
July 17 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
July 18 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
July 21 Seattle, WA Key Arena
July 23 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
July 24 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place

STING EUROPEAN ITINERARY – 2016
July 27 Rome, Italy Auditorium Parco Della Musica
July 28 Florence, Italy Arena Ippodromo del Visarno
July 29 Milan, Italy Assago Summer Arena
July 31 Wiesbaden, Germany Bowling Green
Aug 01 Berlin, Germany Waldbuhne
Aug 02 Sopot, Poland Forest Opera
Aug 04 Elsinore, Denmark Kulturværftet
Aug 05 Skanderborg, Denmark Smukfest
Aug 06 Hamar, Norway Stortorget