Sting - 1988-02-02 - Philadelphia PA (HQ Aud)

Sting

1988-02-02

The Spectrum

Philadelphia PA

HQ Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. intro > Lazarus Heart > Too Much Information

02. We'll Be Together

03. Englishman In New York

04. Sister Moon

05. Rock Steady

06. Straight To My Heart

07. One World

08. History Will Teach Us Nothing > Get Up Stand Up

09. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

10. Sting speaks

11. Consider Me GonE

12. Bring On The Night > When The World is Running Down

2nd Set:

01. They Dance Alone

02. Be Still My Beating Heart

03. Fragile

04. Little Wing > From Me To You

05. Roxanne

06. Fortress Around Your Heart

07. Don't Stand Do Close To Me

08. Don't Stand Do Close To Me reprise

Sting - 1988-02-02 - Philadelphia PA (HQ Aud)

1988 - In October 1987, Sting released his 2nd solo album entitled Nothing Like The Sun. The disc went to #9 in the US, propelled to that spot by the single, We’ll Be Together, which rose to the #7 position on the Billboard charts. The album did even better in other parts of the world, reaching the #1 position, for example, in the UK, Japan and Italy, as well as climbing to the #3 spot in France, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to We’ll Be Together, the album spawned 2 other top 100 singles in the US, Englishman in New York which charted at #84 and Be Still My Beating Heart, which rose to the #15 position. The album was inspired by 2 tragic events in Sting’s life - the death of his mother and the civil oppression in Latin America that he had witnessed while participating in a 1986 Amnesty International tour. The somber tone of the album, however, did not stop it from becoming Sting’s best selling disc worldwide, with sales of over 11 million copies. This high quality audience recording captures Sting on Tour in support of Nothing Like the Sun in Philadelphia on February 2, 1988. 29 years ago today.