Sting opened his Back to Bass Tour last night at a sold-out Wang Theatre at the Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston. The new band comprising of Dominic Miller, Rufus Miller (guitarist), Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer), Peter Tickell (electric fiddle), and Jo Lawry (vocalist) were joined by Chris Botti on two songs. The setlist, which comprised of 21 songs was an exciting mix of solo and Police tunes although heavily biased (16 post-Police songs) towards his solo career with a number of songs being aired for the first time in several years. The Sacred Love and Ten Summoner's Tales albums were particularly well represented with Stolen Car, Inside, Sacred Love and Never Coming Home from the former and Seven Days, Fields Of Gold, Heavy Cloud No Rain and Love Is Stronger Than Justice included in the set. The full set list was:
All This Time
Demolition Man
Seven Days (with Chris Botti)
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
I Hung My Head
Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (with Chris Botti)
Fortress Around Your Heart
Fields Of Gold
Sacred Love
Ghost Story
Heavy Cloud No Rain
Inside
The Hounds Of Winter
Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
Driven To Tears
End Of The Game
Never Coming Home
Lithium Sunset
Every Breath You Take
Next To You
Message In A Bottle
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I wonder if the setlist will change tonight in Boston. It would seem to me that this particular band would be more flexible and capable of altering the songs performed form night to night.
The show had a wonderful ebb and flow, and I honestly thought the encores would never end. You forgot to add Message in a Bottle to the end of the set list. Sting did a wonderful solo acoustic sing along with the crowd.
Sting so enjoyed himself. And really shared himself with the audiance. He has gotten so comfortable with that, delightful to see. Doing it all again in less than 24 hours.