With a new album out, Sting talks to Craig McLean about ageing, rock ’n’ roll parenting - and being a milkman's son turned Picasso-owning millionaire. "I get confused when people say 'purple’,” murmurs a man dressed in fashionably battered blacks and greys (knackered trainers, distressed jeans, holey jumper). “Anything that’s slightly in the gaps of the spectrum, I can’t really figure it out...”

On Wednesday, October 26, The GRAMMY Museum will present An Evening With Sting at the Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles. The evening, moderated by GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, will feature a discussion surrounding Sting’s forthcoming solo album, 57th & 9th (out November 11), as well as an intimate acoustic performance...