Sting stands behind Shaggy, resting his chin on the Jamaican rapper’s shoulder in a small room at Sear Sound in Midtown Manhattan. As they listen to unmixed tracks for their April 20 Caribbean-flavored album 44/876, Daddy Yankee is across the hall laying down vocals for a song on the set and longtime Sting collaborator Branford Marsalis wanders in to add soprano saxophone flourishes...

Voices, rock, pop, French chanson… this summer on the Palais des Festivals terrace! Sting will be performing on 10 July on the open stage of the Palais des Festivals terrace in Cannes, France. On sale from 2 February at the Palais des Festivals box office, and in all usual outlets, with a special early bird rate available.