Left, RCT council is not the first example of new identities - people like
Gordon Sumner (Sting) and Reg Dwight (Elton John) also decided a change of name was in order.
Sting - real name
Gordon Sumner - was praised by the writers at Wine Spectator, a US publication considered an industry bible.
WATCHING YOU Sting plays the O2 in Dublin tomorrow night STAR PUPIL When he was
Gordon Sumner SIRENS With The police in the 1980s IN LOVE With his wife Trudie Styler STRING 'EM ALONG Performing with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra on his new tour
That's because the I Blame Coco frontwoman is the daughter of
Gordon Sumner - better known to the world as rock superstar Sting.
London, Sep 30 (ANI): Brit musician
Gordon Sumner, a.k.a.
Gordon Sumner is the real name of which British singer?
In which English city was musician Sting (
Gordon Sumner) born in 1951?
Sting, real name
Gordon Sumner, received a Variety Club Silver Heart for his "outstanding contribution to the world of music and his work with world conservation charities".
On this day in 1982, The Police - fronted by Wallsend's very own
Gordon Sumner, aka Sting - were rocking out at the same venue.
Deeds show his parents - Audrey and Ernest Sumner - bought the semidetached home in Thirlmere Avenue for PS4,400 in October 1966, when Sting - or
Gordon Sumner as he was known - was 15.
BIRTHDAYS (tomorrow): Anna Ford, broadcaster, 73; Don McLean, folk singer, 71; Sir Trevor Brooking, football pundit, 68; Donna Karan, fashion designer, 68; Richard Hell, rock singer/writer, 67; Mike Rutherford, rock musician, 66; Sting (
Gordon Sumner), singer, 65; Philip Oakey, pop singer (The Human League), 61; Jana Novotna, former tennis player, 48; Simon Gregson, actor, 42.
Gordon Sumner used to board the 8.42am train to Central Station and catch a bus up the West Road to St Cuthbert's Grammar School, where he excelled at athletics and rugby.
Sting, real name
Gordon Sumner, said: "People reacted to The Police coming back as if mum and dad had got together, you could see that emotion in the audience.
Sting, whose real name is
Gordon Sumner, became an international star after The Police had hits with Roxanne, Message In A Bottle and Don't Stand So Close To Me.
