At 74 years old, and after a storied career with both The Police and as a solo and collaborative artist, Sting has little if anything left to prove.
His minimalist show with his band Tuesday night at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater featured none of the distractions of the overproduced spectacles of many bands. Gone was the energetic dancing by crowds of young fans reveling in the new wave sounds of The Police. Let’s be honest, most of the crowd is closer to retirement age than the minimum drinking age
It was just Sting and two other musicians taking the audience on a beautiful, albeit calmer, tour of his catalog of pop songs and many hits…