Sting has expanded his upcoming "My Songs" fall tour by tagging on nine new stops on to the itinerary. The legendary singer/songwriter and Police leader has new dates on the books — now hitting New York, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada.
The trek kicks off over two nights — September 1st and 2nd — at Vienna, Virginia's Wolf Trap and comes to a close on October 15th in The Woodlands, Texas at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
Sting told us that surprisingly, touring the world is in many ways far easier than being holed up in a recording studio for months on end: ["Touring, I find, in some ways, relaxing because I don't have to think very much. All the decisions are already made, and I just get up there and do my thing. It's like being a tennis player or something. Whereas when I get into this period of trying to be creative, I have to reinvent the game from scratch. One of the, the attractions about touring is that it's all kind of done. You just go through the motions, y'know — you just sing, you play the stroke, you move in a certain way — and you don't use your brain very much."] SOUNDCUE (:26 OC: . . . brain very much)
UPDATED: Sting North American tour dates (subject to change):
September 1, 2 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
September 3 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
September 5 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
September 7 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 8 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
September 12 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live
September 15 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
September 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
September 20 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 23 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
September 26 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
September 27 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
September 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
October 1 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
October 2 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
October 4 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
October 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
October 9 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
October 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
October 14 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
October 15 – The Woodlands, TX- The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion