Sting at The Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis MN (2026-10-13)

Message in a Bottle (The Police song)
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Englishman in New York
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (The Police song)
Fields of Gold
Never Coming Home
Seven Days
Why Should I Cry for You?
Mad About You
When We Dance
Driven to Tears (The Police song)
A Thousand Years
Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police song)
Shape of My Heart
So Lonely (The Police song)
Desert Rose
Every Breath You Take (The Police song)

Encore:
Roxanne (The Police song)
Fragile

CHANCE EMERSON SETLIST 

These Days (Jackson Browne cover)
Plant a Forest
Doing A Number
Honey
The Raspberry Man
Mine All Mine

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OCT 17 Stifel Theatre – St. Louis, MO
OCT 19 The Truth – Nashville, TN
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OCT 23 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
OCT 26 Montreal, QC Théâtre St-Denis
OCT 27 Montreal, QC Théâtre St-Denis
OCT 29 Montreal, QC Théâtre St-Denis
OCT 30 Montreal, QC Théâtre St-Denis
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NOV 2 Akron, OH E J Thomas Performing Arts Hall
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NOV 18 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
NOV 19 New York, NY Florence Gould Theater
NOV 20 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
NOV 21 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
NOV 24 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live Orlando
NOV 25 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock
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JUN 4 Salzburg, AT Residenzplatz
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JUN 10 Łódź, PL Atlas Arena
JUN 12 Magdeburg, DE Event Plaza
JUN 13 Berlin, DE Citadel Music Festival
JUN 15 Esch, LU Openair Belval
JUN 17 Rastatt, DE Ehrenhof des Residenzschlosses
JUN 20 Hemer, DE Sauerlandpark OpenAir
JUN 22 Wiesbaden, DE Brita Arena
JUN 24 Ruoms, FR Aluna Festival
JUN 26 Fulda, DE Domplatz
JUN 27 Konstanz, DE Klein Venedig
JUN 29 Heidenheim, DE Brenzpark
JUN 30 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, AT Wörthersee Ostbucht
JUL 2 Rome, IT Cavea (Rome Summer Fest)
JUL 4 Asti, IT Piazza Alfieri
JUL 6 Verona, IT Verona Arena
JUL 9 Kestenholz, CH St. Peter at set
JUL 11 Montauban, FR Montauban en Scène
JUL 13 Clert-Ferrand, FR Europavox
JUL 15 Chantilly, FR Chantilly Castle Open Air
JUL 16 Louhans, FR Nuits Bressannes
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Like slipping on a familiar pair of shoes, Sting has returned to play in a power trio format–

The Sting 3.0 Tour finds the aka Gordon Sumner in a familiar band lineup, but instead of Andy and Stewart; we have longtime guitarist Dom Miller and drummer Chris Maas making up the three-piece, which made a stop in downtown Minneapolis at The Orpheum for a set of two intimate shows.

Sting is now 75 years-young and still spry and energetic for someone of his age (the tantric and yoga exercises must be working out) and with Copeland and Summers suing their bandmate last September for ‘digital exploitation’ and underpaid royalties, there’s likely no chance of The Police reuniting that one last time.

Earlier this year, Sting paid out over $800K to his former bandmates to settle things and he’s already sold off his publishing rights in 2022, so there’s no real urge for any reunion, which is why our resident fan-in-the-stands decided this was the time to cross the singer off his concert bucket list (more motivated than Sting’s last show in town, with Shaggy at the Armory).

The show itself is somewhat stripped-down, more so than The Police would have performed it, which gives extra attention to the songs themselves, and the musicianship of each member. Some tunes were sometimes rearranged, but always stayed recognizable and the call-and-response with the crowd, such as on the opening “Message in a Bottle”, proved how timeless so many of those hits (some, a half-century old!), really are.

He paid homage to the metro area between songs, both for their resilience during the ICE raids earlier in the year, and for the decaded-long support that began with such early gigs as the classic 1979 show at the long-gone Longhorn. Pre-pandemic, we were slated to see him in the lead of his The Last Ship musical; which had a scheduled run at The Ordway, but post-lockdown, that was never rescheduled.

With this lineup, Sting’s voice and bass can be more in the spotlight and Miller (who’s been with Sting, off and on, for some 35 yrs) was able to shine, more on lesser-known tracks like “Never Coming Home.”The setlist proved to be a good mix of his solo years, mixed with several Police classics, even going back to the earliest days with “Can’t Stand Losing You” and “So Lonely.”

Closing the main set with The Police’s biggest hit, “Every Breath You Take”, they returned for a two-song encore, which began with that band’s breakthrough smash, “Roxanne”, before finishing on a quieter note, preferring to end his shows with a more tranquil and thoughtful number.

He switched to classical guitar for a solo rendering of 1987’s “Fragile”, dedicated to three local residents that fell victim to said raids, for a stark reminder of truly fragile we, and the neighborhood and city around us, can really be.