![]() ![]() ![]() Upon completing it, he confessed to the audience: ''There were two mistakes in that song, both mine, but I kept a straight face. Sting also debuted a new instrumental, 'I Miss You, Kate', named for one of his daughters. The woman who shouted the request was another former Colaiuta employer, Joni Mitchell, one of several luminaries in a star-studded crowd that also included Bruce Springsteen and girlfriend Patti Scialfa, actors Dennis Hopper and Wynona Ryder, and Herb Alpert (the former trumpet-playing leader of the Tijuana Brass and the co-founder of the record company for which Sting records, A&M).įor those fans within earshot of Mitchell, the 110-minute concert offered the added attraction of hearing pop's fabled Lady of the Canyon sing along in blissful, gospel-inflected harmony when Sting led the audience in call-and-response vocals on the Police's 'Message in a Bottle' and 'When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around'. ''Vinnie'' is Vinnie Colaiuta, who rose to fame as Frank Zappa's most accomplished drummer before becoming one of Los Angeles' top studio drummers and the sometime sticksman for pop-jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour. ![]() The air was filled with a cacophony of voices screaming out old favorites by the Police, various Sting solo hits and, in one instance that caused Sting to laugh, the lounge lizard standard, 'The Shadow of Your Smile'.īut the most distinctive request was made by a woman who yelled: ''Give Vinnie a solo!'' Sting was not quite halfway through his sold-out concert at the Wiltern Theater Monday night when he invited the audience to shout out their musical requests. Sting sprinkles surprises into concert before star-studded crowd. ![]()
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