Watch Sting perform ‘I Burn For You’ for the first time in 34 years

23 September, 2024

Sting has performed the rare track ‘I Burn For You’ live for the first time in 34 years – watch the performance below.

‘I Burn For You’ is considered to be one of Sting’s holy grails – he first wrote and recorded the song with his first band Last Exit in the 1970s. In 1981, after joining the Police, the band re-recorded the song but only ever released it in compilations and not a full album.

While performing in Ontario, Canada on Saturday (September 21), the musician pulled out the song for its first live performance since 1990.

Watch fan-shot footage of ‘I Burn For You’ below.

Sting had played ‘I Burn For You’ at a number of sound checks before gigs in 2022, but hasn’t played the track in front of a live audience since 1990. Most recently, ‘I Burn For You’ was included in the Police’s ‘Synchronicity’ boxset, which was released earlier this year.

Last month, Sting teamed up to perform with Philippe Petit as the latter recreated his iconic Twin Towers highwire stunt. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of his Twin Towers highwire stunt – an unauthorised walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City done on August 7th, 1974 – Petit took the opportunity to recreate it at Manhattan’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The 74-year-old French artist walked across the tightrope as Sting sat down below and performed his tracks ‘Fragile’ and ‘Field Of Gold’ while accompanied by a live orchestra. Sting also debuted a new song titled ‘Let the Great World Spin’ from his upcoming musical about Petit.

In other news, Sting is currently on tour across North America. Check out a full list of remaining tour dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.

Sting 2024 tour dates are: 

SEPTEMBER
24 – Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall
27 – St. Louis, Missouri, Busch Stadium %
30 – Philadelphia, Philadelphia, The Met

OCTOBER
01 – Philadelphia, Philadelphia, The Met
04 – Boston, Massachusetts, MGM Music Hall, Fenway Park
06 – Boston, Massachusetts, MGM Music Hall, Fenway Park
07 – Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Paramount
09 – Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Paramount
10 – Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Paramount
12 – Port Chester, New York, The Capitol Theatre
15 – Washington, DC, MGM National Harbor
16 – Washington, DC, MGM National Harbor
20 – Miami, Florida, Fillmore Miami Beach
21 – Miami, Florida, Fillmore Miami Beach
22 – Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre (CEPAC)
25 – San Antonio, Texas, Alamodome %
28 – Chicago, Illinois, Auditorium Theatre
29 – Chicago, Illinois, Auditorium Theatre

NOVEMBER
01 – Chicago, Illinois, Auditorium Theatre
06 – San Francisco, California, The Masonic
07 – San Francisco, California, The Masonic
09 – Las Vegas, Nevada, Allegiant Stadium %
12 – Los Angeles, California, The Wiltern
13 – Los Angeles, California, The Wiltern
15 – Los Angeles, California, The Wiltern

% with Billy Joel

The post Watch Sting perform ‘I Burn For You’ for the first time in 34 years appeared first on NME.