Sting.com has announced Chris Botti as the opening act for the North American shows. I'm sure many people will be thrilled, but I am disappointed. I like Chris' work, but it's sleepy time, easy listening, office appropriate music for me. Not anything I'm looking forward to. I suppose it will work well in the small theaters. But what happened to rock? It's like when Sting opened the BND shows with a Thousand Years. People who were standing up cheering and yelling their heads off when he came out slumped down in their seats and fell asleep for the next hour until Every Little Thing! Maybe I'm just trying to avoid getting old, but the bands I listen to ARE NOT of the Chris Botti variety. Maggie