anyone think his setlist will change or will the script continue? --- StingUs <frotri@panafonet.gr> wrote:

Sting, Lennox Talk About Summer Tour By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer

NEW YORK -- Old friends Annie Lennox and Sting have different recollections of when they first met. While the 52-year-old Sting recalls meeting the songstress at the BBC television network more than 20 years ago, Lennox remembers a different scenario.

"Someone approached me and said, `Sting would like to have to have his picture taken with you,'" Lennox told The Associated Press. "I felt really funny because at that time, he was the megagod that he still is, and I was like this aspiring thing."

When Lennox tried to prod his memory, Sting mumbled, "I don't remember."

"You see, how nothing I was!" Lennox, 49, laughed.

The pair will have plenty of time to reminisce as they tour together for the first time this summer. The "Sacred Love" tour, which kicks off June 27 in Philadelphia, will end in Canada on Oct. 12.

In an exclusive joint phone interview with the AP on Friday, Lennox and Sting said they hadn't decided on how the tour will develop, or whether they'll sing together -- but said they're happy to be performing on the same show.

"I actually think that camaraderie and friendship is actually essential and it has to run from the bottom to the top," Lennox said.

"For me, it's creating one show out of what would normally be two shows," Sting said. "It's our stage, and I want people to go away thinking, `That was the best show that I ever saw.'"

The pair sang each other's praises, recalled old times and talked as if they hadn't seen each other in some time, when they'd actually been at the same event last month, as competitors at the Academy Awards.

Both were nominated for the best song Oscar -- Lennox for co-writing "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and Sting for writing "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain."

Lennox won the Oscar, one of 11 awards "The Return of the King" won that night, including best picture.

"It was like popping champagne bottles every five seconds," Lennox said of the evening.

"I was having the opposite reaction," Sting jokingly groused. Source: Metromix --- Sting, Lennox team for 'Love' tour By JAM! Music Sting has announced plans for an upcoming North American tour with Annie Lennox, and it includes five Canadian dates.

The 42-date stint is scheduled to begin on on June 27th in Philadelphia and will wrap up at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary on October 12.

The tour's other Canadian stops include Montreal's Bell Centre on July 13, Toronto's Air Canada Centre on July 14, Vancouver's GM Place on October 9, and Edmonton's Rexall Centre on October 11.

Tickets for the Toronto show go on sale on March 13 through Ticketmaster. On sale dates for the other Canadian shows were not immediately available.

Sting's latest recording, "Sacred Love," currently sits at No. 83 on Nielsen SoundScan's Top 100 selling albums in Canada.

Lennox won an Oscar for her song "Into The West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Her last album was 2003's "Bare."

Here is the tour itinerary for the 2004 summer "Sacred Love" tour:

June 27 Philadelphia Tweeter Center June 28 Boston Tweeter Center July 01 Wantagh Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater July 04 Saratoga Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 05 Uncasville Mohegan Sun July 07 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center July 09 Washington DC Nissan Pavilion July 10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pavilion July 11 Buffalo Darien Lake Performing Arts Center July 13 Montreal Bell Centre July 14 Toronto Air Canada Centre July 16 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills July 17 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater July 18 Chicago Tweeter Center July 20 Minneapolis Target Center July 21 Kansas City Verizon Amphitheater July 23 Indianapolis Verizon Amphitheater July 25 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center July 27 Columbus Germain Amphitheater July 28 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium Sept 02 Atlanta Philips Arena Sept 03 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion Sept 04 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion Sept 06 Nashville Starwood Amphitheater Sept 08 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheater Sept 09 Tampa Tampa Amphitheater Sept 17 San Antonio Verizon Amphitheater Sept 18 Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sept 19 Dallas Smirnoff Amphitheater Sept 22 Denver Pepsi Arena Sept 24 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena Sept 25 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion Sept 26 San Diego Coors Light Amphitheater Sept 28 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Oct 01 Los Angeles Verizon Amphitheater Oct 02 San Francisco Shoreline Amphitheater Oct 03 Concord Chronicle Pavilion Oct 05 Sacramento Sleep Train Amphitheater Oct 08 Seattle White River Amphitheater Oct 09 Vancouver General Motors Place Oct 11 Edmonton Rexall Centre Oct 12 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome --- Source: Press release by Clear Channel Entertainment STING, ANNIE LENNOX and guest; SACRED LOVE TOUR 2004

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004--STING and ANNIE LENNOX, two of the world's most talented and beloved performers will be touring together this summer as the Sacred Love Tour continues throughout North America. Sting, Annie Lennox and guest (to be announced) will perform in Amphitheatres and arenas beginning on June 27th at the Tweeter Center in Philadelphia. The tour is presented by Clear Channel Entertainment and produced by RZO Entertainment, Inc.

As a musician, Sting has remained at the forefront of public consciousness for over two decades and has written some of the most enduring songs of our time. His latest recording, Sacred Love - released in September '03 to both critical and commercial success - is a perfect example. As an accompaniment to the album, Sting released Inside The Songs of Sacred Love a DVD, which allows viewers to join the artist for the very first time on his journey as he creates and performs his new album. In addition to having released his tenth solo album, Sting has also published his memoirs, entitled Broken Music, which has remained on various Bestsellers lists since its release. Of equally impressive note is Sting's tireless support of human rights organizations. In 1989, Sting, along with his wife Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Foundation to protect both the world's rainforests and their indigenous peoples. Together, they have raised more than $18 million with 13 benefit concerts held to raise funds and awareness of our planet's

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