Category:1985

• in January 1985 Sting watches a Larry Williams gig in New York to see Branford Marsalis perform (Musician - July 1985) - Larry Williams played his first of three gigs at NY's Seventh Avenue South on Thursday, January 10 (New York Times review from January 14).

• Sting in "The Beat" t-shirt at Area night club Sci-Fi in the corridor party - photos developed by B. Buchanan (saved e-mail!) on February 13, so the party was probably in the week before (Sting was in London on Feb. 11 for the awards) -- the club was open from Wednesday to Saturday - that would mean Feb 6-9 are possible dates for this !

There's also a photo of Sting pouring a bottle of beer over scientist (inventor of the cordless guitar among others) Kenny Schaffer's head at that venue (dated in a magazine as "February" as well.

Kenny took Sting up to his sky lab to watch a Russian symphony perform 'Porgy and Bess'.

source: https://www.sting.com/news/title/Interview:%20ROLLING%20STONE%20(1985)

Sting wrote “Russians” after hanging out all night watching Soviet TV at Columbia University with Kenny in 1986 (sic) (i.e. Harriman Institute at Columbia University)

source: https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/wtf-k-kenny-schaffer-breaks-radio-silence/

more about Russians from report from March 18, 1985 by David H. Van Biema: "But the visit that has tickled the inventor the most in recent weeks was the one from Sting. The rock star took in a few hours of viewing in preparation for a Soviet trip and felt inspired to pen a new song, Do Russians Love Their Children Too? Schaffer was elated. Not only had the visit neatly tied up the two halves of his career, but it thrills him, he says, that “one of the world’s greatest communicators” has been moved to art by his invention."

source: probably New York Post

• Andy had another photo exhibition at The Photographer's Gallery in London in February 1985 - he seems to have been there on several days, then leaving for America to attend the Grammy Awards, where he accepted an award for himself and Robert Fripp for best album sleeve design (Outlandos newsletter March 1985)

• Andy is in Los Angeles in March 1985 - working on a movie script for "The Chord" or "The Lost Chord". He also bought a loft in New York...

Sting was inspired and bought his own. (Outlandos newsletter March 1985)

• elsewhere it's mentioned that he spent a month in a UK studio in the spring of 1985 to record demos for XYZ

• Gettyimages pics by Dave Hogan list Sting outside / Duran Duran outside / Dire Straits live images for May 15, 1985 at Montreux Pop Festival (Dire Straits gigs list May 8 and 9 / Duran gig listed for May 10)

===> check sources for May 26 date (newsletters? / magazines ?)

• Stewart attends the Cannes Film Festival (May 8-20) for a Rhythmatist screening - also competing in a champagne drinking competition (Outlandos newsletter June 1985)
• Stewart promotes The Rhythmatist in London in mid-May (Melody Maker interview May 25, 1985), also beginning to play polo again
• STewart at APRS exhibition at Kensington Exhibition Centre - took place from June 12-14, 1985 --- about recording equipment (Music Week - June 22, 1985 : https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-06-22-IDX-4.pdf#search=%22stewart%20copeland%22 )
• Stewart interview with Peter Trollope in Liverpool Echo - Friday 21 June 1985 --- took place in Liverpool's Armadillo tea rooms

• Andy is in Bournemouth in mid-June to write songs for a solo album - allegedly recording in Japan he's supposed to leave for the East in July for recording until August (Outlandos newsletter June 1985)

• Outlandos mini-bulletin July 1985 mentions that Sting re-mixed Love Is The Seventh Wave in Paris "last week" - i.e. around July 15-21 (according other news posted for that week)

• Stewart in Dallas (Dallas-Ft. Worth polo club also Redbeard interview also Buzz Welker ranch jamming) :Stewart Copeland info

3/4 tape of Tony Mills says JULY 1985 !! August (Tony) / mid-September-early October (Brian) Tony: August 1985. I have a 3/4” take of him talking as we drove him to an interview with Red Beard (a radio dj) he asked if we could get him some pot. No machines to play it on though... 3/4” videotape The band was The Mad Daddies from Tulsa, OK Redbeard – a member of the Polo Club was murdered the night before the Polo match – in the parking lot of the Stoneleigh Hotel where HardRockCafe co-founder Isaac Tigrett had a cocktail reception for Stewart. Charity event the next day. Brian: murder was an armed robbery in the parking lot of the Stoneleigh Pea across the street from the hotel, victim computer business owner from Flower Mound, TX Brian – mid-September – mid-October – Stewart in town for about 3 days with 3 other friends / polo players for the UK – probably arriving on Friday / leaving early on Monday, best guess Sept.13 and Oct. 11. He came back the next year as well in the same time period. The connection was my dad Buzz who was a Polo pro and owned the polo club in Flower Mound about 20 miles north of Dallas. He gave Copeland some polo lessons in the UK I believe when he was just starting. Tony & Brian: party at Isaac Tigrett’s penthouse in 1986 (!) with paraphernalia that would later go to HardRockCafes Tony: playing “Secret Agent Man” Brian: Message ? maybe Walking ? Tony: Message, yes. 3 or 4 songs Tony: 1985 – playing in the stables (bw pic by Laura Baker, now Stanton) Plano, TX, polo after party Brian: that was Flower Mound, TX Tony: 1986 – playing on trailer outside, the broom ball game at the mall The broom ball game was at the Galleria Mall. Opened at midnight just for us., penthouse party at Isaac’s (1986, cause Loreen was there) Brian Just remembered that Tommy Lee Jones was there as well. Copeleand was the big star and he was just some Hollywood guy. 30 years on I'd say it would be a complete 180. Tony She was always kind of a bitch anyways.. but she was and is a beautiful woman Yeah Tommy Lee smokes all my cigs and then suggested I leave to get more. When I came back he and Laura were gone and we didn’t see her again that night Brian So it was I met Tommy Lee Jones and all I got was this stupid cig butt.? Anyway I think we were both hooked up way better than could be expected.

parking lot robbery was in September 1986 (!) : https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1989/september/law-strange-lawsuit-of-the-month-2/

murder: september 14, 1986 according to : https://casetext.com/case/garrison-v-fielding-reinsurance

• Sting attended Stewart Copeland's screening of The Rhythmatist at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles - mentioned in Detroit Free Press on July 26, 1985. A picture in Billboard (August 24, 1985) shows Stewart with A&M marketing vice president Bob Reitman, Miles Copeland and A&M video director Sherry Marsh.

• a July (?) clipping mentions talking to Sting on the phone during a promotional tour from Canada !

• Sting spends two weeks at the Red Sea before going to Japan (Aug.7) - Gert Bruch's book

• In Tokyo (August) Sting is interviewed by Eberhard Schoener, who had met him a month before...

• On August 15, 1985 - a promo letter announces that SC composes music to The Equalizer - which premiered on September 25, 1985

• Billboard - October 26, 1985: Stewart recently finished the soundtrack for the Equalizer TV series at Unique Recording Studios - with Jeff Seitz assisting, Michael Finlayson and Chris Lord-Alge engineering and Jeff Lord-Alge assisting them. Stewart used the Fairlight IIX with SMPTE/MIDI card.

• at some point in 1985 Andy re-married Kate on their own lawn in Los Angeles http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4711989/Back-on-the-beat.html

• Outlandos mini-bulletin November 1985 mentions that Andy Summers was still in America and was hoping to return for Sting's January 1986 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall