Outlandos
Outlandos fanclub logo, as later incorporated with Sting.com
Fanclub for:	The Police, Sting
Endorsement:	Official
Launch date:	1979-04
Current status:	Inactive (became Sting.com and ThePolice.com)
Country:	International
Annual dues:	Originally ₤2.50, later ₤5.00
Maintainer(s):	Dee, Tina, Dave, Wendy

Outlandos was the original fan club for The Police and later for Sting as a solo artist. It was founded in 1979.

History

In April<ref name="history">Fan Club History Aug 2005. UltraStar Entertainment LLC 05 Mar 2008<http://www.sting.com/members/community/fanclubhistory/></ref> of 1979, the official fanclub for The Police, Outlandos, was launched in London, England. Annual membership dues were at first 2.50 pounds. It was originally run by Dee with assistance from Paul Carter. The fanclub's first newsletters were simple, photocopied sheets of A4 paper with news, information and clippings. Eventually it settled into a regular A5 newsletter format, published quarterly plus a Christmas Card.<ref name="history" />
In the summer of 1983, the BBC held a contest for the best music fanclub, and Outlandos won the competition.<ref name="history" /> Tina became involved in running the club at this time as it grew considerably in size after the publicity.

Subscription flyer sent to potential Outlandos members in the late 1980s.

While retaining the Outlandos name and continuing to provide some coverage of Stewart and Andy's solo activities, the fanclub became more focused on Sting's solo career from the late 1980s onward.[<ref name="history" />
In 1996, Sting fans Dave and Wendy, members of Outlandos opened the Stingchronicity fansite. This site was used by Tina as a way to communicate on-line with Outlandos members and was a semi official, "unofficial" Sting site.<ref name="history" />
In 1996, Sting fans Dave and Wendy, members of Outlandos opened the Stingchronicity fansite. This site was used by Tina as a way to communicate on-line with Outlandos members and was a semi official, "unofficial" Sting site.<ref name="history" />
In 2003, sting.com went through another overhaul with the release of Sacred Love. It was then decided that sting.com would replace the old Outlandos offline fanclub with a new, entirely on-line fanclub.<ref name="history" /> The site would host exclusive content including video and photos available only to subscribers, along with contests and other bonuses. It was an still is run by Dave, Tina and Wendy.

Club benefits

Image of a newsletter published by Outlandos. September 1987 edition.

According to a membership flyer from the late 1980s, members received the following merchandise as benefits for joining the club: