Sting And Peter Gabriel To Co-Headline Summer Tour

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LONDON (AP) — Sting and Peter Gabriel are joining forces, bands and songs for a joint headline tour across North America and Canada.

The artists will perform each other's songs for a tour that they hope will have a playful vibe. They joke that they'll be making all decisions by playing the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors" —the name of the tour.

 

Sting & Peter Gabriel - Rock Paper Scissors - 19 City Tour Kicks off June 21. Tickets go on general sale next Monday –...
Posted by Sting on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

We are pleased to announce today that Peter will be touring together with Sting in the USA & Canada during June and July 2016.Full details here: http://petergabriel.com/news/peter-and-sting-tour-2016/
Posted by Peter Gabriel on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Sting says the tour announced Tuesday will be similar to one with Paul Simon about a year ago.

"We traded songs, we traded musicians, we sang together. And the take home that people got from that was they loved it when we did things together," Sting told The Associated Press.

The "Rock Paper Scissors" tour kicks off on June 21 in Columbus, Ohio and finishes up in Canada on July 24.

Check out the full list of dates below:

June 21: Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
June 23: Washington, DC, Verizon Center
June 24: Wantagh, NY, Jones Beach
June 26: Philadelphia, PA, BB&T Pavilion
June 27: New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
June 29: Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
June 30: Detroit, MI, The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 02: Worcester, MA, DCU Center
July 05: Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
July 07: Québec, QC, Festival d’été de Québec (Plains of Abraham)
July 09: Chicago, IL, United Center
July 10: Milwaukee, WI, Summerfest
July 12: Denver, CO, Pepsi Center
July 14: San Jose, CA, SAP Center at San Jose
July 15: Lake Tahoe, NV, Harvey’s
July 17: Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl
July 21: Seattle, WA, Key Arena
July 23: Calgary, AB, Scotiabank Saddledome
July 24: Edmonton, AB, Rexall Place

 

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