The former Sting of the band from The Police sue the soloist “for millions of pounds in lost copyright”, according to the Daily Mail Online
The 73 -year -old Aristian received a citation from guitarist Andy Summers and battery Stewart Copeland.
Request for damages “Substantial” Formulated by former colleagues comes after many years of fierce legal disputes.
“This situation has been foreshadowed for some time. The lawyers have repeatedly tried to reach an extrajudicial understanding, but they arrived in a deadlock. Andy and Stewart decided that there is no alternative than the court, so they pressed the button. They claim to be due to millions of pounds from uncomured copyrights“, A source for The Sun said.
The High Court in London has registered the case in the section “General Commercial contracts and agreements”. Sting is a defendant, under his real name, Gordon Matthew Sumner, and his company, Magnetic Publishing Limited, also appears as a defendant.
How much does the extinguishes of the Hit of Every Breath You Take
Estimates show that Sting would earn 550,000 pounds a year of copyright only for the Hit of Every Breth You Take, the fifth most sold song of the 80s.
Summers and Copeland’s bandmates, who were not mentioned as authors of the play on single, are considered prejudiced.
The Police story, started promisingly, ended steeply
The New Wave The Police band formed in London in 1977, and became famous for the second album, regulated by Blanc, the first of the four albums that reached the top of the rankings.
The band had five single singles in the UK and arrived first in the US with Every Breath You Take.
The last tournament of the band ended in 1984, without any goodbye between members or their fans. The three made public their problems with ironic jokes in the studio and even during the interviews.
The Police has broken down and dissolved with resentment and anger, and Sting continued to sing as a solo artist.
However, The Police returned surprisingly with a tour between 2007 and 2008, and for the 151 concerts, the band has traveled worldwide, from Europe to South America.
The Police band interpreting “Message in a Bottle”. Photo capture youtube
The return tour brought Summers million dollars a night.
The meeting brought to the band an income of 292 million pounds, the Summers guitarist declaring for The Telegraph, in 2022, that he won one million dollars a night.
“The 2007 meeting tournament It was a huge reward for all of us And quite incredible: the most money I have ever earned. I sold all the tickets for all the stadiums in the world. And I don’t like to say it-in fact, no, I like to say it-I think I was the best paid guitarist during that meeting tournament“, â he said.
