INTERVIEW
When he arrives in the room, the guy impresses. Sting, the man who has sold more than 100 million albums, appears quiet, cast in a white t-shirt, sharp as a young man. "I was 68 last week, but I still feel like I'm fourteen," jokes the singer.
The former leader of The Police has agreed to receive Europe 1, a few hours from his concert at the AccorHotels Arena Friday night, kicking off his mini French tour, which will include Orleans, Lille or Bordeaux.
After 45 years of career, the dynamism and creativity of the singer impresses, when many pop-rock artists of his generation have succumbed to their demons. "I'm happy to be always there, many of my friends are gone, so we have to live things out, we do not know what can happen tomorrow," he says. Last May, Sting released My Songs , his fourteenth studio album since launching his solo career in the mid-1980s. "I'm a worker, really, I love working, making money, feeding my family. , pay taxes and I hope never to be bored. "
"I am a popular artist, not cult but popular"
A vitality that would almost forget that the singer is already seven times grandfather. Just that. "Some are too young to know I'm a rock star, but I do not introduce myself as such, I'm just the grandfather," he smiles. "For me, it's very rewarding to see the public in my concerts, with very young people, others of my age or older.There are as many men as women, with a mix of all breeds, of all sexual orientations I am a popular artist, not cult but popular, it has always been my ambition and I take advantage of this privilege. "
"Curious about the world around her," Roxanne's interpreter refuses to live in a bubble: "The day I'm no longer curious, I will no longer be an artist," he says. His acuity is particularly focused on the hot topics of the day, such as Brexit. The singer had voted against, and he did not change his mind. Particularly involved in the defense of ecology, Sting did not remain indifferent either to the speech of the young Greta Thunberg. "I think his bravery and his anger are very powerful weapons, his speech at the United Nations was extraordinary," he enthuses. "It must be said that my generation has let down its generation, we should all feel guilty, I have already lived most of my life, not her, so I understand her anger, she is right." What, perhaps, inspire a next title.