After announcing a string of festival appearances, Sting confirmed he will also be playing two shows in the UK next year.

The Sting 3.0 World Tour will head to London in October 2025 for some unusually intimate performances.

The 73-year-old music icon will move from her headlining show at Latitude Festival to the much smaller Eventim Apollo and O2 Forum Kentish Town.

Sting, who rose to fame fronting The Police, has already been announced for a whopping six festival appearances next year.

He will open his UK summer gig at Tetbury Forest Live before appearing at the Isle of Wight Festival, On The Waterfront in Liverpool and Glasgow’s Summer Sessions.

The Every Breath You Take star will then head to Cannock Forest Live and Cardiff Depot – missing most of the Glastonbury weekend.

These two new shows promise a much deeper performance, delving into the “rarities” of Sting’s extensive discography.

Songs like “Englishman in New York” and “Roxanne” will of course also be on the setlist, but the rock star has been mixing things up lately.

While on tour in Ontario, Canada, Sting performed “I Burn For You” live for the first time in 34 years – so expect more unexpected tracks.

The tiny O2 Forum will host the Desert Rose singer on October 24th, with a maximum capacity of just 2,300 people.

Days later, on October 26, he will play the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, which is still only slightly larger and has 5,300 seats available.

Sting’s extensive career began with The Police in 1977 and gave him numerous hits such as “Message in a Bottle”, “Walking on the Moon” and “Roxanne”.

The new wave band broke up (for the first time) in 1986, but was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

Speaking about his time with the force, Sting previously told The Sun: “We achieved everything we could in a very short period of time, a hundred times more than we expected.”

“But being in the police force was a limitation. I could see it was going to be a diminishing experience in terms of satisfaction. The palette contained three colors that created this shade, but I wanted a broader palette.”

Over the years, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards and four Oscar nominations and is one of the best-selling artists of all time.

In addition to his music career, the Shape of My Heart hitmaker has spent much of his career campaigning for human rights organizations such as Live Aid and Amnesty International.

Sting is joined by long-time collaborator Dominic Miller on guitar and drummer Chris Mass, best known for his work with Mumford and Sons.

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