Sting will make his stage debut at the Bourbon & Beyond festival in Louisville, KY in September, when the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and 17-time Grammy winner will step into the headlining slot just vacated by Neil Young. The festival announced Monday (July 15) that the former Police frontman and solo star will perform with his new power rock trio, STING 3.0, on Thursday night of the four-day festival scheduled to take place at the Highland festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville from September 19-22.
The trio – featuring guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas – will headline night one of this year's gatherings, joining Beck, Matchbox Twenty, Fleet Foxes, Maren Morris, Koe Wetzel, Lyle Lovett, the Wallflowers, Arlo. Parks and more.
Young and long-time band Crazy Horse left the roster for the sixth edition of B&B last month, when the veteran group cut short their Love Earth tour following an undisclosed illness in the tour party. In a statement, Young said the group's first outing in a decade was a great experience, but when “a couple of us got sick after Detroit's Pine Knob, we had to stop,” he wrote. “We're still not fully recovered, so unfortunately our big tour will take a long unscheduled break.” At press time there was no additional information on when or if the team will return to the road.
“While we will miss Neil Young at Bourbon this year, we are thrilled to welcome a music legend, Sting, to the Bourbon & Beyond lineup. We've been trying to bring Sting to Bourbon for you since 2018 and it's an incredible honor to have him with us for what will undoubtedly be our biggest and most memorable year yet,” Danny Wimmer Presents founder Danny Wimmer said in a statement about Sting . replacing Young.
The second night of this year's B&B will feature headliners Dave Matthews Band — along with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Black Pumas, the Head and the Heart, Melissa Etheridge and JJ Gray & Mofro — while Zach Bryan will headline the third night along with Whiskey Myers, Cody Jinks, Young the Giant, Teddy Swims, Kaleo and more. Night four will be headlined by Tyler Childers, with My Morning Jacket, The National, The War on Drugs, Beach Boys, Mt. Joy and Sunny Day Real Estate as well.
Watch Sting announce his addition to the B&B roster below.
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