STING BECOMES A MUSICAL PIRATE

Billboards reports that Bono, Sting, Lou Reed and Nick Cave are just a handful of the artists who have lent their voices to “Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys,” due Aug. 22 via Anti-. The double-disc, 43-song set was produced by Hal Willner, working from an idea hatched by director Gore Verbinski and actor Johnny Depp in the midst of shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Sting contributes with 2 new songs.