STING SPECIAL GUEST AT SAM MOORE GIG

After the Neighborhood Ball in Washington, DC Later, Sting headed over to the beautiful Harman Center Theater to do his third show in 24 hours as special guest for Sam “Soul Man” Moore. Sting joined Moore for “None of Us Are Free,” with the song’s writer Brenda Russell on background vocals. They did this duet on Moore’s “Overnight Sensational” album in 2006. The two singers then turned in an R&B energized gospel version of “Every Breath You Take” featuring Moore’s band with Ivan Bodley and the Uptown Horns. There were many standing ovations all night, especially when Moore, Sting, and Costello joined forces on “Soul Man” and a tribute to Billy Preston, “You Are So Beautiful.” During the final number, Moore with friends on “Amazing Grace,” the song and the moment were so moving that an African American female U.S. Army officer on stage, in her dress uniform, was moved to sobs. Actor Billy Baldwin, who was standing near her, comforted the officer until her husband got to her. It was very poignant.
Backstage, Sting and Trudie Styler, sporting a patriotic electric blue gown, showed her support for President Obama. Styler took time out earlier in the evening at the Neighborhood Ball to snap up over a thousand bucks’ worth of souvenirs for the couple’s six kids apparently.
Source: FOXNews